Archive for April, 2017

THE Kerry Camino festival taking place at the end of the month from April 28-30 and is a must for lovers of the great outdoors. The annual festival offers walking enthusiasts three days of stunning trails taking in some of the most beautiful landscapes of the Dingle Peninsula. Over the three days, […]

UNLESS you have been living under a rock for the past two weeks, you have probably heard about the Netflix series ’13 Reasons Why’, which is becoming more identifiable as a cultural phenomenon than anything else. I, like many people, originally heard about it through the medium of Selena Gomez’s instagram […]

CHILDREN and adults will be well catered for at the opening day of Killarney Races next month with a ‘Mad Hatters Day’. Killarney Races kicks off its summer racing season on Sunday, May 14 to Tuesday, May 16 offering  three days racing and almost €400,000 prize money. Sunday and Monday are both National Hunt […]

A SERIES of workshops in creative writing, painting, drawing and fieldwork is coming to libraries around Kerry as part of the Bealtaine Festival. Kerry County Council in association with Kerry Libraries and co-funded by the Arts Council is organising the events. Kate Kennelly, Arts Officer, says; “These workshops are run by […]

GARDAI have renewed their appeal for information on the murder of a Beaufort man whose body was discovered at his home five years ago today. On April 19, 2012, James Cahillane was discovered dead at his home at Ardraw, Beaufort, Killarney. On April 18, 2012, James Cahillane spent a number of hours […]

BORG WARNER will launch the new multi-million euro HVH-production line and the creation of a number of jobs at their factory in Monavalley Industrial Estate on Friday, April 28. Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Mary Mitchell O’Connor TD, will launch the new line and investment which the company says will pave the way […]

GARDAI are investigating damage to cars in Tralee over the weekend. Four cars were broken into in the carpark next to St John’s Church on Saturday night and another was badly damaged. A car parked outside a house in Oakpark was also damaged over the weekend. Anyone who witnessed the incidents or […]

  NEW walking guides for the Tarbert and Ballylongford Heritage Trails have been launched with the support of Kerry County Council. The guidebooks were officially launched by Siobhán King of Fáilte Ireland at the Kerry County Council Listowel Municipal District offices in Listowel. Members and staff of Kerry County Council […]

FANS of Daft Punk may be hoping the French duo tour for the first time in ten years in 2017, but they can whet their appetites with a tribute act coming to Tralee during the May Bank Holiday weekend, Da Funk bill themselves as the ultimate Daft Punk tribute act with famous helmets, a two-hour […]

THE Easter Bunny and March Hare entertained the many youngsters present for the Children’s Tea Party on Easter Sunday in the Ashe Hotel. The function room was packed for  the event with food and refreshments laid on by the hotel while all proceeds raised went to Kare4Kidz charity. There was fun and games, face painting […]

Intermediate Championship: Milltown/Castlemaine 0-10, Laune Rangers 1-13 Laune Rangers delivered a fantastic performance in Paddy Burke Memorial Park on Easter Sunday to defeat rivals Milltown/Castlemaine in Round 1 of the County Intermediate Championship. Laune Rangers were bolstered by the return of Peter Crowley, making his first appearance of 2017 in […]

Senior: Division 5 hosted Division 3 as Churchill entertained Ballydonoghue in the opening round of the Junior Premier Championship on Monday afternoon. The visitors were first to settle and raced into a 5 point lead with scores from Jack Foley (2), Dara Sheehy (2) and Brian Mason. It was the […]

StoryStock.com, a media tech company based in the Tom Crean Centre in the Kerry Technology Park, has been selected as one of only 15 companies nationally from 250 for the Competitive Start Funding programme operated by Enterprise Ireland. StoryStock fended off tough competition from around the Island of Ireland to […]

TEAMS from Dunnes Stores and Aldi did battle on the astroturf up in the North Campus of IT Tralee on Easter Sunday, for the second annual Turner’s Bar Invitational Cup. It’s the second year of the competition – held in aid of Acquired Brain Injury Ireland – and despite a lower number of teams […]

