Archive for March 18th, 2016

BRYAN Cooper will probably get free flights for life as the Tralee man won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Don Cossack just after 3.30pm. It’s the young jockey’s first Gold Cup win and joy was etched on his face as they past the finishing post to win for trainer Gordon Elliott and owner […]

THE Mayor of Kerry continued his US trip this week with a visit to New York for the St Patrick’s Day parade. Cllr Pat McCarthy was joined by Kerry Tourism Officer, John Griffin, in promoting the county by meeting with business people while in the States and they met many Kerry […]

THERE is no mountain high enough for a thrill-seeking woman from Tralee, who plans on climbing an impressive eight mountains this year including Kilimanjaro in Africa. Sarah Guerin is taking part in Concern Worldwide’s annual mountain challenge, ‘Climb4Concern’, which sees adventurers climb some of the highest mountains in Ireland and […]

WHILE the St Patrick’s Day parade was a colourful and well attended affair and gardaí reported no public order arrests yesterday, there was still one element to the day which spoiled things a bit. The Square was left heavily littered by the late afternoon, which prompted the Tralee Chamber Alliance facebook page […]

WITH St. Patrick’s Day and the 1916 centenary on everyone’s mind of late, the girls over at ‘Social Box TV’ tested the people of Tralee on their basic Irish skills. They put forward words like ‘airgead’, ‘arán’, ‘amadán’ to people on the streets during Seachtain Na Gaeilge to see if they […]

THE St Patrick’s Day parade drew thousands to the streets of the town yesterday and we were there to capture the atmosphere. It took about 70 minutes for the participants to make their way down from Boherbee to the Ashe Memorial Hall and many family members of those taking part were in […]

MIGHTY Mikey Milk created lots of excitement when he visited Glenderry NS, Ballyheigue this week to present a cheque of €500 in the Cash 4 Schools Draw. Speaking at the presentation Principal Gerard Pierce stated; “We are delighted to win €500 from Lee Strand. It is a timely boost to […]

WEDNESDAY night was a very good one for CBS The Green as they held a fundraiser in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre which attracted 1,000 paying customers. ‘The Kube’ was a star-studded evening for the Lee Strand Protein+ Milk and Moriarty Construction sponsored event and saw GAA stars, politicians, radio presenters and CBS […]

  AIB are inviting people to come along to their branch in Castle street on Tuesday, March 22nd to open a Student Account with Kerry GAA Footballer Colm Cooper. The ‘Gooch’ will be present in branch from 10am -4pm to meet customers and talk about the advantages of opening an account with AIB. You’ll also be in with […]