Archive for June 23rd, 2016

Action from Kilmoyley v Ballyduff in 2015. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PREVIEW: Champions Kilmoyley To Find It Tough Against Ballyduff This Sunday

June 23, 2016 at 5:29 pm Comments are Disabled

Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, on the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC first round clash between Ballyduff and Kilmoyley this Sunday in Abbeydorney… On Sunday the championship action moves to the pristine pitch in Abbeydorney where Ballyduff take on Kilmoyley at 12 noon, this is a repeat of last year at this […]

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Quarters Is Gone But There’s A New Club In Its Place

Quarters Is Gone But There’s A New Club In Its Place

June 23, 2016 at 4:11 pm Comments are Disabled

OUT goes Quarters and in comes ‘Escape’, as a new look nightclub is set to open on Friday night. The once Fabric, then Quarters nightclub on Godfrey Place has come under new ownership. It will reopen under new name, ‘Escape’, after undergoing refurbishment and will employ up to 30 staff. […]

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PHOTOS: Marty Was In Town For Official Opening Of New Look Garveys

PHOTOS: Marty Was In Town For Official Opening Of New Look Garveys

June 23, 2016 at 3:56 pm 1 comment

MARTY MORRISSEY was in town to open the official new look Garveys SuperValu in Tralee on Thursday. A crowd of around 200 people were there to meet Marty and some Kerry footballers at the new look Garveys supermarket on Rock Street opened originally in 1992. The store employs 80 people […]

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Áine’s Off To Idaho After Winning Fulbright Award

Áine’s Off To Idaho After Winning Fulbright Award

June 23, 2016 at 3:16 pm Comments are Disabled

A KERRY woman is one of nine students from NUI Galway to scoop the prestigious Fulbright Award. US Ambassador to Ireland, Kevin O’Malley and Ireland’s Minister of State for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources, Seán Kyne TD, announced 39 new Fulbright Irish Awardees at the Ambassador’s Residence in Dublin recently. Among […]

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Niamh Blanche and Jane Fleming celebrating Ireland's victory over Italy on Wednesday night in The Blasket. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Fans Around Tralee Celebrate Ireland’s Victory

June 23, 2016 at 2:25 pm Comments are Disabled

LAST night was an unforgettable one for Irish soccer fans and many pubs were packed around town with people watching the game. After watching the action unfold in The Huddle Bar, we went uptown to An Chearnóg, Paddy Macs, The Blasket, Turner’s and Hennessy’s to capture the joy of the Green Army after […]

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Pictured at the launch of the Enterprise Ireland International Business Women’s Conference are Rose of Tralee, Elysha Brennan, Enterprise Ireland CEO, Julie Sinnamon, Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor and Head of Business Banking at AIB, Catherine Moroney. Credit Gary O' Neill

Major International Business Women’s Conference For Rose Of Tralee Festival

June 23, 2016 at 12:09 pm Comments are Disabled

ENTERPRISE Ireland this morning launched the International Business Women’s Conference to be held in conjunction with the Rose of Tralee international Festival on Monday August 22 in the Brandon Hotel. In its second year, the event gathers leaders from across the business and entrepreneurial spectrum to celebrate the business achievements and […]

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VIDEO: Thierry Looks Startled At Ireland’s Class In Tadhg Fleming’s Latest Clip

VIDEO: Thierry Looks Startled At Ireland’s Class In Tadhg Fleming’s Latest Clip

June 23, 2016 at 11:05 am Comments are Disabled

WE owe him one! Renowned purveyor of Facebook comedy clips, Tadhg Fleming from Ballymac, has come up with a new video showing how Thierry Henry might have looked watching Ireland march on last night. Obviously taken from Henry’s famous reaction onscreen to the news Brendan Rodgers was sacked by Liverpool last […]

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Orlagh Winters: The Irish Are Great For The Funerals

Orlagh Winters: The Irish Are Great For The Funerals

June 23, 2016 at 10:01 am Comments are Disabled

SOCIAL media was a little crazy this week when Radio Kerry announced that there were no deaths to report. It made me laugh as one of the things I hate when I go home to Loughrea is the silence that has to be observed after the one o’clock news bulletin on […]

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VIDEOS: Pubs Go Absolutely Crazy For Ireland Last Night

VIDEOS: Pubs Go Absolutely Crazy For Ireland Last Night

June 23, 2016 at 9:51 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was some scenes in Tralee pubs last night when Ireland scored, at the final whistle and later that night. The Huddle Bar was batshit central at the final whistle, while Paddy Macs, Hennessy’s and every other watering hole erupted with the famous win for Ireland against the Italians. It’s all […]

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