Archive for February, 2016

THERE was great hustle and bustle in Caherleaheen National School on Wednesday as grandparents got a chance to come and visit their grandchildren at school. Grandparents Day is celebrated as part of Catholic Schools Week where the older generation are invited to the school. Their main hall was split in two so that […]

  KERRY County Council is asking candidates and political parties to refrain from placing posters for the general election on road traffic signs or poles as well as overhead bridges. Posters should not obstruct sight lines for motorists and the view of motorists or present a traffic hazard. Kerry County Council […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week is an all-Ireland annual event which invites Catholic schools to give expression in a special way to the ethos of Catholic education. This year’s theme is: “Challenged to Proclaim God’s Mercy”. The pupils in Kilmoyley National School celebrated Catholic Schools Week by honouring Saint […]

IT’S going to be the highlight of spring for fashion lovers as the Kerry Boutique & Designer show returns to Ballygarry House Hotel Pavilion on Wednesday, March 2. Kellihers Toyota, Tralee, were today officially announced as the official associate sponsor of the show which is a major part of Kerry Fashion Week. Featuring […]

OVER 500 people recently attended a coffee morning at the Ballygarry House Hotel to mark the retirement of Chief Superintendent Pat Sullivan after 41 years service in An Garda Síochána. The event on Friday, January 22, doubled as a fundraiser for the Kerry Hospice Foundation, which is a charity very […]

St. Brendan’s Tralee claimed the inaugural Hula Hoops Men’s Intermediate Club Championship title with an emphatic 78-60 win over BC Leixlip Nemumas at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght last Saturday. Brendan’s run to the final saw them account for Shannon Jets, Portlaoise Panthers, Phoenix BC from Belfast and Cork […]

EMPLOYEES of Bon Secours hospital will be raising money for Tralee Rotary Club and getting active when they take on the Tralee Valentines 10 Mile Run Walk organised by Run the Kingdom. The event is being used primarily as a health initiative for Bon Secours employees and takes place on […]

TRALEE area schools were to the fore in the prizes in the Tralee Credit Union Noreen Lynch Annual Schools Quiz on Sunday in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre. This year, 164 students participated in their Quiz representing 23 primary schools throughout Tralee, Castleisland, Killorglin and surrounding areas. It was a busy […]

RESULTS FOR THE WEEK U12A GIRLS CUP A massive congrats to our girls on reaching cup final . They beat Gneeveguilla 34 v 25…. ACADEMY GIRLS Another great win v Rathmore 21 v 5 We would like to congratulate St Brendans on their fantastic victory on Sat in MENS INTERMEDIATE […]

PEIL AN DOMHNAIGH: The Rock Under 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 training sessions in Mounthawk Gym are getting better and better. Don’t be missing out, if you haven’t started your ’16 season! Next Sunday again, boys…our 1st spring outing! Fáilte roimh chách. Timetable: (i) Under 6 players (born in […]

Killarney and Ballyheigue venues were were the main focus of Badminton attention on Sunday last with Munster Championship fare being the attraction in Killarney and the progressive Ballyheigue club hosted their annual tournaments which catered for divisions 3,4 & 5. The Munster championships in Killarney proved to be a mixed […]

Fixtures Men’s: Sat 6th Feb: Casual Golf Sun 7th Feb: Men’s Scotch Foursomes timesheet opens at 8pm Mon 1st Feb. Teams should be entered by 1pm Sun. 7th Feb. for The Castle Bar Spring League. (Members can still advise before Fri. 12th Feb.) Monday 8th Feb timesheet opens at 8pm […]

IT’S become a bit of a forgotten art form of electioneering, but the Healy Raes do have a thing for preserving old ways and traditions. With the general election around the corner, Micheal Healy Rae features in a new video to soundtrack his campaign with a reworking of farm machinery cult-classic ‘Hit the […]

THE Friends of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway are to walk the line next Sunday and are hoping to be joined by as many members of the public as possible. “We last Walked the Line in protest nearly four years ago in April 2012,” reads a press release from the group. “Since then, the […]

IT was a day of great excitement in Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Monday as grandparents got a chance to see their beloved grandchildren at school. Grandparents Day is celebrated as part of Catholic Schools Week and coincides with St Bridget’s Day. All grandparents are invited to the school and are presented […]

Kerins O’Rahillys 10K 1916 Commemorative Run Kerins O’Rahillys held their second 10K run on Sunday last. It was a commemorative run and held to honour one of the men whose names we are privileged to have associated with our club. The run honoured “The O’Rahilly” and we were very thankful […]

LOTTO Congratulations to Frank Sayers, Derryquay and Aidan Pollard, Kielduff who both picked numbers 3,9,17,25 which were drawn in the Ballymac GAA Lotto which was held in Ballygarry House Hotel on Monday 25th January 2016. Both Frank and Aidan are regular lotto players and will share the jackpot of €10,000.  […]

TRALEE will be one of the Kerry towns to host the ‘Darkness Into Light’ event this coming May. The event, in aid of Pieta House, has captured the hearts of people all over the country as a fundraiser and a powerful way of raising awareness of mental health issues. It has […]

FOR any of you looking for tickets for the Katie Taylor fight against Queen Underwood in Tralee later this month, please note that Tralee Chamber Alliance will not  be selling tickets for this event. This was the previous arrangement, but tickets for the February 20 event in the Brandon Hotel, will […]

GARDAI say burglars are hitting homes while people are out to work and are looking for cash and jewellery, rather than bigger items. They are warning the public to be vigilant after two homes were hit in the Abbeydorney and Ballymacelligott areas in the past week. On Monday, January 25, […]

GARDAI are warning the public about another phone scam. A woman contacted Tralee Garda Station, saying they were called by a man this morning, with a middle eastern accent, claiming to be from an Irish bank headquarters. The call was made to a landline. The caller had the person’s name and address, which […]