Archive for October 14th, 2015

  GARDAÍ are asking for the public’s help to locate the owner of sets of skis found yesterday. Two sets of winter skis – which look like an adult’s and a child’s set – were found in the Ballymac area on the main Tralee-Castleisland road yesterday at about 9am. The skis […]

  YOUNG Men claiming to be from an animal charity were selling stolen raffle tickets in Tralee in the past week. Last Wednesday, raffle tickets for an upcoming fundraising event were stolen from the Sera Husky Sanctuary Shop on Rock Street (in laneway across from World of Wonder). On Saturday, staff there received reports […]

TRALEE is getting ready to host a very special fundraising event later this month when the ‘Paint it Pink 5k Walk’ takes place from outside Greyhound Bar on Sunday, October 25 at 5pm. The event is being organised as part of the ‘Paint it Pink’ campaign that is being run […]

AT the moment, James O’Donoghue is focussing on Legion, but he could miss the entire league campaign with Kerry if he elects to go for a second surgery on his troublesome shoulder. The decision to go under the knife all depends on how long his championship season lasts with Legion. That could […]

A CBS The Green student is certainly in a celebratory mood after he recently triumphed playing handball at provincial final level. Dáire Keane, a third year student in the school, won the Munster Final in the U15 handball category recently to add another feather to his already burgeoning cap of accolades, when […]

A TRALEE mum, who decided to raise funds for new equipment for a school extension, handed over a cheque for nearly €2,500 yesterday. Joan O’Keeffe from Castlewood Park has a daughter attending St Ita’s and St Joseph’s school at Balloonagh. The school opened a new extension in May, with two […]

THE Ballyheigue Drama group is getting set to bring one of John B. Keane’s most beloved plays to life this weekend when they stage the great man’s play ‘Sive’. The group will be staging the play on October 16, 17 and 24 in the Ballyheigue Community Centre with doors set to open on the night […]

KERRY products have won awards at one of the world’s biggest food fairs. The Anuga trade fair held in Cologne, Germany, is one the most important driving forces of the international food and beverage industry. Kerry Foods won two innovation awards for its ‘Yollies’ frozen yogurts and its Denny Fire and […]

A BOOK of condolence has been opened at a number of areas here in Kerry to allow the the public to express their sympathy for the victims of the recent Carrickmines fire tragedy. The Aras an Phobail building, which is located on Deans Lane here in Tralee, opened the book […]

  I AM lucky enough to be surrounded by people for most of my life. I am also lucky enough to not be a lonely person. There is of course a difference. It is only recently that I realised how many people are actually lonely in the world. Whether that be […]

Chris Murray of Casey & Co. Consultants, Day Place, Tralee, goes through the main points of yesterday’s Budget… Families are the big winners in this year’s budget with an increase in child benefit and the introduction of a second free preschool year. Significant cuts to the USC, including a 1.5 […]