Archive for September, 2017

Last Chance To Enter €50,000 Competition For Kerry’s Young Entrepreneurs

Last Chance To Enter €50,000 Competition For Kerry’s Young Entrepreneurs

September 27, 2017 at 10:04 am Comments are Disabled

THE deadline for entering a competition with a €50,000 fund in Kerry alone is fast approaching and young entrepreneurs are invited to take part in this great opportunity. Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur (IBYE) is a programme run by the 31 Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs), including LEO Kerry  with the support […]

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Get A Hole In One And Win A Car At Na Gaeil GAA Golf Classic

Get A Hole In One And Win A Car At Na Gaeil GAA Golf Classic

September 27, 2017 at 9:46 am Comments are Disabled

SO how good is your long game? Good enough to win a car? Na Gaeil GAA Club are hosting their inaugural Golf Classic in the world renowned Tralee Golf Club on Friday, October 27 and there is a very special prize for a very special shot. A Toyota Yaris Hybrid […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Club Juvenile News

September 26, 2017 at 7:47 pm Comments are Disabled

PEIL FAOI 6: (i) We’ll have UNDER 6 football again next Sunday in Caherslee. (ii) Our final Thursday night football session for the Under 6 boys will take place this week at 5.45pm in Caherslee. (iii) We are getting ready for games v Churchill and Legion in October and, of […]

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Kerry Badminton Association News

Kerry Badminton Association News

September 26, 2017 at 7:41 pm Comments are Disabled

BADMINTON NOTES — (by Junior Griffin PRO) The 81st Annual General Meeting of the Kerry Badminton Association took place at the Grand Hotel, Tralee, on Friday night last, September 22nd . That first ever Badminton AGM took place at the Kerry Protestant Hall, Nelson Street,(now Ashe Street), Tralee on Wednesday […]

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St Brendan’s Park FC News

September 26, 2017 at 7:34 pm Comments are Disabled

St Brendan’s Park Club Notes 25/09/2017 St Brendan’s Park Fc are excited to announce that we are looking to start up a GIRLS U12 team for the coming 2017/18 season. Girls born in 2007 2006 would be eligible to play in this age group. As we are a volunteer run club we […]

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Tralee Golf Club News

Tralee Golf Club News

September 26, 2017 at 5:53 pm Comments are Disabled

Mens results Sunday 24th September  MC14 sponsored by John Carroll CC,s Dry Cleaners 1st: Nial Sheehy (16) 41 Points 2nd: Eamon O’Sullivan (7) 40 Points 3rd: John Keane Jnr (11) 39 Points 4th:  David Hennebery (5) 39 Points 5th: Pat Stack (8) 39 Points 6th: Brian Lennon (13) 39 Points Best […]

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St Brendan’s Basketball Club News

St Brendan’s Basketball Club News

September 26, 2017 at 5:51 pm Comments are Disabled

ST. BRENDAN’S BASKETBALL CLUB NOTES By Alan Cantwell BRUDDY BURROWS MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT POSTPONED The Bruddy Burrows Memorial U12 Tournament scheduled to take place at Moyderwell on Saturday 30th September has been postponed. Details of the event will be published when an alternative date is decided. ÉAMONN MCCARTHY MEMORIAL U16 BOYS […]

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Rainfall Warning Issued For Kerry For Tonight And Tomorrow

Rainfall Warning Issued For Kerry For Tonight And Tomorrow

September 26, 2017 at 5:10 pm Comments are Disabled

ANOTHER rainfall warning has been issued for Kerry by Met Eireann. This time it’s a Yellow Status alert for Cork and Kerry from tonight at 9pm until the same time on Wednesday night. Rainfall accumulations between 30mm and 50mm expected over the 24 hour period, but higher accumulations possible in […]

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CBS Primary School Gets Go-Ahead For Extension

CBS Primary School Gets Go-Ahead For Extension

September 26, 2017 at 4:57 pm Comments are Disabled

CBS Primary School in Clounalour has been given the go-ahead for an extension to be built. In March, Kerry County Council granted permission, subject to conditions, to an application from the school for the removal of eight pre fabs and the construction of an extension to the school along with a […]

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Churchill GAA Club News

Churchill GAA Club News

September 26, 2017 at 3:31 pm Comments are Disabled

Academy: Our under 6, 8 & 10’s welcomed Fossa on Sunday morning for a series of matches at our pitches in the Spa. The players really performed well and thoroughly enjoyed the morning. Thanks to Fossa for making the journey.  We are hoping to arrange more games for next week, […]

