Archive for December 4th, 2015

SCOIL Nuachabháil in Ballymac is to receive a grant to build two new classrooms. The Department of Education have announced that the school at Gortatlea, Ballymacelligott , Tralee is to be added to the list of approvals for the additional accommodation grant. Scoil Nuachabháil (Nohoval NS) will receive funding to construct 2 x 80m2 Mainstream […]

MEMBERS of the Irish Hotels Federation’s Kerry Branch gathered in Killarney last night for their annual ball. The Gleneagle Hotel hosted the black-tie event and the many guests were treated to a sumptuous banquet and no doubt reflected on a great year for tourism in Kerry, with hopefully an even […]

I AM a sucker for Christmas. I just think that it is such a happy time of year – in my experience of it at least. Everyone has a smile on their face. And I personally quite favour the Father Christmas-esque cheeks everyone seems to be sporting courtesy of these biting […]

KERRY County Council have issued advice to the public, as Kerry is about to be hit with sustained rain and winds over Friday night and all day Saturday. Met Eireann issued a level RED severe weather warning for Kerry, which is valid from 6pm today (Friday 4th December) until 3am on […]

TEN Kerry GAA stars in total have been picked to represent Munster Football and Hurling team’s in the GAA Interprovincial Championship 2015 over the weekend. Aidan O’Mahony is captain of the Munster footballers who will face Leinster in Newry tomorrow. Shane Nolan, will be the sole Kerry representative on the hurling panel […]

THIS is an unusual one. Tralee is  one of five places in the island of Ireland that has featured on a respected newspaper’s European wide poll that asks what people put on their chips. UK news website, The Guardian online, conducted a survey of their readers and surprisingly, Tralee, has featured alongside […]

IT Tralee’s St. Vincent de Paul Society held their annual Fashion Show on Thursday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and raised over €4,000 for the charity. All the clothes modelled on the night by students were from St. Vincent de Paul shops nationwide and they proved that you can be on trend with […]

JAMES O’Donoghue will go for surgery on a troublesome shoulder which will put him out of Kerry’s entire league campaign. The star forward, dislocated his shoulder while playing for Legion in the County Final replay against South Kerry two weeks ago. This will be O’Donoghue’s second shoulder surgery in just […]

PUPILS, parents and staff at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn are looking forward to a great afternoon’s entertainment this Sunday for their annual Christmas Fair. The fair gets under way at 2pm and visitors can enjoy a special appearance from the Tommy Markham Cup won by Kerry minors in September – with past […]

REGISTRATION for The Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle 2016 will open next Friday, December 11 and will be done by way of a lottery for the first time. For the first time in its 31 year history registration will be done by way of lottery as last year there was an unprecedented demand for […]

WE haven’t had one of these for a while thank God, but Met Eireann have issued a Status Red Rainfall alert for Kerry this weekend. There will be incessant falls of heavy rain overnight and for all of Saturday. Accumulations in excess of 70mm are expected, with greater totals on higher […]