Archive for January, 2016

VIDEO: Kevin’s Epic Journey Brings Him Kicking Through Tralee

VIDEO: Kevin’s Epic Journey Brings Him Kicking Through Tralee

January 5, 2016 at 12:50 pm Comments are Disabled

A TIPPERARY man, currently making his way through Kerry, may lay claim to being the most prolific point scorer in GAA this year when he’s finished the ‘Kick For Kolkata’ charity initiative which will reach every parish in Ireland. (Video of points at Kerins O’Rahillys, Austin Stacks and John Mitchels below) Over the […]

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Annette To Run London Marathon To Raise Awareness Of Rare Disease

Annette To Run London Marathon To Raise Awareness Of Rare Disease

January 5, 2016 at 10:30 am Comments are Disabled

A LEITH-WEST woman is looking to raise awareness of a rare degenerative disease by running the London marathon in April and holding a 70s disco fundraiser in town next week. Annette O’Donnell has taken it upon herself to raise awareness for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) which is similar to, but a much […]

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€3.8m Allocated For Upgrade Of Dingle Road

€3.8m Allocated For Upgrade Of Dingle Road

January 5, 2016 at 10:00 am Comments are Disabled

FUNDING of €3.8 million has been allocated for the upgrade of the N86 Dingle to Annascaul and Gortbreagoge to Camp Road sections of the N86, which will include a cycleway, road widening and improved pedestrian facilities. The N86 Dingle to Annascaul and Gortbreagoge to Camp Road Improvement Scheme comprises of […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

January 4, 2016 at 8:58 pm Comments are Disabled

LOTTO : The draw for the jackpot of €1,500 took  place on Tuesday evening last. Numbers drawn were 8,17,25 27. There was no winner.  €50 winners were Catherine O Connor  Margaret Crean.€25 winners were Scotia 31 cards,Fintan Rogers, Jack O Driscoll Sorcha O Suilleabhain.Next week’s lotto is worth €2,000. All welcome for draw in […]

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Teenager Taught A Lesson With Facebook Post

Teenager Taught A Lesson With Facebook Post

January 4, 2016 at 7:46 pm 1 comment

THIS Facebook post raised a smile when we saw it on a local buy and sell group page. A lot of presents were given out in households this year around town and while some of them were gratefully received, others didn’t get the desired reaction. This person went on ‘Tralee […]

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Kerins O’Rahillys Club News

Kerins O’Rahillys Club News

January 4, 2016 at 4:46 pm Comments are Disabled

Kerins O’Rahillys 10K 1916 Commemorative Run It is all systems go now and people have really started to train for the 10K at the end of the month. We are looking forward to another entertaining day and welcoming old and new friends to our club. Registration is now open for […]

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Rose Of Tralee’s Lovely Tribute To Little Girl Who Lost Battle With Illness

Rose Of Tralee’s Lovely Tribute To Little Girl Who Lost Battle With Illness

January 4, 2016 at 4:13 pm 2 comments

THE current Rose of Tralee, has paid tribute to a little girl from Kilkenny, who has passed away after battling a brain tumour for the past few years. Elysha Brennan, who has herself battled against cancer in the past, went on her Rose of Tralee Facebook page today to express her […]

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Council And Inter-Agency Group Urge Public To Exercise Caution In Face Of Bad Weather

Council And Inter-Agency Group Urge Public To Exercise Caution In Face Of Bad Weather

January 4, 2016 at 3:38 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council and the Kerry Severe Weather Local Assessment Team has expressed its appreciation for the hard work and co-operation, in difficult conditions, of all individuals and agencies involved during the recent weather events. They also have urged caution as the bad weather continues over the coming week. “This was an […]

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VIDEO: Director Of Star Wars And Crew Talk About Skellig Michael Filming

January 4, 2016 at 3:23 pm Comments are Disabled

  TOURISM in Kerry received a boost today with the release of a Youtube video that features Star Wars The Force Awakens director, JJ Abrams and crew gushing over the beauty of Skellig Micheal. The video was produced by Discover Ireland and features behind the scenes footage of filming on […]

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What The Judges Said About Tralee In Latest IBAL Report

What The Judges Said About Tralee In Latest IBAL Report

January 4, 2016 at 2:52 pm Comments are Disabled

EARLIER we told you about Tralee’s disappointing placing in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) table. We went from third in August, to 17th today and down to ‘Clean to European Norms’ from the top standard of ‘Cleaner Than European Norms’. The start of the IBAL judges’ report on Tralee […]

