Archive for July, 2017

Mike O’Halloran looks at the Garvey’s SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship Round 2A and 2B clashes taking place in Austin Stack Park this Sunday… Round 2B (Losers Group) Abbeydorney v Ballyheigue (1.45pm)  Ballyheigue are in a bit of bother numbers wise these days and found the going very difficult against Lixnaw […]

MINISTER of State for Tourism and Sports Brendan Griffin TD announced today that Fáilte Ireland is teaming up with cycling specialists Ride Wild (www.ridewild.ie ) to launch the Wild Atlantic Way Cycle Sportive which will take in stages in Kerry and could prove a huge tourism boost to the county during the off-season. This […]

A DUBLIN-BASED company has begun drilling for oil off the coast of Kerry. Providence Resources said yesterday that it has started drilling in the southern Porcupine Basin, about 220km off the south-west coast of Ireland. The location where the company plans to drill covers licences for two of its projects, […]

THERE will be no ticketed concerts in the Square this year during the Rose of Tralee International Festival. Last year there was much criticism — especially on social media — of the paid-for concerts in the Square, where acts like Nathan Carter and Hometown performed and locals without tickets did […]

THE people of Kerry are being reminded to nominate pharmacists who go above and beyond for their patients in the annual Clanwilliam Pharmacist Awards. It is an opportunity to recognise a pharmacist who has had a positive impact in the life of an individual or even a whole community while […]

THE Threshold shop in Milk Market Lane/Market Place in Tralee is to close. A statement on the shop’s Facebook page, posted last week, said; “It is with a heavy heart I can confirm that we will be closing down on September 30th. I want to thank everyone for their support […]

A FORMER All-Star goalkeeper on the Kerry panel has stepped away from the squad, according to the Irish Independent this morning. Brendan Kealy has decided to leave, but has not closed the door on a return at a later date, reports the paper. The 31 year old, who won an All-Star […]

IF you haven’t got Rose Ball tickets then you’re out of luck. This year’s Rose Ball has sold out more than a month before the start of the Rose of Tralee International Festival, but people can still put their names on the waiting list for the €150 a head event, with around […]

KERRY County Museum has been recognised by the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland. The museum, along with Muckross House, Muckross Traditional Farms and Muckross House Research Library, retained the Full Accreditation they had previously been awarded, while Seanchaí “Kerry Writers’ Museum” in Listowel was awarded Interim Accreditation. The Museum Standards […]

  THE Institute of Technology Tralee has announced the re-appointment of Dr Oliver Murphy as President for another five year term. The Chairperson of the Governing Body Mr Lionel Alexander extended his congratulations to Oliver on his appointment and stated that; “The Institute is embarking on some key strategic priorities that […]

HORAN’S Health Food Stores have come on board with Recovery Haven to stock their fundraising cookery book which was launched late last year. ‘Cook for Recovery’ will now be stocked in the stores in Tralee, Killarney, Listowel, Newcastlewest and beyond priced €10. ‘Cook for Recovery’ is a wonderful cookbook for […]

ST Brendans’ reward for beating Firies away last night is a home tie against Dingle in the Quarter finals of the Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin Minor Football Championship next week. The draw was made this afternoon and the other three pairings are (first named having home venue): • Mid Kerry or West Kerry […]

TRALEE-BASED media company StoryStock.com has teamed up with TasteofScience.com to offer its bank of food science, business & technology stories to media worldwide using the StoryStock.com platform. The deal, concluded at the beginning of May, will see stories relating to food and agri-food being shared through the platform. Speaking after the deal was concluded, StoryStock CEO […]

IT’S been a good few weeks for The Open Arms Kerry group with donations coming in and a premises secured for holding meetings. The voluntary group was set up to help people who find themselves in crisis. “At a time when mental illness is at an all time high, we […]

CLUB Óg Ógras Baile Uí Thuaidhg from Kerry has been awarded the prize for best Community Campaign at the Irish Cancer Society X-HALE Youth Awards 2017. The group scooped the award for the campaign around its short film “Ná Bac le Tobac” which was showcased at the recent event in […]

LADIES are preparing for a summer night out this Friday at the Cocktails and Canapes event. Organised by Connect Magazine, it kicks off at 7pm and will be a night of fun, food, wines, fashion and lots of tips for your skin, hair and lots more from the experts in […]

