Archive for May, 2016

A group enjoying Africa Day at Tralee International Resource Day on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: African Community Celebrates Special Day At Resource Centre

May 26, 2016 at 9:44 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was colour, exotic rhythms and great food at the Tralee International Resource Centre on Wednesday, for a celebration of ‘Africa Day’. Africa Day is the annual commemoration of May 25, 1963, the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) when leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed […]

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Tralee VTOS Shows What It Has To Offer At Open Day

Tralee VTOS Shows What It Has To Offer At Open Day

May 26, 2016 at 9:39 am Comments are Disabled

THOSE with an interest in getting back into education paid a visit to Tralee VTOS on Wednesday morning for an Open Day about the services they offer. The information morning, which was hosted by the students at the centre in Clash, gave information on the two year Leaving Cert course, Level 3 […]

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There Won’t Be A Strike At Tesco Manor West On Thursday

There Won’t Be A Strike At Tesco Manor West On Thursday

May 25, 2016 at 9:26 pm Comments are Disabled

THE indefinite strike by staff at Tesco stores, including the Manor West branch, which was due to begin tomorrow, has been deferred. Mandate has cancelled tomorrow’s work stoppage, which was due to begin at 7am. Tesco said it has accepted an invitation to talks at the Workplace Relations Commission. The dispute is […]

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Council Officials Tell ‘Save Tralee’ Delegation That Scrapping Of Town Centre Work Is “Off The Table”

Council Officials Tell ‘Save Tralee’ Delegation That Scrapping Of Town Centre Work Is “Off The Table”

May 25, 2016 at 8:01 pm Comments are Disabled

COUNCIL officials and have told traders that scrapping the intended two-way traffic plan for Denny Street was not on the table and work will commence in two weeks time. However, the traders are hopeful the Council take on board suggestions including finding more parking spaces around the Ashe Memorial Hall. At a meeting of a […]

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PHOTOS: A Look Inside The Newly Opened Stationhouse Restaurant In Blennerville

PHOTOS: A Look Inside The Newly Opened Stationhouse Restaurant In Blennerville

May 25, 2016 at 3:59 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Stationhouse Restaurant opened its doors this afternoon after months of work. Nick Wang of Tomásín’s Bar and Restaurant in Stradbally and his business partner Jane Liu, were on hand to welcome customers to the restaurant in time for the lunchtime trade on Wednesday. Around 15 people will be employed at […]

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New Two-Storey Premises Planned For McDonalds In Tralee

New Two-Storey Premises Planned For McDonalds In Tralee

May 25, 2016 at 2:33 pm Comments are Disabled

McDONALDS in Tralee has plans to replace its existing premises with a new two-storey building, which will be nearly twice the size of the current restaurant. An application was made to Kerry County Council to demolish the existing structure for the new 618 sq metre building. The application includes the development of 23 […]

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PHOTOS: Holy Family Pupils Celebrate First Holy Communion

PHOTOS: Holy Family Pupils Celebrate First Holy Communion

May 25, 2016 at 12:57 pm Comments are Disabled

CELEBRATING their First Holy Communion last Saturday were pupils of Holy Family National School. The ceremony was held in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church and thankfully the weather held up for the pupils and their families on the big day. The school sent us in these photos from the occasion…

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PHOTOS: Students Honoured At Coláiste Gleann Lí Annual Awards

PHOTOS: Students Honoured At Coláiste Gleann Lí Annual Awards

May 25, 2016 at 11:19 am Comments are Disabled

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí celebrated another successful year on Tuesday with its annual awards. The ceremony celebrated the school’s successes and also acknowledged the varied achievements of Coláiste Gleann Lí second level students over the past academic year. The 2015/16 year was another huge success for the growing school which has seen enrolments double […]

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Tralee Art Group members and KDYS students working on a mural for Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre.

Tralee Art Group To Display Their Talent At Annual Exhibition Next Month

May 25, 2016 at 10:35 am Comments are Disabled

THE amazing talent of Tralee Art Group will be on display next month as they hold their annual exhibition of work at Tralee Library, Moyderwell. This year the theme this is the commemoration of 1916, “Remember, Reflect, Reimagine”. It will contain a wonderful selection of paintings with a variety of interesting interpretations related to the theme. The […]

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Beer And Music Lovers Expected To Flock To Gleneagle This Weekend

Beer And Music Lovers Expected To Flock To Gleneagle This Weekend

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

  “Mmm…beer!” as our good friend Homer Simpson is wont to say. While Duff may not be on the menu in Killarney this weekend, there will be some 150  brews on offer at the Killarney Beerfest which kicks off from Friday to Sunday (May 27 to 29). Craft brewers and beer enthusiasts […]

