Archive for October, 2015

Gavin O’Connor previews the Super Valu Kerry SFC quarter-final clash between Kerins O’Rahilly’s and Killarney Legion at Fitzgerald Stadium, Saturday 4:30pm… WE’RE down to the last eight in this year’s county championship and battle-scarred Kerins O’Rahillys will be on a high after last week’s 17 points trouncing of East Kerry, which caught everyone by surprise. Their […]

  MANOR WEST Retail Park will hold a fire safety demonstration this coming weekend as part of the ‘National Fire Safety Week’ campaign taking place all this week. The Kerry Fire and Rescue Service will be on the main premises this coming Sunday, October 11 from 2pm-4pm. They will be […]

TWO of the town’s centres of education received a visit from the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, on Thursday afternoon. The Minister received a tour of the new extension of the building Kerry College of Further Education in Clash before heading to the new Kerry Education and Training Board […]

NOW, we’re not condoning the defacement of signs on public roads, but… Whoever wrote on this sign in Camp is getting across a laid back approach to bringing your car to halt (and they’re no doubt fans of Sminky Shorts), a ‘H’ between the ‘S’ and the ‘T’ would make […]

JACINTA Hobbart from Tralee, is packing her suitcases as she prepares to jet off on her dream holiday to New York with her sister Mary. The busy mum burst into tears of joy when she received news that she’d won the National Lottery’s Bigger Better Lotto Dream Holiday Competition, currently […]

FORMER Tralee RFC player, Ultan Dillane, has once again featured in the national press, a testament to his rising star status in Irish rugby. Dillane, has turned out nine times for the Connacht senior team in the last year. The performances earned him a two year contract with the province […]

A GREAT fundraiser was held in Mercy Mounthawk on Friday morning to raise funds for a worthy cause. First year students sat down in the canteen area to enjoy a bowl of cereal thanks to an idea from Tori Lonergan, an LCA 2 student. “The event is to raise awareness about Childline and […]

THE Console Centre has named two new counselling rooms after the late Donal Walsh. Funding for the rooms in the Balloonagh centre came from the Donal Walsh Foundation which has held a large number of fundraising activities since Donal’s passing back in May of 2013. One of the rooms will be […]

THE website MyVehicle.ie has released data revealing there are 2,585 untaxed Kerry vehicles on Irish roads.   The car history check service  has published statistics on second-hand cars to highlight the importance of conducting a thorough background check before purchasing a second-hand car. MyVehicle.ie’s statistics reveal that nearly 2,585 vehicles with […]

  SEVEN Tralee sports clubs will receive Sports Capital Grants totalling €245,000. Labour TD, Arthur J. Spring has welcomed the government’s announcement which covers clubs in a diverse range of sports. The clubs to benefit are: • Austin Stacks Hurling & Football Club €65,000 • County Kerry Cricket Club €9,000 • […]

KERINS O’RAHILLY’S are facing a race against time to get five of their regular starters fit ahead of their championship quarter final against Legion this Sunday. David Moran (hamstring), Barry John Keane (ankle), Jack Savage (hamstring), Shane Brosnan (thumb), are players Strand Road are sweating on, while Giles O’Grady (back) is […]

HOTELS and guesthouses in Kerry have reported an upturn in business during the first nine months of 2015 according to the latest quarterly barometer from the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF). With overseas visitors to Ireland up 12% year to date, local hoteliers are reporting an increase in business from key […]

TWO local lads decided to fling themselves down Short Mountain in drift trikes, as you do. The video on Youtube shows two men flying down Short Mountain, twisting and turning around its bends at what seems a fair old speed. For the uninitiated, ‘Drift Trikes’ are tricycles that are designed to […]

A TRALEE soccer club is taking steps to combat racism by showing it the red card as part of an FAI initiative. As Ireland changes with immigration, this is reflected in in our clubs and institutions and St Brendans Park FC Chairman, Colm McLoughlin, tells us that 30% of players at the […]

SCOIL Nuachabháil and Flemby NS both received tricolours from the army to mark the 100 year commemoration of the 1916 rising next year. Gunner Sean Murphy and Lieutenant Denis Sheahan of the Irish Army, delivered tricolurs and a copy of the proclamation of independence to pupils from both school. Over the next […]

