Archive for March, 2016

Kerry Young People Urged To Say No To Racism In Competition

Kerry Young People Urged To Say No To Racism In Competition

March 25, 2016 at 2:17 pm Comments are Disabled

  AN anti-racism group organisation is calling on all schools and youth services in Kerry to enter for the Anti Racism Creative Competition 2016. Two tickets, sponsored by the FAI, for an Ireland Senior International soccer match, are given to all schools and youth services who submit entries. All submissions will […]

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And they're off at the Meadowlands Hotel Kids Fun Run at the Town Park on Saturday afternoon as part of the Tír Na nÓg Festival. Photo by Dermot Crean

Four Great Things To Do With The Kids During The Tír Na nÓg Festival

March 25, 2016 at 11:40 am Comments are Disabled

The weekend is upon us once again and it’s a special one if you’re a little person. Besides the prospect of Easter eggs, the Tír na nÓg family festival is in full swing and there’s plenty to do over the next few days… EASTER SATURAY 1. Caball Toymaster on Bridge […]

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Well wishers with Bryan Cooper at his homecoming in Blennerville on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Blennerville Comes Out To Welcome Gold Cup Hero Bryan

March 25, 2016 at 11:14 am 1 comment

THEY went mad last Friday when Bryan Cooper rode to Cheltenham Gold Cup victory on Don Cossack and last night the people of Blennerville got to cheer him in person. The young jockey came to the village fresh from riding in Thurles that afternoon and a large crowd greeted him […]

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Sarah Jane Drummey with her niece Ciara and brother John Drummey prior to the concert in Siamsa Tire on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Fantastic Siamsa Show To Help Sarah Jane’s Hollywood Bid

March 25, 2016 at 10:25 am Comments are Disabled

FRIENDS of a Tralee actress/director gathered in Siamsa Tire last night for a concert to help her efforts in gaining entry to one of the world’s top film schools. ‘Tralee to Hollywood: A Theatrical Journey’ attracted a big crowd to the event which will help Sarah-Jane Drummey’s bid to join the American […]

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Moran To Partner Donaghy In Midfield This Sunday

Moran To Partner Donaghy In Midfield This Sunday

March 24, 2016 at 9:34 pm Comments are Disabled

IT’LL be an all-Tralee midfield on Sunday as David Moran returns to action for the clash with Monaghan. It’s one of two changes for the Kerry team for the Round 6 Allianz Football League game in St Tiernach’s Park in Clones (3pm), from the side that defeated Mayo in Round 5. Brian Kelly […]

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Garda Appeal For Information On Hit And Run Incident In Tralee

Garda Appeal For Information On Hit And Run Incident In Tralee

March 24, 2016 at 6:45 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information  after a car was damaged yesterday in a hit and run incident in a hotel car park in Tralee. On Wednesday, March 23, between 11am and 12 midday, the owner parked her Black Mercedes Benz C series coupe registration 132D *** in the carpark […]

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VIDEO: Historical House In Barrow Sells At Auction

VIDEO: Historical House In Barrow Sells At Auction

March 24, 2016 at 4:14 pm Comments are Disabled

A 2.5 ACRE property close to Tralee Golf Club has sold for €340,000 at a public action. Barrow House which overlooks Tralee Bay has eight bedrooms and eight bathrooms and covers 4,000 square feet on a 2.05 acre site. The sale also includes a two story coach house which is on […]

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The Allegro Changes Name After 45 Years And Creates New Jobs

The Allegro Changes Name After 45 Years And Creates New Jobs

March 24, 2016 at 2:41 pm 3 comments

FORTY-FIVE year ago, an Italian named Rosario Gaudino came to Tralee and opened  a restaurant which was to become an institution for people of a certain age – the Allegro. For anyone who went to secondary school in the 70s, 80s or 90s, it’s safe to say you spent a bit […]

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Kerry and Donegal players involved in one of many malees last Sunday. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Kerry And Donegal Have Fines Reduced

March 24, 2016 at 1:17 pm Comments are Disabled

FINES handed down to Kerry and Donegal GAA have been reduced from €7,500 to €5,000. The fines were incurred following the Allianz National League encounter between the two sides which was marred by a number of scuffles. Last night, both county boards went before the Central Hearings Committee (CHC) and […]

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Two 1916 Commemoration Events To Take Place in Tralee On Easter Sunday

Two 1916 Commemoration Events To Take Place in Tralee On Easter Sunday

March 24, 2016 at 12:53 pm 1 comment

THERE will be two Easter Sunday Commemorations  taking place in Tralee this weekend with both, Kerry County Council and Sinn Féin, hosting events on Easter Sunday, March 27.   The Kerry County Council event gets under way at 11am with a formal raising of the national flag at Páirc An Phiarsaigh, Denny […]

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Construction Firm Seeks To Renew Planning To Build Houses In Tralee Estate

