Archive for October 25th, 2016

IT was a memorable Monday for Kerry man, Ljatif Saiti who won the top prize of €200,000 on his All Cash Spectacular scratch card which he purchased in Healy’s Newsagent in his hometown of Killarney. Ljatif, who is originally from Kosovo, was joined by his family as he collected his whopping […]

CAPITALISING on tourism potential, attracting investment and generating more positive PR about Tralee were some of the issues discussed at the 2016 Tralee Chamber Alliance Think In held at Ballygarry House Hotel and Spa last week. Five key action areas were identified by the 38 positive-minded representatives of all professional sectors […]

ULTAN DILLANE has renewed his contract with Connacht Rugby which will see him at the club for a further two years. There was much speculation in recent weeks that Dillane could move to home province Munster, but those rumours have been laid to rest this morning. “Connacht Rugby has given me […]

DINERS are invited to take part in a fun night whilst dining blindfolded in order to raise much-needed funds for the National Council for The Blind Ireland (NCBI) Cassidy’s Restaurant on Abbey Street is taking part in ‘Dine In The Dark’ for NCBI this November and it’s being promoted by one of Ireland’s top […]

BUS EIREANN has officially launched an exciting new competition for Transition Year students, ‘Go Places with Bus Éireann’, which is running for the first time in the current academic year, 2016/2017. Participating students will be in with a chance of winning one of five regional prizes – including the South-West – of €3,000 […]

THERE will be a talk all about the importance of bees at Siamsa Tire on this Wednesday, October 26 at 7pm. Ecologist, Dr Una Fitzpatrick of Biodiversity Ireland will tell us what makes bees so special and what we can do to increase their numbers. Bees are Ireland’s most important pollinators […]

  Winter Swimming ……..Turkey Series Round 1 …..  An amazing , record breaking 42 swimmers showed up this morning  for the start at of our winter swims ..all non wetsuit! Beautiful sunshine greeted everyone but a biting easterly wind was also present and a good swell in the water ..Air […]

WHILE most secondary schools in the country will be affected by teachers’ strike action on Thursday, most Kerry ETB schools, including Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and Coláiste Gleann Lí will not be affected. Industrial action by members of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) now looks likely to go ahead after they failed to […]

  1st: Niall Lucey (19) 37 Points 2nd: Denis Murphy (16) 37 Points 3rd: Bernard Costelloe (26) 36 Points 18+ Handicap :  Donal Lucey  (18) 36 Points CSS: 35 Points Please Note:  18+ Handicap winner, on 16th Oct was, John O’Connell (21) 33 Points Fixtures: 29th Oct: DCS Group Festival  […]

THE Skellig Ring has been named one of the world’s top ten regions to travel to by Lonely Planet in 2017. The South Kerry beauty spot creeps in to the top ten list no doubt propelled by the worldwide exposure it received from appearing as Luke Skywalker’s home in ‘Star […]

A QUEENS Speech by Mike O’Halloran is coming to a north Kerry venue next month. After its huge success in Siamsa Tire last November, St Johns Theatre and Arts Centre, Listowel will host the production for three nights Friday, November 4th, Saturday, November 5th, and Sunday November 6th, at 8.00 pm. In […]