Archive for December 15th, 2016

PRIMARY school pupils from around the county have demonstrated their artistic skills by highlighting road safety in their entries for inclusion in the 2017 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition. On Thursday morning, Paul Neary, Senior Engineer, Operations & Safety Department, Kerry County Council presented the twelve winning pupils from various primary […]

THE Christmas lights in the Square have been vandalised for the second day in a row. The LED light at the foot of the Christmas tree and the string lights on the tree were discovered to have been damaged on Wednesday afternoon and it is thought the incident occurred between 4pm and […]

STEPHEN Wallace is set to return to inter-county management tonight. The Ardfert man is set to be named the new Kerry Senior Ladies football manager tonight at their annual convention. He has enjoyed great success with the Kerry juniors winning back to back All Ireland Junior Football titles, before vacating the role to […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating a burglary at a phone shop at Manor West this morning. It happened at around 6am at the Carphone Warehouse at Manor West Retail Park. A quantity of phones was taken during the incident. If anyone saw anything suspicious in the area around this time […]

AFTER weeks of rehearsals and great effort on the part of teachers and pupils, there were fantastic Christmas concerts enjoyed at Presentation Primary on Tuesday and Wednesday. Yesterday morning it was the third to sixth classes who took centrestage to perform their segments in front of a packed school hall. Third […]

WHILE many people will be starting their new health regime at the beginning of next month, why not combine it with this great fundraiser. Mental health awareness campaigner, Colin ‘Poshey’ Aherne has set himself a new challenge and he wants as many people as possible to join in. He intends to run […]

AN event held a couple of months ago has raised an astonishing amount for the Recovery Haven facility. Back on October 29, a night at the dogs at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium for the Cancer Support House was held.  It was a great night of racing combined a host of other family friendly events and […]

ST Stephen’s Day is normally one where we reflect on the culinary carnage we’ve inflicted on our stomachs from the previous day, but here’s something to help redeem yourself. Tralee Rugby Club is hosting its annual St Stephen’s Day 3k & 5k Fun Run in aid of their under age development. […]

A report on the Kerry Schools Under 16 1/2 Dunloe Cup Final at Lewis Road, Killarney… Tralee CBS 1-15 Mercy Mounthawk 1-7 Tralee CBS are champions of Kerry, ultimately outclassing a dogged Mounthawk side following a final at Dr Crokes grounds which only came to life the final quarter. Being the […]

THE earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old. The human race began around 2 million years ago. So, relative to all of that, at my ripe 17 years, you could say that I am pretty young. But does that mean that I am incapable? I don’t think so. I began […]