Archive for November, 2017

Alan Cantwell on Garvey’s Tralee Warriors win on the road at the weekend… Belfast Star 66 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 79 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors ended their three game losing streak with a relatively comfortable 13 point win away to Belfast Star in the Methodist College last Saturday night. Following defeats to […]

Lotto Results 20/11/2017 Venue: Ballygarry House Hotel Jackpot: €2,400 Numbers Drawn: 2, 3, 11, 17 No Winner Lucky Dip Winners….. 1. Catherine Sugrue Kielduff 2. Frances Lynch Ballyackey 3. Paddy Herlihy ballymac 4. Johnny Leen Kilquane 5. Tom Murphy Kerry Agri c/o T Marshall Seller: Diarmuid Lynch Next weeks jackpot […]

AGM: The club AGM will be held in the Healy Rooms on Friday night next 1st Dec @ 20.00 with all members invited to attend. The AGM is the most important club meeting of the year, where the chairman will outline in his report the work done during the year […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 12, 17, 23 & 29. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Kathleen Poff Lohercannon, Tara Foran c/o Rock Inn, Denis Foley Kerins Park, Chris Foley Spa Road and Marguerite Trant Curraheen. Next […]

1977 REUNION: “The Stacks are Back, The Stacks are Back, Let the Railway End go Barmy, Hill 16 has never seen the Likes of Joe Joe’s Army’ – so sang the Rockie supporters 40 years ago and this Saturday night (Dec 2nd) in the Stacks Club that famous All Ireland Club Championship winning […]

Na Gaeil Ladies    Na Gaeil Ladies held their AGM on Saturday night. Outgoing Officers: Chairman Seamus Moriarty, Secretary Ermelinda Xhyheri and Treasurer Paul Cunningham were thanked for the all their service over the years in helping Na Gaeil Ladies become one of the top teams in the County with Seamus in […]

  CONGRATULATIONS: Well done to Mark Noonan, Mentor for winning a training session with Eamon Fitzmaurice, Kerry Manager, through McCarthy Insurance. He donated the training session to our U10s . This training session was held in our Complex with Eamon Fitzmaurice on Saturday afternoon last.  A very good session was […]

North Kerry H. B. Awards Night: Well done to Tadhg Reen of Tralee Parnells under 14s, who was among the county players recognised at the North Kerry Hurling Board Awards night Friday in Ballyroe Heights Hotel. The awards were streamed live on Facebook, we look forward to seeing the report […]

FIVE community groups received €3,000 each towards their community project from Tralee Credit Union’s Lauri Healy Community Project Fund. This is the second round of worthy projects within our local communities to receive funding from the Lauri Healy Community Project Fund. Earlier this year four groups benefited to the tune […]

TG4 will broadcast a live show from Páidí Ó Sé’s pub in Ceann Trá on December 31 to ring in the 2018 which has been designated the Year of the Irish Language The programme, Fáilte 2018, will be broadcast live from the famed pub featuring a review of 2017, music, dance and singing, […]

GARDAI in Tralee are asking for the public’s help after a theft from a car in Tralee. On Thursday, November 23, between 7pm and 8pm, a car was broken into at Liber House in Monavalley. A woman left her wallet on the passenger seat of the car and it was […]

UNIVERSITY Hospital Kerry is asking patients to only attend their emergency department if it’s absolutely necessary, as it’s experiencing a high level of activity today. People are advised to contact their GP and explore all other options before attending the hospital. Management say every effort is being made to address the situation. There were […]

THERE was around 100 people in The Meadowlands Hotel on Sunday afternoon for the Irish Wheelchair Association North Kerry branch Christmas Party. Guests attended a Mass celebrated by Fr Padraig Walsh before tucking into a four course meal. People from all over the county attended and really enjoyed the food […]

THE Kerry Hospice Foundation and HSE are inviting the people of Kerry to come and view the New In Patient Unit on Friday, December 1st between 4pm and 7pm. This is to give an opportunity to all who donated or helped in any way to come and see the results […]

