Archive for January, 2017

BADMINTON Killarney and Limerick were the Badminton attractions on last weekend when the Munster senior 1 and the Munster Junior Championships were played in Killarney whilst round 1 of the Munster juvenile Inter County Championships were played off in Limericks UL Arena. The Munster junior championships was not a bad […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB NOTES RESULTS Mens Div 1 Cup Semi Final St. Brendan’s 75 Tralee Imperials 34 Brendan’s started off really well with the players geared up for a good game. Conor Donaghy Jamie Lowham and Cathal O’Sullivan were in fine form in the first quarter and helped Brendan’s […]

The Club has received its First National medal of 2017 courtesy of Jordan Kissane Jordan was taking part in the Irish Life Health National Combined Events in Athlone on Sunday. He was competing in the U15 age group. Kicking off with the High Jump he held his own, followed his training […]

THE Kerry Diocesan Youth Centre (KDYS), Tralee, said goodbye today to one of its long serving employees, Christine Coffey, after 20 years with the organisation. Over 30 employees and volunteers gathered to show Chris their gratitude and support. The KDYS acknowledged Christine’s contribution to the work of the organisation and thanked her for […]

  KERRY students are invited to take part in a National Scratch Competition for Ireland’s young coders from Junior Infants all the way up to sixth year. Scratch is a visual programming language that encourages children to develop essential coding skills through fun and interactive learning. The competition, which is run […]

THERE’S exciting developments on the way up at Tralee Omniplex, as work is well underway to install the new MAXX screen. While it’s business as usual at the Omniplex, work started in the past couple of weeks on one of the screens there and the installation is scheduled to be finished […]

THE Kerry Businesswomen’s Network held an event on Practical Tools for Well-Being at The Rose hotel last Friday. The three key speakers were Ailish Brosnan, Susan Browne and Rebecca Atkinson. Ailish shared some recipes from Your Healthy Living Coach and gave ten tips to healthy eating and incorporating movement into our […]

A TRALEE man won a top prize at a regional final of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) competition yesterday. Derek Counihan, age 32 from Tralee,  founder of Harpoon which is based in HQ Tralee, won the Best Start-Up Award at the Mid West Finals of Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur 2017 held in Bunratty Castle Hotel. This […]

A TRALEE councillor has asked the Council to consider letting land adjacent to The Rose Hotel to be used as a car park during upcoming Kerry GAA matches. Cllr Pa Daly of Sinn Fein made a request to Kerry County Council, at its monthly meeting on Monday afternoon, that the vacant grounds which […]

National Draw Tickets: Tralee Parnells club are selling National Club draw tickets. There are 14 great prizes to be won and all money raised to kept within the club. Thanks to those that took tickets, still tickets available to buy or sell so please help out. Prizes include: A new Opel Corsa car. […]

  ANNUAL CONVENTION: The Annual Convention of the John Mitchels GAA club will take place next Saturday 28th January in Chamfers, John Joe Sheehy Road, Tralee at 11.00 a.m. This is a very important annual occasion for the Club as we look back on the achievements for 2016 and look […]

Seniors     Na Gaeil Senior Team had their first game of 2017 in a double fixture of the Brendan’s League and the Town League on Sunday against Ballymac in Ballymac. Na Gaeil were missing many of their regulars for this game but put in a solid performance in the opening twenty minutes […]

SISTER JESSICA DOYLE: She was our oldest ex-player, being a member of a very good Camogie team  which the Club had in the late 1920s/early 30s, and we are sad to relate that she passed away peacefully last Thursday (19th Jan) in her home  in Dublin, just one month short of her […]

10K : Our 10k road race takes place this Sunday 29th Jan which will commemorate the memory of our late chairman, Pat Healy. Entries are still available on Primoevents or by registering on Sat at the clubhouse from 2.00-8 pm or for latecomers, on Sunday morning from 09.00-10.30; registration is […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 1, 7, 14 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to E. Quill Lohercannan, Pa Hurley Curraheen, Mike Farmer Lohercannan, Aislinn Quirke Ballydunlea and Gerard and Catherine Hanafin Curraheen. Next week’s Lotto will […]