Intermediate Club Championship Ardfert v John Mitchels: We played Ardfert away in Round 1 of the Championship. Ardfert at home are a difficult proposition for any team and they proved this again on Sunday. Throw in was at 2.30 p.m.on a dry day but a gail force cross field wind […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 5, 6, 12 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to M O’Shea c/o Rock Inn, Denis O’Sullivan Annagh, Johnny Enright Derrymore East, Finian Coneagh 36 Caheranne and Denis Foley Blennerville. Next week’s […]

Seniors: We met age old town rivals Austin Stacks in the final of the Tralee town board league on Easter Sat night last in Austin Stack Park. Both teams fielded strong line outs with Kieran Donaghy and David Moran respectively the only notable absentees. Stacks had the aid of the […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 1-14; Kerins O’Rahillys 2-15. We came out the wrong side of a very entertaining Town League final played at a dry but breezy Austin Stack Park on last Easter Saturday evening (15th April). We were going for four-in-a-row titles in this competition but two O’Rahillys goals, one […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil played Beaufort in the first round of the Premier Junior Championship in Killeen on Bank Holiday Monday in what was a perfect day for football. It was the visitors who got off to the better start and scored three unanswered points through a pointed free from Niall O’Connor […]

Junior Premier Club Football Championship 2017 Round 1 Result Ballymac 1-09 Fossa 3-12 Ballymac were host to Fossa in the first round of the Junior Championship in what was sure to be an exciting game , and the mass of supporters that attended were not be disappointed. Fossa’s Paudie Clifford […]

TWO great rivals met in the Town League Final on Saturday evening in Austin Stack Park and it proved a highly entertaining affair. Kerins O’Rahillys came out on top over Austin Stacks by a scoreline of 2-15 to 1-14, to stop the Rock side winning four in a row in […]

YESTERDAY we brought you all the fun from Ardfert NS ‘Strictly Come Dancing in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night (click here for previous story). A sellout success, it saw 500 people pack the venue to see the 12 couples vie for the crown. Catherine Leen and Gavin Lacey […]

THE highlight of the Tír na nÓg festival, as always, was the Fancy Dress fun run in the Town Park on Saturday. It was one of three events organised by Tralee Chamber Alliance during the children’s festival. A much loved event by all the family, the kids enjoyed the warm up […]

EASTER is always a busy time at Manor West and there was even more activity with an Animal Roadshow and Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on Saturday. There was lots of activities for kids, big and small with a magician, balloon modelling, arts and crafts and facepainting. The big attraction though was The Animal […]

FOR the second Easter Saturday in a row, the Ballyroe Heights Hotel was packed out for a night of amazing ‘Strictly’ entertainment and it took a dance off to decide the winners. ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ organised by Ardfert National School Parents Association, saw 12 couples dance in front of hundreds of people and […]

THE annual puppet show and fun morning at Caballs Toymaster drew more big crowds on Saturday morning. It’s a real family weekend around town with the Tír na nÓg festival and Caball’s annual show has become a tradition over the past few years. Children gathered from 10.30am for a series […]

I was downtown Tralee recently having a cup of coffee and as I was making my way back up the main street, a stranger asked me as to the whereabouts of a local bookshop. Knowing the answer, I was delighted to oblige and I was about to walk away when […]

GARDAI are warning people of a phone scam where a number of people in Kerry have contacted them reporting getting calls from an 021 number over the last week. The person on the phone is claiming to be from the bank and states that there is a problem with their bank cards. The […]

THERE was a great turnout at the annual Kerry Hospice Good Friday Walk which set off from The Grand Hotel yesterday. It was the 20th Good Friday Walk organised by Kerry Hospice which started in 1998 and around 200 set out on the walk with a few runners taking part two. The weather […]

Spillane’s Bar Maharees SOMETIMES we forget how lucky we are here in Kerry. But a timely reminder comes every time the sun comes out. We don’t have to go far in Tralee with the gorgeous skyline by the canal or the beautiful town park. But recently on a stunning Saturday, […]