Archive for May, 2016

BON Secours Hospital Tralee were the big winners at the inaugural Bon Secours Health System Staff Awards in the Rochestown Hotel, Cork last weekend after winning four of the nine awards and a number of runners-up prizes. The CEO of Bon Secours Hospital Tralee, Niall Donnelly, said: “I wish to commend everyone […]

SCOIL Mhic Easmainn pupils showed their generosity recently to help out a great cause. Rang a cúig pupils had a used clothes and sports drive to raise funds for their school but also donated €100 of the proceeds to the Kerry Cancer Support Group. The event was held in the school and was a […]

PEIL FAOI 6: Sunday morning as usual for all Under 6 boys. PEIL FAOI 8: (i) See you all at 11am on Sunday next i bPáirc Chathair Sailí. (ii) Thursday night football has made a very successful start….this Thursday (12th) again, boys, at 5.45pm i bPáirc Uí Chonghaile. (iii) The next blitz that […]

THE proceeds from an event at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium were handed over at St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville today. Their night at the dogs raised much needed funds to provide sports equipment and library facilities for the school and it was a huge success with the community turning out in force for a great […]

SENIOR TEAM – Co. League: Round 4: Home to Castleisland Desmond’s (5th June) Round 6: Away to Glenbeigh/Glencar (12th June) Round 7: Away to Kenmare (19th June) Round 8: Home to Legion (2nd July) Round 9: Home to Austin Stacks (24th July) Round 10: Home to Dingle (14th August) Round […]

Great Celebrations at Caherslee: There were excellent scenes of public jubilation to mark the Tralee Parnells Hurling & Camogie Club combined official launches of our Club Strategic Plan and our Healthy Clubs Initiative.   Visit our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/TraleeParnellsHurlingClub/ to see photos and also some lovely video clips of young and not so young participating in the energetic […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in Glenduff House, on Monday 2nd May 2016 for a jackpot of €2,700.  Numbers drawn were 7,16,24,28.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Paddy Dineen, c/o Tom Leen 2. Joan O Reilly, Gortatlea (Annual) 3. Blake Leen,Chutehall 4. Shane Dowling, c/o Halfway 5. Maurice […]

Senior Football Kerins O’Rahillys 2016 Senior Championship gets off to an exciting start on Sunday next the 15th of May when we take on South Kerry in the second match in a double header in Austin Stack Park. The game throws in at 3.30 with extra time in the event […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 12, 19, 25 & 26. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Pat Stack c/o Rock St. PO, Mary Counihan Curraheen, Johnny Chissy c/o Betty’s Bar, John Bowler Blennerville and S Cardwell […]

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

Seniors:  The quarter finals of the Premier Junior Championship are now provisionally fixed for the weekend of May28 /29th.  Na Gaeil play Annascaul at home. Senior Championship:   We wish St. Brendan’s the best of luck when they take on Kenmare District in the Senior Football Championship Round 1 in […]

La na gClubanna was celebrated last Sunday morning in beautiful sunshine at the juvenile academy. There was a greater emphasis on fun and games for the day, which the players greatly appreciated. We had over 70 players at U6, u8 and u10. Guests of honour for the day were some […]

GARDAI in Kerry have advised pedestrians to take greater care while walking and using their mobile phone. The warning comes as Gardai in the county have observed walkers causing a risk to themselves and others while talking or texting on their mobile. People have been seen walking straight across the road while using mobiles without looking […]

IT was a fantastic afternoon of entertainment at Kingdom County Fair in Ballybeggan yesterday, as thousands made their way to the old racecourse. It was a dry day – for the most part – so families were able to enjoy the dog show, children’s amusements, arts and crafts and the many […]

GARDAÍ are telling the public to beware of bogus callers after reports of vans calling to homes in Tralee and Kenmare. In early May, a white Citroen van was observed in Tralee offering cleaning services. However, when gardaí checked it out, the particular business was shown not to exist. Similarly, in Kenmare a van […]

