Archive for July 6th, 2017

WHILE they missed out on the big prize, a Kerry hotel spa was among the winners at the Irish Tatler Spa Awards 2017, at a gala awards luncheon today at The Thomas Prior Hall, Ballsbridge. The Spa at Aghadoe Heights Hotel & Spa won Munster Spa of the Year. Meanwhile, the […]

TAXI drivers in town continued their opposition of the new rank by Boots/Tesco at Abbeycourt, by moving cars into closed-off Bridge Street and staging another slow drive through town today. At 8am this morning, a number of care entered the closed off area between Bridge Street and The Mall. While […]

THIS should be good craic. Sky Sports soccer presenters Chris Kamara and Jeff Stelling  are in Kerry for a special engagement out west. The two lads also enjoyed a drink in Sean Og’s Pub on Bridge Street last night where they posed with locals for photos.   It’s part of […]

THE Austin Stacks Senior Men’s team have organised a 5K fun run/walk/Jog this Sunday for an Irish team over in the US. The event is being arranged to fundraise and support the Irish Powerchair team who are playing in the FIFA World Cup in Orlando. The club’s Senior Team Manager, Pat Flanagan, and his […]

Mike O’Halloran previews the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 1 tie between Lixnaw and Ballyheigue this Friday night at Austin Stack Park (7.30pm)… Very little hope is given to Ballyheigue this season, as they seem to be struggling badly to get numbers training and finding it difficult to field a […]

A POWERFUL exhibition was opened yesterday at Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre in Tralee. The Centre launched an  exhibition titled ‘Through the Chair’ as part of the ongoing celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Centre. This exhibition, opened by Deirdre Walsh of Radio Kerry, was undertaken by clients […]

A SHORT protest was held outside Kerry County Council buildings at lunchtime on Wednesday, against a new system of bin charges which will come into effect from this September. This new system will ban flat charges and move towards a pay-by-weight and pay-by-lift system across the whole country. The pay […]