Archive for August 5th, 2016

A SECOND Kerry team will run out on Croke Park tomorrow in the space of six days when the Kerry juniors face Mayo in the All-Ireland Junior Football Final at 2pm. We caught up with Kerry manager, Stephen Wallace, as he and his team were just about to depart for the […]

THE juvenile footballers of Austin Stacks have been enjoying their annual summer camp in Connolly Park all week and their local hero dropped in to give some tips this morning. Over 110 boys and girls are attending the camp which is organised by Juvenile Chairman, Tim McMahon, Austin Stacks member and […]

THE number of cases of syphilis reported in the Kerry – Cork region has increased threefold in the past twelve months according to the HSE. In the first half of last year, seven cases of syphilis were reported in the Kerry – Cork region, but in the next six months there were […]

IT’S one of the highlights of the year off the playing fields for Austin Stacks and this year’s ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event is promising to live up to past successes. The 12 couples who are taking part at the Dome on Saturday, August 27 were unveiled at the launch night at […]

CYCLE AGAINST SUICIDE founder, Jim Breen, has been appointed to the Government Taskforce on Youth Mental Health. The Taskforce is to be chaired by Minister for Mental Health and Older People, Helen McEntee and includes other high profile advocates and personalities, such as Dr Shari McDaid of Mental Health Reform […]

It’s the weekend and there’s a pile of great stuff to get up to over the next two days. From rock concerts to reunions, barbecues to a local GAA derby… Some enchanted evening… All roads lead to Kilflynn on Saturday as an open air concert will be held in aid of […]

TEN new jobs will be created in a Tralee branch of home security company. Based in Denny Street, PhoneWatch is looking for people to fill roles as direct sales representatives. At least 10 new sales executives will be recruited in the Tralee office over the coming weeks. “We continue to grow […]

MANY in the national media have been banging on about how we’re going to get a scorcher of a weekend. Well, it’s looking alright for Kerry, but Met Eireann is warning of cloudy conditions in the south-west tomorrow. Met Eireann says humid but cloudy weather will be the main picture on Saturday, while Sunday could see some […]