Archive for January, 2017

IT appears a historical laneway in town will get a makeover this year. Members of the Ashe Street traders met with the Tralee Municipal District Operations office staff recently to discuss improving Barrack Lane, which is an important link between the Mall and the Market Quarter. Continued below… It was […]

HAVE ye the fuel in? It’s about to get cold. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Weather Advisory warning for the entire country from tomorrow evening until Saturday. They say very cold wintry weather will develop from Wednesday night onwards with showers turning wintry in many places, from Wednesday evening to Saturday and […]

PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: Next Sunday is the day!! The Under 6/8/10 boys of the 100th year old Rock Street Club will take to the boards of Mercy Mounthawk Gym. The Under 6 boys will commence at 10am, the Under 8s at 11am and the Under 10s at 12.00. Yes! 2017, here […]

Hi all and welcome back, Hope everyone had a good Xmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year to all. Our Academy and training for all age is back in full swing. All enquiries to 087-9233449 Upcoming Fixtures 11/1/17 Girls U14 Div 3 Imperials v Caherciveen 19-00 John Mitchels 14/1/17 […]

With the Christmas festivities now over for another year all Kerry Badminton enthusiasts are geared up for what is undoubtedly the business end of the season. The pre Christmas programme is generally dominated by tournaments and other minor events, but once the cold chill of January hits the air the […]

Mens Results  Scotch Foursomes Sunday Jan 08th 1st : Bob Dillon (18) & Kevin Rolls (13)      29 Points 2nd : Peter Nolan (21) & Mike Galvin (18)               28 Points Fixtures: Sat 14th Jan : Casual Golf Sun 15th Jan : 12 Hole Club Singles Sat 21st Jan : […]

RESULTS Boys U14 Div 3 St. Paul’s 35 St. Brendan’s 30 Academy U12 St. Brendan’s 23 Rathmore 28 FIXTURES Wednesday 11th January Boys U18 Div 1 St. Brendan’s v St. Mary’s at 8.00pm in Moyderwell Friday 13th January Boys U14 Div 2 St. Paul’s v St. Brendan’s at 6.00pm in […]

A report from Paul Griffin on Tralee Harriers members at an event at the weekend… The first athletics event of 2017 took place in Nenagh this week, with the Munster Indoor Junior and U23 Championship and the Juvenile Pentathlons. Tralee Harriers Athletic Club had several entries over the two days […]

Our new columnist, Jennifer Kissane, is going back to work soon after maternity leave and it’s a time filled with emotion… “On the day a baby is born, so too is a mother. She never existed before.”– Rajneesh. My baby is 6 months old and the hazy, fog-filled daze I’ve been […]

THE Mayor of Tralee said the level of lighting at some pedestrian crossings in Tralee is atrocious and needs urgent attention. Cllr Terry O’Brien had a request before the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday that the Council review all pedestrian crossings and inspect the quality of lighting on them. In reply, the […]

  THERE will be a Kerry team in the Airtricity U-17 National League for the coming 2017 season it was decided last night. After consulting with the clubs of the Kerry District League at an Emergency Meeting at Mounthawk Park Tralee on Monday night, the Management Committee of the KDL have […]

JUST under 50 of Ireland’s top dinghy sailors travelled from all over the country to take part in Tralee Bay Maritime Centre’s first Dinghy Performance Clinic in Fenit last week. Top dinghy performance coaches from all over Europe flew in to coach these young, aspiring sailors on all aspects of sailing, […]

A LOCAL councillor expressed her frustration at the lack of progress of constructing a skateboard park for young people, at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday morning. Cllr Toireasa Ferris was asking that an estimate would be prepared for the provision of a skate board […]

A REQUEST to plant fruit-bearing trees near estates in town was denied because of the danger of fallen fruit, it was heard at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday. Cllr Toireasa Ferris requested that consideration would be given to planting fruit bearing trees within our villages and towns. In reply, […]

WHILE Kerry was blanketed in dense fog early Saturday morning, for the National Operation Transformation Walk Day, it didn’t deter enthusiastic walkers and runners who participated in the seventh year of the event. This year, the walks programme was expanded to three locations – Listowel, Killarney and Tralee. The walks in Killarney […]

