Archive for February 3rd, 2016

IT Tralee TUI Staff Strike Over Government Cuts

IT Tralee TUI Staff Strike Over Government Cuts

February 3, 2016 at 4:31 pm Comments are Disabled

CLASSES faced disruption today at IT Tralee because of a nationwide strike by lecturers and researchers in opposition to government cuts. The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) feel they have been forced to strike because of austerity measures imposed by the Department of Education over the last number of years. Traleetoday.ie […]

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At the Chuile Mhuire talk for secondary school students were from left: Meabh Ni Ciomhagain, Siun Ni Mhuircheartaigh, Catherine McKenne (Cuan Mhuire), Michael Kelliher, Conor Murphy, Mary Fitzpatrick and Ciara Supple. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Students From Tralee Schools Hear From Cuan Mhuire Team About Addiction

February 3, 2016 at 2:57 pm Comments are Disabled

AS part of their Catholic Schools week programme of events, students from Presentation Secondary School Tralee invited representatives from Cuan Mhuire to meet with Transition Year students from each of the local secondary schools. On Wednesday morning, February 3, the Cuan Mhuire team consisting of an addiction counsellor and three […]

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Emily Corridon with grandparents, from left; Mary and Phil Corridon, Tralee and Eileen and Eamon Kissane, Ballybunion, at the Grandparents Day at St Brendan's NS in Blennerville on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Older Generation Gets A Look At New School On Grandparents Day in Blennerville

February 3, 2016 at 2:52 pm Comments are Disabled

NOW in its fifth year in St Brendan’s NS Blennerville, Grandparents Day took on special significance this year as it was the first in the new school. Staff, pupils and the grandparents all gathered in the gym at 11am for a Mass celebrated by Fr Francis Nolan, followed by a […]

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Kerry’s Young People Urged To Register To Vote As Deadline Approaches

Kerry’s Young People Urged To Register To Vote As Deadline Approaches

February 3, 2016 at 2:05 pm Comments are Disabled

THE National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is encouraging the 1,997 young people in Kerry who have turned 18 in the past 12 months, to make sure they are registered to vote, given that a General Election is just weeks away. If the election is held at the end of February, […]

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Ex-Dynamos Player Leaves English Club And Thanks Them With Emotional Letter

Ex-Dynamos Player Leaves English Club And Thanks Them With Emotional Letter

February 3, 2016 at 1:27 pm Comments are Disabled

AS the final deals of the English transfer window were being done, ex Tralee Dynamos goalkeeper Paul White, made the announcement that it was time for him to depart Forest Green Rovers. The decision was made due to the lack of action White has seen between the posts in his […]

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Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn pupils preparing for clothes mania were, from Left: Naoise Ni Sheannhain, Edward Mac Sithigh, Saidhbh Ni Mherirsea and Sean O Euagain. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Gaelscoil Pupils Look To The Future With Young Entrepreneur Initiative

February 3, 2016 at 10:44 am Comments are Disabled

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn pupils are getting business savvy as part of  The Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP). Fifth class pupils have been busily putting together a second hand clothing sale called ‘Cloze Mania’ with a emphasis on branded items. Pupils are looking for people to pledge their unwanted gear to the […]

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Kerry Library To Hold Open Day On 1916 Rising

Kerry Library To Hold Open Day On 1916 Rising

February 3, 2016 at 10:42 am Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry Library is holding an Open Day in its Local History and Archives section on Saturday, February 13, between 10am and 4pm for donations of family artefacts, photographs and letters relating to the Easter Rising. It will be part of an exhibition that will commemorate the role of the […]

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Moyderwell Pupils Spring Into Healthy Living

Moyderwell Pupils Spring Into Healthy Living

February 3, 2016 at 10:33 am Comments are Disabled

OVER the last three weeks, the 2nd class pupils from Moyderwell Mercy Primary have been participating in their version of Operation Transformation. The pupils participate in at least ten minutes of additional exercise per day, adding it to their regular P.E. classes of football and swimming. The extra activities include walking, […]

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Orlagh Winters: Mental Health Should Be A Major Election Issue

Orlagh Winters: Mental Health Should Be A Major Election Issue

February 3, 2016 at 10:17 am Comments are Disabled

I’VE debated with myself for a while on whether or not to write about this subject as thankfully it is not something that has ever knocked on my door but it has affected many friends. The subject is suicide and there is not a day that I don’t hear of […]

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