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Tralee Drops In IBAL League Table

Tralee Drops In IBAL League Table

January 4, 2016 at 1:12 pm Comments are Disabled

IT’S not a great start to the year for Tralee as the town has slipped in its classification in the Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) table. After being placed third in the table in August, with a standard of being ‘Cleaner Than European Norms’, the town has slipped back to 17th […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Juvenile Club News

Austin Stacks GAA Juvenile Club News

January 4, 2016 at 11:50 am Comments are Disabled

  INDOOR FOOTBALL: Our indoor training will commence on Sunday next, 10th January ’16. This early season preparation will take place in the Mounthawk Gym. We are hoping for a big turnout….and beginners/newcomers welcome! Timetable: (i) Under 6 players (born in 2010/11) at 10am; (ii) Under 8 players (born 2008/09) […]

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Kerry Badminton Association

Kerry Badminton Association

January 4, 2016 at 11:43 am Comments are Disabled

  With the Christmas festivities now pushed to one side Kerry Badminton enthusiasts are about to embark on what is always acclaimed as the busy part of the Badminton season. It is the Listowel Badminton Club that will have the honour of opening the 2016 Kerry Badminton proceedings with their […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Club News

Austin Stacks GAA Club News

January 4, 2016 at 11:28 am Comments are Disabled

  THE YEAR PAST – SENIOR FOOTBALL: 2015 was one of the busiest and the longest years in memory for our footballers. Our first competitive game was on the 24th January and our last one was on the 13th December – that’s a 46 week span. During that period we […]

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Tralee Imperials Basketball Club News

Tralee Imperials Basketball Club News

January 4, 2016 at 11:19 am Comments are Disabled

  New year results Congratulations to our u18 girls along with Grainne Quigley and Danielle Pierse who won Ladies Div 2 blitz in Castleisland. Thanks to coach Liam Culloty for giving up his time. Our senior ladies Team, Team Garvey’s played their 1st game of new year against Longford on […]

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Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

January 4, 2016 at 11:10 am Comments are Disabled

  Development Workshop Fri 15 Jan: An open workshop will be hosted on Fri 15th Jan 2016 in Kerins O’Rahillys at 7.30pm. This is to follow up on the well-attended Parnells meeting in late November. We invite everybody and anybody to attend, including those who are not actively involved in […]

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St Pats GAA Blennerville Club News

St Pats GAA Blennerville Club News

January 4, 2016 at 11:07 am Comments are Disabled

  Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 3, 7, 8 & 13. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Padraig O Keeffe Lixnaw, Michael Sugrue Tonevane, Katie Moriarty Curraheen, James O Connor Lohercannan and Sean Hayes Tonevane. Next […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

January 4, 2016 at 11:01 am Comments are Disabled

  LOTTO Our Lotto sellers and draw teams are on a well deserved break until the next lotto draw which takes places in the Halfway Bar on Monday, 11th January 2016. The lotto is the main source of funding for the Club and huge debt of gratitude is owed to […]

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Kilmoyley's, Daniel Collins, as captain leads out Kerry against Limerick in the Gaelic Grounds in the Munster Senior Hurling League earlier this year.

REPORT/PHOTOS: Kerry Hurlers Defeated In First Outing Of 2016

January 4, 2016 at 10:37 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran was in Limerick on Sunday for the Kerry senior hurling team’s first outing of the year… Limerick 2-23 Kerry 0-18 The Kerry hurlers began their 2016 season with a trip to the Gaelic Grounds in Limerick on Sunday, to play in round one of Munster Senior League. Kerry came […]

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REVIEW 2015: The News From December…

REVIEW 2015: The News From December…

January 3, 2016 at 12:07 pm Comments are Disabled

Continuing our ‘Review of 2015’, here’s some of the news we brought you in December… • 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 […]

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Roger Harty: Let’s Make Sense

Roger Harty: Let’s Make Sense

January 3, 2016 at 12:07 pm Comments are Disabled

  TRULY living in ‘The Now’ is a most wondrous and rewarding way to live life. It might sound strange to speak the obvious to people, but the only time you can truly live is Now. Have you ever managed to live five minutes ago or in five minutes time? It […]

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Michael Fassbender Picks Up ‘International Star’ Award In California

