Archive for December, 2015

Minister For Communications Pays A Visit To Local Company

Minister For Communications Pays A Visit To Local Company

December 2, 2015 at 2:27 pm Comments are Disabled

MINISTER for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Alex White together with Labour TD Arthur Spring paid a visit to TLI Group, based in Abbeydorney on Monday. The minister was given an overview of the company, its current and upcoming projects as well as its plans for future growth. TLI Group have recently […]

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Deenihan Told Ballybunion Building ‘Not Planning Compliant’ For Specific Application In Relation To Asylum Seekers Housing

Deenihan Told Ballybunion Building ‘Not Planning Compliant’ For Specific Application In Relation To Asylum Seekers Housing

December 2, 2015 at 1:11 pm 3 comments

FINE Gael TD for Kerry, Minister Jimmy Deenihan, has been informed by the Department of Justice that they will not be going ahead with the proposal to house asylum seekers in Ballybunion because the proposed building in Ballybunion is not planning compliant for purpose of this specific application. There had been […]

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Tralee Mother Shares Emotional Letter From Son She Gave Up For Adoption 26 Years Previously

Tralee Mother Shares Emotional Letter From Son She Gave Up For Adoption 26 Years Previously

December 2, 2015 at 11:33 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE mother shared an emotional story about her son who was given up for adoption and didn’t see for 26 years, as part of An Post letter competition on the Ryan Tubridy Radio Show on Monday. The woman, known only as ‘Marian’, told the heartbreaking story of her son, John, whom she […]

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Two Defibrillators Donated To Tralee Community Responders

Two Defibrillators Donated To Tralee Community Responders

December 2, 2015 at 10:47 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Community Responders has hailed their public meeting last Thursday as a success and revealed that two defibrillators have already been donated to the group in recent weeks. The equipment was donated by Bank of Ireland and from the Tralee branch of the Irish Red Cross. The Responders need four defibrillators […]

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ITT Students To Put On Fashion Show In Aid Of St Vincent De Paul

ITT Students To Put On Fashion Show In Aid Of St Vincent De Paul

December 2, 2015 at 10:12 am Comments are Disabled

IT Tralee’s St. Vincent de Paul Society is holding their annual Fashion Show this Thursday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. All the clothes modelled on the night by students are from St. Vincent de Paul shops nationwide and they aim to prove that you can be on trend with clothes that are reasonably priced. […]

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Castlemorris House Sold For Close To Asking Price Of €495,000

Castlemorris House Sold For Close To Asking Price Of €495,000

December 2, 2015 at 9:27 am Comments are Disabled

A PROMINENT Tralee property, built in the 1790s, has been sold for close to the asking price of €495,000. Castlemorris House has been bought by an Irish couple with a young family and will continue to operate as a B&B, according to Ganley Walters, the Dublin-based auctioneers handling the sale. The […]

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Parents Warned To Be Vigilant After Suspicious Approach To Schoolchildren

Parents Warned To Be Vigilant After Suspicious Approach To Schoolchildren

December 1, 2015 at 5:52 pm Comments are Disabled

  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 […]

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Hurling County Championship Games Could Return To North Kerry Grounds

Hurling County Championship Games Could Return To North Kerry Grounds

December 1, 2015 at 5:10 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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At the IT Tralee, Christmas Cracker world record breaking attempt in the North Campus were, from left: Orla Couttney, Alexandra White, Alsa Cenaj, Sarah Carmody and Patrice Sandk. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS/VIDEO: IT Tralee Cracks World Record On Campus

December 1, 2015 at 4:48 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Christmas Cooking Demo At Kerry College Of Further Education

Christmas Cooking Demo At Kerry College Of Further Education

December 1, 2015 at 3:23 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Orlagh Winters: What To Wear As Party Season Commences

Orlagh Winters: What To Wear As Party Season Commences

December 1, 2015 at 2:52 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Planning Permission Sought For New Petrol Station On John Joe Sheehy Road

Planning Permission Sought For New Petrol Station On John Joe Sheehy Road

December 1, 2015 at 12:52 pm Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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No End To The Weather Warnings As Met Éireann Tells Us It’s Going To Be Windy

No End To The Weather Warnings As Met Éireann Tells Us It’s Going To Be Windy

December 1, 2015 at 11:48 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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ITT Lecturers And Students Hold Protest Over Concerns

ITT Lecturers And Students Hold Protest Over Concerns

December 1, 2015 at 10:51 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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Radio Kerry Wants You To Jump To It For St Vincent De Paul

Radio Kerry Wants You To Jump To It For St Vincent De Paul

December 1, 2015 at 10:08 am Comments are Disabled

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 […]

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