Archive for May, 2016

A 16 YEAR OLD boy is in serious condition in Cork University Hospital following a road accident yesterday in north Kerry. At approximately 2.30pm on Sunday, the teenager  was seriously injured when his motorcycle crashed on Ferry Road, Tarbert. Gardaí in Listowel are appealing for witnesses following the single vehicle collision. The […]

THERE was some craic in Benners on Saturday night as eight performers went to war in aid of a great cause in front of a great crowd of supporters. ‘Mime Wars’ was organised by the ‘Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin’ group of Kerry ladies and pitted the ‘singers’ against each other to see who would […]

ULTAN Dillane played a big part as Connacht beat Leinster to claim their first Rabodirect Pro 12 crown. The Tralee man’s performance came in for some praise on Twitter. Now he has the tour of South Africa with Ireland to look forward to, it should be a great summer for […]

THE sun shone on St John’s Church on Saturday for a perfect First Holy Communion day for Moyderwell Primary pupils. There were 40 pupils celebrating the milestone event in their young lives and family members were present to witness the occasion. Afterwards, they all gathered outside for photos in glorious sunshine before departing […]

A SHOWCASE of the amazing talent among young people at Na Gaeil GAA club took place in Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Saturday evening. The club is very strong in Scór so they decided to put on a show to display the talent of the young performers. “The show is based on […]

By Mike O’Halloran THE Garvey’s Super Valu Kerry County Hurling Championship was launched in Connolly Park prior to the Austin Stacks v South Kerry replay on Saturday evening. Players from Abbeydorney, Ballyduff, Causeway,Crotta, Kilmoyley and St Brendan’s were in attendance along with Jim Garvey of Garveys. As previously announced the […]

  ONE of Ireland’s biggest blogging stars was in CH Tralee on Saturday to deliver a make-up masterclass. Joanne Larby, aka The Make Up Fairy, is a full time make-up artist, stylist and model, and was in town to deliver a make-up demonstration, followed by a Q & A and a focus […]

“I THINK therefore I am” is a famous quote from the French philosopher René Descartes. This suggests that we see the world through the eyes of our thoughts. This is certainly true, but what if our thoughts are limited (which they most can certainly be!). Then that would suggest that if […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Connolly Park this evening to see South Kerry beat the hosts in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC Round 2 replay… South Kerry 2-10 Austin Stacks 0-8 SOUTH Kerry took the spoils on a sun-splashed evening of championship football in Connolly Park, as two unanswered South Kerry goals either […]

THERE was standing room only in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Friday afternoon as sixth year students from Mercy Mounthawk celebrated a milestone event in their lives with their graduation from their schooldays. Over 200 students, family members and staff from the school were there for a Mass and […]

JUST over 90 students gathered at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night to celebrate their graduation from Brookfield College. Watched by many family members, the night was an occasion to reflect on their time in school and look forward to the future with enthusiasm. John Carroll made the Student Graduation Speech […]

THE Kerry GAA family were out in force at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in Tralee last night for the BoyleSports Kerry GAA ‘Night of Champions’. Kerry supporters got to meet their county football and hurling heroes and enjoy the great night of racing at the stadium, where Na Gaeil and Keel GAA were the […]

IF you’re into music and songwriting, then a trip out west could be in order for a weekend of workshops, sessions and craic in Annascaul. The Annascaul Singing Club is one of the newest additions to the West Kerry musical landscape. Dedicated also to providing a home for anyone who […]

THE Heritage Council has announced funding for a number of heritage projects in Kerry under its 2016 Community-based Heritage Grants Scheme. Three of the projects are based in Tralee; a conservation management plan for St John’s Church gets €8,000, a conservation management plan for buildings within the disused Denny factory site also […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v South Kerry, Garveys Supervalu Senior Football County Championship Round 2 Replay at Connolly Park, Saturday 6:30pm… LAST weekend we were treated to a cracker down in Cahersiveen, so there are high hopes for this Round 2 replay which will be the first Kerry […]

