Archive for May 5th, 2016

Kerry's Colm Harty on the ball in the Allianz National League Division 1b match against Limerick. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Kerry Team To Face Westmeath This Saturday Is Named

May 5, 2016 at 9:42 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE’S just one change in the Kerry senior hurling team to play Westmeath this Saturday, from their game against Carlow last weekend. Brendan O’Leary replaces Colum Harty in the half forward line for the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Round Robin Group, Round 2, at Tralee’s Austin Stack Park on Saturday […]

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Applications Invited For Filmmaker In Residence To Succeed Lisa

Applications Invited For Filmmaker In Residence To Succeed Lisa

May 5, 2016 at 4:49 pm Comments are Disabled

  KERRY County Council Filmmaker in Residence, Lisa Fingleton, has almost completed her residency and applications are being invited to succeed her in the role. Since last September, Filmmaker in Residence Lisa Fingleton has been sharing her passion for film with schools, organisations and community groups across the county. The […]

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Jimmy Diggins. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Kerry Basketball Legend To Be Inducted Into Ireland Coaches Hall-Of-Fame

May 5, 2016 at 4:00 pm Comments are Disabled

A BASKETBALL legend in the county is to be inducted into the Basketball Ireland Coaches Hall Of Fame at a ceremony in The National Basketball Arena in Tallaght this Saturday. Jimmy Diggins has given almost 40 years to basketball in the county and as he says himself “it’s my life”. […]

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Charity Table Quiz With A Difference To Be Held In Honour Of Marian

Charity Table Quiz With A Difference To Be Held In Honour Of Marian

May 5, 2016 at 3:09 pm Comments are Disabled

A TABLE quiz with a difference will be held next week where the family of a Ballymac woman who died from cancer will be remembered. The daughters of Marian McCarthy, who passed away in January, will host a Harry Potter-themed quiz to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society. The quiz […]

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Groups From Tralee Schools Make Finals Of National Eco-Unesco Awards

Groups From Tralee Schools Make Finals Of National Eco-Unesco Awards

May 5, 2016 at 2:32 pm Comments are Disabled

TWO Transition Year groups from Presentation Secondary School and two from Mercy Mounthawk have made the final of the Eco-Unesco Youth Environmental awards to be held later this month and you can vote for the projects online in a public vote. Both “If your dog poops, You Scoop” campaign and the […]

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Churchill Woman’s Take On Healy Raes Goes Viral After Danny’s Climate Change Comments

Churchill Woman’s Take On Healy Raes Goes Viral After Danny’s Climate Change Comments

May 5, 2016 at 12:50 pm 1 comment

A CHURCHILL woman’s drawing, attempting to explain the local appeal of the Healy Raes, has gone viral today in the wake of Danny Healy Rae’s comments in the Dail on climate change yesterday afternoon. Danny Healy Rae’s view is that it is only God who controls the weather and we can’t do anything about […]

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Greg Horan being stretchered off during the Austin Stacks v Dingle match in Annascaul on Saturday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

Young Austin Stacks Player Sustains Season-Ending Injury

May 5, 2016 at 11:39 am Comments are Disabled

THE worst fears were confirmed for Kerry U21 and Austin Stacks player Greg Horan when a scan on Wednesday uncovered an ACL tear in his right knee. The average recovery time for a torn ACL is anywhere between six and nine months but it can often take a bit longer that, […]

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Volunteers Wanted To Help Slow Erosion Of Sand Dunes At Fenit Island

Volunteers Wanted To Help Slow Erosion Of Sand Dunes At Fenit Island

May 5, 2016 at 11:25 am Comments are Disabled

THE Fenit Development Association is hoping people turn up for an important event this Friday at Fenit Island. As part of Clean Coasts week which takes place from May 6-15, volunteers are needed to plant Marram grass, which will help protect the dunes. The erosion of the dunes is becoming a […]

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Ted To Be Honoured With Civic Reception This Monday

Ted To Be Honoured With Civic Reception This Monday

May 5, 2016 at 10:53 am Comments are Disabled

A WELL-DESERVED civic reception will be held on Monday for a man who has done enormous work for charity and cancer support in Kerry. Ted Moynihan of Kerry Hospice Foundation will receive the honour from the Tralee Municipal District at 1pm at Kerry County Council buildings at Rathass. The Tralee man […]

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Andrew Barry launches an attack for St Brendans. Photo by Dermot Crean

Championship Double Header For Austin Stack Park As Times And Venues Decided

May 5, 2016 at 9:47 am Comments are Disabled

KERINS O’Rahillys and St Brendan’s will have the ‘home’ advantage of Austin Stack Park when they take on South Kerry and Kenmare respectively in a championship double headed on Sunday week. Meanwhile Austin Stacks must wait until July 9 (provisionally) to face Dr Crokes in the Club Championship Final. The […]

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