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Former Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Student Awarded €20,000 Scholarship

Former Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Student Awarded €20,000 Scholarship

September 26, 2017 at 3:09 pm Comments are Disabled

A FORMER Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí student has been awarded a €20,000 scholarship. Niamh O’Connell, who begins studying engineering at University College Dublin, was the recipient of the funding from the Naughton Foundation at a ceremony in Trinity College Dublin recently. Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí will also receive €1,000 towards science facilities at the […]

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Tralee Woman Appointed To Key Position At Mater Private Hospital Cork

Tralee Woman Appointed To Key Position At Mater Private Hospital Cork

September 26, 2017 at 2:22 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE-woman Mandy Mc Kenzie Vass has been appointed as Admission and Discharge Manager at the Mater Private Hospital, Cork. Mandy trained as a Registered Nurse in St Vincent’s Hospital Elm Park, Dublin and during her career she worked in Cardiology, Medical, Orthopaedics, General Surgery and Palliative Care Settings. Mandy is […]

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Teacher Evelyn Dore passes out the ice-cream to sixth class pupils Jamie Williams, Lilly O'Brien and Cillian O'Sullivan at Mercy Day at Moyderwell Primary School on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: A Busy Week At Moyderwell With New Playground And Mercy Day

September 26, 2017 at 2:11 pm 1 comment

IT was an exciting time last week for pupils of Moyderwell Mercy Primary School, when their new playground was ready for use and Mercy Day was held at the school. We called up on Friday morning to see the senior infants get their first turn on the €30,000 playground which […]

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Kerry’s 1916 Centenary Book And DVD To Be Launched In Tralee Next Week

Kerry’s 1916 Centenary Book And DVD To Be Launched In Tralee Next Week

September 26, 2017 at 12:28 pm Comments are Disabled

THE launch of the Kerry 2016 Centenary Programme Book & DVD will take place at 7pm on Thursday, October 5 in The Rose Hotel in Tralee. Commemorative events to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising took place all over the county last year and the year has been marked in a […]

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Best Of Ireland’s Press Photography To Be Exhibited In Tralee Library

Best Of Ireland’s Press Photography To Be Exhibited In Tralee Library

September 26, 2017 at 12:11 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Library will host this year’s Press Photographers Association of Ireland [PPAI] Photojournalism Exhibition from Monday, October 2 to Wednesday, October 18. A selection of Ireland’s best examples of press photography from Ireland and overseas will go on display at the library. Kerry photographers are well represented among the prize winning photographs on […]

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Kerins O’Rahillys Game To Be The Opener In Championship Double-Header

Kerins O’Rahillys Game To Be The Opener In Championship Double-Header

September 26, 2017 at 11:49 am Comments are Disabled

KERINS O’Rahillys Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC semi-final against South Kerry in Fitzgerald Stadium will be the opening game of a double header on Saturday, October 7. It will have a 3pm throw-in and will be followed by Dr Crokes v West Kerry at 4.45pm. The county final will this year be […]

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Elaine Kinsella of Radio Kerry was the Mystery Guest Chef at the fundraising evening in and of the Donal Walsh LiveLife Foundation at Croí Restaurant on Friday night She is pictured here with the restaurant owners Noel Keane, Kevin O'Connor and Paul Cotter. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Thousands Raised For LiveLife Foundation At ‘The Restaurant’ Night

September 26, 2017 at 10:07 am Comments are Disabled

A MYSTERY chef, helped by the experts at Croí Restaurant, provided a great night for diners on Friday as part of a fundraiser for the Donal Walsh Livelife Foundation. It was in the style of ‘The Restaurant’ TV show and Radio Kerry’s ‘Kerry’s Full Breakfast’ presenter, Elaine Kinsella, was the […]

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Tralee Credit Union Welcomes Entries For Art Competition

Tralee Credit Union Welcomes Entries For Art Competition

September 26, 2017 at 10:07 am Comments are Disabled

CALLING all budding local artists, you are invited to submit entries for this year’s Credit Union National Art Competition. The theme for this year’s competition is “Set your imagination Free..” which is sure to allow the imagination run wild. Now in its 34th year, the competition attracts up to 30,000 entries […]

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REPORT: Warriors Tame Kubs At A Full House In The Complex

REPORT: Warriors Tame Kubs At A Full House In The Complex

September 25, 2017 at 9:51 pm Comments are Disabled

Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 75 KUBS 37 Report by Alan Cantwell Following a narrow defeat to Demons in Cork last weekend The Garvey’s Tralee Warriors opened their Super League account with a comprehensive win over KUBS from Dublin in front of a full house at the Tralee Sports Complex last Saturday […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

