Archive for January 26th, 2016

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB All roads lead to Tallaght next Saturday Our Senior Men travel to Dublin on Saturday 30th January for the Hula Hoops Mens Intermediate National Cup Final vs BC Leixlip Nemunas. Tip off for the game is 12pm at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght. We are […]

KERRY County Council say floodwaters in many parts of the county have now receded following heavy rainfall overnight last night. All major routes are now passable and the only road to remain closed in the county is the R570 road between Glenflesk and Barraduff. However Kerry County Council is advising […]

LISTOWEL, Killarney and Cahersiveen Community Hospitals will see over €28m in investment in the next five years after funding was confirmed by Labour’s Minister for the Elderly, Kathleen Lynch, today. Listowel Community Hospital will undergo a €2.69 million refurbishment to be completed in 2018, Caherciveen €2.25 million with completion in 2020 […]

GREAT news is coming through that Katie Taylor is set to fight US Olympian, Queen Underwood in Tralee next month. The event is being organised by Tralee Boxing Club. Tonight they will hold a meeting to decide the venue, ticket prices, and confirm the date of the fight, which is expected to be Saturday, […]

ACCORDING to an online takeaway service, Kerry people are very fond of their pizzas. There is huge demand for pizza in the county with the dish making up 86.80% of all orders taken by Just-Eat.com The first ‘National Takeaway Tuesday’ organised by Just-Eat.com takes place today and there will be a […]

KERRY County Council has issued an update on the weather situation around the county as of 12.30pm on Tuesday. There remains a lot of spot flooding and debris on the roads around the county this afternoon. Kerry County Council has been monitoring the situation around the county since early afternoon yesterday when […]

NEARLY €13m has been allocated to Kerry for road improvement and maintenance works. The funding – of €12,916,782 – is part of a €298 million national investment programme for 2016 for regional and local roads. Projects to receive funding include: Cluainin Development, Listowel; Dromevame, Kenmare; Killerisk ; Listry Bridge Milltown; Convent Cross […]

DO you love to run? Run the Kingdom are holding the Valentines Weekend 10 Mile Road Race which will take place on Sunday, February 14, 2016. The race is seen as a valuable training guide for the Tralee International Marathon and Half Marathon, which takes place around four weeks after this […]

WITH the opening match of the Allianz National League against Dublin in Croke Park now only days away, Kerry GAA, has unveiled new training gear the football and hurling teams will wear throughout the league campaign. Standing out from previous years, Kerry have gone for a luminous green as the most […]

SUNDAY MORNING FOOTBALL: The Rock Under 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 lads had another great session in Mounthawk Gym last Sunday and will have more of the same next Sunday next (31th).We’d still like to see a few more new faces! Fáilte roimh chách. Sessions’ times: (i) Under 6 […]

Captains Drive in Results BACK NINE : 1st: 27 5/8 Willie Goulding (9),John O’Brien (10),Joe McCarthy (15),Kieran O’Callaghan (20) 2nd : 28 5/16 Alan Kelly (8), Pat Williams(12), John Paul Enright (19), Gene Kelly(20) 3rd: 28 6/16 Kevin Lucey (6), Donie O’Keefe (6), Peter O’Driscoll (14), Maurice Laide (16) FRONT […]

FUNDING to the tune of over €1.8 has been announced for two Tralee social housing projects by Minister for the Environment, Alan Kelly this morning. It’s part of a €10.6m package for Kerry that sees other areas of the county receive large amounts of funding for social housing. The package includes, […]

THE draws for the Castleisland Mart Club Championship took place last night at the County Committee meeting held in Austin Stack Park. Recent championship clashes would suggest Kerins O’Rahilly’s would have preferred to avoid Legion. The Killarney side have knocked O’Rahilly’s out of the 2015 Senior Championship and the two […]

KERRY got the tail end of Storm Jonas last night and this morning, leaving many areas with spot flooding. Up to 25mm of rain fell across Kerry overnight from about 11pm. The road at Ballymullen had to be closed for a time earlier today as the fire service attended the scene and residents had to […]