Archive for November, 2015

WINTER arrived with a bang this week, bringing with it some truly horrendous wind and rain in the shape of Storm Abigail. The bad news is, the horrible conditions are set to continue for the next two days at least, with Ireland still on a status yellow weather warning until 9pm tonight. For today, […]

A SELL OUT crowd greeted renowned make-up artist Tara O’Farrell to CH Chemists on Wednesday. Make-up artist, model and Instagram sensation Tara O’Farrell gave an exclusive masterclass at the  Tralee store, in partnership with French cosmetic brand, Bourjois. As a make-up artist Tara has worked across all aspects of the industry including […]

AS is the norm with footballers of Paul Galvin’s vintage, the question of retirement from inter-county football was posed to him last night on Newstalk’s ‘Off The Ball’ programme. The 35 year-old-paused for a moment and gave a carefully worded answer. “I haven’t spoken to Eamonn, I’d have to talk […]

IRISH rock sensation Hozier is set to return to the INEC this December, it was announced yesterday evening. The Wicklow born singer-songwriter is set to play on Monday, December 21, at the Killarney venue which will no doubt please his legions of Kerry fans. Continued below… The multi-platinum selling artist […]

  KERRY Autism Action have organised a free iPad workshop “Learning with iPads” for parents of children with autism and teachers/SNAs who work with children with autism The iPad workshop will take place Saturday, November 21 from 10am to 1pm in the Education Centre in Dromtacker, Tralee. Topic covered will include […]

A NEW website has been created based on a project to conserve and excavate the oldest extant archaeological monument in the county – a portal tomb at Killaclohane, Milltown. The Kerry County Council Archaeology Department and Kerry County Museum are behind the  innovative and unique educational website. The project has successfully conserved […]

THERE was a lot of nice cars around the Fels Point Hotel on Sunday last for the Audi  Future Now 2016 sales event. There was also a special guest present in the shape of Kerry star Paul Galvin who participated in a Q&A with guests. The event offered motorists in Kerry the opportunity to […]

A NIGHT at the dog track will be held on Friday, November 20, to help raise funds for equipment in the new extension to St Ita’s and St Joseph’s School. At Kingdom Grehound Stadium there will be free face painting, kids disco, a raffle with prizes including a car service from Advance Tyres […]

A NEW book capturing the unique way of Kerry life through quotes, excerpts from plays, prose, poetry and much more has just been released and it’s a must have for Christmas. Journalist and author, Breda Joy, is the woman behind the ‘The Wit & Wisdom Of Kerry’, which covers sport, politics, sex […]

TRALEE Imperials’ Team Brogue are looking to continue the momentum built  up with their victory last weekend, in their Intermediate Cup 2nd round tie Vs Eanna of Dublin at Mercy Mounthawk gym at 6.30pm on Saturday. Team Brogue has already defeated a very strong team in the 1st round against Sligo All Stars, […]

A FORMER Castleisland Desmonds GAA star, and recently retired Kerry Group Executive, will launch two new ventures at the Castleisland Bank of Ireland Enterprise Town Exposé on Friday night, November 13, at 7.45pm. Michael John Kearney’s first venture, MJK + Associates Business Consulting, (mjkconsulting.ie) is a business consulting company, providing business advisory […]

THIS week, schools across the nation are getting involved in Science Week and Scoil Eoin pupils put their skills into practice showing off science experiments to fellow pupils, teachers and parents. This year marks 20 years of Science Week, a national, annual event that celebrates the fascinating worlds of science, technology, engineering and […]

DID you buy a Euromillions ticket in Dunnes Stores last Thursday? You could be sitting on €500,000 as the winner has yet to come forward with the ticket to National Lottery HQ in Dublin. The €6 Quickpick ticket was bought in the Horan Centre that day and it went on to net the owner a […]

OVER 200 Senior Cycle students from the eight Kerry ETB schools participated in the 3rd Annual Tag Rugby Interschool event held at Tralee Regional Sports and Leisure Centre on Wednesday. Tralee schools Coláiste Gleann Lí and Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí, along with students from Coláiste na Sceilge Cahersiveen, Coláiste na Ríochta Listowel, Killarney […]

