Archive for March 20th, 2016

By Denis Griffin MAYOR Pat McCarthy concluded his official visit to the United States on Friday evening as guest of honour at the Kerrymen’s Patriotic and Benevolent Association of New York’s Dinner in Westchester in Yonkers. President Loretta King warmly welcomed the Mayor and Kerry Tourism Officer John Griffin. The […]

THEY’RE a bit fond of Bryan Cooper out in Blennerville. The young jockey had an amazing ride on Don Cossack on Friday to win the Gold Cup and at his local in Blennerville, Skelper Quane’s, they went bananas while watching the race. Just the week before, Bryan was talking in […]

KIDS will take any excuse to dress up for the day, but last Wednesday in CBS Primary School they did it for a great cause. Joan Hill is the school secretary and is doing the Camino de Santiago Walk in Spain this September for The Irish Guide Dogs Association. To help […]

RTÉ’s The Taste of Success is back and this year the show is going global with ‘The Food Flight’ so Kerry food producers take note! The search is on for the next batch of innovative food entrepreneurs to bag a prize worth a cool €100,000 and the chance to see their product […]

TRALEE will take centre-stage when it comes to celebrating Easter in Kerry when hundreds of children take part in the seventh annual Tír na nÓg Children’s Festival from March 21-28. A multitude of family-friendly events including egg hunts, Teddy Bears Picnic, Easter- themed camps, Puppet Shows and sightings of the […]

AH, beautiful BallyB! West and south Kerry, quite rightly, are deified by national and international media for their stunning coastlines and breathtaking beaches. But the attractions of Ballybunion in the north of the county are sometimes overlooked. This aerial footage (below) from ‘The Irish Drone’ on YouTube shows exactly why it is one of Kerry’s  most beautiful […]

  A GOOD workman always has the appropriate tools for the job. Everything required is at hand which in turn makes any given procedure so much easier and stress free. In life it is also extremely important to have readily available tools, but the type of tools I am referring […]