Archive for March, 2017

TRANSITION Year students of Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School organised a spikeball tournament for primary school students around Tralee on Wednesday. The TY Students have been coaching pupils from primary school all around Tralee to play Spikeball over the course of six weeks. They began in December, training CBS Primary School, […]

THE girls from Presentation Tralee kept up a rich tradition by qualifying for the AIB Build A Bank national final. The Butterfly Bank management team is made up of TY students: Manager – Sadbh Kilgallen, Assistant Manager – Ciara Boyd, Innovation Executive – Michelle Doody, Digital Officer – Cara Segal, […]

CHAIRPERSON of Tidy Towns Tralee, Sam Locke, accepted a van on behalf of Tidy Towns Tralee, courtesy of Garvey’s Supervalu and Randles Bros, this morning. Sam Locke said the gesture is greatly appreciated by Tralee Tidy Towns, and will be used to maintain their Gold Medal status. The previous van, which […]

A MERCY Mounthawk student’s idea earned him a €500 cheque in a  Tralee Chamber Alliance ‘Our Big Idea’ competition. As part of Enterprise Month, Transition Year students from Tralee were asked their big ideas and opinions on what developments they believe should take place in their town and what kind of business […]

TOP Irish actor, Jack Reynor, will attend the screening of his new movie at the Dingle International Film Festival (Dingle IFF) tomorrow evening. Reynor will be at the showing of Ben Wheatley’s new film Free Fire in The Phoenix Cinema on Thursday. “Amazingly talented and globally recognised, Jack will make for an […]

EXPOSÉ Beauty Lounge is planning something special for this Friday night…and you’re invited! The salon at Mounthawk will be a hive of activity for the opening of the new upstairs treatment room by former Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh. Guests on the night can avail of a range of offers including 20% […]

REVENUE officers carried out a search under warrant of a house in the Killorglin area and uncovered 10,000 contraband cigarettes branded ‘Marlboro Red’ yesterday. The cigarettes, with a retail value of around €5,500 and representing a potential loss to the Exchequer of approximately €4,400, were seized. A Polish couple, a man […]

A FILM made in Kerry is to get special charity screenings in Listowel, Tralee and Killarney over the next few weeks. “Making It”  is a full length feature film which was written, directed and produced here in Kerry by current trainees and former trainees at the National Digital Skills Centre at […]

Our parenting columnist, Jennifer Kissane, on what you need just after baby is born… FOLLOWING on from my last article about packing the hospital bag essentials, I’m going to look at what you need when baby arrives. I know it’s hard to resist, when you are surrounded by cuteness and you are bursting […]

THE Rose Hotel has appointed Madeleine Doyle as Conference and Banqueting Manager. Madeleine has gained valuable experience within Ireland since graduating from the London College of Music and Media with a Diploma in Piano Teaching and Performance 2006. Following this, Madeleine taught piano at The Kingdom Music Academy for six years. […]

AFTER a fantastic win in Croke Park on St Patrick’s Day, Dr Crokes took home the All Ireland Club title and have been touring the cup since. Well the Andy Merrigan Cup visited CBS primary School on Tuesday, a school more used to the similar black and amber colours of Austin Stacks. The pupils welcomed Crokes men, […]

A BALLYBUNION business won Best Restaurant in Kerry, while renowned eateries from all over the county were also honoured (see list below) at an awards ceremony in Limerick last night. The Munster regional finals in this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards took place in the Limerick Strand Hotel where 60 awards were presented to […]

  By Donie Jack Griffin Tralee Boxing Club members headed to Mitchelstown Co.Cork for All Ireland weigh-ins with Johnathon & Patrick McCarthy. Thankfully all went well and both boys made their weights after a hard slog all week, while most 14 & 15 year olds were celebrating St Patricks weekend, these […]

PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: (i) Our Under 6/8/10 boys have moved to the great outdoors and will be in Caherslee on Sundays for the season. All action will commence at 11am ar an Domhnach. Tá séasúr peile an tsamhraidh tosaithe! Yipí! (ii) On April 1st, Lá na nAmadán, we will travel to […]