Mike O’Halloran looks forward to the Causeway v St Brendans Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 1 Replay this Saturday at Austin Stack Park (7pm)… St Brendan’s “won” the drawn game in terms of the number of scores (20 to 18 after extra time), they also had more scores at the […]

ADVERTISEMENT Now at Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee, Ice-Cream Doughnuts! TO coincide with the forthcoming centenary of the death of Thomas Ashe on September 25, 1917, Kerry Library has today  opened an exhibition at Dingle Library of archival documents, photographs, personal effects and other memorabilia relating to the west Kerry patriot. The […]

PEIL FAOI 6: Under 6 football fun in Caherslee (i) at 11.00am on Sunday and (ii) at 5.45pm on Thursday. PEIL FAOI 8: (i) Our very successful and beneficial GoGames are now finished but we’ll have football action v Laune Rangers on this Wednesday (12th) at 6.30pm in Connolly Park. (ii) The Sunday morning […]

Results: Sunday 9th July MC 10 sponsored by Acorn life 1st : Darren  O’Sullivan (01) 41 Points 2nd : John F O’Carroll (12) 40 Points 3rd : Danny Leen (5) 39 Points 4th : Daniel F O’Connor (9) 39 Points 5th : Tomas Eoin Dowling (13) 39 Points 6th : Eoghan […]

A ROOFING contractor from Cahermoneen, Tralee is the latest winner in Tralee Credit Union’s Members Car Draw. Tommy Costello drives away with a brand new 172 Ford Focus from Kerry Motor Works. “I was absolutely shocked when I received the call, I had to get my wife Veronica to phone […]

TRALEE area teams are in action tonight in the Keane’s Super Valu County Minor Football Championship. St Brendan’s play Firies away, while Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys are also in action away against East Kerry (in Rathmore) and West Kerry (Lispole) respectively. All games throw in at 7.30pm. Meanwhile, a Tralee […]

A MAN based at the Jigsaw Kerry centre is looking forward to a big cycle in aid of the National Centre for Youth Mental Health this September. Donagh Hennebry works at their Tralee centre in Edward Street and he’s hoping other cyclists will sign up for the Giro D’Jigsaw — […]

THE Kingdom Veteran Vintage & Classic Car Club are preparing for their annual Ballymac Vintage Car and Honda 50 Run. Taking place on Friday, July 21 at 7pm from O’Riada’s Bar, the event this year will benefit Down Syndrome Kerry. Members gathered at O’Riada’s on Monday evening to launch the […]

THE volunteer crew of Fenit RNLI rescued two people from a yacht which was drifting towards a cliff face yesterday near the Blasket Islands. The  crew were enroute to their rescue mission within minutes of their pager alerts being activated at 12.20pm on Monday afternoon. The All Weather Lifeboat carrying […]

A YOUNG woman who is studying in IT Tralee has lost sight in her left eye following an accident while on holiday in Thailand. Ciara Twomey from Bantry is a student who is in third year studying General Nursing in the Institute of Technology Tralee. She is currently in a […]

Mike Culloty of Tralee International Games reflects on a great week for the Tralee team over in Lithuania, even if incidents in a soccer match where two Tralee players had to be hospitalised left a sour taste… THE Tralee International Children’s Games teams returned from Kaunas, Lithuania on Sunday evening […]

Senior: Churchill return to action in the County League this Saturday evening with the visit of Kilgarvan to Churchill. Throw-in in Churchill is at 7:30pm. Senior B: Churchill finished off their league campaign with a win against table toppers Tarbert on a scoreline of 2-09 to 0-12. The goals came at […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil will play Gneeveguilla away in Round 8 of the County League on Saturday evening next July 15th at 7.30pm. U12    The boys had a friendly game against St. Pats Blennerville last Sunday 9th July. In ideal conditions the lads played great football and won well in the end. All the boys […]

SENIOR MEN CO LEAGUE –  Round 8: Away to St Mary’s Saturday July 15th at 7.30 p.m. ALL SUPPORT APPRECIATED Round 9:    Home to  Templenoe             (July 23rd) Round 10:  Away to Dingle                       (Aug 13th) Round 11:  Home to Miltown/Castlemaine (Aug 27th or Sept 24th) JUNIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE – Round 5 […]