Archive for May, 2017

GARDAI in Tralee have been alerted to a fraud that targets elderly people whereby they receive a phone call from someone purporting to be from the fraud section of their bank. They are informed that their credit or debit card has been illegally accessed and money is missing from it.  […]

Mike O’Halloran on a disappointing day in Austin Stack Park for Kerry as they bowed out of the Leinster Hurling Championship…. Kerry 3-15 Laois 2-21 Kerry’s journey in the Leinster championship ended in Austin Stack Park on Sunday when they went down to Laois and failed to progress to quarter-final losing out […]

A KILLORGLIN woman will represent London in the Rose of Tralee contest later this year. Caoimhe Gallagher, a physiotherapist at St George’s Hospital and Wimbledon RFC has been selected as the 2017 London Rose. Caoimhe, whose father hails from Donegal and mother from Kerry, represented Irish Construction Company Danny Sullivan […]

SO then, after a weekend of first round games, the teams in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC now know who they will face next weekend. After the draw was made earlier this evening, the following fixtures have been made by the CCC for the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship Round […]

JUDGING by recent weather warnings by Met Eireann for this part of the country, you might want to take this with pinch of salt, but… There’s a Status Orange Rainfall Warning issued for Cork and Kerry from midnight tonight until 1am on Tuesday morning. It’s expected that 50 to 70mm of rain will […]

THE Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne, has announced that there will be no more funerals on Sundays from September 1 this year. The announcement was made at Masses this weekend. No funerals will take place on Sundays in all parishes in the diocese of Kerry i.e. Mass Funeral Service or […]

IT was a misty and murky Saturday morning at O’Donnell’s in Mounthawk, as participants made their way off on the annual cycle in aid of Fenit RNLI. There were 62 cyclists taking part this year in the 15th annual fun cycle and they set off on the 50 kilometre cycle taking them out of […]

OVER 120 people from the county’s eight badminton clubs gathered in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night for the Kerry Badminton Association annual social. As always it was a great occasion to reflect on the past year and to officially hand out awards for competitions won around Kerry during the […]

IT wasn’t a morning for photos outside as the misty rain swept over Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Saturday. Inside there was standing room only as nearly 80 pupils from Scoil Eoin received their First Holy Communion, watched by their families and class teachers. After the lovely ceremony, […]

AUSTIN Stacks and St Kieran’s will have to do it again, but St Brendan’s will advance with confidence to Round 2 after a deserved victory over Kilcummin last night in Round 1 of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC. Stacks and the divisional side couldn’t be separated after over 80 minutes of […]

ANOTHER change on Denny Street came into being this morning, as parallel parking was introduced. There was still one lane closed as work is still going on, but the street has been fully resurfaced and it looks very smart with the tarmacadam laid and the new cycle lane in place. The […]

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí hosted their annual awards ceremony on Friday afternoon. The accolades celebrated the varied achievements of the school’s second level students over the past academic year with students and families gathered in the school hall for the event. The awards reflected school policy which strives for the holistic development of each […]

ANOTHER great year in Tralee Imperials Basketball Club was celebrated with their annual awards night in The Rose Hotel on Friday. The club is making huge progress as Chairman John Dowling explained: “We’ve had a very successful year. Our club is involved in setting up the Warriors with St Brendan’s […]

THERE was a huge crowd at The Rose Hotel on Friday night as a well-known and respected businesswoman held the launch of her autobiography. ‘Survive and Thrive: The Journey of a Lifetime’ by Breeda Hurley, the owner of ABC Cleaning Services, the successful contract cleaning company, tells how she learned to face the […]

Our movie reviewer, John McCann, says The Promise is ultimately a missed opportunity… With an all stellar cast including Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale and Charlotte Le Bon and written and directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Terry George, all the ingredients were present for a modern day epic telling of the […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I left work early because my grandmother fell ill suddenly. Can I take a half-day as force majeure leave? Answer: If you are absent for only part of a day […]

KERRY boss Fintan O’Connor is sticking with the starting 15 who beat Westmeath in the last game, when they face Laois in the Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship – Round Robin  – 3nd Round game in Austin Stack Park on Sunday  next (3pm). Kerry must beat Laois to be in […]

  THE IT Tralee has signed a  Memorandum of Understanding with a US university which will provide great opportunities for both institutions. Sacred Heart University, based in Fairfield, Connecticut, is in the final stages of purchasing the Christian Brothers School in Dingle to establish an expanded campus. Rupendra Paliwal, Vice President for […]

THERE are two Kerry houses to be auctioned in the latest Allsop online auction to take place next Wednesday, May 17. Lot 57 is No.8 Sand Dune Cottages, Banna, has a reserve range of between €35,000 – €45,000. It’s a three bedroom detached house, extending to approximately 92 sq. m (990 sq. ft). […]

PUPILS and staff at Caherleaheen are getting excited as their first fashion show fundraiser looms next week. Taking place at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday, May 18 at 7.30pm, the school is promising a fantastic night of fashion and entertainment. There will be 17 local shops showcasing their clothes […]

Biodiversity Week is just around the corner and offers a range of family friendly, fun events in Tralee and around Kerry that celebrate Kerry’s wildlife. From May 20th until May 28th, Kerry County Council, in association with several local groups, is running a number of short workshops, days out, walks and talks […]

THE price of petrol and diesel has come down by two cent in many stations in town over the past six weeks. In our regular check on the prices of fuel, it shows a number of garages reduced their prices recently, with €1.31.8 (€1.21.8 for diesel) the cheapest price shared by six stations. […]

A KENMARE secondary school student was winner of a culinary competition in the IT Tralee yesterday. Students from across Munster travelled to the ITT for the final service in the 2016/2017 Flogas Ireland and Failte Ireland sponsored Schools Apprentice Chef Programme. Seventeen year old Pádraic Randles from Pobalscoil Inbhear Scéine, Kenmare, Co […]

Ok, so the weather is annoyingly going to break for the weekend and we might get some showers, but that doesn’t mean you can’t throw on a rainjacket or bring a brolly and enjoy some of these events… Friday 1. Breeda’s book launch… A new book which explores Tralee businesswoman’s determination to […]

CBS Primary School hosted an Erasmus+ multilateral meetings in school at Clounalour all this week. Erasmus+ is a European Union initiative which makes it possible for schools from different European countries to work together, to develop, share and transfer best practices and innovative approaches in the fields of education, training and […]

A TRALEE bar is reminding future singing stars out there that The Voice UK Open Mic night is coming next week. The Blasket on Castle Street is hosting the event where representatives from the popular ITV show will be there to see what Tralee’s singing talent has to offer. They […]

AHEAD of the introduction of a new two-way traffic flow on Denny Street, Tralee, later this month, parallel parking will come into effect on the street this weekend. The street will be lined for parallel parking over the coming days, replacing the existing perpendicular parking arrangements. Cars will park parallel to […]

THAT’S right. Two people. That’s how much Tralee’s population fell by between 2011 and 2016 according to the latest stats released from Census 2016 by the Central Statistic Office (CSO). Tralee currently has a population of 23,691, two less than the 23,693 people living in the urban area back in 2011. The […]

THIS weekend is a big one for Austin Stacks GAA club as they hold a series of activities to mark their centenary.   Saturday sees championship football return to Connolly Park as they host St Kierans in Rd. 1 of the Senior Co. Championship Austin Stacks at 6.30pm. On Sunday, there is […]

THE annual Kerry GAA ‘Night of Champions’ returns to the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium next month and it promises to be a fun night out for the family. The event, taking place on Friday, June 16, is a fundraising event for Kerry GAA teams and will see the county’s football and hurling stars […]