Archive for November, 2015

THERE was a huge crowd passing through all day at Manor West on Saturday, as Christmas officially kicked off at the busy retail centre. At about noon, the man himself arrived, much to the delight of the many children who were already queuing up in the main hall in the […]

THE Rose of Tralee called in to CH Chemists on Saturday to help launch their Christmas Parade. The streets of Tralee will be filled with music and fun as Christmas floats and specials guests along with Darth Vader, Princess Sophia, Minions and Frozen characters  lead Santa in this festive celebration next […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Killarney for the Senior Football County Championship Relegation Play-off Round 2, while Adrienne McLoughlin took some action photos… Austin Stacks 0-15 St Micheals Foilmore 1-2 AUSTIN Stacks senior status is safe for another week as they cruised past St Michael’s/Foilmore by nine points in Killarney yesterday. […]

THE well-known hotelier and TV presenter, Francis Brennan was at O’Mahony’s Bookshop on Saturday to sign copies of his latest book. The co-owner of the five-star Park Hotel in Kenmare, was promoting ‘Counting My Blessings: Francis Brennan’s Guide To Happiness’ after the huge success of ‘It’s The Little Things: Francis Brennan’s Guide To Life’. He […]

IF I am to be honest, anger was a stranger to me all of my life in the sense that I never gave it too much thought. It wasn’t that I didn’t get angry at anything, of course I did, but I wasn’t aware of the different aspects to it so […]

  A KERRY woman who bought her a €500,000 winning ticket in Dunnes Stores earlier this month has collected her winnings from the National Lottery offices. The unnamed woman won the cash in the EuroMillions Plus draw on Friday, November 6. “I can’t wait to spoil my children and grandchildren,” she said, as she collected […]

MERCY MOUNTHAWK students made full use of the multi-coloured powdered paint that was doused on participants as part of their colour run. The secondary school hosted its first ever 5k event of its kind on Friday, as part of Health Promotion Week at the school. Teachers and students saw the run as […]

THE queue stretched back all the way back to Penneys on Friday night, as hundreds turned up for the CH Chemists Customer Night on Friday. The annual event is always a huge hit, with customers from near and far converging on the Tralee institution to really kick off the shopping season. […]

THERE was a wonderful array of crafts and food on sale at the annual Recovery Haven Christmas Craft Fair on Friday afternoon. A steady stream of people arrived at the Haig’s Terrace centre from 4-8pm to see and buy some of the knitwear, cakes, jams, jewellery and Christmas decorations on show. Continued below… […]

BRILLIANT! After Tralee man, Joe Griffin, shot to fame last week in his GoPro fail video in Las Vegas, he was invited by the Nevada city’s tourism board to film a promo to show the city’s attractions. Well it certainly didn’t take them long to put it together! Having flown […]

A LOYALTY scheme that had involved three local businesses in Manor, Tralee has been rebranded and has expanded to include two new shops. Sullycard, founded by Seamus O’Sullivan who has the well known butcher’s shop in Manor, is now known as B Local. “Sullycard was great but now we have developed to B […]

SCOIL Treasa Naofa, Kilflynn, has been added to the list of approvals for the additional accommodation grant. The Kilflynn school has been approved for funding to construct one 80m2 mainstream classroom and one 20m2 staff room. “This funding is welcome as it will create a better learning environment for the students and staff […]

THE Kerry Group Global Technology & Innovation Centre by Arup, a state-of-the-art, flagship facility in County Kildare, has won the prestigious title of Engineering Project of the Year at the Engineers Ireland Excellence Awards. The project, which created 900 jobs over a three year period and featured a €100 million euro […]

A BEAUFORT woman is organising a fundraising dance in aid of Crumlin Hospital in Dublin, to give something back after her late daughter received treatment there some years ago. The dance takes place on Saturday, November 28, at the Fels Point Hotel and the organiser, Mary Healy, explained the reasons for […]

