Archive for February, 2016

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 09, 15, 25 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Kevin Walsh c/o Dwyers, Kiaran O Connor Curragraigue, Billy Lyons c/o Rock St. PO, Marie O Shea Curraheen and Pat […]

KERRY County Council is advising everyone that a Status Orange wind warning remains in place until noon today. There are very high waves in coastal areas and spot flooding in places as Storm Imogen continues. The main message from the council at present is that there is a lot of […]

AN Orange Status wind warning has been issued for Kerry and Cork tonight as the latest storm heads our way. Storm Imogen will bring westerly winds reaching mean speeds of 65 to 75 km/h with gusts of 100 to 120 km/h, strongest winds along the coast. Continued below… The weather warning is […]

Kerry 1-10 Roscommon 0-14 PLENTY to think about for the next three weeks then. Kerry were beaten fair and square today by a game Roscommon outfit, who adapted better to the  poor footballing conditions in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney. The rain and wind kept the fans away too, as just 4,507 paid […]

OVER 300 people attended the Lee Strand Annual Social on Saturday night at the Ballygarry House Hotel in Tralee. The annual gathering attended by farmers, shareholders, staff and customers of Lee Strand was a wonderful social evening of fine dining, great music and dancing. On arrival guests were welcomed with a […]

PEOPLE are encouraged to get dressed up and loved up for Valentine’s Day for a great cause, as a precursor to the Kerry Camino walk later this summer. Regular walkers and newcomers to the Kerry Camino are encouraged to take part in a guided walk from Camp to Inch on Sunday, […]

  THE meaning of the word paradox is an ‘an apparent contradiction’. Great examples of paradoxes are “I can resist anything but temptation,” Oscar Wilde, “what a pity that youth must be wasted on the young,” George Bernard Shaw, or in culinary terms the expression ‘Jumbo Shrimp’. I’m suggesting that the […]

RADIO Kerry legend, Weeshie Fogarty was inducted into the McNamee Awards Hall of Fame at a function in Croke Park last night and he wasn’t the only Kerry winner. The McNamee Awards are held annually to honour excellence in the area of communications, public relations and journalism, specifically related to the […]

AN article on the Austin Stacks journey in the All-Ireland Club championship in 2014/15, has won the 2015 National Media Award at the McNamee Awards in Croke Park last night. Marie Crowe – wife of well-known former Stacks footballer Billy – is a journalist with UTV Ireland and wrote the article for the Sunday […]

With Kerry’s Allianz National League campaign underway, it’s great to see the lads back in action and the fans heading to the games. Here’s some things you can expect to see and hear over the coming weeks as spring progresses… 1. The old “Yerra, tis only the league” chestnut Top […]

A TRIP to Dublin to watch Kerry in the All-Ireland championship always brings with it a sense of adventure, but some seize the day more than others. An account by a Kerry IRA volunteer in 1915, tells of how a trip to cheer on Kerry in an All-Ireland championship game was also a cover to […]

Gavin O’Connor looks forward to Kerry v Roscommon in the Allianz National Football League R2 game in Fitzgerald Stadium, Killarney on Sunday at 2pm… THESE two sides paths don’t cross often, but when they do it usually matters. The 1980 All-Ireland Final will stick on many people’s mind as the […]

TRALEE Library is running two events in the next fortnight as part of the the 1916 Rising commemorations on Tuesday, February 9 and, Thursday, February 18. Both events are part of the Kerry Centenary Programme 2016. The first will be a lecture by historian Pat Murphy on “The Asgard with Arms […]

TRALEE people watching Celebrity Big Brother Final on TV3 tonight might recognise the champion from a wild night in town not so long ago. Scotty T, real name Scott Timlin, of popular TV series ‘Geordie Shore’, won the competition coming out of the house to wild cheering from fans and watched […]

  IN what is an election bombshell for the Kerry constituency, sitting Independent TD for Kerry South, Tom Fleming, has announced he is pulling out of the race. The ex-Fianna Fáil man made the decision based on the conclusion that he was lagging behind in the north Kerry constituency and […]

