Archive for March, 2017

Nótaí na nÓg Cumann Aibhistín de Staic       The Austin Stack Club JUVENILE CLUB NOTES PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: (i) On SATURDAY next, April 1st, our Under 6/8/10 boys (all teams) will travel to the Legion Club in Killarney. We’ll depart from our Connolly station at 9.30am. Games will begin at 10.30am. (ii) And we’ll have no…no…no football on Sunday morning (2nd) as […]

THERE was a great weekend of action in Athlone for the Irish Life Health National Juvenile Indoor Championships with Tralee Harriers athletes battling for positions on the podium and places in the final 8 of their events. Tralee Harriers AC had a strong contingent of athletes attending this event. Rachel […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB NOTES RESULTS Leestrand Boys U12 Div 2 St. Brendan’s 33 Gneeveguilla 17 St. Brendan’s had a great win against Gneeveguilla at home last Wednesday. Brendan’s made home advantage count and at the end of the first quarter led 10 – 3, David Scally opened the scoring followed […]

By PRO Tommy Naughton SFAI U13 Regional Cup Champions On Saturday the St Brendans Park FC U13A side became the first ever champions of the SFAI Regional Cup after they dfetated Aisling Annacotty at Christy leahy Park . Well done to all the players and the management of Pat Carmody and […]

Training continues at the usual times for teams still playing league games. RESULTS 20/3/17 Boys U14 Div2 Imperials 42 St.Pauls 29 22/3/17 Boys U14 Div2 Gneeveguilla 40 Imperials 34 21/3/17 Girls U16 Div1 Imperials 48 Glenbeigh 29 REPORTS Well done to our U14 Boys who had a great win against […]

Great news from the National Stadium Dublin. Patrick McCarthy 48kg (Tralee Boxing Club) will box for an Irish Title on April 8th next. Patrick beat Eoghan Quinn St Johns B.C. (3 time all Ireland, & currrent Irish champion & European bronze medalist) in a cracking contest in which Patrick boxed […]

AS part of the next phase of a €1.7m investment in the Denny Street/The Mall area of Tralee under the Tralee Active Travel project, Kerry County Council is proposing to close The Mall and Bridge Street (from the junction with Russell Street towards the Mall) to traffic from April 24 to November 21. […]

Gardaí have made arrests in relation to an alleged approach to a child on their way home from a Tralee primary school. Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, issued a warning to parents on Monday, following an alleged approach to a child on their way home from school and urged them to speak to their […]

THE County Final of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards will be held on the this Friday at ITT North Campus. Over 30 mini-companies set up by local second level schools will participate in the competition. The competition promotes the development of innovation, idea development, business structure, sourcing of finance, […]

IDA Ireland has made a video (see below) showing all that Kerry has to offer in the hope of attracting foreign direct investment to the county to create jobs. It comes as An Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD with Martin Shanahan, CEO, IDA Ireland  launched IDA’s new Advance Technology Building (ATB) in the Kerry […]

STUDENTS up in Kerry College of Further Education are preparing to show their talents to the public at an exhibition this week. The QQI Level 5 Art, Craft and Design Post Leaving Certificate students are currently putting the finishing touches to what promises to be a very inspiring and interesting Art and […]

ON Monday night at The Abbey Inn, the organisers of this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Tralee presented awards to the parade’s best participants. Prizes were presented to three groups who were the Most Colourful, Most Entertaining and Most Topical in this year’s parade. The Most Topical award went to the […]

A TRALEE florist was among the winners in a window dressing competition held during Seachtain Na Gaeilge. The Fuinneog is Gaelaí competition, was a great success again as part of the event and seventeen businesses/shops/groups took part in the contest. The fruits of their labour can be seen by clicking here. The […]

TWO Tralee-based cyclists have joined forces to write the first guide to the best cycling routes the Kingdom has to offer. Cycling Kerry – Great Road Routes (The Collins Press, €14.99) by Donnacha Clifford and David Elton is out now in all good bookshops and will be launched in O’Mahony’s Bookshop, […]