  THE Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has welcomed the announcement by the Minster for Education and Skills of the inclusion of the new school building for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí in Tralee in the School Building Programme announced earlier this week. The new school building has been included for 2017 […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v St Michaels/Foilmore, SFC Relegation Play-off Round 2 match in Lewis Road, Killarney, Saturday 2pm… ONE week shy of a year since Austin Stacks claimed Munster honours, Austin Stacks are faced once again with relegation after their deserved defeat to Milltown/Castlemaine in Round 1 of […]

BRITISH supermarket giant, Iceland, are all set to open their new store in Tralee on Wednesday. It’s one of two stores opening in Ireland in the coming weeks which, between them, will create 70 new jobs. The other outlet is opening in Talbot Street in Dublin. Work was continuing on the […]

TRALEE Lions Club and Kerry Cancer Support Group joined forces in the Meadowlands Hotel on Thursday night for a table quiz. The quiz was being held in aid of the Group who run the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus which provides transport to and from Cork University Hospital for people going […]

THURSDAY would have been Christie Hennessy’s 70th birthday and to mark the occasion, a healthy crowd gathered outside ‘The Messenger Boy’ singer’s memorial in Central Plaza. The occasion also marked plans for a light that will shine across Central Plaza lighting up the Christie Hennessy statue, which was unveiled back in 2009. […]

THERE’S just five weeks to Christmas and the activities at weekends are piling up. There’s loads to do around town this weekend, so here’s a few suggestions… Friday 1. Crafty work at the Haven… Between 4pm and 8pm the Recovery Haven at Haig’s Terrace will host its annual Christmas Craft […]

RTE Radio and TV host, Ray Darcy got very emotional on air yesterday, as he listened to a Tralee man’s story of terminal illness. Joe Flynn from Rahoonane was invited to appear on the show with his daughters Bernie and Joanne, after Bernie sent in an email telling Ray about […]

TRALEE actor Timothy V Murphy mightn’t be home as often as he has been over the past few months, after it was announced the show he’s starring in won’t be coming back for a second season. FX channel’s ‘The Bastard Executioner’ was filmed in Wales over the past number of months, […]

THE three sixth classes at CBS Primary Tralee gained a brilliant insight into life as a photographer in recent weeks. Local photographer, Ciara O’Donnell visited the students to introduce them to the world of photography. She spoke to them about the basics of photography, the various types of photo and […]

A TRALEE student was one of seven finalists at a national awards ceremony last week. Caoiṁe Glavin (18) from Caherina,  was one of the finalists at the 2015 Fr Frank Maher Classical Music Awards sponsored by Top Security, Ireland’s largest classical music competition for secondary schools. Seven finalists from Kerry, Kildare, […]

  FÁILTE Ireland met with representatives of the Kerry tourism industry in the Malton Hotel, Killarney on Thursday to discuss the recent performance of tourism in the South West. The body also presented Fáilte Ireland’s outlook for the year ahead and outlined the tourism authority’s plans for the year ahead. The meeting […]

THE IDA will lodge a planning application with the Council by the end of the year for a multi million euro advance factory facility in Kerry Technology Park. At this point, no company has been lined up to use the facility, but it’s hoped the development will give Tralee a fighting chance of attracting […]

BLENNERVILLE school is looking forward to welcoming people to the launch of a book on the history of the school and community this Saturday. ‘Blennerville National School And Community – A Story Worth Telling’ is a fantastic compilation of stories, photos and a history of the area, expertly put together […]

IT’S going to be one of the highlights of the year in Mercy Mounthawk next Wednesday when the students hold a fashion show in aid of the school extension fund. The theme of the show is “One Month ‘Til Christmas” and you can expect to see the latest fashions from local […]

FRIDAY, November 13 will forever be etched on our minds for all of the wrong reasons. I have always hated the number 13 and this hatred is cemented even more now. I was sitting in Italy with my sister when the news flashed up on the screen. We were horrified […]

THE Tralee man seen by millions of people in a GoPro video fail in Las Vegas, is now set to star in promotional video for the famous city. Joe Griffin, originally from Clogherbrien, now living in Balbriggan, Dublin, had his GoPro video (below) uploaded by his son Evan and has been […]