Archive for May, 2016

TWO Kerry writers came away with prizes from the ‘Write Here, Write Now: A Story of Ireland’ competition run by Hot Press magazine, as part of the Ireland 2016 commemorations. Fenagh Mahoney from the Spa and Aoife Gallogly from Kenmare made the shortlist for the competition and the winners were announced at The […]

WITH the 2016 Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Football Championship getting underway this weekend, Gavin O’Connor gives a team by team look at who will be vying to capture the Bishop Moynihan Cup. This year there are 16 teams in the competition made up of eight clubs and eight divisional sides. Clubs: Austin Stacks, Kerins […]

THIS is not a drill people! Met Eireann has made some howlers in the past, but we’re going to trust them for once on this one. That big yellow thing in the sky that you’ve woken up to, will be visible all day today and temperatures are set to be […]

AN interim examiner has been appointed by the High Court to the department store chain, Debenhams Retail (Ireland) Ltd (DRIL). The company has a store at the Manor West Retail Park which will remain open and continue trading. Over 1,400 people are employed at 11 stores nationwide and there are fears for […]

THIS morning I saw a powerful video on Facebook called The Power to Stand Up by Kerry woman and former Irish Rugby star Siobhan Fleming (it can be viewed at the end of this column). It is a thought-provoking video encouraging us all to stand up to bullies. Bullies are everywhere […]

FOUR Kerry businesses were this week selected to represent Kerry at the Munster regional competition phase of the Irish Local Development Companies Network national enterprises awards competition. The businesses, two representing South Kerry Development Partnership Ltd. and two representing North, East & West Kerry Development, were chosen from an overall entry […]

SECONDARY students in Castleisland were collectively star-struck after meeting GAA legends Killian Young, Henry Shefflin, Liam Sheedy and Aidan Walsh at a special event at Presentation Secondary School in the town. The men, who have numerous All-Ireland and Provincial Football and Hurling Medals between them, visited the school after winning […]

MORE than 1,000 primary school pupils in Kerry today kicked off a nationwide showcase of junior entrepreneurship. In the coming weeks, over 10,000 children, aged from 9 to 11 years old, will be presenting the businesses they have created and managed through the Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP). JEP is the only programme […]

IF you want to get a crowd to come to your table quiz, make it Harry Potter-themed! That seems to be the message from O’Donnells in Mounthawk on Wednesday night, as around 200 people took up tables for a quiz to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society and to […]

THE Imperial Hotel was the location for a test of movie fans’ knowledge as Kerry Film Festival held a table quiz to raise funds for their outdoor screenings this season. There were questions on classic cinema, the 70s, 80s, 90s and movies since 2000, a theme tunes round, film poster round, Irish […]

A SPARKLING future lies ahead for the Rose of Tralee International Festival after the Rose of Tralee, Elysha Brennan and RTÉ Presenter, Dáithí Ó Sé unveiled premium Irish giftware brand, Tipperary Crystal as the new lead sponsor. The announcement at the Tipperary Crystal Showroom at Arnotts Department Store, Dublin came […]

TO celebrate the UN World Day for Cultural Diversity, Bank of Ireland will host a Multicultural Day on Saturday, May 21 at the Tralee Branch  from 12pm-4pm. The events in the branch on the day will feature local performance groups and food stands run by people from different nationalities who have been […]

AN OAKPARK man living and working in Vietnam has co-created a documentary that explores the lives of street vendors in Ho Chi Minh City and their experiences with western tourists. Sean Lambe from Colliswood in Oakpark has been been teaching in the Vietnamese capital for the past years. Traleetoday.ie have […]

THERE has been another decrease in the number of people on the live register figure in Tralee. The latest figures from the CSO for April show there were 4,931 people signing on in the Tralee area, down 77 from March (5,008). This is the second month in a row the number has decreased, having […]

ARDFERT Central NS has done it again! Having won the first ever Primary Schools category in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) One Good Idea competition last year, they have gone on to repeat that success this morning at the final awards ceremony in Dublin Castle. The school won the […]