Michael Fassbender Picks Up ‘International Star’ Award In California

January 3, 2016 at 12:03 pm Comments are Disabled

KILLARNEY actor Michael Fassbender picked up an award last night night at an awards ceremony in California. It was a happy new year for the star of Steve Jobs and Macbeth – who spent Christmas at home in Killarney – as he received the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) International Star […]

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Rainfall Warning In Effect For Kerry Until Midnight

Rainfall Warning In Effect For Kerry Until Midnight

January 3, 2016 at 11:30 am Comments are Disabled

IT’S almost a daily occurrence now, but Met Eireann has issued yet another Status Yellow rainfall warning for Kerry and Cork. In what seems like a never-ending issuing of warnings, they are predicting rainfall totals of 25 to 40 mm in 24 hours from midnight last night to midnight tonight, […]

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Tralee Lads Live It Up At $1,000 Ticket Sydney Opera House New Year’s Eve Party

Tralee Lads Live It Up At $1,000 Ticket Sydney Opera House New Year’s Eve Party

January 2, 2016 at 3:21 pm Comments are Disabled

TWO Tralee teenagers blagged their way into a $1,000 New Year’s Eve party in Sydney and uploaded a video to YouTube. Joe.ie have a story on their site reporting that Jack Stuart and Rory Doyle spent $65 on a ticket to the Sydney Opera House area on New Year’s Eve but they […]

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Participants at the start of the Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

Get On Your Bike For The Annual Jimmy Duffy Cycle

January 2, 2016 at 12:57 pm Comments are Disabled

CYCLISTS are being asked to dust down the bikes as the Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle takes place next Saturday from St. Pat’s GAA Club, Blennerville. The annual cycle is in memory of Jimmy Duffy, who lived in Blennerville all his life and was a fine musician and avid cyclist. He was 67 years old when […]

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PHOTOS: The Best GAA Photos We Took In 2015 (Part 2)

PHOTOS: The Best GAA Photos We Took In 2015 (Part 2)

January 2, 2016 at 12:56 pm Comments are Disabled

YESTERDAY we brought you some of the stand-out photos we took at Kerry GAA games during the year with our own cameras. Here’s the second part, featuring memorable moments of action, joy and heartbreak.            

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REVIEW 2015: The News From November…

REVIEW 2015: The News From November…

January 2, 2016 at 12:55 pm Comments are Disabled

Continuing our ‘Review of 2015’, here’s some of the news we brought you from November… • There was sad news around Kerry at the death  of well-known Kerry GAA figure, Leo Griffin. Leo, who grew up in the Mitchels area, was a familiar face around town, but came to be known […]

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Tralee Man Called Into Extended Irish Training Squad Ahead Of Six Nations

Tralee Man Called Into Extended Irish Training Squad Ahead Of Six Nations

January 2, 2016 at 12:40 pm Comments are Disabled

FORMER Tralee RFC player, Ultan Dillane, has been called into Joe Schmidt’s extended Irish training squad for a Six Nations camp at Carton House. It’s the latest step in the 22-year-old Connacht lock’s progression since he left Tralee some years ago. Continued below… French-born Dillane moved to his mother’s native Kerry […]

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One of the best young players in the county, Cormac Coffey, in full flight. Photo by Dermot Crean.

REVIEW 2015: The Best GAA Photos We Took In The Past Year (Part 1)

January 1, 2016 at 1:54 pm Comments are Disabled

THROUGHOUT 2015, we brought our cameras to Kerry games around the country and to see how Tralee teams fared in various competitions. We took loads of photos and here, in no particular order, is a selection of some which stood out (we’ll have more tomorrow)…  

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Brenda Doody, Kerry and Deirdre Finn, Mercy Foundation  at The Mercy Stars awards night in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Cork on Friday 2nd October. The Mercy Stars recognise those individuals, teams, and fundraising volunteers who go the extra mile for patients and colleagues at the Mercy University Hospital.
Pic Darragh Kane.

REVIEW 2015: The News From October…

January 1, 2016 at 1:20 pm Comments are Disabled

Continuing our ‘Review of 2015’, here’s some of the news we brought you in October… • Gardai in Tralee began a murder investigation following a post mortem on a 24 year old man who had been assaulted outside a house in Killeen Woods on September 30. The deceased, Dmitry Hrynkevich, moved with his […]

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