Archive for March, 2016

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 […]

THE Kerry Under 21 side are playing in the EirGrid Munster Under 21 Football Championship Semi Final tomorrow night in Tralee and the team has been named. The team to play against Limerick  at Austin Stack Park  7:30pm shows three changes from the side that defeated Tipperary in the opening round last week. […]

A LARGE crowd of people showed up at the Ashe Hotel on Friday night to support an Inspired event. A Zumbathon, organised by the group and instructor Linda Flanagan, was a great success and a brilliant way for people to get active. Of course the members of Inspired are no […]

KERRY stars, Tommy Walsh and David Moran, will swap the green and gold for – what is billed as – ‘1916 Rising-inspired styles’, as they get set to hit the runway for the third annual Ernst & Young charity fashion show. They will be joined at the Rochestown Park Hotel on Thursday, April 28, […]

THE Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Pat McCarthy is in the United States promoting Kerry during the course of the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. On Sunday he attended Mass in St. Patrick’s Church and then joined Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney in the Philadelphia Parade which was watched by in excess […]

STUDENTS at Presentation Secondary School in Tralee will be hoping for a two in a row as they prepare for the national AIB Build A Bank competition finals. ‘The Blossom Bank’ will be hoping to emulate last year’s entry from the school, ‘The Dream Bank’, which won the top award last year. […]

BADMINTON The Killarney Sports Centre will once again be the focus of Kerry Badminton on Sunday next March 20th for the annual qualifying rounds of the Knockout Cup Competitions. These are mixed team events with each team for the various divisions comprising of three or four ladies and men and […]

THIS week sees schools and colleges marking the centenary of the 1916 Rising with proclamation days and other events. One man in Ballybunion though decided on very different way of marking the anniversary. Mario Perez has already impressed locals with his tribute to David Bowie in January and this time he created […]

SPA National School and Mercy Mounthawk have been shortlisted in this year’s Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards, and will now travel to a special awards ceremony taking place at the Bord Gais Enegry Theatre on May 5, 2016. Spa N.S. has been shortlisted in the Best Musical Number category for its […]

THE Kerry County Council Local Enterprise Office together with Bórd Bia and Musgrave’s Supervalu recently launched the Food Academy Programme 2016. The aim of the programme is to provide food businesses with the management, leadership skills and business knowledge to achieve sustainability and growth in their business. The programme is […]

THE Cuan Mhuire Annual Fundraising Hillwalk will take place on Saturday, June 25, encompassing some of Kerry’s most breathtaking sites. The 18km walk will will set-off from Ballyheigue Community Centre car park and include a loop of Kerry Head, along part of the North Kerry Way. As a charitable organisation […]

THE Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Parents Council recently presented a cheque to the value of €10,000 to the Gaelscoil Development Fund. This presentation, the proceeds of recent fundraisers such as Aonach na Nollag agus Oiche Biongó, was welcomed by Principal Cáit Uí Chonchúir, who thanked the Parents Council, the entire parent […]

  BILLY DENNEHY was on the scoresheet for the first time for St Patrick’s Athletic in the SSE Airtricity League last night. The former Dynamos man scored the final goal in a 3-0 victory against Dublin rivals Bohemians at home in Richmond Park to record St Pats second league victory […]

ENABLE Ireland are organising a family fun day at Tralee Bay Wetlands on Easter Monday, March 28 from 2–4pm. Young children are invited to come along and meet some of their favourite Disney characters. Kenny the Clown will be on hand along with a puppeteer to entertain the children and […]

Kerins O’Rahillys Notes Our club made the long trip to Tyrone on Friday to take part in the “Coming Together of the O’Rahillys” 9 aside tournament on Saturday hosted by The Clonoe O’Rahillys. near Coalisland. There are in total 9 clubs including one in London named after The O’Rahilly. The weekend was a great success and host club […]

Minors. Our minor team played Ballymac on Sunday last and came out short in a very entertaining contest on a score line of 4-11 to 3-10. After trailing by 8 points at half time, we rallied to show great character and levelled the match on 60 minutes only to concede […]

THE amount of people in Tralee seeking unemployment benefit has risen for the third consecutive month. The figure of 5,187 on the live register was an increase of just one person on the previous month. Though Tralee saw another rise in people seeking unemployment benefit, the figure is down 457 on […]

IT’S Cheltenham week and for The Castle Bar this means four days of entertainment, craic and thousands of euros to be won in their annual Rollover competition. Running since 1998, locals took to the Rollover competition straight away and it has now grown to the stage where there are around 170 entries for this year […]

THERE were two new people co-opted on to Kerry County Council this morning. Cllr Maura Healy-Rae (25), a teacher from Kilgarvan, replaces Danny Healy-Rae in the Killarney Municipal District after his election to the Dáil. The Healy Rae clan were out in force at the county council buildings in Rathass for […]

KWD RECYCLING with support from the Kerry County Council are urging members of the public to take part in County Clean Up Day, which takes place on Saturday, April 2. This is the fifth year that it has been running, with each year going from strength to strength as volunteers […]

  GARDAÍ  are advising restaurant staff and other businesses to beware of a scam involving a person making large bookings. A person rang a restaurant in Killarney to make the large booking and sent on a cheque deposit to secure it. He sent on more money than was necessary and asked the restaurant to transfer back the difference – a […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Castlebar yesterday for Kerry’s great win over Mayo and there was a lot to talk about… 1. Kerry goals came at crucial times  On the balance of play, a five point victory flattered the Kingdom. That old cliche ‘goals win games’ can certainly be used to […]

Seniors: Na Gaeil seniors play Scartaglen in the opening round of the county league this Sunday March 20th in Killeen at 2.00pm. Please come out and support the lads. It promises to be a tough test but we are hoping to get our county league campaign off to a good […]

Á ‘LE PÁDRAIG: Bhí Club na Carraige ag máirseáil i bParáid Lae ‘le Pádraig ar an 17ú. Bhí slua ollmhór páirteach….buachaillí, cailíní, tuismitheoirí agus meantóirí….agus dathanna an chlub á gcaitheamh acu! Ba ócáid iontach í! Maith sibh, a mhuintir na Carraige! NB – PEIL FAOI 6/7/8/9/10: Beidh peil ag na […]

Last weekend St. Brendan’s hosted The Jimmy Curran Memorial tournament for U14 boys in Moyderwell and Presentation Gym in Tralee. The club was delighted to welcome teams from all over the county along with teams from Sligo, Dublin and Cork. The club U14s continued their highly successful year with a victory over Sligo […]

It was a busy day yesterday, March 13, as we had four teams playing in the semi finals of the Munster Tennis Winter League. GRADE 6 MEN The Grade 6 Men welcomed Carrigaline Tennis Club. This match was always going to be tough, but Tralee played well and was very […]

Mens results A fitting end to a great Spring League. The conditions could not have been better, and after four weeks of golf it all came down to the middle match, with Anton 2 up vs Donie playing the 17th hole. With both teams gathered around the green Anton and […]