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Site For New Tralee Courthouse Being Looked At By State

Site For New Tralee Courthouse Being Looked At By State

May 25, 2016 at 10:03 am Comments are Disabled

THE Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, says the State has identified a location for a new Courthouse in Tralee. The site, which is in State ownership, will not be at the court’s current location on Ashe Street and the Courts Service is assessing the site to establish whether it’s suitable for […]

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Tralee Golf Club News

Tralee Golf Club News

May 24, 2016 at 6:20 pm Comments are Disabled

Men’s Result: MC 7 Singles Ballybunion Exchange Day – Sponsor Calibration Services 1st Gerard Hussey            H/c 13                    41pts 2nd Gerard MacNamara    H/c 12                    40pts 3rd Mike Halloran              H/c 13                    40pts 4th Colm Sheehy               H/c 16                   39pts 5th Richard Rafferty         H/c 8                   39pts 6th Gerard Deegan           H/c 1           […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Club  Juvenile News

Austin Stacks GAA Club Juvenile News

May 24, 2016 at 6:13 pm Comments are Disabled

PEIL FAOI 6: (i) Sunday morning as usual for all our Under 6 boys. (ii) Our Under 6-ers will also be in action in Connolly Park on Thursday (26ú) evening at 5.45pm. PEIL FAOI 8: (i) More football at 11am on Sunday next i bPáirc Chathair Sailí. (ii) Thursday night football is […]

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Kerry Macra News

Kerry Macra News

May 24, 2016 at 5:51 pm Comments are Disabled

  KERRY macra held their A.G.M. on Wednesday 18th May in Pat Sheehans Bar Firies. The following committee was elected chairperson Padraig Lucid, secretary Louise Flynn, treasure Sean Joy, P.R.O.’s Edel O’Connell and Louise O’Connor, young farmers development group Kevin Keane and Kevin O’Connor, competitions chair P.J. Dalton and competitions secretary […]

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Austin Stack Lecture For Tralee Library Next Week

Austin Stack Lecture For Tralee Library Next Week

May 24, 2016 at 3:49 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Library will host a lecture titled ‘Austin Stack: Portrait of a Separatist’ on Tuesday, May 31, at 7pm. The lecture will be given by historian, Rev. J. Anthony Gaughan, a native of Listowel.  The lecture is based on his biography of Austin Stack.  The lecture forms part of Kerry […]

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Passionate Concerns Expressed At Public Meeting About Proposed Plans For Town Centre

Passionate Concerns Expressed At Public Meeting About Proposed Plans For Town Centre

May 24, 2016 at 3:35 pm Comments are Disabled

ALMOST 200 members of the public, traders and disability groups attended a ‘Save Tralee’ meeting in the Grand Hotel on Monday. The meeting was in relation to plans being made for 66 car spaces to be removed from Tralee town centre as part of Kerry County Council proposal to make changes […]

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Workers At Tesco In Manor West To Strike For Indefinite Period From Thursday

Workers At Tesco In Manor West To Strike For Indefinite Period From Thursday

May 24, 2016 at 3:12 pm 1 comment

STAFF at Tesco at Manor West are set to go on an indefinite strike this Thursday after talks broke down between the Mandate union and the supermarket giant. The Tralee town centre branch will not be affected, but staff at the Killarney outlet will also go on strike. Staff will mount pickets from 7am […]

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Fancy Holding A ‘Street Feast’ On Your Road Or Estate This June? Here’s How…

Fancy Holding A ‘Street Feast’ On Your Road Or Estate This June? Here’s How…

May 24, 2016 at 2:13 pm Comments are Disabled

AN Irish local community initiative is looking for people to host their own ‘Street Feast’ as part of the State’s 1916 / 2016 Centenary Celebrations. Over 850 Street Feast parties around the country have been registered to date, including two in Tralee. The 7th Annual Street Feast Day will be held on Sunday, June […]

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Sunny Spells, Cloudy Weather, But Little Rain Forecast Until Saturday

Sunny Spells, Cloudy Weather, But Little Rain Forecast Until Saturday

May 24, 2016 at 12:08 pm Comments are Disabled

IT was great to wake up to the sunshine in Tralee this morning and the good news is it’s set to be mainly dry for the rest of the week. Looking at various weather weather websites – including Met Eireann – it shows a consensus of highs of around 17ºC […]

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Rock Bands, Medieval Banquets And Fantastic Family Fun On The Way At Tralee 800 Weekend

