Archive for January, 2016

THE Kerry Fashion Week Boutique & Designer Show returns to Ballygarry House Hotel again this year. The event will be held in the Pavilion at Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee, on Wednesday, March 2 as part of Kerry Fashion Week.   The highlight of KFW takes place on Friday, March 4 in the Hotel Europe & […]

IF you’re getting the train to or from Tralee in the next few weeks, you really need to know this information. Due to engineering works between Killarney and Tralee, bus transfers will apply from January 25 to February 19, Monday to Friday. It will affect weekday passengers on Dublin Heuston to […]

Kerins O’Rahillys 10K 1916 Commemorative Run With just under a week to go until the Kerins O’Rahillys club hold their 1916 commemorative 10K run we are delighted to announce that legendary marathon runner and native Tralee man John Griffin will be our official race starter for our 10K. John famously won back to back Dublin city […]

SENIOR: Na Gaeil faced Ballymac in the first round of the Brendans league. Played at the Tralee Athletic grounds, Na Gaeil started the brighter with Diarmaid Herlihy opened Na Gaeils account with a goal after Jamie Lowham supplied the trough ball leaving the fox one on one with the keeper. […]

FOR the first time in over a decade three Tralee clubs will compete in Division 1 of the Credit Union Senior Football County League. John Mitchels will join defending champions Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahilly’s in the top flight throwing up a couple of more town derby days. Once again, […]

TWO Status Yellow weather warnings have been issued for tomorrow which will see high winds and heavy rainfall batter the country. A wind warning, where south to southwest winds of 60 to 65km/h, with gusts of 100 to 110km/h are expected tonight and for a time tomorrow, is valid for the entire […]

AUSTIN Stacks GAA Club today announced their management teams for the coming season, which includes renowned former Kerry senior team strength and conditioning coach, Pat Flanagan. An infusion of new, albeit very experienced blood, from senior right down to the minor grade sees a strong development in the Rock, in the final […]

GARDAÍ are warning the public about a phone scam which can clear the credit on your phone or add large amounts to your monthly bill. People around the county are reporting that they received calls from a foreign number starting with 00 247. A person can be heard shouting in […]

St Brendans Park Fc Weekly Notes After weekending Sunday 24th January 2016 By Club PRO Tommy Naughton  RESULTS ; U13 Daly’s Supervalu Premier Park A 5-1 Inter Kenmare . U13 Daly’s Supervalu Div.1  Park B 5-2 Ballyhar U15 Killarney Plaza Premier Killarney Celtic A 4-1 Park A . U15 Killarney Plaza Div.2 Fenit […]

AH, the 1980s! Perms, stonewashed denim jackets and leg warmers were the height of fashion, Stock, Aiken and Waterman soundtracked our lives, teenage girls swooned over Tom Cruise in Top Gun and boys dreamt of Kim Basinger. May God have mercy on our souls. Anyway, you can relive the retina-scorching fashions and synth-heavy pop ‘choons’ at […]

COACHING CONFERENCE: There was a big turn-out of Club Coaches and others at the Coaching Conference held at the Meadowlands Hotel last Saturday week (16th Jan). Speakers included Joe O’Connor, a Fitness Consultant with his own Company – NISUS – as well as featuring in RTE’s ‘Fittest Family’ Show; Eoin Burns, a […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Brosna to see John Mitchels grab an injury-time winner in the Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final Replay against Spa… John Mitchels 1-11 Spa 0-13 JOHN MITCHELS ended 13 years outside of Division 1 by overcoming Spa in a thrilling finale in Brosna on Sunday. It looked as […]

SENIOR TEAM – JOHN MITCHELS v SPA (AWAY) Mitchels met Spa today in the County Football League Division 2 play off Replay in Brosna. Conditions were slightly better today with a light breeze. Spa won the toss and played with the wind in the 1st half. Spa started better and […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 12,13, 18 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Helen Foley Blennerville, Joan O’Hara c/o Poff Motors, Colette Savage Annagh , Niall Ryle The Spa and Caitlin O’Grady Tonavane. Next […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in O Riadas Bar on Monday, 18thJanuary 2016 for a lotto jackpot of €9,900. Numbers drawn were 1,17,20,27. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Der & Mary Lynch, Kielduff 2. Donie Ruane, Kielduff 3. Marguerite Leen, Kielduff 4. Mary Riordan, Ballymac 5. Mike Dowd, […]