Scór    Our Scór na nÓg journey ended at the Munster Final in Ovens last Sunday. We had hopes that The Matchmaker would bring us all the way to the Waterfront Theatre in Belfast for the All Ireland, but this was not to be. Barry, Dearbhla, Joshua, Liam Óg, Aine and Jack gave […]

Reports to the AGM: Continuing our extracts from Reports to the AGM, this time from the perspective of our Parnells club secretary.   Our Cúl Camp took place in Caherslee in August, around 40 boys and girls took part in the camp. The club ran two very successful camps during the Easter break […]

ANNUAL CONVENTION: The Annual Convention of the John Mitchels GAA club will take place on Saturday 28th January in Chamfers, John Joe Sheehy Road, Tralee at 11.00 a.m. All correspondence, motions and nominations to Secretary, John Mitchels Club, Camp, Ballyseedy by 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday 11th January 2017. LOTTO: 03/01/2017 […]

LOTTO After the Christmas and New Year break our lotto has resumed with a jackpot of €6,100.  Our lotto can be played online at www.ballymacgaa.com AGM The AGM of Ballymac GAA Club takes place in the Club room on Sunday next 15th January at 2.00pm.  All members are urged to attend. […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 1, 4, 5 & 23. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Raphael Crowley Tonevane, Fred Brown c/o Gerry Moriarty, Enzo c/o O’Shea’s Texaco, Sonny and Anne Roche c/o Tony Casey and Michael Curran […]

CLUB AGM: There were no major changes to the Club Executive following yesterday’s (8th Jan) AGM. The one significant change was the appointment of Mairéad Fernane as Vice Chairperson after Morgan O’Connell stepped down. Good to see that Morgan will continue on some of the sub committees. And how appropriate that Mairéad […]

AN Irish feature documentary about a Kerry priest and his battle against evil will be available on Netflix from next Sunday. ‘Hostage to the Devil’ (see trailer below) will launch on the streaming service, telling the story of Malachi Martin from Ballylongford.  Fr Malachi, a Jesuit priest, was a writer of several […]

A PROPOSAL to change the pay-parking hours to 11am to 4.30pm received some support at the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday afternoon. However, after a discussion on the issue, it was agreed that councillors and management would meet again later this month to see if something […]

THERE won’t be any traffic lights in the near future at what the Mayor of Tralee described as “the most dangerous junction in Tralee at the moment”. Mayor Terry O’Brien had a motion before the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council meeting this morning that the Council would review the […]

KERRY had an easy win over Tipperary in the McGrath Cup on Sunday afternoon at Austin Stack Park. Fielding a side drawn entirely from their Under 21 squad and managed by the Under 21 management team, they beat the Premier county by 3-11 to 1-3. Tipperary had seven of the side […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kerry’s Munster Senior Hurling League clash with Cork yesterday in Mallow…  Kerry 0-18 Cork 1-28 Kerry travelled to Mallow on Sunday wondering what lay in store for them in 2017. Cork had put out a fairly handy side, having already played a game on Friday evening. […]

BIRTHDAY celebrations were put on hold for the Rose of Tralee, Maggie McEldowney, so that she could announce details of the 2017 Rose of Tralee International Festival from August 16-22. Instead of blowing out the 28 birthday candles in her native city of Chicago, Maggie arrived into Ireland to launch […]

A MIST shrouded the town park on Saturday morning but the enthusiasm of the people there was clear as they gathered for the Park Run. This particular run was held in conjunction with RTE’s Operation Transformation and resulted in nearly 320 participants circling the park three times to complete the 5k […]

IT was looking dodgy for a while such was the extent of the fog, but it lifted for the hordes of cyclists setting off from St Pats GAA Club on Saturday morning. Hi-vis jackets were the uniform of the day as around 130 participants made their way to Castleisland and back for the […]

THE Kerry senior hurling team to play Cork on Sunday in the Co-op Superstores.ie Munster Senior Hurling League Round 1 game has been announced. The team – which will be new manager Fintan O’Connor’s first competitive match in charge – will be captained by Aiden McCabe who has been nominated by […]