Construction Firm Seeks To Renew Planning To Build Houses In Tralee Estate

March 24, 2016 at 12:02 pm Comments are Disabled

A LOCAL construction firm are seeking to renew planning permission to build houses in a Tralee estate. Permission to build 14 new houses in Clashlehane Meadows in Ballinorig is being put forward to Kerry County Council by Gerard Griffin Construction. Clashlehane Meadows, which is located between the entrance of Lee Drive […]

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PHOTOS: Castle Bar’s Cheltenham Week Events And Table Quiz Raises Cash For Inspired

PHOTOS: Castle Bar’s Cheltenham Week Events And Table Quiz Raises Cash For Inspired

March 24, 2016 at 11:41 am Comments are Disabled

A GREAT crowd turned out in the Castle Bar for a Table Quiz with all proceeds going to Inspired, a project for people with intellectual disabilities located in town. The Castle Bar donated €250 to Inspired from charity events held in the bar during the week of Cheltenham. They also put […]

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ITT Plans To Move Out Of South Campus And Up To Dromtacker

ITT Plans To Move Out Of South Campus And Up To Dromtacker

March 24, 2016 at 10:55 am Comments are Disabled

THERE are plans to sell the IT Tralee South Campus in Clash and move students up to their north base in Dromtacker. In a presentation to Kerry County Council on Monday, President of the ITT, Dr Oliver Murphy revealed that the integration of all facilities was their objective and that the […]

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Tralee Community Garden Project Seeks Volunteers For Spring Clean

Tralee Community Garden Project Seeks Volunteers For Spring Clean

March 24, 2016 at 9:49 am Comments are Disabled

THE Public Participation Sessions in the Tralee Community Garden Project begin again this season, on March 26, with the An Taisce Spring Clean and volunteers welcome at the project location in the Tralee Town Park from 10.30am onwards. The project, which encompasses the Tralee Community Orchard, is the only public participation […]

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Bryan Cooper Due To Bring Gold Cup To Blennerville On Thursday

Bryan Cooper Due To Bring Gold Cup To Blennerville On Thursday

March 23, 2016 at 9:22 pm Comments are Disabled

IT should be some craic in Blennerville tomorrow evening, when a local hero comes home with a very special trophy. The whole of Tralee – along with the village west of the bridge – erupted last Friday when jockey Bryan Cooper rode Don Cossack to Gold Cup glory in the […]

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Barry John Keane shoots at goal against Monaghan in the Allianz Football League. Photo by Dermot Crean.

Here Is The TV Situation For Kerry’s Match On Easter Sunday

March 23, 2016 at 8:51 pm Comments are Disabled

YOU may have to shut yourself off from the radio/social media for a while on Sunday afternoon, if you don’t want to spoil the Kerry result for your TV viewing. Delayed coverage of Monaghan v Kerry will have to do as the Connaught derby  has been giving top billing on TG4. Mayo and Roscommon […]

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PHOTOS: So Who Won The Awards In This Year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade In Tralee?

PHOTOS: So Who Won The Awards In This Year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade In Tralee?

March 23, 2016 at 3:19 pm 1 comment

THE St Patrick’s Day Parade Prize winners received their awards at a ceremony at the Abbey Inn on Tuesday afternoon. The committee of Frank Hartnett, Michael Gaffney, Danny Leane, Sean Lyons and Johnnie Wall had a tough task in selecting from the dozens of entries this year. Committee Chairman said this […]

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taking part in the St Patrick's Day parade. Photo by Dermot Crean

Coiste Comóradh 1916 Trá Lí To Hold Fundraising Quiz For Upcoming Events

March 23, 2016 at 3:18 pm Comments are Disabled

THE ‘Coiste Comóradh 1916 Trá Lí’ committee are hosting a fundraising quiz in Na Gaeil Clubhouse on Thursday, March 24, at 9pm. It’s to raise funds as plans are now at an advanced stage for the Easter Commemoration events, due to take place in Tralee from April 22 – 24. There […]

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Crèche Raises €4,000 For Kerry Cancer Support Group With Clothes Drive

Crèche Raises €4,000 For Kerry Cancer Support Group With Clothes Drive

March 23, 2016 at 3:11 pm Comments are Disabled

THE staff at Scamps & Scholars Childcare in Killorglin showed they’re not playing around as they made a €4,000 donation to The Kerry Cancer Support Group. It came from a  ‘Second Time Round’ clothes drive, which organisers Ann Doherty and Breda Stringer ran from February 19-21, was a huge success. […]

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Kerry Museum Buys Roger Casement ‘Buried Treasure’ Map For £7,000

Kerry Museum Buys Roger Casement ‘Buried Treasure’ Map For £7,000

March 23, 2016 at 2:57 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry Museum has purchased at auction a map drawn by Sir Roger Casement showing where he reputedly buried gold and silver coins and other items near Banna Strand before he was arrested on Good Friday in 1916. A successful bid of £7,000 (stg) – supported by the Department of […]