September 25, 2017 at 6:35 pm Comments are Disabled

Senior County League Final Ballymac 1-09 Na Gaeil 3-17 Ballymac were host to Na Gael on Sunday 24th of September in the final of the Senior County League. The weather was promising with warm sun shine and with a fantastic attendance in the stand and grounds it made for the perfect […]

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Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

September 25, 2017 at 6:28 pm Comments are Disabled

Seniors: The large attendance in Austin Stack Park was no doubt swelled by the presence of wunderkind David Clifford but it was Tommy Walsh who lit up the game with a tour de force performance and a strong supporting cast through out the pitch. We raced into a 3 points […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

September 25, 2017 at 6:23 pm Comments are Disabled

Premier Junior Championship    All roads lead to Castleisland on Saturday next September 30th for the Premier Junior Championship semi final against Firies. Starting time is 5pm. County League    Na Gaeil played their final county league game against Ballymacelligott on Sunday at sun drenched Ballymacelligott GAA Grounds to decide where the County League Title […]

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Peter Murphy (DML Ltd), Louise Morrisson (Darren O'Hanlon of Acorn Life) and Maurice Quilter (Kelliher's Feeds and Agri Suppliers) whose dancing partners were missing at the launch,  are participating in the second John Mitchels Strictly Come Dancing event. Photo by Dermot Crean

John Mitchels GAA Club News

September 25, 2017 at 6:10 pm Comments are Disabled

JUVENILE BLITZ: On Saturday last Saturday 23rd for the 17th consecutive year we held our annual juvenile football tournament for the U-8 & U-10 age groups. Once again this football blitz was an outstanding success with 24 teams enjoying a great day of football. We had 12 teams at both […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Club News

September 25, 2017 at 5:58 pm Comments are Disabled

LADIES CELEBRATION: Forty years ago our Senior Lady Footballers won the first of their five Co. Championships when they overcame Castleisland Desmonds in the final in Connolly Park. To mark that historic occasion they are holding a celebration in the Clubhouse on this Saturday night (30th Sept). CENTENARY GALA DINNER: To celebrate […]

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St Pat’s GAA Club News

September 25, 2017 at 5:51 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 12, 21, 28 & 30. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Robert Harris Abbeydorney, Jade and Stacey c/o The Rock Inn, Andrew Breewood Derrymore, Jack Moynihan Camp and Carmel c/o Seamus O Sullivan. […]

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Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

September 25, 2017 at 5:39 pm Comments are Disabled

Minors in County Semi Final: Well done to the Parnells players who played in the minor Championship game with Parnells/Abbeydorney. Cathal Dunne, Tadhg Brick, Brian Lonergan, Johnny Downey, Darragh Reen all started with Ruarí O’Sullivan and Barry Lyons coming off the bench. Great to have Brian Lonergan back in action too. […]

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Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club News

September 25, 2017 at 5:33 pm Comments are Disabled

Sympathy: Another link with the teams of the 50’s and 60’s was severed last week with the passing of William Burke, Ballygamboon. William started his football at a young age when up to 30 people from the locality gathered on the family farm to play football. William went on to […]

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IT Tralee’s TUI Lecturers To Protest at North Campus This Week

IT Tralee’s TUI Lecturers To Protest at North Campus This Week

September 25, 2017 at 5:15 pm Comments are Disabled

THIS Wednesday lecturers who are members of the Teaching Union of Ireland (TUI) will protest outside the North Campus of IT Tralee this Wednesday lunchtime from 1pm to 2pm. They TUI say they are holding the protest to highlight ongoing lack of funding of the sector. Protest will take place at […]

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Criminal Damage And Theft From Cars In Tralee

Criminal Damage And Theft From Cars In Tralee

September 25, 2017 at 3:49 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are appealing to vehicle owners to be vigilant after cases of theft and criminal damage over the past week. There were two incidents in town when a drivers window was smashed and valuables taken from the vehicles in the Caherslee area overnight on Friday/Saturday, September 22/23. Gardai are telling […]

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Gardaí Appeal For Witnesses To Stabbing Incident

Gardaí Appeal For Witnesses To Stabbing Incident

September 25, 2017 at 3:01 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses to the stabbing incident in Strand Street on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Two people were injured in the incident which occurred between 11.30pm and 12.15am. Four people were arrested in relation to the stabbings. They have since been released from custody. One person remains in hospital […]

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