Archive for April, 2017

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

April 3, 2017 at 4:34 pm Comments are Disabled

Most Entertaining Entry, Tralee St Patrick’s Day Parade 2017: On Monday night the 27th 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 […]

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Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club News

April 3, 2017 at 4:29 pm Comments are Disabled

    Monthly Club Meeting: takes place on Monday April 3rd 2017, in the GAA Clubrooms at 8.30. Please make an effort to come along and have your voice heard in your club. Exam Students: Best of luck to all our members who are completing their oral/practical examinations for their Leaving […]

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Clemence Igleglesias, Ciara Dowling and Molly Sheehy at their Junior Entrepreneur Programme showcase at Spa National School on Monday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Sweet Taste Of Success For Spa NS Entrepreneurs

April 3, 2017 at 4:15 pm Comments are Disabled

THE spirit of entrepreneurship was alive and well in Spa National School on Monday as the school’s 5th class students launched their 2017 J.E.P Project, “Spa’s Scrumptious Sweets”! The Junior Entrepreneur Programme is specifically designed to promote entrepreneurship amongst primary school students. Since 2010, over 26,000 primary school students in Ireland have participated […]

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Warning Of Email Scam After Kerry Woman Conned Out Of €2,000

Warning Of Email Scam After Kerry Woman Conned Out Of €2,000

April 3, 2017 at 3:41 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Kerry are warning the public about an email phishing scam after a woman in the county was conned out of €2,000. The email purports to be from telecommunications company Eir contacting customers to inform them they are due a refund on their bill. They direct customers to a […]

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Gardaí Appeal For Public’s Help With Burglary Investigations

Gardaí Appeal For Public’s Help With Burglary Investigations

April 3, 2017 at 3:20 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are investigating a number of burglaries around the county over the past week. The Official men’s clothing store on Castle Street was broken into at around 5.30am on Wednesday morning. The front door was forced in and a sum of cash was taken in the burglary. In anyone was in […]

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Events Planned In Tralee For ‘Culture Day’ This Easter

Events Planned In Tralee For ‘Culture Day’ This Easter

April 3, 2017 at 1:19 pm Comments are Disabled

AS part of Creative Ireland, the new cultural initiative aimed at promoting wellbeing and participation through creativity, an annual ‘Culture Day’ will get its first outing this coming Easter Monday, April 17. Events are taking place across the country, including Kerry.  Kerry County Council, working in partnership with the creative […]

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Barry John Keane comes under pressure. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTO GALLERY: Kerry Look Comfortable Against Tyrone

April 3, 2017 at 9:46 am Comments are Disabled

A FINE day for football suited Kerry on Sunday as they comfortably beat Tyrone in Killarney by 1-21 to 2-11. The result was never in doubt after a blistering start from the home side and their efforts were rewarded at the end of the day when they realised they had […]

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Girls Invited To Apply For Rosebud Roles In This Year’s Festival

Girls Invited To Apply For Rosebud Roles In This Year’s Festival

April 3, 2017 at 9:35 am 1 comment

THE Rose of Tralee organisers are expecting a flurry of entries this week when girls aged 6 to 10 (and their parents) begin to download Rose Bud application forms for this year’s festival. Each lucky Rose Bud will be twinned with a Rose, take part in two parades, attend an exclusive […]

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Kerry May Be Down But There’s A Great Future For Hurling In The County

Kerry May Be Down But There’s A Great Future For Hurling In The County

April 2, 2017 at 11:55 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran reflects on Kerry’s loss of Division 1B status and says the hurlers can hold their heads high as great ambassadors for the county… We left Thomond Park on Saturday evening on a high after witnessing Munster demolish Toulouse in the final minutes with an ex Leinster man Andrew […]

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Daryl Byrne, Melanie Clancy and Josh Lowham at the Beast Challenge in Banna on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: More From The Beast Challenge In Banna (Part 2)

April 2, 2017 at 11:37 am Comments are Disabled

THE popularity of the Banna Beach Challenge is growing and growing judging by the crowds at the event yesterday. As we told you earlier (click here) there were hundreds of participants of varying ages for the various obstacle courses. We were there to capture some of the tired and relieved faces […]