THE launch of Fleadh Cheoil Chiarraí 2016 took place on Saturday night last in the Ashe Hotel Tralee. The event takes place in Tralee this year for the first time since 1979 and the town can expect an influx of around 7,000 visitors over the five days, from Wednesday, May 18 […]

WITH the Round 1 of the Garveys Super Valu Senior Football Championship now just days away, Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys are putting in the finishing touches ahead of facing divisional opposition. Traleetoday.ie had a short chat with two men who wear their heart on their sleeve when it comes […]

A SECTION of road at the roundabout in Ballymullen had to be closed temporarily this morning after a car was engulfed in flames. It happened at just before 9.40am just after the roundabout, adjacent to the small park with the Christ the King statue. No one was injured in the blaze and a female occupant got away […]

WITH the weather on the up for the weekend (fingers crossed!), John Mitchels Sports Complex might be the perfect place to bring the kids this Sunday. A Family Fun Day in support of and in association with the ‘Make A Wish Foundation’ will take place on Sunday May 15th in John […]

A LOCAL charity will benefit from a competition to give Bruce Springsteen fans a chance to see the man himself play Croke Park on Friday May 27. And they’ll be no need to go ‘hiding on the backstreets’ either with accommodation in a city centre hotel thrown in as well for […]

Darkness into Light Swim 51 brave swimmers showed up in Fenit at 4 am Saturday morning to help raise funds for Pieta House. All swimmers had been briefed beforehand and arrived ready to go at 4.15am. Complete with 2 glow sticks each, it made for a spectacular sight as they […]

RESULTS : 1st: Bobby O’Keefe (16) 42 Points 2nd: Rory Doyle (18) 42 Points 3rd: Darren P O’Sullivan (1) 40 points 4th: Gerard Carmody (17) 39 Points 5th: Eamonn Fitzgerald (18) 39 Points 6th: Kevin O’Connor (13) 39 Points Best Gross :  Fergal O’Sullivan (0) 37 Points. 18 + Handicap: Gerald […]

St. Brendan’s Basketball Club brought the curtain down on the 2015/2016 season with the Club AGM and Annual Awards night last Friday in Moyderwell. Over 150 members, players and the club committee gathered to reflect on a very successful year for the club and to reward the Most Valuable Player […]

All Ireland Club Gold for Moyvane That was the wonderful, fantastic, incredible story that emerged from Dublin on Sunday last where the All Ireland Badminton club finals were played off between two venues, Baldoyle and Terenure. A total of up to 30 clubs from the Provinces of Leinster, Connacht and […]

THE Council hopes to move towards introducing another activity at Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre this year and is looking at developing the windmill, the steam train rail line and the Wetlands as a “Lee Valley attraction”. Director of Economic Development and Community Services, Michael Scannell, was replying to Cllr Terry O’Brien’s request to inform members […]

FOUR Kerry companies have been shortlisted for the Bank of Ireland Startup Awards 2016 national final in The RHA Gallery, Ely Place on Thursday, May 26. The companies are among the shortlist of 133 companies nationally in the awards. Kerry Signature Furniture in north Kerry and Tom Henry’s TSH Photography have been shortlisted in the Home or […]

AMIDST all the football chatter around the county, the Kerry senior panel are getting down to the serious business of building for the Munster Championship which is now a month away. Kerry legend and current selector, Mikey Sheehy, was quoted in the Irish Examiner speaking about preparations and changes to the panel […]

A MAN who helped raise €11 Million over 27 years for a cancer charity in Kerry was honoured with a civic reception on Monday. Ted Moynihan of the Kerry Hospice Foundation was given the civic reception by the Tralee Municipal District at Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass. The ever humble […]

THE new extension in Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School was officially opened on Monday. The ‘Centenary Building’ contains seven classrooms, a number of special needs rooms and these rooms wrap around a large hall which contains a stage for school performances. The €1.6 million development was officially opened by Jimmy Deenihan who, while Minister […]

A WHEELCHAIR user was found sleeping in the boathouse in Banna during the May Bank Holiday weekend, a Sinn Fein councillor told the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District on Monday. Cllr Toireasa Ferris was speaking after her party colleague, Cllr Pa Daly, proposed a motion that the Council commit […]