Successful Parnells development workshop: A strong attendance of dedicated volunteers met at Kerins O’Rahillys on Friday the 22nd of January, at the invitation of Parnells Chairperson Dermot Reen. Our 2 excellent facilitators from Kerry County Board formed us into a number of discussion panels and for the next 2 hours […]

RESULTS FOR THE WEEK: U14 BOYS DIV 2 Tralee Imperials v Kenmare Kestrals 31 v 54 U16 Boys DIV 1 Tralee Imperials v St Brendans 46 v 47 after overtime: U12 BOYS DIV 1 Tralee Imperials v TK Cougars 20 v 32 U16 GIRLS DIV 1 Tralee Imperials v TK […]

It proved, indeed, to be a bumber nights Badminton at the CPC.IE sponsored Badminton County Singles Championships played at the Killarney Sports Centre on Friday night last, where over 70 competitors took part in the ladies and men’s championships for divisions 1, 3 and 5. The fare provided was out […]

AN Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, will visit town this coming Friday. He will officially launch enet’s 1Gbs Fibre To The Home (FTTH) network on at 9.30am in Ballyseedy Garden Centre. Enet, the open access network operator, has privately funded, built and activated this fibre network in north Kerry which connects every premises directly […]

By Kevin Williams ….Club PRO AGM: The AGM took place last Thursday and was well attended with 38 members showing up.  After the minutes were read, the Chairman issued a short address thanking everyone for a very successful 2015. The Treasurer followed and reported a healthy set of accounts again […]

KERRY GAA stars from all codes were honoured at the Kerry GAA Supporters Club social in the Ballygarry House Hotel on Saturday night. A crowd of around 200 loyal GAA supporters reviewed the year gone by and speculated on Kerry’s chances for 2016 in the company of the football and hurling All-Stars. […]

A TRALEE native, living in Wales, is hoping to get his book published in paperback after selling 700 copies in e-book form on Amazon. Brendan Gerad O’Brien, formerly of St Brendan’s Park, now living in Newport, is married to Jennifer and has two children  Shelly and Sarah. The 68 year old had been […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kerry’s outing against Waterford in the Munster Senior Hurling League match played in Killarney yesterday afternoon, with photos by Gavin O’Connor… Kerry 0-8   Waterford 0-17 Kerry hurlers played their last game in the Munster Senior Hurling League where they came up short against a Waterford team that included […]

IT was a brilliant night at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday, as nine couples took to the floor displaying their fleet-footed moves to raise funds for Castlegregory Golf and Fishing Club and  Recovery Haven. Yesterday, we told you that Anne Kerins and Tom Ferriter’s efforts stole the show at the ‘Strictly Come […]

I GREW up in Boherbee Tralee (AKA The Yellow Road). My mother ran a local grocery store for more than 30 years. Coming from this background it gave me an early and great insight into (a) dealing with the public and (b) the importance of structure and organisation in running a […]

TRALEE athletes excelled at the Kerry Schools Cross Country Championships on Wednesday at The Demesne, Killarney. Tralee CBS beat competition from around the county to win the ‘Best School Award’ for boys, with Mercy Mounthawk coming in second place and Presentation Milltown 3rd. Presentation Killarney won ‘Best Girls School’ with Mercy Mounthawk once […]

MERCY Mounthawk students spent a night sleeping outside the school gym on Thursday to highlight the national issue of homelessness and to raise funds for Focus Ireland. Continued below… The weather was terrible with wind and rain battering the building but the students, part of the transition year Young Social Innovators Group, toughed it […]

OVER 300 people went to the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night for a fantastic night of entertainment, to raise funds for Castlegregory Golf and Fishing Club. Nine couples, made up of members of the club and from Tralee Musical Society, took to the dance floor and wowed judges and audiences alike with their great […]

Stephen Roche joined the Kerry Liverpool Supporters Club on a trip to Anfield last weekend. Despite the 0-1 defeat to Manchester United, he said the trip was worthwhile to see the Reds in action… THE Kerry Liverpool Supporters Club travelled over to Liverpool last weekend to watch them take on […]

AROUND 500 guests attended the retirement function for Chief Superintendent Pat Sullivan from An Garda Síochána on Friday at Ballygarry House Hotel. He retired after over 40 years of distinguished service to the organisation, the majority of which was spent in the Kerry Garda Division. Guests included Deputy Commissioner Donall O’Cualáinn, Assistant […]