UNIVERSITY Hospital Kerry is reporting a significant increase in levels of activity today and is advising that non-urgent patients may now experience significant delays. In a statement issued to the media, hospital management are requesting that, where appropriate, the public contact their GP in the first instance and explore all other options […]

VOLUNTEERS are being asked to participate in the 2017 County Clean-Up Day which will take place on Saturday, April 8. Now in its sixth year, the County Clean-Up, which takes place with the support of Kerry County Council and KWD Recycling, has proven to be a wonderful community event in […]

  A NEW six-year strategy for the further development and promotion of recreation, sport and physical activity in the county has been launched in Tralee by the Minister of State at the Department of Tourism and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD. The launch at Siamsa Tíre featured two panel discussions on various aspects […]

  THE woman whose body was discovered in a house in Cork in the early hours of Monday morning was from Tralee. Gardaí launched a murder investigation after the body of Nicola Collins, 38, was discovered at a house in Pophams Road, Faranree, Cork this morning, Monday  at approximately 3.20am. The mother of three […]

Senior news County League, Fossa V Ballymac Result Fossa 1-13 Ballymac 0-18 Ballymac were out in round 2 of the County League which was away to Fossa on a beautiful sunny Spring day where conditions could not be any better in what is a prequil to the first round of […]

THE Kerry side to play Cork in the Munster Under 21 Football Championship Final this Wednesday has been named. There are four changes from the side that defeated Waterford in the last round. Brian Ó Beagaloich, Brandon Barrett and Matthew O’Sullivan return to the starting 15 as does Gavin White of Dr Crokes. They […]

Div 1 County League Fixtures 2017 Round 2: We played Austin Stacks at home in Round 2 of the Co League. Before the match commenced there was a Minute’s silence for the late Denis (Dinny) O’Connor, Austin Stacks Club. It was a beautiful sunny day with a very strong wind […]

Strictly Come Dancing: A recommended form of relaxation or relaxation therapy is to ” dance like nobody is watching” – well, dancing with 1000 + pair of eyes watching is another matter all together but that’s just what happened in the Brandon Hotel on Sat night last at our inaugural […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 3, 12, 23 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Kathleen O Shea Clahane, Ballyard, Padraig O Keeffe Lixnaw, Caoilfhoinn O Halloran Lohercannon, Catherine Diggins Tonevane and John Breen Hunter’s Wood. Next […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil travelled to Jackie Finnerty Park in Mountcoal on Sunday to take on St. Senans in Round 2 of the County League in what were ideal conditions for football. St. Senans opened the scoring with a point but Na Gaeil quickly followed up with two pointed frees from Darragh […]

END OF AN ERA: There was genuine sadness in the Club and in the wider community when the news broke last weekend of the closure of Barry’s Bakery, Rock Street. Established in 1925 by Paddy Barry Snr. – a founding member of the Rock Club in 1917 – the business was […]

Seniors: Churchill and Cromane came into this County League game with very contrasting form. After two games Churchill had yet to get points on the board, while Cromane had taken full points from their two. With the aid of a cross field breeze, Churchill had the best possible start when […]

County Finals Scór na bPáistí: Parnells was well represented Sunday in The County Finals of Scór na bPáistí. The quiz team was narrowly beaten for 3rd place. Well done to Donncha Buttimer, Ailisha Daughton, Oisin O Sullivan and Anna Kerdzaia. Caoimhe Lyons represented Parnells in the Sean nos dancing Scór […]

Registration: This is the last week for registration: March 31st2017 is the closing date. All officers, players and mentors need to be registered for insurance purposes with Croke Park. Our registrar John Murphy will be delighted to facilitate anybody who wishes to join our club.  (Registrations after March 31st will not be issued with […]

An Taoiseach Enda Kenny visited IT Tralee today to launch the commencement of the construction of the Kerry Sports Academy. Dr Oliver Murphy, President of IT Tralee welcomed the Taoiseach to the North Campus of the Institute in what was a historic occasion, as the first visit of a Taoiseach […]

GARDAI in Kerry are warning people about hoax calls doing the rounds. People have been ringing the gardaí to complain they have been getting hoax calls from a number beginning with 0750. The person on the line asks for information regarding banking details and internet security. Gardaí say the calls are coming into […]