Archive for May, 2016

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn  are celebrating yet another win at the recent Féile Peile Gael Linn held in Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh in the Muskerry Gaeltacht area of County Cork. In a repeat of last year’s final, the young Tralee footballers this time outscored their opponents,  a combined team from Corca Dhuibhne, Scoil […]

THERE are three changes to the Kerry team for their crunch match against Offaly this Sunday from the defeat to Westmeath two weeks ago. Jordan Conway, Brandon Barrett and Philip Lucid come into the side in place of Mikey Boyle who is suspended, and the O’Leary brothers, Michael and Brendan […]

Earlier we brought you 16 of the 31 young ladies hoping to win the Kerry Rose 2016 honour tomorrow night in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Now here are 15 more for you to meet… LOUISE DALY SPONSORED BY MD O’SHEAS Louise, 23 from Killarney is currently working at Kerry University […]

There’s 31 contestants is the running for the honour of being selected Kerry Rose 2016 at Ballyroe Heights Hotel tomorrow night. Here’s a little bit about 16 of them (we’ll have the other 15 ladies later)… ÁINE SHEEHAN SPONSORED BY CABLE O LEARYS BAR & RESTAURANT Áine is a graduate of C.I.T.  having […]

SPA NS were announced as the third winner of the Lee Strand Cash 4 Schools €500 draw. Mighty Mikey Milk created lots of excitement when he visited Spa NS in Tralee this week to present a cheque of €500.  Speaking at the presentation Principal Peter Lenihan said; “Everyone here in Spa NS […]

SO here we are after less than two weeks after Darkness Into Light and once again the issue of mental health is at the forefront of social media. This time the singer Sinead O’Connor was subjected to the most vile, vitriolic and basically inhumane abuse at the hands of the […]

THE official opening of the Fleadh Cheoil Chiarraí took place at the Rose Hotel last night, kicking off four days of competitions and entertainment in town. Thousands of contestants and trad music lovers are expected in town until Sunday with a host of sessions on the streets and concerts in the […]

TWO lucky ladies won pairs of tickets to the Bruce Springsteen concerts next weekend thanks to a competition run by Barry Packaging, which raised thousands for Kerry Hospice. Breda Barry from the Monavalley-based company ran the competition over the past few weeks and Susan King was drawn out as the winner […]

WHAT a day for  Presentation Secondary School Tralee in Dublin yesterday when they won three prizes at the Eco-Unesco Young Environmentalist Awards. Transition Year Science students at the school travelled to the Mansion House Dublin at the awards on Wednesday and Ms. Rita O’Donoghue’s group ‘If Your Dog Poops, You Scoop’ won the Senior Waste […]

THE sun put its hat on to welcome the good news that Bon Secours Hospital Tralee has been unveiled as a major partner for this year’s Ring of Kerry Cycle. On Saturday July 2, over 10,000 cyclists will take on the challenge of completing the 112 miles of the spectacular Ring of […]

A NOVENA to the Sacred Heart will take place later this month at St John’s Church. The nine days of prayer will begin on Thursday, May 26 and continue until June 3 at 6.10pm each evening at the church off Castle Street. “This is the second year holding the event,” […]

PREPARATION for Austin Stacks County Championship match against champions South Kerry has not been ideal because of a number of injuries for the Tralee side in key positions. Manager, Stephen Stack has been left sweating on the fitness of captain Kieran Donaghy along with injuries to Greg Horan and Colin […]

KERRY College of Further Education (KCFE) are delighted to announce the addition of several new courses to the college this coming September. The courses are in tourism, office management, law, mechatronic engineering and software development and add to the existing range of courses at KCFE at Clash, Tralee, which includes sports therapy, […]

NEW lighting will be installed on the canal walkway, but it will be turned off every night at 11pm thanks to otters in the area. Work is currently underway along the canal walkway where motion-activated lights are being installed, a resurfacing of the walkway, a shared cycleway/walkway and landscaping. However, these lights will […]

