Archive for November, 2015

IT was a special day for students from Kerry College of Further Education as they graduated in a ceremony at the Fels Point Hotel on Friday. Around 500 people in all received qualifications after successfully completing their courses at the Clash institution back in May. Amongst the awards were Sports […]

IF you’re animal lover, your heart will melt when you get a load of the cute photos of rescued pets in the 2016 Animal Help Net Kerry Calendar. Along with the calendar, the charity has also produced Christmas cards, the proceeds from both going towards Animal Help Net Kerry. “It’s […]

THE new play by Mike O’Halloran opened last night in Abbeydorney to a great response by the audience. The local Community Centre was the venue for a ‘A Queen’s Speech’ from the pen of the man who brought you the acclaimed ‘September 82. It was described as a play with “a brilliant […]

THIS week marks the 95th anniversary of a terrible time for the people of Tralee. As the War of Independence raged in Ireland, the eyes of the world were fixed on the Kerry capital because of a siege of the town by the Black and Tans. It was a reign of […]

AT last, he got it! Kerry’s unsung hero of the past number of years, Donnchadh Walsh, finally got an All-Star tonight on an occasion where three other Kerry footballers won awards. Goalkeeper Brendan Kealy was rewarded for his star shot-stopping efforts all year, corner-back Shane Enright’s solid performances were worthy […]

THE death has occurred of well-known Kerry GAA figure, Leo Griffin, today. Leo, who grew up in the Mitchels area, was a familiar face around town, but came to be known nationally when he accompanied the Kerry team of the 1970s and 80s during the glory years as their bagman. […]

AN artist from Tralee has shrugged of national and international competition to win the first ever Richard Harris International Film Festival Portrait Competition. The portrait by Charlotte Lee from Lahern, took four weeks to complete and features pixelated features of Richard Harris rugged face to signify the late Limerick man’s […]

Gavin O’Connor on Kerins O’Rahilly’s v Laune Rangers, in the  Senior Football County Championship Relegation Playoff at Castleisland 2:30pm TWO of the county’s most storied clubs will fight it out for their championship survival and for Kerins O’Rahilly it will be for a second year in a row. Last year, […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v Milltown/Castlemaine, Senior Football County Championship Relegation Play-off match in Castleisland on Saturday at 1pm THE 2014 champions will feel very hard done by that a year on instead of fighting for a Munster crown they’re fighting for their championship survival. It hardly seems […]

TRALEE-woman, Aislinn Kelly (21) has been presented with a University of Limerick President’s Award in recognition of the voluntary work that she undertook at Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre, Balloonagh, Tralee. She was one of 270 students at the university to receive an award and she was one of the […]

WELL that escalated quickly! In the wake of the death of iconic actress, Maureen O’Hara two weeks ago, the people at the Rose of Tralee Facebook Page decided to upload a video tribute to the ‘The Quiet Man’ star. It was an archive clip of O’Hara singing The Rose Of Tralee […]

A PAMPERING day in aid of the Recovery Haven charity called ‘Recover Your Sparkle’ will take place in the Fels Point Hotel next month. Tralee woman, Mary O’Donnell, of RTE’s Today Show, will be leading the day with an all of manner beauty therapies along with current Rose of Tralee […]

A FOUR-Bedroom house in Causeway, with a price tag of between €8,000 and €12,000, is one of three Kerry properties going to online auction in a couple of weeks. The detached four bedroom house at Ardagh, Causeway, extending to approximately 96 sq. m (1,033 sq. ft) will go to auction on the […]

  TRALEE and Kerry schools are being urged to apply for a share of the €40m available for the Summer Works Scheme next year. The scheme funds small and medium scale building works such as gas, electrical and mechanical works, roof and window upgrades, and structural improvements. Local Labour TD, Arthur […]

A SLICE of history is set to be sold off when the contents of the The Mercy Convent in Balloonagh go up for auction next week at the building itself. Hundreds of items are to go under the hammer – on Saturday, November 14 at 10.30am – from the convent which opened in […]

