Archive for November 10th, 2016

THE Irish TV company has obtained High Court protection after an unexpected funding shortfall and liabilities over assets of €8.7m. The station has its headquarters in Westport, Co Mayo, but also has a base at Kerry Technology Park. The company made a petition to the High Court today seeking its protection with an immediate operational […]

THE pupils from Scoil Eoin have been very busy this past week gathering items for the annual Christmas Shoebox Appeal for those less fortunate. The appeal was co-ordinated by the Students Council and by Thursday they had gathered 45o boxes and €1,100 in cash to donate to Team Hope who bring […]

THE shortlist for the prestigious Eir Spiders was announced this morning and a north Kerry company is up for two of the national awards. Avalanche Designs, based in Ballyduff,  is a digital solutions firm that builds websites and marketing materials for businesses and individuals in Ireland and all over the world. Continued below… Founded by Aidan […]

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí are celebrating their annual Positive Mental Health Week at the moment and a number of events and activities are taking place at the school. The week is part of an overall health promotion initiative in the school following on from the Mental Health Amber flag that the school was awarded last […]

BALLYHEIGUE man Richie Stack has continued his winning ways in the world of Mixed Matial Arts by taking a championship at the weekend. Richie, who fights out of the Tralee Spirit MMA club, travelled to West Cage Fighting Championship 6 (WCFC)  on Saturday in The Clayton Hotel, Galway. He went there with […]

PEOPLE may forever mark the 9th of November 2016 as the day that the world changed. However, maybe we should accept the fact that the world had already changed and it has just taken this bombshell for us to realise it. The world is divided and we didn’t even see it […]

THERE’S a great night planned for the Ashe Hotel in a couple of weeks time as nine couples take to the dance floor for a charity event. Students Katie O’Donoghue and Akeem Mollow have organised a ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ in aid of Pieta House and tickets are going fast for […]

AFTER his heroics on Saturday night in Chicago for Ireland’s win over the All-Blacks, Ultan Dillane is set to start for his country this weekend against Canada. It will be the former Tralee RFC player’s first start for Ireland as they face the north Americans in the Guinness November series game at the Aviva […]

THE funds raised from a charity event held for the last six years has now passed the €82,000 thanks to the efforts of enthusiastic walkers back in July. The seventh Jamie Wrenn Walk was held in aid of Recovery Haven this year and the proceeds from it totalling €12,700 were presented […]

YOU’LL find Kerry fans in every corner of the world, but you don’t expect the green and gold to show up in a video by a sports fashion blogger in Texas. Paul Cantu, who has over 275,000 subscribers to his YouTube page, drives around thrift stores in the US looking […]