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PHOTOS: The Rose Hotel Is Looking Swell As New Bar And Restaurant Opens

PHOTOS: The Rose Hotel Is Looking Swell As New Bar And Restaurant Opens

March 23, 2016 at 11:57 am Comments are Disabled

IT’S been months coming, but the revamp of the old Fels Point Hotel is nearing completion and it looks great. The hotel will be officially rebranded The Rose Hotel and launched on April 8, but the new bar and restaurant opened on Saturday and there’s another exciting new gourmet dining experience coming in the hotel […]

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Orlagh Winters: Be A Voice For People In A Dark Place

Orlagh Winters: Be A Voice For People In A Dark Place

March 23, 2016 at 11:52 am Comments are Disabled

WHERE will you be at 4.15am on May 7? If you are in Tralee, the answer to that question should be at CBS The Green waiting to take part in the Darkness Into Light Tralee. The event is taking place to raise much-needed funds for Pieta House. The idea is to […]

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PHOTOS: Kerry Star Meets Fans At AIB Tralee Fun Day

PHOTOS: Kerry Star Meets Fans At AIB Tralee Fun Day

March 23, 2016 at 11:38 am Comments are Disabled

COLM Cooper was on hand to help young people open new accounts at a special fun day at the Castle Street branch on Tuesday morning. The Kerry star chatted and even had a brief kickabout with a fan or two as Minnie and Mickey Mouse watched on. Colm, who will be heading […]

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A Kerry Player Has Won The GAA Hurler Of The Week Award

A Kerry Player Has Won The GAA Hurler Of The Week Award

March 23, 2016 at 11:02 am Comments are Disabled

ARDFERT’s John Egan has been voted GAA.ie hurler of the week for his performance in Kerry’s fantastic victory over Offaly on Sunday. Egan got 47% of the online vote ahead of the 2015 Hurler of The Year, Tj Reid, from Kilkenny on 35%. The St Brendan’s man helped Kerry on […]

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PHOTOS: New St Vincent de Paul Store Opens On Castle Street

PHOTOS: New St Vincent de Paul Store Opens On Castle Street

March 23, 2016 at 9:53 am Comments are Disabled

NEW St Vincent de Paul Store store on Castle Street is aiming to be more visible to the public. The new store on Upper Castle Street (located opposite the entrance to Presentation Primary School) has been open for two weeks, but on Monday night was launched in earnest with an in-store […]

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Rugby: Great Win For Tralee Under 18 Side In Plate Final

Rugby: Great Win For Tralee Under 18 Side In Plate Final

March 22, 2016 at 7:56 pm Comments are Disabled

A report from Tralee Rugby Club on the Pan Munster Bank of Ireland U 18 Plate Final in Independent Park, Cork, on Sunday, March 20… Tralee RFC 18 Old Christians 13 After a gap of a decade at this age level, Tralee RFC deservedly captured the coveted trophy after a mighty […]

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Kerry Fire Services Busy With Recent Increase In Gorse Fires

Kerry Fire Services Busy With Recent Increase In Gorse Fires

March 22, 2016 at 4:10 pm Comments are Disabled

THE current spate of gorse fires is putting a strain on Kerry Fire Services resources. Fires are being lit in the illegal period of burning which runs from March 1 to August 31. One of the reasons fires are started is to burn off dead or older, less productive vegetation from […]

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Comhaltas Group To Raise Funds For Local Charities At Céilí Night

Comhaltas Group To Raise Funds For Local Charities At Céilí Night

March 22, 2016 at 2:35 pm Comments are Disabled

A COMHALTAS group is holding a charity céili in aid of local charities. Sliabh Mish CCE, are asking you to bring the instruments, bring the dancing shoes and come prepared for a big night of fun while raising money for local charities. The group are located in the Tralee and […]

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‘Kerry 1916 From The Archives’ Exhibition Launched At Tralee Library

‘Kerry 1916 From The Archives’ Exhibition Launched At Tralee Library

March 22, 2016 at 2:26 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Library is currently hosting a 1916 Commemorative exhibition titled, ‘Kerry 1916 from the Archives’, which was officially opened by Cllr. Jim Finucane, Leas Cathaoirleach, Kerry County Council, on Tuesday, March 22, and will run until Saturday, April 30. The exhibition comprises extracts from the Kerry Library newspaper collection including […]

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Twelve New Jobs To Be Created In Tralee With Opening Of PhoneWatch Office

Twelve New Jobs To Be Created In Tralee With Opening Of PhoneWatch Office

March 22, 2016 at 1:38 pm Comments are Disabled

PHONEWATCH has opened its first office in Tralee, and will be creating up to 12 new jobs initially, with additional jobs being created as the company grows its business in Kerry. The offices at Denny Street were officially opened by Kerry GAA Star Marc Ó Sé today.  PhoneWatch is actively recruiting […]

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