BRITISH supermarket giant Iceland is to open their Tralee store by early December creating around 25 jobs. The store is to be located at the Horan Centre at the former Kiely’s Electrical shop near Argos on 665 sq metre premises. Auctioneer, Ger Carmody, who handled the lease on behalf of the landlord, said work […]

WITH the excitement building ahead of Sunday’s showdown with France, thousands of Irish people are enjoying the craic over at the Rugby World Cup in England. Among them are a few guys from St Pat’s GAA club in Blennerville, including Joe Costello, Brendan Poff and Kieran O’Shea, who were captured in Fanzone […]

HE’S putting on the moves again. The ‘dancing priest’ from Kerry, Neil Horan, was doing his thing out in Brussels on Wednesday, this time for two prominent world leaders. Having previously caused a stir at the British Grand Prix in 2003 and infamously interrupting the men’s marathon at the Athens Olympics […]

KERRY County Council has welcomed the ruling of the Commercial Court today, dismissing the challenge taken by An Taisce against the planning approval by An Bord Pleanála, in November 2014, for proposed 28kms of improvement works to the N86 Camp to Dingle Road. The estimated cost of the scheme is €69m […]

OCTOBER as many of you will know is Breast Cancer Awareness month and for that reason I am giving you all a gentle reminder that if there is any lump, bump or pain that you are unsure about, please go and get it checked. So many times we ignore our […]

  CORK University Maternity Hospital will be holding their annual Service of Remembrance on Friday October 16, at 7.30pm in the Sacred Heart Church, Western Road, Cork for anyone who has experienced pregnancy or infant loss. They welcome all parents and families who have experienced the death of a baby – […]

THE ESB Networks says customers in the Ballybeggan area who have been without power since just before lunch, should have the power restored by late afternoon. The company is working to repair the fault and estimates that power will be restored to the almost 700 customers affected at 4.15pm this afternoon. ESB has apologised […]

  CBS The Green students will compete in a national science competition later this month with a chance to represent Ireland. Last year, three CBS students Seán Cahill, Gearóid O’Connor and Jerdie O’Shea were nominated to participate in “the Irish Science Olympiad” and this year another two students, Dylan Kildea Mc Connell […]

  THE Brandon Hotel will hold an information evening next week for any secondary school students  interested in attending NUI Galway. It will run from 7pm-9pm on the night of Thursday, October 15. Parents and guardians are also being welcomed down on the evening where they, along with the students, will be […]

A WELL KNOWN local runner has been featured and profiled in a recent online article of the popular Runners World magazine. Tralee’s Randall Wharton is certainly one of the most experienced and accomplished runners on the local scene presently and has been recognised for these achievements with a feature article […]

A SERVICE station in Monavalley is one of five Kerry properties for sale at the latest Allsop Auction later this month. Over 200 properties in all will go under the hammer at the auction at the RDS in Dublin from 9am on Thursday, October 22. Monavalley Service Station, will go to auction with […]

THE SCENE is set for members of the Kerry Garda Síochána and Na Gaeil GAA ladies to take part in the upcoming community fundraiser, the ‘Carmel O’Connor Memorial Shield’. It is an event dedicated to the memory of their late Listowel-based former colleague who died over nine years ago after a […]

ALL Strand Road ears will be turned to the wireless this evening for a special ‘In Conversation With Weeshie Fogarty’ show with the daughters of the late great John Dowling. The Kerry and Kerins O’Rahillys legend’s daughters Kayrena, Bernice and Antoinette will talk about their father, the shop and football of course, […]

A STUDENT from Tralee is one of seven recipients of the 2015 Intel Shannon Women in Technology Scholarship programme. Former Presentation Secondary School student, Ciara McEllistrim, who is a first year at NUI Galway, will benefit from a €3,000 award for each year of the degree, as well as the […]

  THE Killeen Woods house run by Novas Initiatives, where Dmitry Hrynkevich was found with serious injuries in the front garden, is currently closed while the murder investigation is taking place. The two men who were arrested and questioned in relation to the murder of 24 year old Dmitry Hrynkevich last Wednesday night, were not […]