THE Kerry team for Sunday sees Tommy Walsh named as full forward while his Strand Road team mates retain their positions in a side which has three changes in personnel from last week’s defeat to Dublin. The team to play Roscommon in Round 2 of the Allianz League in Fitzgerald Stadium […]

THE Tidy Tralee Together group are holding their AGM on Tuesday next in the Fels Point Hotel at 8pm. Having enjoyed great success in recent years, the group will be hoping to retain Tralee Gold Medal in the Tidy Towns and kick on for next year’s competition. They have done sterling work […]

A VISUALLY impaired Tralee woman is regularly left standing at a crossing in town, sometimes for up to ten minutes, because the audible function at the traffic lights has been inactive for the past five months. Sabrina McKiernan, from the Mitchels area, must wait at the crossing on Castle Street, outside the entrance to […]

TWO Tralee women will start for Ireland in their Six Nations game against Wales tomorrow in Donnybrook. Tralee RFC’s Zoe Grattage and Galwegians Ruth O’Reilly, a native of Ballyroe, will take to the field for the opening clash of the tournament in Donnybrook at 1pm. Hooker Zoe Grattage will win […]

CAHERSLEE and the Bracker O’Regan Road, or The Fat Mile, are problem areas for dog waste according to a survey by local students. On Friday, January 29, a Transition Year Science class from Presentation, Tralee, continued their mission to tackle the issue of dog waste in Tralee. The group, which call […]

A CHALLENGE match, organised for the Kerry senior hurlers in Limerick,  has forced the Kerry Hurling All Stars event scheduled for Saturday in The Abbey Tavern, Ardfert, to be moved to this Sunday night. Other arrangements remain in place with a pre-awards reception at 7.30pm. Andrew Morrissey of Radio Kerry – a huge hurling […]

IT’S time to slip on your dancing shoes and sign up for the Enable Ireland Kerry’s Strictly Come Dancing Fundraiser. The charity will be holding the event at the Brandon Hotel on Friday, May 13 and they are looking for dancers to take part, regardless of their ability. Over the course […]

IT was an extra special day in Moyderwell on Thursday as grandparents got a chance to go back to school. The return was prompted by Grandparents Day as part of Catholic Schools Week. The initiative encourages schools to invite grandparents of their pupils to come in to national schools to […]

NONE of this craic on Sunday now young man! The Allianz League issued a Dubsmash challenge to some footballers recently and Kerry’s David Moran looked happy to impart his impeccable lip-syncing skills to Drake’s ‘Hotline Bling’. For the few of you who don’t know what Dubsmash is, it’s a video messaging app where users can […]

IT turns out that Kerry people are luckier than some and not as lucky as others when it comes to winning the National Lottery Lotto jackpot. The National Lottery have released a county by county breakdown of how many times the lottery jackpot has been won in each of the […]

De La Salle Macroom 1-18  CBS The Green 0-16 The Green were sent out of the Frewen Cup on Wednesday afternoon in Lewis Road, Killarney. The Tralee side trailed by 3 points at half-time (0-8 to 0-11), their game improved in the second half which at one stage bright the sides level. […]

A UK CLOTHING chain is to open a new store on Abbeycourt this Friday. A number of new jobs will be created at Mountain Warehouse – the UK-based discount outdoor clothing seller which has branches in Dublin, Wexford, Banbridge and Antrim – when opens next to Holland & Barrett on Friday afternoon. […]

FOR the first time, viewers will be able to see live coverage of the All-Ireland Junior and Intermediate Club football and hurling finals in Croke Park. There is great Kerry interest on Saturday as St Mary’s of Cahersiveen and Templenoe are both in action. Ardnaree Sarsfields from Mayo take on Kerry […]

MANY of you will have noticed that the traffic lights on Ivy Terrace/Princes Street have been out of operation since Tuesday and cars have been forced to take caution pulling out. This is due to a cable fault at the traffic lights and as of 12 noon on Thursday the lights […]

TICKETS for Katie Taylor’s upcoming bout against Queen Underwood on Saturday, February 20,  are now on sale and at the launch of the event on Tuesday evening, organisers said they are expecting a huge crowd. Brian O’Sullivan of Tralee Boxing Club said: “Queen Underwood was in the Olympics in 2012 […]