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Siobhan Ní Mhathúna, Meadowlands Hotel; Michelle Diggins, Ballygarry House Hotel; Heather McIver, Meadowlands Hotel and Michele King, The Rose Hotel at the launch of the new Tralee tourism information booklet at the Ashe Memorial Hall on Friday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: New Booklet Promoting All That’s Great About Tralee Launched

April 2, 2017 at 11:25 am Comments are Disabled

A NEW 52-page tourism information booklet aimed at encouraging people to visit Kerry’s capital town for business or pleasure, has been launched by Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Terry O’Brien. The booklet, which is packed with information about local accommodation, hospitality, indoor and outdoor attractions, festivals, events and leisure activities, is effectively an […]

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Call For Transition Years To Profile Local Businesses

Call For Transition Years To Profile Local Businesses

April 2, 2017 at 11:20 am Comments are Disabled

TRANSITION  Year students in Kerry are being encouraged to get involved in the new Guaranteed Irish video competition which involves creating videos of local businesses. Launched by Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD during last week, the initiative matches Transition Year students and local businesses, with the aim to produce creative videos […]

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In front; Deborah Murphy and Eimear Casey. At back; Celine O'Connor, Maggie Doherty, Miriam Healy, Maura O'Connor and Ruth Murphy at the Beast Challenge in Banna on Saturday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: A Beast Of A Day In Banna For Fitness Challenge (Part 1)

April 2, 2017 at 11:15 am Comments are Disabled

THE sun came out for the hundreds of fitness enthusiasts who converged on Banna yesterday for what has become the bi-annual Banna Beach Challenge. Around 500 adults and an incredible 450 children turned up in the sunshine to face the obstacles on courses of varying lengths. The adults tackled a […]

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Jenny Fox, Amy O'Mahony, and Katie Nagel from the Presentation Secondary School, Miltown with their project at the Student Enterprise Awards on Friday. Photo by Lisa O'Mahony.

PHOTOS: Tralee Students Among Prizewinners At Enterprise Awards

April 1, 2017 at 10:15 am 1 comment

COASTERS out of records, homemade face masks and the Swiss army knife of pencil case were just some of the 32 projects on display at Student Enterprise Awards held in IT Tralee on Friday. The students from schools all over Kerry showed their projects to the judges  in the hope of […]

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Angela Ring O'Donoghue, Gemma Ring and Noreen Ring of Munster Joinery  at the Business Leaders Ball at Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Business Leaders Have A Ball In Ballygarry

April 1, 2017 at 10:14 am Comments are Disabled

A CELEBRATION of business took place in Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday, with around 190 people in attendance. The IT Tralee Business Leaders Ball is the annual opportunity for businesses in Kerry to celebrate the achievements made during the previous year. The event supported by EY and hosted by the […]

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Tralee Chamber Alliance Honours Three Business People With Awards

Tralee Chamber Alliance Honours Three Business People With Awards

April 1, 2017 at 10:14 am Comments are Disabled

THREE outstanding business people who have shown extraordinary commitment to their customers and the town of Tralee, have won Tralee Business People Awards for January, February and March 2017. Dan Horan, Breeda Hurley and Billy Nolan were recipients of a new monthly award from Tralee Chamber Alliance recognising people who have made a […]

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Karina Nagle, Chloe O'Connor, Kayla O'Connor, Eleanor O'Connor and Lauren O'Connor  at the annual Kerry Foxhound Hunt Club Social at The Rose Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Kerry Foxhound Club Enjoys Annual Social In The Rose Hotel

April 1, 2017 at 10:13 am Comments are Disabled

AROUND 190 members of the Kerry Foxhound Hunt Club gathered in The Rose Hotel on Friday night for their annual social. The club, which was formed in 2010, draws its members from Kerry and Cork and they enjoyed a wonderful night starting with a drinks reception and trad music from […]

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Fundraiser To Help Tina McElligott Get The Treatment She Needs

Fundraiser To Help Tina McElligott Get The Treatment She Needs

April 1, 2017 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

A FUNDRAISING Children’s Disco will be held on the April 9, from 4pm to 6.30pm, at McHales Function room in Causeway, to help Tina McElligott. Sixteen-year-old Tina from Kilflynn suffers from Alpers, a degenerative neurological disorder that slowly diminishes a person’s quality of life because of the seizures and the […]

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