Archive for October 26th, 2016

NA DAOINE ÓGA: The place to have been on Sunday morning last was sunny Caherslee where a fine feast of fabulous football was enjoyed by all. Thanks to our ‘Star’, Kieran Donaghy, for taking time out from his busy schedule to meet everyone in Caherslee, to pose for numerous photos (and […]

  Ladies Div 2 St Brendan’s 53 TK Lixnaw 25 Both teams got off too a slow start in the first quarter. Great shooting by Brendan’s Laura Griffin with six points helped the home side to ease into an early lead that was added to with baskets from Isa Fernadez. […]

THE inaugural Kerry Science Festival, which is a week-long schedule of science events taking place across the county, takes place between Sunday, November 13 and Sunday, November 20. People of all ages will be invited to enjoy and participate in a programme of free public engagement events, community talks, exhibitions, shows and school workshops. According […]

IT’S going to be a busy couple of days around town as almost 1,000 IT Tralee students will attend their graduation ceremonies. One of the main highlights of the IT Tralee calendar, the students will graduate on Thursday and Friday at the Brandon Conference Centre in Tralee. Each of the 26 counties, in addition […]

SIX different Tralee schools converged on the gym at Mercy Mounthawk for the school’s first annual Primary Schools Basketball Tournament. The purpose of the day was to promote basketball within local schools and too have some fun as well. Fifth and sixth class boys were chosen to represent their schools in the […]

THE past week has seen a return of ghosts and zombies to Kerry County  Museum as visitors have been thrilled by the Haunted Hall. Scores of pupils from primary schools have braved the experience over the past number of days, but it will be the turn of the general public to […]

TWO men in their 20s are to appear in court today in Tralee after over €26,000 worth of crystal meth was seized by Gardai in Killarney. It was between 2 and 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon when Gardai in Killarney carried out a planned operation yesterday afternoon where two vehicles were stopped separately, in the […]

A MOUNTAIN climb  held by workers at an Abbeydorney-based company raised over €10,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. On Monday, Nicola O’Callaghan of the Business Development Team at TLI Group, handed the cheque for €10,081 to Helena Bibby, Corporate Development Manager, at Temple Street Hospital who thanked the company for their efforts. […]

SO last weekend I was walking to my car after work at about 10.45pm and I encountered two guys who were clearly drunk, so I walked off the path and on to the road as they were blocking my way. As I walked by, they were joined by a third guy […]

UNIVERSITY of Limerick has appointed former editor of The Kerryman and Managing Director of The Irish Daily Star, Ger Colleran, as Adjunct Professor of Journalism. Mr Colleran lived in Ballymac when he was editor of The Kerryman newspaper from 1994 to 1999. He then moved to Dublin to become editor of The Star and later […]