Archive for August, 2016

THREE local organisations have received a cheque each of €181 from Tesco’s Community Fund. John Mitchels GAA, Animal Help Net Kerry and Banna Sea Rescue were the organisations who the public gave generously to using the Tesco Community Fund blue tokens at both stores in Tralee over the past eight […]

Minors   Na Gaeil Minors next game in the Central Region Division 1 League is away to Kerins O Rahillys on August 18th. Congratulations to the St. Brendan’s Minor Team on reaching the semi-final of the Minor County Championship with a 10 point win over Feale Rangers last Tuesday evening in Killeen. […]

Seniors: Churchill play their penultimate game in this year’s Co League on Saturday evening away to Renard. Both teams are struggling at the bottom of the table and defeat to either team will almost certainly result in relegation to Division 5. Throw in at Renard is at 7pm. Lotto: There […]

GARDAI are investigating after separate robberies at Ballybunion and Killorglin over the past week. In the Killorglin incident, a handgun was taken in the robbery. On Monday, August 1 at around 11pm, a woman and her brother discovered a male in a hoodie in their house at Glor na dTonn, Ballybunion. The […]

GARDAI are investigating a case of criminal damage in Tralee after a shop window was broken. The front window was broken at the Mountain Warehouse shop on Abbeycourt on in the early hours of Saturday morning (August 6). If anyone saw anything suspicious please contact Tralee Garda Station on 066-7102300. […]

SPECTACULAR scenery will await cyclists later this month in the Killarney Cycling Festival, with a local charity benefitting from the event. The Festival takes place on Saturday, August 27, where participants can choose from two tantalising routes, the Wrong Way Round or the gruelling Hard Way Round. Both routes circle the spectacular Iveragh Peninsula, taking in […]

  Summer Break Finishing: Our Parnells 2016 Summer Break ends very soon. All age groups will train again Friday the 12th of August in Caherslee. Please keep an eye out for manager texts, to see any notifications to individual teams. Tralee Cúl Camp: The Parnells Cúl Camp is on from […]

  SENIOR TEAM: Round 10: Home to Dingle Saturday 13th August @ 7.00 p.m. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SENIOR TEAM FOR THIS VITAL GAME AGAINST DINGLE. Round 11: Away to Kerins O’Rahilly’s (4th or 25th September) TRALEE SENIOR LEAGUE FINAL: Austin Stacks v John Mitchels on Saturday 20th of August at […]

  LOTTO The lotto was held in the Halfway Bar on Monday 1st August 2016 for a jackpot of €3,900. Numbers drawn were 5,16,18,19. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Jade Riordan, c/o Mary Riordan 2. Shannon Nolan, c/o Halfway Bar 3. Mary Landers, c/o Tony Marshall 4. Caroline […]

  Senior County League Division 1 Kerins O’Rahillys 1-05 Austin Stacks 1-15 We made the short trip to Connolly Park on Sat night to play the locals in the rearranged round 5 fixture. The timing of this match could not have come at a worse time given the unavailability of […]

  SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 1-15; Kerins O’Rahillys 1-5 We had the better start in this round 5 back-game played in Connolly Park on last Saturday evening (6th Aug) when we led by 0-3 to no score after 10 minutes – Shane O’Callaghan, Fiachna Mangan and Darragh O’Brien on target […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the Intermediate County Hurling Championship Final at Austin Stack Park yesterday… Causeway 1-11 Kilmoyley 1-8 Causeway led by six points at halftime, one goal and nine points to six points, playing into the wind. John Mike Dooley opened the scoring with two points, Robert Collins replied […]

A TRALEE man is getting backing from his Killarney employers as he prepares to take up his escort duties in the Rose of Tralee International Festival next week. Muckross Park Hotel and Spa announced they are sponsoring their Duty Manager & Wedding Co-ordinator James O’Connor as a Rose Escort. James is due […]

THE Kerry County Museum features in a New York Times article where a travel writer retraces the footsteps of Roger Casement taking in visits to Banna and Tralee. Rosie Schaap also found time to stop off for a pint in Bettys Bar on Strand Street, where she wrote it is “a wonderfully cozy […]

AUSTIN Stacks kept their county league title ambitions on track with a win over arch rivals Kerins O’Rahillys at Connolly Park on Saturday night on a scoreline of 1-15 to 1-5. O’Rahillys were without all their key players through injuries, holidays and Kerry duty and found it tough going against a Stacks side who […]

THERE was a great turnout on Saturday night for a reunion of people who grew up in Oakpark in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The Meadowlands Hotel was the venue for the get together which was last held 10 years ago but even more showed up this time. “Some of […]

TRALEE Sailing Club was the venue for a fundraiser in aid of Fenit Lifeboat on Saturday night. The aromas of burgers and sausages wafted over the village as it was quite windy when we arrived  at the clubhouse early on that evening. Families were arriving and the little ones had […]

THE Tralee Tidy Towns Business Award winners for May, June and July were announced recently. Francis Galvin of Slieve Mish Bar accepted the award for May while Baily’s Corner won the July award which was accepted by Conor O’Donnell at the recent Tralee Chamber Alliance Business Breakfast at Kirby’s Brogue Inn […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Thurles yesterday to see a Kerry team rack up an impressive score in the Under 21 All-Ireland B Quarter Final… Kerry 7-22 Donegal 1-4 A handful of supporters from Kerry witnessed a comprehensive win for the Under 21 hurlers, in the All Ireland B 1/4 final, played […]

THE great grandniece of Roger Casement paid a visit to Tralee, Ardfert and Ballyheigue this week as part of events to mark the centenary of his death. Margaret Farrington-Curtis – who was accompanied by her husband Ken – is from Melbourne and it was her first visit to Ireland. Casement’s brother, Charles, […]

KERRY won back to back All-Ireland titles this afternoon when the juniors beat Mayo in Croke Park this afternoon. Stephen Wallace’s charges won by 2-18 to 2-11 to cap off another great year for the side. Mayo started the better racing into a 0-3 to 0-0 lead on seven minutes, […]

THE participants in a major fundraiser for Down Syndrome Ireland rolled into town on Friday afternoon with a legendary cyclist leading the way. The Tour de Munster Charity Cycle is taking place until Sunday and over 100 amateur cyclists, led by Sean Kelly, came through Tarbert and Listowel to make their way to the […]

A SOCCER match between the town’s two hospitals raised over €1,600 for the Oncology Unit at University Hospital Kerry. Three weeks ago, the Bon Secours beat UHK in the Tommy Naughton Perpetual Cup in Cahermoneen. Held in memory of Tommy who worked at the Bons until he died suddenly in 2014, this was the […]

WITH the Rose of Tralee International Festival just over a week away, it’s worth a re-cap on how the entertainment in the Square is going to work this year. There will be 84 hours of entertainment in The Square over the duration of the extended festival, but only 15 hours of […]

WORK on the canal walkway is continuing and it should be finished by the end of the month. We called down on Friday to see tarmacadam work being done on the walkway near Hare Street. The main walkway has been closed since April and was scheduled to reopen in July. However, […]

WITH so many social events coming up in the next couple of months, from the Rose Ball, to fashion shows, to days at the races, women have a lot to consider when it comes to getting ready. Well a make-up expert is coming to Tralee next Friday, August 12, to give ladies tips […]

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 […]