Archive for May, 2016

LOTTO The lotto was held in O Riadas on Monday 16th May for a jackpot of €2,900.  Numbers drawn were 2,12,14,15.  There was no winner Lucky Dips 1. John Moriarty, c/o Paula Silles 2. Brian Kearney, c/o Tom Leen 3. Emer Lynch, Rathanny 4. Mike Webber, Manor House, Tralee 5. […]

IN what is a pretty unlikely occurrence, a Real Madrid player was at a Kerry County Championship match in Killorglin yesterday. Incredibly, Real Madrid right-back, Dani Carvajal, was at the home of King Puck on Sunday for a county championship double header at the Laune Rangers’ ground. It is reported […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 11, 12, 14 & 18. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Emmet Kelly Ballyseedy, David Kerins c/o Quane’s, Mike Jordan Blennerville , Kieran O Connor Curragraigue and J Moran Strand St. […]

LOTTO: There was no winner of the lotto Jackpot of €2,500 held on Friday last in the Oyster Tavern. The numbers drawn were 2 – 5 – 9 – 17. Lucky Dip Winners were Carol McGlynn, Listrim €50, Phil Kelly, Scrahan Cross, James O’Sullivan, Ballyard and Nora Kearney, Caherslee, €25 each. U12: On Sunday, […]

KERRY GAA NIGHT AT THE DOGS: takes place on this Friday night (27th May). All Clubs must make a contribution of €400.  To off-set this cost we have €10 admission tickets to sell. So if you intend going along to the event we would ask that you please purchase your tickets from […]

  A FUN day was had at Bank of Ireland on Castle Street last Saturday as they hosted a Multicultural Day to celebrate the UN World Day for Cultural Diversity. There was a great atmosphere as music, dancing and refreshments were served up to the many visitors during the afternoon. Staff members at […]

MULTI­-Award winning salon group, Sean Taaffe Hair & Beauty was recently announced as the Official Hair Partner for this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival. The newly-crowned Kerry Rose, Danielle O’Sullivan, called in to the Tralee branch on Saturday morning to promote the fact that Sean Taaffe will be responsible for helping […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Tullamore yesterday to see Kerry crash out of the Leinster SHC to a superior Offaly side… Kerry 0-20 Offaly 3-19 Kerry hurlers scored twenty points and still come away without a win. Hard to believe it, but that is how it was. Harder to believe is […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Cahersiveen to see Austin Stacks and South Kerry play out a draw in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC match on Sunday afternoon… South Kerry 1-13 Austin Stacks 1-13 A BRYAN SHEEHAN 50 metre free, against the wind, with the last kick of the game in extra-time […]

TRALEE Musical Society certainly has something to sing about today as they have received five nominations in the Association of Irish Musical Society Awards (AIMS) announced this afternoon. They are all for their production of The Beautiful Game which wowed audiences in Siamsa Tire back in March. The nominations are […]

THE weather forecasters said it wouldn’t be the greatest of days, but the sun shone for Caherleaheen NS pupils making their First Holy Communion yesterday. The Church of the Immaculate Conception was packed on Saturday morning as the class of 30 boys and girls celebrated a milestone event in their […]

CONTESTANTS for the Kerry Rose 2016 came from all over the county on Friday night and there was no shortage of supporters for each of them. Banners abounded and the cheers were plentiful as each contestant met with Daithi on stage in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. The eventual winner, Danielle O’Sullivan from Killarney received […]

  HOW often have you heard the phrase ‘Life can be funny’? I suppose we use the phrase when life throws stuff at us that we weren’t expecting to happen, or when something jumps up out of the blue and quite simply knocks us out. Another saying that I love […]

Gavin O’Connor saw St Brendans exit the Garveys Supervalu county senior football championship at the hands of Rathmore yesterday at Austin Stack Park… Rathmore 3-14 (23) St Brendans 1-16 (19) DESPITE playing the last 20 minutes with a man down, Rathmore had enough to make it past St Brendans and […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on the Kerins O’Rahillys v Feale Rangers Garveys Supervalu County Senior Football championship match at Austin Stack Park on Saturday… Kerins O’Rahillys 3-11 (20) Feale Rangers 1-11 (14) SIX points was the margin of victory for Kerins O’Rahillys against Feale Rangers in a match where The Blues […]

