Archive for January, 2017

KERRY County Council is urging people to get walking this Saturday for the annual Operation Transformation National Walk Day. This is the seventh year of this national event where thousands of people throughout the country, including in Kerry, put on their walking shoes and take to the pathways of Ireland. Kerry walkers […]

Na Gae Na Gaeil wishes a very happy and prosperous New Year to all players, mentors, members, supporters and everyone associated with the club. Scor    Best of luck to our Scor na nOg group heading for the Munster Finals in Ovens on Sunday the 8th January. Barry Sugrue, Aine O Sullivan, Joshua […]

Thank you John: Well done to John Palmer for once again organising a very enjoyable annual mystery bus trip. The mystery venue and hospitable host were very much appreciated by the Parnells supporters who made in on the night. Executive 2017: At the 2016 AGM, the following officers were appointed […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 11, 13, 23 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Emmet Kelly Ballyseedy, Marie Corkery c/o Kevin Quirke, Mike Shanahan c/o The Rock Inn, John Kelliher Lohercannan and Trevor Lyons c/o Tony […]

IN 2016, we were out and about covering hurling and football matches in Tralee and beyond. Here’s a selection of some of the photos we took…    

THE RTE Archives section of the national broadcasters’ website is a treasure trove of curious stories. Back in November we spotted some great footage of Tralee from 50 years ago (click here for story). Well a couple of days ago, RTE revealed that the most viewed archive story on the […]

NEW year, new football season. Kerry’s senior footballers return to action his coming Sunday in a game against Tipperary in the McGrath Cup with a 2pm throw-in (according to the Munster GAA website). It’s a home game in Austin Stack Park against the Munster finalists and it’ll be interesting to see how […]

ARE you the holder of ticket number 403435 in the Millionaire Raffle? Well someone bought the ticket in Eason’s, Church Street, Listowel, and last night their ticket was drawn out and they won €100,000. It’s a dream start to the New Year for some very lucky National Lottery Christmas Millionaire Raffle winners […]

THERE was a massive crowd on Denny Street last night for the annual New Year’s Eve fireworks display. Crowds started gathering before 7pm for the show and Andrew Morrissey of Radio Kerry was getting the crowd warmed up playing pop music to the masses. Then at around 7.25pm, the fireworks started […]

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in November… • STEPHEN Stack has announced he is stepping down as Austin Stacks boss. The Listowel native was in charge of the Rockies senior team for four years and brought them their first county championship in […]

ABOUT 10 years ago I was first introduced to a book called ‘The Power of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle – it is a testament to this book that it has sold over 30 million copies worldwide. At first I couldn’t make  head nor tail of it and I put it away […]

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in November… • THERE was sad news in early November when the body of 70-year-old Jim Keane from Lixnaw was recovered from the River Feale during the search for . Mr Keane, a local farmer, had been missing for […]