Archive for December 8th, 2015

AS if a Status Yellow wind warning for tomorrow wasn’t enough, we’ll have to contend with a serious amount of rain in Kerry too. Met Eireann have now issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning for tomorrow, from midnight tonight throughout all of Wednesday. Rainfall Warning for Kerry, Clare, Connacht and Donegal with 20-35 mm […]

A TRALEE-based doctor who broke her neck in a car accident back in September has thanked the community for their support and prayers over the past number of months. Dr Caitlin O’Connor, originally from Ballyduff, spoke to Radio Kerry’s Deirdre Walsh on the Talkabout show this afternoon and described the accident […]

THIS week saw a wonderful display of colourful home baking from Class 3C at CBS The Green. As part of their CSPE Action Project, 3C organised and held a fundraising cake sale for Concern in the school. Students decided to raise funds for the wonderful work done by Concern across […]

  THE Institute of Technology, Tralee held its annual Scholarships and Awards Evening on Thursday last at the North Campus where 41 students received awards at the event held to honour sports, academic and civic engagement. Awards and scholarships presented on the evening included President’s Civic Spirit Award (Civic Engagement), Tom Mc Ellistrim Memorial […]

LAST night, as I watched RTE’s Primetime Investigates, my blood boiled. It showed blatant examples of how councillors attempted to further their own ends while holding roles in public office. Was I surprised? No. Was I pissed off? Absolutely. These are people who are supposed to have the people’s best interests […]

A LONG running Christmas Tralee RFC tradition will be adding a new event this year. The ‘Home v Exiles’ game has been played every St Stephen’s Day at O’Dowd Park in Ballyard for over 30 years and this year the club has added a 3k/5k fun run to the day of festivities. “This […]

IT seems weather warnings are a daily occurrence here in Kerry and there’s been another one issued for the entire country this morning. It’s not for today though, but comes into effect at midnight tonight until 11pm on Wednesday. Continued below… The Status Yellow Wind Warning for Ireland sees south to southwest […]