KERRY now know when they’ll play their first All-Ireland senior hurling championship matches in 12 years. Ciarán Carey’s, charges will first play Carlow in the Leinster Championship preliminary round on Sunday, May 1. The second match will take place six days later, against Westmeath on Saturday, May 7. Both of […]

I HAVE this irrational fear where when I walk down the street in something that I would consider to be an even a slightly daring outfit; I get the feeling that people there are judging me. This is a fear that I have discussed before and fortunately or unfortunately I am not […]

WE’VE been enjoying some incredibly mild weather so far this winter, much to the chagrin of oil suppliers and fuel distributors no doubt! While the sunny weather has been intermittent over the past week, the rain is beginning to make an unwelcome return and it’s getting more and more blustery. Continued below… […]

DONNCHADH WALSH is the sole Kerry representative in the Ireland International Rules squad that will face Australia at Croke Park on November 21. The Cromane man is one of nine of this year’s All-Stars picked in Joe Kernan’s 23 man squad, captained by Bernard Brogan. This is the first time Walsh has been […]

IT’S always nice to get a bit of national publicity for our town and yesterday, local businesses got a great plug on a popular RTE show. Orla Diffily, who hosts a weekly fashion slot every Tuesday on RTE’s Today Show, flagged Tralee as a shopper’s paradise with everything from high street retail to […]

A GOOD crowd of foodies showed up in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Tuesday night for a seasonal cooking demonstration. Well-known chef, Darren Thibeaud, was on hand to give Christmas cooking tips in time for turkey season. It was all to raise funds for Ardfert National School, so a large number of people […]

THREE primary schools just north of Tralee received awards for excellence in film making at the 11th FÍS Film Festival, which took place in the Helix, DCU on November 3. St Joseph’s NS in Ballyheigue, Spa and Ardfert National Schools took home an award from Dublin, as well as one […]

TRALEE Musical Society are holding a ‘Family Fun Table Quiz’ in Na Gaeil this Sunday at 4pm, to raise funds for the group. Only recently, Tralee Musical Society finished playing a hugely successful run at Siamsa Tíre for this year’s ‘That’s Entertainment’ show. The audiences weren’t disappointed with the great mix of […]

THE IT Tralee will this week host a number of events to assist students and their families as they consider their college options. On Thursday from 7.30pm to 9pm the Institute will host an information evening for parents of Leaving Certificate students or anyone considering a college application in 2016. Guest […]

  A PUBLIC meeting regarding the setup of Tralee Community Responders has been planned for Thursday, November 26 at 7.30pm in The Brandon Hotel. The national representative body for Community First Responders, CFR Ireland, as well as the National Ambulance Service’s CFR Coordinator will attend and speak at the meeting. The […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB Men’s Div 1 County League St Brendan’s 76-52 KCYMS St Brendan’s hosted KCYMS last Sunday in Moyderwell Hall. We started the game at an intense pace scoring 12 points without a reply.   That work rate continued throughout the quarter and thanks to 17 first quarter […]

What a week. Both our u18 teams had to travel this weekend to compete in their respective National Cups. Our U18 Boys travelled to Dublin where they won their group and played Sligo All Stars in Semi final and won 54 v 38. This win meant automatic qualification for Cup […]

TRALEE LIONS CLUB and Tesco Ireland are asking shoppers to make a big difference to someone’s Christmas by donating a food item during a two-day Christmas Food Appeal, which will take place on Friday November 27 and Saturday, November 28 at Tesco in  Manor West. Over 1,465 meals were donated by […]

Gavin O’Connor talks to Tralee Rugby Club’s Zoe Grattage as she prepares to head to England for a test match this weekend… A TRALEE and Munster player is heading to England this weekend with the Ireland women’s rugby team to take part in an international test against the old foe. Zoe Grattage, from […]

A NEW HIQA report on Kerry General Hospital has identified that patients are at high risk of infection in relation to the maintenance and infrastructure of the Operating Theatre Complex, the infrastructure of the Oncology Day Unit and the management of legionella related risk. The Health Information and Quality Authority inspected KGH on […]

FIRSTLY, thanks for all the messages about last week’s column, I really appreciate every single one. Yesterday a friend of mine posted a picture (see below) on Facebook and it really struck a chord with me. It is such a powerful message and it is something that I think we are […]