Archive for May, 2016

KERRY GAA NIGHT AT THE DOGS: takes place on Friday week (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 Austin […]

Senior Football Garvey’s Super Valu County Championship Round 1 Kerins O’Rahillys 1-15 South Kerry 3-10. It looked like this game was heading for a draw but South Kerry hung on for a one point win played in ideal conditions at the Sportsfield on Sunday. We dominated for a lot of […]

Seniors   The quarter finals of the Premier Junior Championship are now fixed for Saturday May 28th.  Na Gaeil will play Annascaul at home at 7pm. There will be extra time if necessary. Co. Championship   St Brendan’s were defeated by Kenmare District in the Co. Championship at the weekend. They now play Rathmore in […]

PUPILS from St Joseph’s National School Ballyheigue showed their movie-making skills by being named the overall prize winners in Trend Micro’s  “What’s Your Story?” competition. The 2016 Online Digital Safety Competition aims to promote and encourage conversations about being online amongst young people. The young pupils /filmakers were presented with a cheque […]

THE motorcyclist who died in a road accident near Ballyheigue on Sunday evening has been named locally. Aidan Kennelly, of Heirhill, Ballyheigue who was in his early 30s, died in the single vehicle crash at around 6.45pm. Gardaí say it appears the deceased lost control of his motorcycle and crashed at a grotto just outside […]

GARDAI are investigating after a public house on Rock Street was broken into overnight. The break-in happened between midnight and 7.45am on Monday at An Shebeen, known to many locals as ‘Richie’s’.  A vending machine was damaged and a sum of  money taken from it. Just last October, there was an attempted break-in at […]

THE Kerry Rose contestants had a busy weekend as they went on a mini-tour in preparation for next Friday’s selection. The ladies got together at Kerry County Council on Friday before going on to Pieta House and later to Kingdom Greyhound Stadium. They were busy on Saturday too as they […]

Gavin O’Connor watched St Brendans take on Kenmare District at Austin Stack Park yesterday in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC Round 1 tie… Kenmare District 1-16 St Brendans 1-10 KENMARE District’s attacking superiority was the difference in a match that was pedestrian throughout and lacked the intensity you come to expect […]

THE venues and times of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC Round 2 games were decided last night by the CCC. It sees Austin Stacks heading to Cahersiveen for a clash with the champions South Kerry next Sunday at 2.30pm in what is arguably the tie of the round. Kerins O’Rahillys and […]

MERCY Mounthawk secondary school has been announced as a winner of Lidl’s Ladies Gaelic Football Association (LGFA) post-primary schools store competition. The school was announced as the winner for the Lidl store in Tralee, following a six-week nomination period which saw local schools battle it out to win votes from customers. Mercy Mounthawk […]

ATLANTIC, the new award-winning film directed by Risteard Ó Domhnaill and narrated by Brendan Gleeson, will be screened in the port village of Fenit this Sunday, International Day of Biodiversity. The film which follows the fortunes of three small fishing communities struggling to maintain their way of life in the […]

  A MAN has died in a road accident near Ballyheigue this evening. The man, believed to be in his mid-30s and from the area, was riding a motorcycle which crashed at a grotto two miles outside the village at about 6.45pm this evening. The man’s motorcycle struck the footpath and a roadside […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on Kerins O’Rahillys versus South Kerry in their Round 1 Kerry SFC tie at Austin Stack Park this afternoon… South Kerry 3-10 (19) Kerins O’Rahillys 1-15 (18) SOUTH KERRY defeated Kerins O’Rahillys in a sun-soaked classic in the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship opening round match in Austin […]

THE draw for Round 2 of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC was made on Radio Kerry this  afternoon. After Round 1 yesterday and today, the winners and losers have been put into two groups, Group 2A and Group 2B respectively. Looking at Tralee teams, in the Winners Round Draw (Group […]

KILLARNEY National Park was the perfect location for this year’s Lakes of Killarney Marathon and Half Marathon, set against the backdrop of  the spectacular  Lough Lein, Ross Castle, ancient cooper mines, and this years crop of wild garlic and bluebells. Over 400 Athletes competed in the event organised by Alan Ryan,  Hardman […]

