Archive for July 1st, 2016

  THE Kerry Senior Football Team to play Tipperary in the Munster Senior Football Final at Fitzgerald Stadium on Sunday is unchanged from the side that started against Clare in the semi final. In the subs, Aidan O’Mahony returns after suspension and James O’Donoghue returns to the match day squad […]

A MAJOR garda operation is being launched in Kerry over the next two months concentrating on tackling drink-driving after the latest figures were revealed this afternoon. The traffic and drink-driving figures revealed by Garda Chief Superintendent for the Kerry Division David Sheahan at a meeting of the Joint Policing Committee on Friday, showed an increase […]

THE Kerry Women’s Refuge and Support Service began a new chapter in their history when they officially opened their first Adapt Charity Shop on Friday. The shop is located on Matt Talbot Street next to Gleasure’s Funeral Home and was officially opened by Elaine Kinsella of Radio Kerry. All funds from the venture will […]

A NIGHT of comedy and tapas was held for charity on Thursday at a newly opened upstairs venue at Il Forno Restaurant. It was the first time the upstairs space was used and a good crowd of people enjoyed the entertainment and great food. Seamus Kelly was the entertaining MC for […]

MONSIGNOR Sean Hanafin will be going on a sabbatical until July 2017 while another priest will be moving to St John’s Parish it was announced by the Bishop of Kerry in a range of clerical changes in the Diocese of Kerry. Fr.Tadhg Fitzgerald PP Ardfert is to be PP St […]

AROUND 100 people showed their support for European Transplant Games hopeful, Stephen Byrne, at a table quiz in the Ashe Hotel on Thursday night. The Ballyrickard man is Finland-bound and was raising money to go towards the cost of competing at the European Transplant Games this month. A father of two, Stephen, is also looking […]

FORTY women, mainly from Tralee and west Kerry, pulled together to raise funds for Kerry Hospice by running the VHI Women’s Mini-Marathon during the June Bank Holiday weekend. Spearheaded by Blennerville woman, Andrea O’Donoghue, she put up a post on Facebook and many women responded. “We started a group called ‘Mothers and […]

THE first few days of July won’t signal the start of summer according to Met Eireann and friends. Today will see blustery with showery conditions between spells of sunshine and it will be decidedly cool with temperature staying around the 14/15 degree mark. If you’re going cycling on the Ring Of […]