Archive for April 8th, 2016

ANY hope of a lovely Spring weekend has been dashed by Met Eireann’s forecast…but we’ll take it with a pinch of salt! Bear in mind, last weekend the Met office predicted a washout and we had some nice weather, so maybe their weather vanes are out of whack again. Nevertheless, they are predicting […]

I HAVE always been a little sketchy on the term ‘tradition’. It’s not that I don’t understand its value in a lot of circumstances, it’s just that in many ways, I have learned to associate it with something negative. Maybe that is just me getting the idea of tradition and old […]

SIAMSA Tire will host previews of Anam, a dance piece that will feature two Kerry natives, as part of its Tocht Festival of Dance on April 22 and April 23 before its official launch at the Dublin Dance Festival at the end of May. Co-commissioned by Dublin Dance Festival and Siamsa […]

A GRUELLING challenge in Ballymac is back for its second year following  its wild success in 2015. ‘BWildered The John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge’ takes place on Saturday April 30 at 11:30am and they’re inviting people to take part in the battle against nature and the elements. The challenge, hosted Ballymacelligott GAA Club […]

AROUND 300 people glammed up at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night for the annual IT Tralee Clubs & Societies Ball. Staff and students from the college arrived early and posed for photos before heading up for the meal, entertainment and the presentation of special awards. “It’s an end of year event […]

A NEW book titled, ‘Kerry 1916: Histories and Legacies of the Easter Rising – A Centenary Record’, is to be published to coincide with the centenary of the Easter Rising of 1916 with the launch taking place at the Rose Hotel, Tralee, on Friday, April 22 at 8pm. The book, […]

A GROUP of Kerry mothers called ‘Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin’, have come together again to organise a ‘Lip Sync Battle’ themed fundraiser, which will take place on May 28, at 8pm in Benner’s Hotel in aid of Crumlin’s Children’s Heart Centre. The mothers have all had children that had open heart surgery […]

THERE was over 15,000 bags of rubbish collected around the county last Saturday for County Clean-up day according to Kerry County Council. The Council has expressed its gratitude to over 3,500 people who took to the streets and roads of the county to help maintain the county’s reputation for cleanliness and […]