County Club Forum Our Club had a full attendance at The County Club Forum on Saturday last. The morning session was devoted to discussions on Clubs, Players, Fixtures, Registration and methods of registration. A wide range of issues and ideas were put forward by the Clubs of the County. The afternoon session was […]

Open Family Fun Day/Membership Registration- NAGLE RICE COMMUNITY CENTRE: On Sunday February 5th 2017-our club is having an Open Day/Members Registration Day for the families of all the young boys and girls from the Milltown Castlemaine area. Catering for ages 5 and upwards, our day will commence at 12 and […]

  GARDAÍ are looking for information from the public about a burglary, a hit and run and assault incidents which occurred in Tralee recently. On Saturday night, a house in the Monavalley area was broken into between 10.30pm and 4.30am. Gardaí are asking for any witnesses who think they may have […]

THERE was another great turnout at the Junior Parkrun on Sunday and there will be even bigger crowds this coming weekend, as the RTE cameras are on the way. The 2k course in the Town Park is proving a big hit with youngsters over the past number of weeks. The […]

AS you’ve already heard, Aidan O’Mahony retired from the Kerry inter-county scene this morning. The Rathmore Clubman, winner of five All Ireland senior medals, made his championship debut in the green and gold in 2004 against Clare and went on to play 70 championship games for his county in a […]

TRALEE Triathlon Club have got the New Year off to a good start with their first event of 2017 taking place last Sunday at Tralee Sports Complex. A club aquathon put the winter training to the test with a pool swim and run. For this event the bikes were left at home. Members […]

  TRALEE schools’ athletes were successful at the annual Kerry Schools Cross Country Championships on Friday last. The Championships took place at the Demesne, Killarney where Tralee CBS won the Shield for the Best Boys School.  Presentation Killarney won the Girls’ Shield at the event. Brothers Sean and Tim Pollman-Daamen of Mercy […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Limerick on Sunday to see the Kerry hurlers handed a beating by the home side in the Munster Senior Hurling League… Limerick 4-28 Kerry 0-16 Only a handful of supporters from Kerry took the trouble to show up early to support the Kerry Hurlers in the […]

OVER 200 people attended the Kerry Education and Training Board Annual Student Awards event which was held in the IT Tralee North Campus on Friday night. The guest of honour was Garda Yohan Hunt,  a former Tralee Youthreach student who is a founding member of Tralee First Responders. Colm McEvoy CEO Kerry […]

CROTTA O’Neills GAA Club is going through major developments on and off the field with a new website and one hell of a social to look forward to. This time last year Crotta embarked on an ambitious 5 year development plan with Phase 1 of the Field development nearly complete. This […]

THE Pres girls opened their Butterfly Bank this week at the school in their aim to follow the success of their schoolmates of previous years in the ‘AIB Build A Bank’ competition. The Dream Bank from the school won the overall national prize in 2015 and last year’s Blossom Bank […]

Mark Doe of the ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies has some healthy recipes for January… We all know the benefits of a healthy diet. You will certainly feel better if you watch what you eat. It is so easy to open packet and jar of convenience foods, but they […]

THE sages say that perhaps the most powerful feelings that we can endow ourselves with is that of gratitude, and the easiest way to express that feeling is to say a simple yet sincere ‘Thank You’. Last week I wrote an article about the importance of tradition and culture in our […]

THE poet and former Trinity College professor, Brendan Kennelly, has today been honoured by Kerry County Council which hosted a Civic Reception in his native north Kerry village of Ballylongford to mark his contribution to literature. Mr Kennelly (80), who recently moved back from Dublin to Kerry, was joined by his […]

THERE were two crashes on roads outside Tralee this morning. At about 10.45am there was a collision between a tractor and a motorcycle near the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on the Tralee-Ardfert road. Later, at noon, there was a single vehicle crash at Laccamore Cross on the Tralee to Abbeydorney road. It is […]