FOUR Mercy Mounthawk and two Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students will head to the European Parliament next week as part of a group of eight Kerry teenagers attending an event there. This year the Kerry Comhairle na nÓg was invited by Sean Kelly MEP to attend the European Youth Event (EYE) which will […]

BADMINTON Over 150 patrons attended the Kerry Badminton Association annual Rewards night and Social which this year was hosted by the Ballyheigue Badminton Club and held at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel Tralee with he County President Mr. Johnny Brosnan of the Kingdom Club being a most able and competent Master […]

Mens results Intermediate Scratch Cup  14th May: 1st: John O’Dwyer (12)  81 Gross 2nd: Martin Fowler (12) 82 Gross 3rd: Gerry O’Shea (12)  82 Gross 4th: Tom Egan (12) 83 Gross 1st  Nett : Timothy Kiely (14)  69 Nett 2nd Nett : Seamus Hoare (15) 69 Nett CSS : 71 […]

KERRY County Council has released images of what the The Mall, Bridge Street and Russell Street will look like after proposed works later this year. The images were released as part of the public consultation process, which has commenced in recent days in relation to the materials to be used on The […]

AN attraction on our doorstep has been voted one of Ireland’s top landmarks by a travel website’s users. ‘The Travellers’ Choice Landmark’ awards listed ten locations across the country best rated by users of top travel website, Trip Advisor. Killmainham Gaol in Dublin beat Blarney Castle to the top spot with Trinity […]

THE man who died in the house fire in Moyvane last night has been named locally as Jimmy Fitzgerald. Mr Fitzgerald, who was in his 70s and lived alone in the house in the Woodgrove Estate, has been described as a lovely quiet man by a local county councillor. “He […]

A PAMPERING day has raised in aid of Recovery Haven has raised €3,442.12 for the centre. ‘Recover Your Sparkle’ was held in the midst of ‘Storm Desmond’ last December, where around 90 ladies made their way to the Fels Point Hotel. The main organiser of ‘Recover Your Sparkle’ was beauty expert and RTE’s […]

INSTEAD of accepting 40th birthday gifts for himself, a well-known Blennerville man decided to help out a worthy charity. Kieran O’Shea of O’Shea’s Gala Shop and Petrol Station in Blennerville, raised €1,200 for the Kerry based cystic fibrosis charity, Build 4 Life, by asking guests at his birthday bash to donate to […]

A SCHOOLS and GAA Club initiative, involving John Mitchels and two schools in its heartland, has brought the skills of Gaelic Football to primary school children, many of whom never played the game before. Eighteen Presentation transition year students were tasked with training Gaelic Football skills to  80 third and fourth class Presentation […]

MEMBERS of the Kerry Volunteer Centre gathered on Monday morning gathered in the Tralee Bay Wetlands to launch National Volunteering Week. During the week, staff at Kerry Volunteer Centre will be meeting people experiencing unemployment the length and breadth of the county to support them to think differently about volunteering locally. […]

THERE was a real buzz of excitement and anticipation at Spa NS as the 2016 ‘Donal Walsh Spa 6K Challenge’ was launched. This will be the third year of the event and the whole school community is busy organising another family fun day in honour of Donal, their past pupil, on […]

A MAN in his 70s has died following a house fire in Moyvane overnight. The man is believed to be local and the sole occupant of the house in the Woodgrove housing estate in the village. Fire brigade units from Listowel and Ballybunion were dispatched to the estate after the alarm was […]

Great Trip to Tipp: Our Parnells under 12 girls had a great day our on our trip to the Camán to Thurles Camogie Blitz. We played 3 games, against two Tipp selections and one Cork side. The mentors and parents who traveled on the day agreed that It was very […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in The Halfway Bar on Monday, 9th May 2016 for a lotto jackpot of €2,800.  Numbers drawn were 4,8,13, 19.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. J O Sullivan, c/o Tom Leen 2. Helen Leen, Chutehall 3. Owen Lyons, Chutehall 4. Geoff Riordan, Ballymac […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 08, 12, 24 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Anne Knowles St. John’s Park, Dan Kelliher Annagh, Elsie Healy c/o Tony Casey , Seamus Murphy Derrymore East and Jason […]

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 […]