Archive for December 5th, 2015

THE flooding situation in Tralee has required the services of the army tonight. As well as a platoon of soldiers dispatched to Bandon in Cork, a Defence Forces statement tonight revealed; “6X6 TCVs and soldiers have also been deployed to Kenmare, Tralee and Bantry and will be co-located with HSE […]

A TRUE Rockie will come home to Tralee with €37,000 in prizes after appearing on the Winning Streak programme tonight. Jim Naughton won €12,000 in cash and a car worth €25,000 in the popular RTE National Lottery game show. Jim, originally from Croom in Co Limerick, was supported by wife Joan […]

THERE’S still hours to go before the rain eases off, but that’s little solace for some people in estates around town. People have been posting photos of the floods on social media all day and this one has cropped up on the Benchwarmers Twitter page which looks like a guy […]

IT just got worse. As Storm Desmond batters Kerry, it now appears to be getting worse as the Yellow Status Wind Warning For Kerry has been upgraded to Orange by Met Eireann. The updated warning is for Kerry, Wexford, Wicklow, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo, Clare, Cork and Waterford. Southwest winds […]

IT’S an area prone to flooding in the past and this time it’s no different. We went to Ballymullen to see the extent of the flooding and it looks bad as you can see in the video (below) taken at 1.30pm today. The fire service and civil defence were on […]

WELL 11 couples fought the law, but the law won on Friday night, as two gardaí were the overall winners at the St Pat’s Strictly Come Dancing event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Mary Gardiner and Johnny Enright were the most fleet-footed of the bunch as they dazzled the crowds to claim the […]

NORMALLY when people are heading off to searing heat, it’s for nothing else but sandy beaches and relaxation. However, Robert O’Mahony from Cloghers, will head for the blistering heat of Mombasa in Kenya to help build a project for the ‘Ray of Light Foundation’, who rescue children from sex-traffickers. Continued below… Robert, a […]

A TRALEE woman who ran 12 marathons in eight months presented a cheque for €30,000 to the Mercy University Hospital in Cork recently. Brenda Doody presented the funds, raised through her Mercy Marathon Challenge, to Sandra Daly, CEO, Mercy University Hospital Cork, at the inaugural Mercy Christmas Wishes Cancer Ball on […]

ST John’s Church in Castle Street will ring out with festive songs and much more as the Kerry Choral Union perform their annual Gala Christmas concert. This year’s event takes place on Sunday, December 13, at 7.30pm and there will be over 100 singers and musicians involved, including famed soprano Miriam Murphy and well-known […]

A NEW initiative has been launched to give young musicians a chance to improve their rock/pop talents. Local rock band Q14 wants to mentor you for free if you’re in a band or a musician, through the Youth Music Mentorship Initiative, funded by Kerry County Council and the Arts Council, […]

FEELING blue this morning because of the weather? We don’t blame you. Here’s what Ireland looks like on the rainfall radar supplied by Met Eireann at 9.30am. That big blue hue over Ireland shows Kerry is being hit by high winds and sustained rainfall, expected to last into the early […]