THE Garveys Supervalu Senior County Hurling Championship begins late next month, but the draw for the Round 1 games was made live on Radio Kerry this afternoon. Last year’s championship saw games played all over north Kerry and in the end Kilmoyley were crowned champions. They’ll have their work cut out for […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School sixth year students celebrated their graduation on Friday. The weather may have been awful, but it didn’t spoil the day for the many students and their families who attended a mass in St John’s  Church. Later there was a reception in the school hall where students no doubt reflected on […]

ST BRENDAN’S NS in Blennerville is in the running to win a national garden competition where the winner’s story of their entry will feature at the Bloom Festival in Dublin on the June Bank Holiday Weekend. In October 2015, the school agreed to take part in the pilot of “The Garden […]

A CROWD of over 500 packed into the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night for the Kerry Rose selection and it was a Killarney woman who was chosen to represent the county in August. Out of the 31 contestants, Daithi O Se called out the name of Danielle O’Sullivan, representing […]

Gallys Bar Castlemaine Road BEFORE heading out to lunch on Friday, I looked up my review from the last time I was in Gallys and saw it was May 17, 2014. Two years is a long time in the food game, so I decided to see if their standards were as high […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at South Kerry v Austin Stacks in the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football County Championship Round 2, Con Keating Park Cahersiveen, Sunday 2:30pm – (extra time if needed)… THE two last holders of the Bishop Moynihan Cup will do battle on Sunday for what is the most mouthwatering […]

Mike O’Halloran on a make or break match for Kerry as they face Offaly in Tullamore tomorrow in the Leinster SHC (throw-in 3pm)… Kerry face Offaly on Sunday in a make or break game where the winner takes all. I think we all expected that Kerry would be travelling to […]

  And the new Kerry Rose is…Danielle O’Sullivan from Killarney! Danielle was shocked when host Daithi O Se called out her name on stage at the Kerry Rose selection 2016 at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel just after midnight. Danielle is currently studying for her masters in human rights law in […]

JULETT Culloty was in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night for her last engagement as Kerry Rose 2015 and to hand over her sash to the new winner. We caught up with her at the hotel, which is hosting the Kerry Rose 2016 selection event tonight, to find out […]

Gavin O’Connor on the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football County Championship ‘Losers Round’ double-header at Austin Stack Park tomorrow… St Brendans v Rathmore 4pm – (extra time if necessary) It appears the Kerry hurlers gain is St Brendans loss as they face into a difficult encounter against a tough championship side like […]

THERE’S something new on the way for diners in Tralee this summer, as a restaurant hatches plans to combine culture and cuisine in a new upstairs venue. Il Forno Wood Fired Pizza and Italian Restaurant at Courthouse Lane hosted the first of many planned events with a night of comedy and […]

SOCCER fans will congregate in the Square this summer to cheer on the boys in green, as a big screen will be erected for the Republic Of Ireland’s clash with  Belgium in Euro 2016 on Saturday, June 18. It’s all part of the Tralee 800 celebrations in a festival which takes place […]

HUNDREDS of people gathered at the CBS The Green gym on Thursday night for the annual Graduation Night and Awards. Staff, students and parents were present for a Mass followed by the awards ceremony and an address by Principal Anne O’Callaghan. Awards were given for sports and academia with the […]

A TRALEE man has undergone a remarkable transformation that saw him go from being overweight to stepping on the podium and accepting a trophy at a bodybuilding competition in Cork City last weekend. Chris Shortt’s journey began when daughter Miah (9) asked Chris one day “why do you have a big fat belly”? […]

FOUR students from the IT Tralee have created a fascinating look at the 1916 Rising, featuring innovative technology and even a hologram of Padraig Pearse reading the Proclamation. Noel Nash, Jenny Plunkett, Liam McElligott and Aine Brennan spent the past working on ‘Media Rising’ as part of their final year […]