UPCOMING FIXTURES 27/3/17 Boys U14 Div2 TK Cougars vTralee Imperials Killarney 18-10 RECENT RESULTS 15/3 Girls U12 Div3 Imperials 11 TK Cougars 27 Boys U12 Div2 St. Josephs 47 Imperials 21 14/3 Boys U14 Div2 St. Brendans 15 Imperials 26 12/3 Girls U14 Div1 Caherciveen 25 Imperials 29 Girls U14 […]

Sunday 19th March Mens Spring League sponsored by the Castle Bar Team Danny Leen beat Team Pat O’Meara Team Kieran O’Callaghan beat Team Matt Corridan Well done to all participants. The conditions were not easy but great golf was played , and the banter in the bar afterwards suggests that the […]

By Club PRO, Tommy Naughton  SFAI U13 Regional Cup Final ; On Saturday next March 25th our U13A side will host Limerick side Aishling Annacotty in the U13 Regional Cup Final. The game will take place at Christy Leahy Park with a 2-00pm kick off . We are asking all members and supporters […]

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB NOTES RESULTS Leestrand Boys U12 Division 2 St. Brendan’s 44 Caherciveen 21 Having lost the plate final to Caherciveen by 3pts, St. Brendan’s were eager to try and reverse the result at home. Brendan’s got off to a bright start with Brian O’Donnell opening the scoring […]

THE Mall is set to close to traffic from April 24 and won’t reopen to vehicles until November when the transformation of the area is complete. In a press briefing on Monday, Kerry County Senior Engineer, Eamon Scanlan, outlined the timeline of works for the town centre. The contractors are on schedule to complete works […]

  IF you can’t make the trip to Páirc Uí Rinn in Cork next week, TG4 are coming to the rescue. TG4 has announced the launching of a new on-line streaming service that will provide live free to view coverage world-wide containing an attractive fixture list of GAA matches. And […]

KERRY Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has paid tribute to Martin McGuinness who sadly passed away in the early hours of this morning. Speaking at Leinster House today Deputy Ferris said; “I know I speak on behalf of all Kerry Republicans when I say we have not only lost a great Irish […]

A MAJOR event will be held in early May to showcase the town’s businesses, sporting and community groups. The Bank Of Ireland ‘Tralee Enterprise Town Event’ on May 5/6 will see 120 Tralee business stands and 120 Tralee sport and community stands pitch up at the Tralee Sports and Leisure Centre. […]

WORK will begin next week on a new taxi rank at the car park next to Boots/Tesco town centre. The rank will have around 14 spaces and will stretch along the side of the Boots building and around the corner into the Abbey car park. It will be ready by the […]

BRIDGE Street won’t be part of the first phase of the Tralee town centre works due to commence in May and it may be a while before resurfacing takes place there due to lack of funding. When the plans were initially announced last May, artists impressions of a resurfaced Russell Street […]

TWO stunning monuments were unveiled today at Manor Village. The 10 feet tall wood sculpture stands close to the entrance to the estate, while the boat lies at the bottom of the estate. The residents of the area decided to raise funds for the projects. They also received a contribution from […]

THE past couple of  weeks have been quite  busy for Transition Year students at Presentation Secondary School with a number of events taking place. TY students from Presentation Tralee and CBS attended a Lenten talk in the Presentation Primary Hall with Richard Moore organised by the Diocese of Kerry on Tuesday last. […]

THE public are invited to the Kerry ETB FET Fair in the Brandon Hotel on Wednesday to join in a number of workshops, talks and skills demonstrations. Interactive opportunities on the day include a Performance Arts workshop with speakers in the areas of dance, music and music technology. Hairdressing students will […]

Parnells Launch Night 7th April: April 7th is the night under 6s will join all other age groups in restarting training.  So, our Tralee Parnells 2017 season Official Launch Night will take place at Caherslee Road GAA grounds on Friday evening the 7th of April.  See you there. Easter Camp Tue […]

Sympathy: We extend sympathy to the Hanafin family, Kilcolman, Milltown on the death of Jackie Hanafin. Two of Jackie’s grandsons Ciarán and Cathal O’ Connor are part of our senior panel. May Jackie enjoy eternal peace and happiness. Mother’s Day: We wish all the mothers in our community a wonderful mother’s […]

Ballymac GAA V Dromid Pearses Match Report Sunday 19/03/2017 First round of our return to Division 3 of the County League in a windswept Ballymac saw us come up against old South Kerry rivals Dromid Peares. Over the years has seen many battles with Dromid and today was no different. […]