Archive for October, 2015

THE buzzer went on Kieran Donaghy’s ‘Be A Star Basketball’ camp on Friday which saw 150 kids take part over the course of the week. Taking a brief time-out from his football career, Donaghy was putting local kids through their paces this week at his camp held in John Mitchels Sports Complex. […]

PLUGGING in for another year of music, the Christie Hennessy Celebration got underway last night with the Troubadour club held in the Fels Point Hotel. The Club drew large crowds on Friday night with local and national talent on show. The event showcased the talents of ten artists and was presented by Francie Conway, […]

  A COMMUNITY group in the Mitchels area has been busy all week with activities for kids  in the area and held a Halloween party for kids on Friday. The Croilar Na Mhistealach residents community has set up in Aras an Phobail building and provided fun events for kids to do in […]

  ALL of the Kerry Citizens Information course participants received their FETAC accredited, Advanced Certificates for the Information, Advice and Advocacy Programme with distinction, in the Institute of Technology in Blanchardstown last week. Development Manager, Frances Clifford, commended the programme participants, who were both staff and volunteers, for making the […]

YOU know Shane Kenny don’t you? The Churchill GAA man came to prominence during the festival when he was named Rose Escort Of The Year, but he’s also a serious rugby fan and it shows with what he has managed to do for Halloween. He’s only gone and carved this likeness (below) […]

  NARCOTICS Anonymous will host its 30th regional convention this year in the Brandon Hotel from November 6 to 8. The convention is aimed at professionals and volunteers who work with people with drug addiction issues. The forum will centre around how NA can work for addicts in recovery and there will […]

SPA National School pupils were in Killarney for the Hugh O’Flaherty Memorial Weekend where they collected a prize on behalf of the school for their efforts in an art and literary competition. The weekend is all about commemorating the Killarney native, Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty, who was became a hero when he helped over 6,500 Jews, US and […]

ROUNDY’S Bar was the venue last night for a special fundraiser for the Sera Husky Animal Rescue Charity. The promotion of the event got off to a bad start earlier this month, when some youngsters stole raffle cards from their shop on Rock Street and tried selling lines down in the […]

EVERYONE likes a good scary story. It’s the time of year when people become obsessed with ghosts, vampires, zombies, demons and, of course, haunted houses. Well, with Halloween almost upon us, one Tralee writer has penned her own childhood memories of strange occurrences in her family home in Cloonbeg and had […]

WELL there’s good news and bad news regarding the weather this weekend. First the bad… A Yellow Status Rainfall Warning is currently in effect for Kerry, Galway, Mayo, and Clare for all day on Friday. We’ll see heavy rain in west and southwest coastal counties, with a risk of thundery downpours, mainly near […]

Well lo and behold, it’s the weekend again. It’s set to be a great one too with Halloween upon us, so there’s bound to be loads to get up to. Here’s a few suggestions… Friday 1. Watch some great live music The annual Celebration of Christie Hennessy takes place this […]

WELL Maria Wlash did say she wanted to get a job in television and now she’ll get her chance when she co-presents TV3’s The Seven O’Clock Show next week. The 2014 Rose of Tralee will step in for Lucy Kennedy on the popular show on Monday, November 2 and fill in for Martin […]

AN Oakpark woman and former Tralee Town Councillor has been added to the Fine Gael ticket for the next general election. Grace O’Donnell from Oakview, will be the third Fine Gael candidate in Kerry alongside, Minister Jimmy Deenihan and Deputy Brendan Griffin. Her nomination was approved this week after her name […]

WHAT have The Beatles, Olly Murs and The Sound Of Music got in common? Their songs will all be performed next week when the members of Tralee Musical Society bring their ‘That’s Entertainment’ show to Siamsa Tíre. We called down to rehearsals on Wednesday night and found out more about the show […]

THE price of petrol has fallen again this month, but the sharp fall in prices since the Summer has cooled off a bit. Last month the cheapest price was €1.29.8 now  it’s  €1.27.8 in the town’s Applegreen stations in Manor Village and Fairies Cross. Just behind and only around the corner from […]

