Archive for February 17th, 2016

JUST when the wind dies down and the rain finally abates, here comes the snow and ice. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow snow-ice warning for Kerry, Cork, Clare, Limerick, Connacht and Donegal. Continued below… They say it will be cold overnight with scattered snow showers, mostly affecting parts of […]

HSE Mental Health Services in Kerry are inviting interested parties to two public events (one in Tralee and one in Killarney) where guest speaker Michael Ryan from Advancing Recovery Ireland (ARI) will be speaking about Recovery Principles as well as his own experience of recovery from mental ill-health. Representatives from the […]

BADMINTON The Limerick UL Sports Arena was the venue for the Munster Grades D,F and G Inter County competitions . The Kingdom had two teams playing on the day, at grade F and at grade G and at day’s end after a hectic days play Kerry came home with both […]

THE opinion poll carried out in the Kerry constituency by Ipsos/MRBI for TG4, revealed last night, asked the people who they will be voting for come February 26. In addition to which candidates will get their No.1 votes (reported by us earlier here), a sample of Kerry voters was also asked about the […]

The Tuborg Tralee and District League moved on last week with victories in section 1 for McElligotts, Ardfert, over Huddle 1 on a scoreline of 4-3. New Kingdom Bar, Listowel had a victory over O’Connors, Ballyduff, catching them cold with the scoreline not reflecting the tightness of the games. In […]

THE Renua Ireland candidate for Kerry, Donal Corcoran, has said that the cost and availability of quality childcare in Kerry is one of the biggest issues facing young families in Kerry. The cost of childcare is the equivalent to a second mortgage and in some cases and while there is tax […]

A NEW sign has appeared in front of Kerry General Hospital confirming it has been renamed University Hospital Kerry or Ospidéal na hOllscoile, Ciarraí. Minister for Health Leo Varadkar is due to visit the hospital on Friday to officially announce the name change. Before Christmas, Minister Jimmy Deenihan, when turning […]

WHILE vote management has been going on for years in political parties, the Healy Raes are taking it to a fine art…or cartography in this case. They have released a colour-coded map of Kerry which shows precisely which areas they are looking for No.1 and No.2 votes for Michael and Danny. It’s […]

AS the Kerry electorate goes to the polls on Friday, February 26, one of the nation’s favourite singers is preparing for a concert that night at Ballyroe Heights Hotel, Tralee. Following on from her sell-out tour last year, Mary Black and her band are back in Kerry for what promises to be one […]

THE Zyber Theatre Company will make a return to Siamsa Tíre next week with a new play ‘CrissCross’ by John Fraher. ‘CrissCross’ delivers subjects such as love, death, manipulation, forbidden liaisons, family history, laughter, rejection – all of life’s chapters. John Fraher’s earlier plays, ‘What Time is it in Bangkok’, ‘The […]

TÁNAISTE Joan Burton was in town on Tuesday to lend her support to Labour candidate, Deputy Arthur Spring ahead of Friday’s week’s election d-day. To the disappointment of national media assembled, due to persistent, heavy rain, a chance for the Tánaiste to really get out in about in Tralee with Deputy […]

YESTERDAY I came across a truly inspirational video by a fellow Galway person, Pat Divilly. He delivered a very powerful message about how every conversation can change a life. Watch the video (at the bottom of this column), as it really will make your day. The crux of the message […]

STUDENTS from the Culinary Arts programme at the Institute of Technology, Tralee had an educational journey through organic, local and sustainable growing for chefs, seashore seaweed foraging and tasting at Gortbrack Organic Farm in Tralee, last Friday, February 12. Continued below… The educational day was introduced by Ian McGrigor, director […]