CLUBS from all over the county gathered at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday for the annual Kerry Badminton Association Social and Awards night. Around 150 members from 10 clubs around Kerry were there to mark another successful year for the association and enjoy a night out, with a four course meal and entertainment. Continued below… […]

Johnny Franks Bar Meadowlands Hotel WE finally got some really good weather on Friday and it appears the whole town took advantage of it. There was an exodus to the beaches while the Town Park saw an influx of lunchtime walkers and diners, probably keen to soak up any fine weather ‘just […]

OK, as humans we like to engage in things that are worthwhile and that are both beneficial to ourselves and to the world around us. Well that is the ordinary run-of-the-mill way, but we all know, it’s a funny world we live in. As my father used to say, “the […]

“WEREN’T they blessed with the weather?” This was probably the most uttered rhetorical question in Kerry on Saturday morning as children from all over the county received the sacrament of Holy Communion for the first time. Children from CBS Primary and Listellick NS were among the many enjoying the sunshine posing for […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Killarney to see Austin Stacks defeat East Kerry in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC first round match on Saturday… Austin Stacks 1-16 (19) East Kerry 2-8 (14) DESPITE a minor scare in the first half – when East Kerry went six ahead thanks to two rapid fire […]

THE glorious weather has arrived for the weekend and so have the Kerry Rose contestants. It’s just one week until the Kerry Rose selection night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and most of the ladies met up yesterday afternoon for the beginning of a weekend of appointments in Tralee, Killarney and elsewhere. […]

Gavin O’Connor talks to St Brendans manager, Richard Barrett, prior to their match against Kenmare District in the Garveys Super Valu Senior County Championship Round 1 at Austin Stack Park on Sunday 1:45pm… THE only team to have kicked a ball already in the County Championship are flying in under the radar and hoping to […]

CAUSEWAY Comprehensive School held their annual Awards night in the school on May 9 and as usual it was a successful occasion. Over 400 people were in attendance, including all awards winners, their families and guests. The awards night celebrates all the dedication, hard work and commitment of the  students throughout the […]

KERRY Camogie held a draw at the Rose Hotel on Wednesday night to determine who would be their sponsors for the coming season. Their ‘Golden Ticket’ fundraiser asked businesses for a contribution of €150 to support Kerry County Camogie. All ticket holders were  entered into the draw and the winning tickets will become […]

Gavin O’Connor previews the Kerins O’Rahillys v South Kerry, Garveys Super Valu Senior Championship Round 1 tie at Austin Stack Park on Sunday 3:30pm…  THIS is the match of the round and pits two sides with genuine ambitions of going all the way. Kerins O’Rahillys will be hoping the new […]

IN many ways, as a community, Tralee is very lucky to have so many people to look to for inspiration. We have our sporting heroes, our fashion heroes and our general local heroes. If we didn’t have these people to look up to, I fear that such expression would hardly be […]

THE ‘Climb to Remember’, founded by a Listowel woman in honour of her late mother, will be held on May 29 this year in aid of The Mercy Hospital Foundation. The fifth annual charity ‘Climb’ will see people from all over Munster rise to the challenge of climbing Ireland’s highest peak, […]

THE HSE is warning the public of a risk of measles after a person who spent time in Kerry during the May Bank Holiday period was diagnosed with the infection. The person was in a number of public places in Kerry and Dublin in the week leading up to and including the […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v East Kerry, Garveys Supervalu Senior County Championship Round 1 game at Lewis Road, Killarney, on Saturday at 5pm… ANOTHER campaign with Austin Stacks looking at title ambitions will get off the ground on Saturday, when they face an injury hit East Kerry. […]

A STEADY stream of visitors made their way to the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre on Thursday for the Kerry ETB Further Education and Training Fair. The annual fair showcases the courses available in different fields in their many education centres around the county from hairdressing to welding, nursing to construction and […]