  HAVE you ever seen that video that begins with an image of the earth and then it slowly zooms further and further back through all the galaxies, until it finishes with us just a tiny speck in a larger star stored away in a different galaxy? It’s harrowing and oddly enlightening. […]

A COFFEE morning is being held to raise awareness of the service of a post natal depression charity whose services are new to Kerry. The Nurture charity, was set up to provide affordable support and counselling around conception, pregnancy and childbirth to help restore family life after it has been shattered by […]

THE owners of the Fels Point Hotel, Dick and Eibhlin Henggeler have donated a total of €15,000 to two charities. The Henggeler’s donated €5,000 to The Donal Walsh Livelife Foundation and €10,000 to the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus. The cheques were presented at the Fels Point Hotel on Wednesday […]

THE curtain came up on a great production from Tralee Musical Society last night. A sell-out crowd filled Siamsa Tíre for this year’s ‘That’s Entertainment’ show and the audiences weren’t disappointed with the great mix of music and comedy performed by the talented cast of nearly 100. There was excerpts […]

TRALEE Imperials teams will take to the road this weekend for National Cup action. The U18 boys will travel to Dublin for the first round of the competition. They will face Ongar Chasers, Kilkenny Stars and Limerick Celtics. This is the second year of the side has entered the national competition. […]

  GARDAÍ and the emergency services attended the scene where a car veered off the street and into a wall in town on Wednesday afternoon. A car travelling from the direction of Russell Street rolled into the wall just before John Dowling’s shop on Bridge Street at around 4.30pm. Gardaí, the fire service and an […]

DUNNES STORES have refused permission to lower the wall that runs by the Tralee to Fenit walkway despite anti-social behaviour fears from residents nearby. Kerry County Council have said the walkway construction will go ahead now without the lowering of the wall alongside the new walkway, which links the lower Oakpark Road […]

WELL that was quick! No sooner has former Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh, made her TV3 presenting debut on The Seven O’Clock Show this week, now she’s landed another high profile TV job. TV3 has announced that she will co-present the The TV3 Toy Show with Brian Ormond on November 20 at 9pm. Continued below… Last […]

CABALLS have joined forces with St Vincent de Paul to help ensure every child in the area gets a toy they want from Santa this Christmas. The annual appeal has been a tremendous success in the past and it’s hoped the people of Tralee and beyond show their seasonal spirit of generosity again […]

THE Ardfert Camera Club met last night in Kerry County Library for the official opening of their fifth annual photography exhibition. Getting off the group in 2009, the group originally started with six members and has grown to over 30 strong in the years since. Members mainly come from from the Ardfert and Tralee […]

SPECTACULAR international circus acts, will perform at the 2015 National Circus Festival of Ireland which will be staged in Tralee from Thursday, November 12 to Sunday, November 15. Locally based, Fanzini Productions have put together a full four-day programme of entertainment for all the family including Circus Workshops for children, a […]

ARDFERT will be going back to the 80s this Saturday night, all in aid of the ‘Johnny Roche Road To Recovery Fund’. Back in August, Ballyheigue man Johnny Roche was working in Chicago and had a serious accident which left him in a hospital for a number of weeks. Story […]

A PRESENTATION secondary school student is to feature in an RTE Nationwide special on the historical project ‘My Adopted Soldier’ Nationwide will broadcast two special programmes this November which focus on a unique project involving a student from every county in Ireland who adopted a soldier who died in World War 1. […]

KERRY County Council have submitted a detailed developmental proposal for the Denny Site in Tralee which is set to cost over €3m. The proposal – involves the demolition of the site, its interim use as an amenity area and the preparation of a master plan for its future long term […]

THE Donal Walsh LiveLife Foundation was the grateful recipient of funds raised from a cycling event held on the Ring Of Kerry earlier this year. The Wrong Way Round Cycle held in August saw over 400 cycling enthusiasts from all over Ireland travelled to Killarney for the festival where they […]