Archive for October 18th, 2016

Boys U14 Div Gneeveguilla 39 St.Brendan’s 21 The Boys’ U14 Division 2 league campaign continued this weekend with a trip away to a physically powerful Gneeveguilla side in Rathmore. The first quarter was a close affair with both sides taking time to settle. It ended with the hosts leading by 5 […]

FORMER Kerry minor winner, Mark O’Connor, is heading off to Australia after signing a rookie contract with AFL club Geelong. The Dingle player impressed in trials earlier this month and three clubs expressed interest in signing him. He will make the move down under in the coming weeks. The two-time All-Ireland minor medal […]

THE Rose Hotel was the venue for the Tidy Tralee Awards last night where businesses, estates and individuals were rewarded for their civic spirit. Joe Moynihan of Tralee Tidy Towns thanked everyone involved for their efforts over the past year gave special thanks to Kerry County Council and the sponsors, […]

LAST week Mercy Mounthawk transition year students took on their teachers in an annual wheelchair basketball match that raised €165 for local club the Kingdom Wheelblasters. No mercy was shown by teachers who continued their winning streak over students in front of a big crowd in the school gymnasium. It […]

STUDENTS at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí have certainly been getting out and about this month climbing a mountain and visiting Paris. Forty TY students climbed Mount Brandon on Friday, October 7, and had a great day. “We were extremely lucky with the weather, very cold at the top. “It was a great bonding experience for the […]

THANKFULLY I was raised by a man who taught me morals, good manners and above all the difference between right and wrong. My father is a man who I admire and a man who has always been someone I can pick up the phone to get a logical answer to […]

A TWO-DAY conference that will explore the 800 year history of Tralee and earlier will take place in Siamsa Tíre Theatre and the Rose Hotel, Tralee on the weekend of  November 4th and 5th next. The conference will be officially opened in Siamsa Tíre on Friday evening, November 4th by former Tánaiste Dick Spring, […]

THE official launch of the Lee Strand/Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards 2016 was held this week at Lee Strand, to look for young people whose achievements deserve to be acknowledged. Since 1998 the awards have rewarded the achievements of young people from Kerry between the ages of 14 years and 19 years. […]