Archive for March, 2017

YESTERDAY may not have been the best of days for Bryan Cooper, but that was forgotten by 4.20pm this afternoon. The Tralee jockey was on ‘Road To Respect’ who won the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate Handicap. He brought home the Noel Meade trained horse at odds of 14/1 to […]

A TRALEE man has been nominated in an awards scheme which honours senior citizens who have enthusiastically taken to using technology and the internet. Denis O’Regan (81) from The Kerries is one of three Kerry nominees in the ‘Silver Surfer’ awards – sponsored by eir and run with Age Action Ireland – aimed at raising awareness among […]

FRESH from his visit to the States this week, An Taoiseach Enda Kenny, T.D. will visit the IT Tralee on Monday, March 27. His visit it to launch the commencement of the construction of the Kerry Sports Academy. Contracts for the project will be signed on Friday March 24, with […]

THERE was sadness in town this morning at news of the death of Donie Houlihan. Donie, of Connolly Park and formerly of O’Rahillys Villas,  was well known and loved throughout Tralee and beyond as a former publican, sportsman, raconteur and rogue, but above all a gentleman. He passed away last night […]

THE Castle Bar was rocking on Wednesday as the pub enjoys their busiest week of the year for Cheltenham. On Wednesday, those who couldn’t be at the real thing in the Cotswolds, attended the Best Dressed Day at the bar. Martin O’Shea came out with Best Dressed man, as decided by a ‘secret’ judge. […]

BABIES born at University Hospital Kerry will now have their records stored digitally rather than on paper after the Maternal and Newborn Clinical Management System (MN-CMS) went live in the hospital on Saturday. This ‘go live’ marks the introduction of an electronic health record (EHR) for all women and babies receiving maternity services in […]

We’re halfway through the greatest racing festival on earth and sports journalist and racing fan, Murt Murphy, has some tips for day three of Cheltenham… Its 2-0 to the Bookmakers, as Wednesday proved a horrible day for punters. Who would have predicted that Douvan (who appears to have injured himself during […]

  THE shortlist for the annual Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards has been revealed and Mercy Mounthawk are again in the running. The school, has been shortlisted in the Best Set category for secondary schools for its set creation in the school production of ‘Romeo and Juliet’. Judges said the set […]

A FEW weeks ago it seemed that there wasn’t a bed to be had in town for Saturday night as the town prepared to welcome Dublin fans and marathon runners. We checked on booking.com and hotel websites on February 9 and couldn’t find a room in town. Now, after some […]

DUBLIN GAA supporters are calling on people attending the match in Tralee on Saturday to join with them in a tribute to the Irish Coastguard crew involved in the tragedy off the coast of Mayo on Monday night. The ‘All Dublin GAA Fans’ Facebook page, which has over 20,000 followers, […]

TRANSITION Year students from the Presentation Secondary School, Tralee, showcased their Enterprise Projects at AIB on Wednesday morning. The students set up mini businesses which are in operation in the school once a week. They are mainly selling items (buns, cookies, magnets, pens etc) and some are showcasing blogs and websites. The […]

KERRY Education and Training Board in partnership with Kerry County Council, the Institute of Technology, Tralee, Kerry Diocesan Youth Service, Ealain na Gaeltachta and local music educators and schools have announced their intention to apply to Music Generation for up to €600,000 in seed funding to develop new music education initiatives […]

BISHOP of Kerry, Ray Browne, has paid tribute to former Bishop of Kerry and Galway, Eamon Casey who died earlier this week. “It is with sadness that I learn of the death of Bishop Eamon Casey,” reads the statement from the Bishop. “He was bishop of the diocese of Kerry from […]

SHANAKILL Family Resource Centre is hosting a Cancer Awareness Coffee morning on Thursday, March 23. The event is being held in conjunction with Kerry Travellers Health and Community Development Project, Rahoonane Community Centre and The Marie Keating Foundation This coffee morning aims to raise awareness around a wide range of cancers […]

IT was a great day for Kerry jockeys at Cheltenham yesterday. Can Bryan Cooper and Jack Kennedy add to their success today? Sports journalist and racing fan, Murt Murphy, has some tips for day two of the festival… Today is a very tricky day for punters so tread carefully with […]

PORTMAN Clarity has taken on seven new trainees, in partnership with the First Steps youth employment initiative, at its Tralee offices. The travel management company, which has a base in Monavalley, is undergoing a period of transition after Portman Travel and Clarity Travel Management merged in November 2016 to form the seventh largest TMC in […]

