Archive for December 1st, 2015

  PARENTS received a letter from two Tralee schools on Monday, asking them to be vigilant after they received a report of a suspicious approach to pupils last week. A man and woman in a black Renault Megane are said to have approached pupils from a senior class in the vicinity of Holy Family […]

IT looks like Kerry Senior Hurling Championship games could be played again in North Kerry. In 2015, due to the unavailability of Austin Stack Park because of redevelopment work, all rounds of the senior championship were played in the heartland of Kerry hurling. The Secretary of County Committee, Peter Twiss, has said […]

THE festive season was ushered in at IT Tralee North Campus by breaking a Guinness world record at making the longest Christmas Cracker Chain. Needing more than 798 to break the record, it was smashed with a total nearing 1,300 students, faculty and pupils from secondary schools, Presentation, CBS The Green and Mercy […]

THE public are invited to what promises to be a very enjoyable evening of Christmas Cookery Demonstrations at Kerry College of Further Education this Thursday evening at 7pm. Chef on the night is the well-known Kay Lanigan Ryan who runs the Professional Cookery and the Hotel and Catering courses at […]

SO it’s December and party season is about to commence. Work parties, catch up with friends dinners and in general late nights are going to become the norm for the next few weeks. For us ladies, there will be the usual preparation of getting the hair colour done to avoid […]

THERE has been application for a new Topaz petrol station on John Joe Sheehy Road adjacent to the Aldi supermarket. Corrib Oil Company Limited, have applied for permission to construct a two storey retail/office building and a petrol filling station on the grounds of the old John Mitchels GAA pitch. The development will […]

WE’VE been battered by wind and rain over the past week and while the rain has eased off, it’s still going to be blustery down here in Kerry. Met Éireann this morning has issued a Yellow Status Wind Warning for Kerry, Wexford, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork,  Limerick […]

LECTURERS and students at IT Tralee held a protest last Thursday outside the South Campus over funding and educational concerns. It was part of the national protest by the Teacher’s Union of Ireland against the cutbacks in education, as the TUI Branch Secretary of ITT, Anne M Courtney explained. “On a daily basis, lecturers […]

IT’S time to grab that gorgeous garment that’s spent the last 11 months at the back of the wardrobe and wear it proudly again as the 2015 Radio Kerry Christmas Jumper Day is almost upon us. A now annual event to raise funds of the work of St Vincent de Paul in […]