THE school year is coming to a close and awards and graduations are taking place in schools all over Tralee. On Thursday night, it was the lovely setting of Ballygarry House Hotel for 40 Leaving Certs from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí who joined other award winning students form other years in the school and their families for […]

THE Irish Cancer Society is urgently looking for more drivers for its Volunteer Driver Service in Kerry, to drive cancer patients to their chemotherapy appointments in University Hospital Kerry, Cork University Hospital and The Mercy Hospital Cork. The service is free to both the hospital and the patient with volunteers being paid […]

A BARGE which has become been a bit of a local landmark, could be set to leave us very soon. Traleetoday.ie has been in contact with the owner of barge moored in the canal who says plans for it to set sail out of Tralee Bay for Galway Bay are firmly in […]

IT WAS a very important day for 16 students of the Down Syndrome Kerry – MOTE/Latch On postgraduate course who graduated on Friday at the IT Tralee. There were smiles aplenty also from family members and tutors who gave their time and worked with the students over the course of the year. […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance organised a familiarisation trip for the front-of-house staff of member hotels and attractions and the Tourist Information Kiosk Volunteers on Wednesday. The group of over 25 people visited a number of tourism hot-spots throughout the day with a view to better informing visitors to Tralee and the surrounding area […]

THE 2016 Eamonn Kelly bursary recipients were announced at a presentation at Killarney Library on Thursday evening and a singer and an actor were the recipients. The joint winners are Grace Foley, a singer and musician from Killarney and Darragh Guerin, an actor from Beaufort. Grace intends to develop her career […]

WE’VE escaped the rain so far this week but it looks like there’ll be some showers this weekend. But the good news is that in between there’ll be lovely sunny spells too. Searching through various websites for forecasts for Tralee, we found a consensus that it will be mostly fine, dry weather […]

KERRY Gardaí are taking part in the national speed enforcement operation ‘Slow Down’ between 7am this morning, Friday and 7am Saturday, May 28. An Garda Síochána and GoSafe speed detection vans are conducting a large scale operation with the objective of reducing the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries […]

PEOPLE are really liking Tadhg Fleming’s latest video on his Facebook page. Nobody likes lawn-cutting season and the Ballymac-based comedy video maker decided to dress the part when asked by his dad to do the task. The NWA-soundtracked video has already got over 100,000 views on his Facebook page. See what […]

OVER 130 Mercy Mounthawk students celebrated the end of their year with an awards ceremony held in the school on Wednesday night. Individual awards were handed out to around 60 students with the Student of the Year awards going to Ali Feely and Liam O’Leary. Over the course of the […]

A FUNDRAISING lunch for organised by Presentation students for staff at the school raised €1,600 for Cuan Mhuire. On May 11, staff members were treated to a wonderful selection of quiches, cold meats and salads followed by desserts and tea/coffee – all prepared freshly by the TY students from Ms O’Connor’s Home Economic […]

CBS pupils left the books in the classroom and enjoyed a day of exercising and fun at the Clounalour school Uniforms were replaced by  tracksuits as all students spent the day taking part in a huge variety of sports including basketball, athletics, spikeball, yoga, tae kwon do, handball, aerobics, tennis, hurling and much […]

CONCERN has been expressed about the state of the footpath on Russell Street as two people have already fallen over holes in one part of the path in recent weeks. A local business owner brought the holes – located just outside Barbereile barber shop – to our attention and said they had seen […]

AS the Summer tourist season begins to crank into action, Kirby’s Brogue Inn held a hospitality night for fellow businesses who bring in and cater for visitors to the town. “It’s something my parents did for years and we wanted to continue the tradition,” said Fiona Kirby of the Brogue Inn. […]

  FENIT harbour and marina will raise a Blue Flag this year after joining the 13 other beaches, including Banna and Ballyheigue, awarded the excellent standard by An Taisce. Kerry beaches have again maintained their excellent standard with the awarding of 14 Blue Flags for 2016, two more than in 2013. […]