Archive for March 9th, 2016

Gavin O’Connor reports from Austin Stack Park on the EirGrid U21 Munster Championship quarter-final between Kerry and Tipperary on Wednesday night… Kerry 0-11 Tipperary 1-7 A 14 man Kerry beat Tipperary to win their first game in three years at U21 level at a nippy Austin Stack Park tonight. Jack […]

KERRY man John Garvey and his family have raised €126,726 for Cork University Hospital (CUH) over the past 12 years, in gratitude to the hospital for the treatment of a family member. This week, Mr. Garvey, from Foilmore near Cahersiveen, and his daughter Clare Garvey, presented his latest donation of €10,628 […]

ENABLE Ireland will be hosting a ‘Cheltenham Preview Night’ this Friday, March 11, at The Brandon Hotel, at 8pm. Well known personalities from the racing world like Jim Culloty, Philip Enright and Brian O’Connell will attend and on the night, there will also be a sports auction held as part […]

ST JOHN’s Parish are taking a proactive step by bringing the church to the people. The parish of St John’s are organising two events one in Manor and the other in The Square on the Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20 respectively. ‘Mercy in the Square’ and ‘Mercy in […]

FIVE certified townies stand a chance of winning Angus calves for their school. To do so, CBS The Green students, Michael Scanlon, Rory Ruttledge, Dara O’Brien, Dara Regan and Hugh Healy will travel to Dublin for the Certified Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition in Croke Park on March 16. While there, […]

AROUND 270 people attended a special event in Ballygarry House Hotel on Wednesday night to hear Holocaust survivor, Eva Schloss, speak about her experiences. The acclaimed author and the stepsister of Anne Frank, was present as part of the International Women’s Day Kerry event put on by the Kerry Businesswomen’s Network and […]

A TRALEE has won big at national retail awards. Byrnes Spar shops with outlets in Oakpark, Monavlley & Caherslee Tralee have won eight national awards for their excellence in retailing, customer service and food safety/hygiene. “To be independently audited using the most stringent criteria in the industry and to come away […]

SO yesterday was International Women’s Day and I finally took the plunge and started a personal blog called Winters Tales on Facebook. It is amazing that I have no problem getting up and speaking in front of hundreds of people and writing for TraleeToday, but I am terrified of putting […]

THE decision by the CCCC to fine both Kerry and Donegal county boards €7,500 and dish out a one match ban to Neil McGee got Twitter going last night. Here’s some of the reaction… Neil McGee one match ban. Kerry and Donegal fined e7500 each. Where does money from fines […]

THREE Kerry schoolchildren recently attended the finals of the 2016 Doodle 4 Google Awards, which took place on March 8, at Google’s EMEA headquarters in Dublin and though they did not emerge victorious, the pupils gave a great representation of their schools and the county. Seanie Feehan from Scoil Naomh Eirc, […]

    WHILE Tralee businesses were unsuccessful at the Irish Restaurant Awards last night, they were celebrating a couple of miles out the road in the Spa where the Oyster Tavern won the Best Customer Service category for Kerry. The Munster Regional Final of the awards took place in the Muckross […]