Archive for March 16th, 2016

Gavin O’Connor reports on the EirGrid U21 Munster Football Championship Semi-Final in Austin Stack Park on Wednesday night… Kerry  1-14 (17) Limerick 2-8 (14) TO call Limerick ‘gutsy’ would do them a huge disservice after they pushed hot favourites Kerry to the pin of their collar in a thrilling encounter […]

KERRY Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Ferris will visit the East coast of the United States to take part in St Patricks Day and 1916 celebrations. The trip takes in Boston, Springfield Tampa, Miami and New York State and will focus on ongoing developments in Ireland and Irish emigrant issues including the undocumented […]

WHILE the town prepares for the St Patrick’s Day parade tomorrow afternoon, the pupils at one school jumped the gun for a colourful morning in Balloonagh. Scoil Eoin has been holding their own parade for years now and it has become a real tradition at the school. At around 9.15am this […]

AS it’s Paddy’s week I decided to have a look at what we miss when we are away from our little green isle. As there are so many of our friends and relations who live abroad, I am sure that we are all familiar with the excitement of sending or […]

PROCLAMATION Day took place around Tralee and all over the country on Tuesday and two of the schools we visited were, Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn And Caherleaheen. On the day, every school in the country was invited to share their Proclamations for a New Generation, and all other creative projects relating to 1916 that the student […]

BALLYGARRY House Hotel has picked up yet another accolade, this time for its excellence in human resource management. The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) recently announced the winners of its national Quality Employers Awards 2016, celebrating standards of excellence in human resource management across Ireland’s hotel and guesthouse sector. Ballygarry House Hotel […]

A GRADUATE of the Kerry ETB Radio Broadcasting Course run by Radio Kerry Training, has won a prestigious Global Award. Castleisland native, Dan Kearney, has been awarded a City & Guilds Medal for his portfolio, which includes his documentary ‘Once Were Champions’ about Castleisland Desmonds’ winning the 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football […]

PRESENTATION Tralee students are trying to raise public awareness of a weed causing serious problems in the county. The transition year students are taking part in the Eco Unesco Young Environmental Competition and are tackling the issue of Japanese Knotweed’s spread in Kerry. The weed is an alien invasive species introduced as […]

A TRALEE dog owner and his pet have brought home an award from the world renowned  competition, Crufts, held in Birmingham last weekend. First time Crufts competitor Tim Galvin and his rottweiler Rocky, finished second place in the junior dog category in his breed. Second place meant the 18 month old […]