THE hurling championship may be over in Kerry, but an Abbeydorney native will still be fighting for county honours this weekend. Former Kerry star, Darragh O’Connell, who transferred from Abbeydorney to Cuala at the beginning of the year will be aiming to win a first county title in 21 years for […]

A FAMILIAR face at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel will be leaving next month to manage the Fels Point Hotel. Mark Sullivan, who has been general manager at Ballyroe for 14 years, will take up the position as manager as the Fels Point Hotel prepares for a major revamp and rebrand in […]

YES, yes, we know Halloween isn’t over yet, but Christmas is only eight weeks away and people are already getting ready for it. The Tralee Chamber Alliance realises this and put up a Facebook post earlier today that they plan on putting on a Christmas market from Thursday, December 17 to Wednesday, […]

  I AM sure that by this point you have read at least some of the furious debates about sizing in the modelling industry. It has been something that has been talked about for many, many years, but there has never really been much of a change in the way that […]

THE call has gone out for nominations for the Lee Strand/Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards 2015. The awards scheme which first commenced in 1998 is designed to acknowledge the volunteering endeavours of young people from Kerry between the ages of 14 years and 19 years. Speaking at the launch at […]

MOTHERCARE Ireland has exited the interim examinership process and the Tralee store is safe from closure. There are 10 staff employed at in the Manor Retail Park, Kerry’s only Mothercare outlet. While three out of 18 stores nationwide will close, the Tralee store will continue to trade. Over 250 jobs in all will be secured after the […]

THE high tide yesterday evening caused sea levels at the entrance of the canal to rise right to the edge and over the lock gates. It was all because of the supermoon phenomenon which occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth, meaning the moon appears much brighter and larger than usual. […]

WE haven’t seen these before. Even though Tommy Collins uploaded these short videos (below) to his YouTube channel last year, it’s only in the last few days we’ve seen people posting the clips up on Facebook of Tralee and Blennerville in the 1960s. Eamon Keane does the voiceover in the short clips […]

A 5K CHARITY walk for the ‘Paint it Pink’ breast cancer awareness initiative took off from The Greyhound Bar on Sunday. “We did it because myself and participants involved know people who have cancer and we thought it would be a good cause,” said one of the organisers David Walsh. So far […]

ARDFERT Camera Club are holding their 5th Annual Photographic Exhibition at Kerry County Library, Moyderwell, Tralee on Tuesday evening November 3 at 7pm sharp which will be opened by Mayor of Tralee Thomas McEllistrim. The camera club has around 30 members of varying standard and has been in existence for nearly […]

THE INSPIRED group hit The Square on Friday with a ‘flash mob’ zombie-themed dance performance of ‘Thriller’ (Watch video below) “The fact they have the confidence to come out and dance is such a success for the group,” said Yvonne O’Brien of Inspired. The group through the tutorship of dance instructor, […]

TRALEE company, Dillon Waste, scooped a national award at a ceremony in Dublin last week. The Kerries based business won the top award in the ‘Waste Collection Operator of the Year Award’  for Small to Medium Business category in The Pakman Awards run by Repak. The Repak Excellence in Waste Management and […]

Academy The Academy continues again next Saturday morning in Cumann Iosaf.  10-10.45am for 5-7 year olds and 11-11.45am for 8-10 year olds. The emphasis in the Academy is on learning skills and having fun. Club Shop: The Club Shop is opened for purchases at the Academy every Saturday morning from 10-12 […]

By Club PRO Tommy Naughton RESULTS ; Saturday 24th October 2015 Sfai U13 Cup , Holycross NT 1-3 St.Brendans Park FC . Daly’s Supervalu U13 Div.1 Killarney Athletic 0-7 Park B . Daly’s Supervalu U13 Div.2 Park C 1-8 Dingle . FAI Youth Cup 1st Round Athea United 0-3 Park […]

Men’s Senior County League St. Brendan’s 56 Gneeveguilla 49 In our second outing in County League action we welcomed Gneeveguilla to Moyderwell last Wednesday. The very fit and physical visitors got off to a great start and led 19-13 after the first quarter. The second quarter saw St. Brendan’s settle […]