Preparing for a night on the town? Lisa O’Mahony of TraleeToday.ie asks the experts at CH Chemists about  how to properly cleanse and moisturise in the days before that special event, to have your skin looking radiant… Step 1: Consultation Beauty consultant at CH Chemists, Julie Cahill, went through a list […]

KERRY Motor Club will launch its Rose Hotel Circuit of Kerry Rally with a special function at the landmark Tralee establishment on Monday night, March 20. The event attracts thousands of rally fans to town say the organisers and this creates a great tourism boost for the town. A counting round of […]

Tralee Boxing Club, will have six boxers going forward to Munsters Finals on April 1st & 2nd. The Boy 1.2.3. Munster Championships will take place in South-Side Boxing Club Limerick. Tony Murray, Mike McCarthy, Mike Murry, Mike Burke, Chris Mongans, Shane Coffey will be hard at training for the next […]

UPCOMING FIXTURES 16/3/17 Ladies Div3 Imperials v Tralee Tigers Mounthawk 18-30 20/3/17 Boys U14 Div2 Imperials v St. Paul’s Mounthawk 18-10 21/3/17 Academy Boys Pool 2 Imperials V St. Paul’s Cumman Iosaef 17-00 22/3/17 Boys U14 Div2 Gneeveguilla v Imperials Rathmore 19-00 RECENT RESULTS 5/3 Boys U16 Div1 St. Brendan’s […]

LÁ ‘LE PÁDRAIG: Will you be one of the 100 Rock youngsters (nó níos mó!) marching in black’n’amber in our St Patrick’s Day Parade ar an Aoine seo? As well as honouring our National Apostle, we’ll be celebrating a hundred years of ‘The Rock’! Flags, bugles, banners, scarves, bodhráns, hats […]

Sunday 12th March (Spring league matchplay) Maurice Laide beat Conor Stack Pat O’Meara beat Brenda Fitzgerald Danny Leen beat Dave Tarrant Brian Hennebery beat Kevin McCarthy Matt Corridan beat Alan Kelly Martin Mitchell beat John Paul Enright Kieran O’Callaghan beat Jim O’Donovan Fixtures: Fri 17th March: Open Singles Sat 18th […]

RESULTS Leestrand Boys U12 Div 2 St. Brendan’s 45 Tralee Imperials 15 St. Brendan’s U12s put their recent plate final defeat behind them to run out convincing winners against Imperials last Saturday. They started strongly and some good combined play from all players in the first quarter put them 14pts […]

TRALEE’S Bryan Cooper landed his first win of the Cheltenham festival 2017, when he rode Apples Jade to victory in the Mares’ Hurdle earlier today. It was already a good day for Kerry jockeys as 17 year old Jack Kennedy from Dingle won the festival opener on board 25/1 shot Laibaik, trained by […]

A report from IT Tralee on their great win in the Rory O’Connor Fresher Football Championship final in Cork last week… LAST Thursday night saw the IT Tralee Fresher Football team travel to CIT to play Waterford IT in the Rory O’Connor Fresher Football Championship final. Fresh from winning the Division […]

MENTAL Health Week 2017 took place in Presentation Secondary School Tralee last week. An excellent and diverse range of diverse of activities took place for all year groups during the week – all coordinated by the Student Representative Council. School Principal, Mary O’Keeffe and Head girls, Aoife O’Sullivan and Katie […]

THE route for this year’s St Patrick’s Day parade will be slightly different this year. Owing to the road works on Denny Street and The Mall, the route at the end of the Tralee St Patrick’s Day Parade has to change. The parade will start, as always, at John Joe Sheehy Road […]

THE All Ireland Club Finals will take place in Croke Park this St Patrick’s Day, and although no Tralee Club will take part, two past pupils from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí will take to the hallowed turf  in both games. Darragh Ó’Conaill and Daithí Ó’Cathasaigh were students in the school in the noughties […]

This week is like Christmas for racing fans, so sports journalist, Murt Murphy, is hoping to give gifts to punters with his top choices for Day One of the Cheltenham Festival… In the 1.30pm opener I’ll go for Willie Mullins’ Melon. Willie reckons he is very good, although he has only run once over […]

THE 1st Kerry Scouts Tralee in association with Applegreen planted a tree for National Tree Day on Saturday at their HQ on Matt Talbot Road. Applegreen has come on board to sponsor the local Scout Group, which is much appreciated by the local scouts “We are very honoured that they […]