IF you lost a phone recently then a trip to the garda station in Tralee may be in order. Three phones are waiting to be reunited with their owners after being handed in this week. One is a white iPhone 4s with a cracked screen. Another is a grey HTC Desire 620 phone […]

GARDAÍ are looking for the public’s help in relation to a number of burglaries in Tralee and north Kerry in the past week where jewellery, mobile phones and a safe were among items taken. On Tuesday, May 3, a house in the Irremore area of Listowel was broken into between […]

A MAN that climbed the steps of Croke Park and accepted the Sam Maguire for Kerry with one of his club mates,  called an end to his inter-county career yesterday. Kieran O’Leary, made the announcement on Twitter yesterday and got a great reaction from GAA followers from all over the […]

KERRY deputies Michael and Danny Healy-Rae donned their leathers and motorcycle helmets to “rev up” support for the Muscular Dystrophy Ireland National Harley-Davidson® Raffle which sees one lucky member of the public ride off with a Harley Davidson® at this year’s Ireland BikeFest taking place in Killarney over the June Bank […]

A TRALEE man has been compensated for cutting short his holiday with friends in Turkey to attend ‘Winning Streak’, by winning a €3,000 trip to Croatia, as well as €18,000 in cash. Marian Park native, Vincent Lynch, heard he was going to appear on the show while on holiday in […]

THE Fenit Lifeboat cycle took place on Saturday morning as riders set off in dry conditions on the 50km route. Around 65 people departed from O’Donnell’s Bar & Restaurant in Mounthawk at 10.30am  and headed off to Farranfore, Castleisland and finished up back at O’Donnell’s again where refreshments were provided. This was fewer than the 85 […]

A GROUP of three Mercy Mounthawk students have won first prize in a prestigious national competition. Mounthawk transition year students, Richard Bowler, Lauren O’Grady and Nessa McGarty will be awarded with the CSO John Hooper medal for statistical analysis and also bagged€1,000 for the school and €600 for themselves after the […]

Adrienne McLoughlin provides a report and photos from the Kerry Camino event held last weekend on the Dingle Peninsula… The Kerry Camino annual 3-day walk of the Dingle Way, Tralee to Dingle, took place on the May Bank Holiday Weekend and 185 pilgrims took part this year. This year’s event […]

WHEN the announcement of the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana was made in 1981, Charles came out with a ‘classic’ when asked “if they were in love?” His answer hit the headlines of every newspaper around the world; it was “Whatever in love means”. Now I think it […]

Kerry 1-13 Westmeath 1-18 KERRY were rocked by a Westmeath side who well deserved their victory at Austin Stack Park this afternoon, as the home side’s challenge collapsed in the final quarter in this Leinster Senior Hurling Championship tie. Played in light, but persistent, rain at the Tralee venue, Kerry couldn’t deal […]

NEXT weekend, Round 1 of the Garveys SuperValu Senior County Football Championship will throw in at grounds around Kerry. On Friday evening, players representing most of the clubs and districts made their way to a sunny Austin Stack Park for the launch of this year’s championship. Continued below… Eamonn Fitzmaurice was there […]

A NUMBER of demonstrators lined up outside the entrance to University Hospital Kerry on Friday afternoon to protest at €12 million goverment cuts to mental health services. “To cut €12,000,000 off a budget for services that already can’t cope defies belief really,” said one of the demonstration’s organisers, Ger Collins. “The staff […]

Dott’s Bar The Rose Hotel SO much for waiting for things to quieten down! When The Rose Hotel revamped its bar back in late March, I looked forward to writing about the food, changes to the decor and menu in the amazing new look hotel. But I decided it would be unfair […]

MERCY Mounthawk is celebrating a fantastic two successes in the 2016 Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards on Thursday in Dublin. In what was an amazing achievement for the students, the school took home the top prize in the Best Set category for its set design in the school’s production ‘Les Misérables’ and then the […]

THE first Darkness Into Light Tralee event, held in the early hours of Saturday morning, was an emotional celebration of all that is good about the people in our community. They turned up in their thousands – figures mentioned were between 2,000 to 3,000 – at CBS The Green for the fundraiser in aid of […]