Rock Bands, Medieval Banquets And Fantastic Family Fun On The Way At Tralee 800 Weekend

May 24, 2016 at 11:51 am Comments are Disabled

  THE programme for the Tralee 800 Weekend in June has just been released and it looks like everyone will be catered for, from rock fans to history buffs, food lovers to the little ones. Medieval re-enactments, pageants, a history village, a ‘Battle for Tralee’ and ‘Ye Olde Banquet’ all form […]

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Bridge Congress Raises Funds For Local Charity

Bridge Congress Raises Funds For Local Charity

May 24, 2016 at 10:29 am Comments are Disabled

A CHEQUE of €1,000 was presented by the President of the Irish International Bridge Congress Trish Stack to Maureen O’Brien of Recovery Haven. The sum was raised through the annual Bridge Congress that is played over the New Year’s period in Tralee. The Bridge community in Tralee have raised over €3,000 […]

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Presentation Girls Bank Thousands For Their School With AIB Competition

Presentation Girls Bank Thousands For Their School With AIB Competition

May 24, 2016 at 10:08 am Comments are Disabled

A GROUP of Presentation Secondary School students came second in a national competition recently and won €3,000 for their school. The girls took part in the AIB Build a Bank Challenge which offers transition and 5th year students a chance to run their own School Bank. Joe Shannon, Manager of […]

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Lost Phones, Bag And Wallet Handed Into Tralee Garda Station

Lost Phones, Bag And Wallet Handed Into Tralee Garda Station

May 23, 2016 at 4:13 pm Comments are Disabled

A NUMBER of lost items have been handed into Tralee Garda Station over the past week and gardaí are looking for the owners. On May 17, a black Sony Expiria phone, with an orange back to it, was handed into the garda station. A black Alcatel phone was also handed […]

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People Urged To Get On Their Bikes To Cycle To Work Next Month

People Urged To Get On Their Bikes To Cycle To Work Next Month

May 23, 2016 at 4:00 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council and the Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership have put out a call to all workplaces in Kerry to participate in the 2016 ‘Cycle to Work Challenge’ which aims to get people onto their bikes and cycling to work more often. Employees of Kerry County Council and a number […]

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John Mitchels GAA Club News

John Mitchels GAA Club News

May 23, 2016 at 3:40 pm Comments are Disabled

TESCO COMMUNITY FUND DRIVE: Tesco has nominated John Mitchels Club as one of the community groups who they will be supporting over the next number of weeks in their shop in the Square, Tralee. You too can show your support by shopping in Tesco and placing your token that you […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

May 23, 2016 at 3:33 pm Comments are Disabled

SENIORS: Na Gaeil will play Annascaul in the quarter final of the Castleisland Mart Premier Junior Championship this Saturday at 7pm at home. Please come along and support this championship game. JUNIOR LEAGUE: In the first round of the Junior League Na Gaeil faced Genflesk in Killeen. Na Gaeil got […]

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Council Approves Funding Of €240,000 For 90 Projects In Tralee Municipal District

Council Approves Funding Of €240,000 For 90 Projects In Tralee Municipal District

May 23, 2016 at 3:16 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Christmas Lights in Tralee will receive €25,000 from the Council this year with Tralee Sports Complex getting €35,000, as Councillors approved funding for projects this morning. Ninety Community Support Fund projects  in the Tralee Municipal District  were approved by members at a meeting of councillors in that area today, with allocations totalling […]

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Gardaí Investigate Assault On Man In His 70s In Town

Gardaí Investigate Assault On Man In His 70s In Town

May 23, 2016 at 3:03 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information after a man in his 70s was assaulted in the Strand Road area at the weekend. The assault took place between 12.30am and 1am on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Gardaí say it’s possible taxi drivers passing in the area may have seen something suspicious around this […]

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Barry John Keane slots over a point in the first half. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

May 23, 2016 at 12:35 pm Comments are Disabled

Senior Football Garvey’s Super Valu Co Championship Round 2B Kerins O’Rahillys 3-11 Feale Rangers 1-11 We advanced to the next round of the Co. Championship with a deserved win over Feale Rangers played at the Sportsfield last Saturday evening in ideal conditions. Goals win matches and we got them at […]

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Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

May 23, 2016 at 12:26 pm Comments are Disabled

Under 14s vs Rathmore: Our under 14s played a fine match against Rathmore ending up in a draw Parnells 6-4 Rathmore 5-7. The match was notable for the debut of Darragh Maloney at this age group whilst two new players came along to try it out. There were outstanding performances […]

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