IT has been announced that Tralee has been named as one of the towns that could apply to achieve recognition as a Gaeltacht Service Town under the Gaeltacht Act 2012. Gaeltacht Service Towns are defined as those towns situated in or adjacent to Gaeltacht Language Planning Areas and which have […]

A FORMER National Lottery employee, who worked with the organisation for 27 years, saw her dream realised when she got to spin the iconic Grand Prize Wheel when she appeared on the Winning Streak game show on RTE One on Saturday. Originally from Castleisland, Margaret Flynn is now living in […]

STYLISH ladies enjoyed a wonderful afternoon in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday for the Connect Kerry annual Ladies Lunch and Fashion Afternoon, which supported Moyderwell Mercy Primary School Tralee. Around 100 ladies were greeted with a Champagne reception and had a chance to browse the beauty and fashion stands before the […]

TWO local ladies won awards at a lifestyle magazine’s stylish ceremony in Cork on Saturday night. The annual Hi New Yorker Style Awards were held in The Clarion Hotel in Cork city and a number of  Kerry women businesses were nominated. Banna woman, Claire Murphy of Expose Beauty Lounge & Hair Studio […]

IT was cold but, essentially, dry on The Mall yesterday as the annual CH parade drew hundreds to the street again. An annual staple of the festive calendar, the parade, along with the switching on of the Christmas lights, officially starts Christmas in Tralee. Santa and Mrs Claus were joined […]

THE Tess Quarter Christmas Market will launch in Abbey Street and Dominick Street on Friday next  in time for the festive season. The market will be an end-of-year celebration attracting locals and visitors with its cheerful ambience while spotlighting traditional crafts and speciality foods. Abbey Street and Dominick Street will […]

THE lights were officially switched on yesterday and the town is looking beautiful. The Square was packed with people who turned out to join the Rose of Tralee, Jennifer Byrne when she switched on the festive lights in Kerry’s capital town to launch the 2017 Christmas Spraoi in Tralee. Everyone was […]

NO matter what I say here, this subject is always going to be subject to a certain amount of debate, but for my part I feel it is a debate well worth giving the time to explore. The differences are very subtle, yet very important. The differences can sometimes be […]

THERE was a great turnout for the launch of a CD by two local musicians, all for a great cause in The Rose Hotel last night. Pat Pierse and John Buggy, aka ‘The Crackers’, recorded ‘A Christmas Hug’ “for a bit of a laugh” and decided that all the proceeds from […]

MARTIN Luther, St Brendan and Audrey Hepburn were rubbing shoulders in Mercy Mounthawk on Thursday as the school put on a number of events for History Week. “It’s been a great week and a very busy one,” said Noreen Somers of the history department in the school when we called. “There […]

WHILE next weekend really sees the Christmas party season kick-off in earnest, a local company decided to celebrate a different holiday on Friday night. Employees from Aspen Grove Solutions on the Castlemaine Road gathered at The Ashe Hotel for a Thanksgiving Dinner. The company was founded by Sean Ryan in […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, says ‘Daddy’s Home 2’ isn’t Citizen Kane, it’s just an enjoyable festive delight… Following on from the success of ‘Daddy’s Home’ and the unmistakable comic chemistry between Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, writer and director Sean Anders adds the comic talents of John Lithgow and […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I am planning to extend my home. How can I claim the Home Renovation Incentive? Answer: The Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) scheme enables homeowners or landlords to claim tax relief […]

Mike O’Halloran on Clanmaurice’s bid for All-Ireland glory this weekend… Clanmaurice Camogie Club travel to St Brendan’s Park in Birr on Sunday at 2pm in their bid to become All Ireland Junior Camogie Champions, They had a nail-biting win over Athleague in the semi-final and now face Kilmessan of Meath in […]

A TOWER of water bottles was set up by students at Mercy Mounthawk on Friday afternoon to promote a new environmentally-friendly initiative by the school which starts from next week. “Every student in the school will get a reusable water bottle, so that’s around 1,200 bottles to be distributed,” said […]

AND the awards keep on coming. Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee really is having some year. Last night they won the Off-Licence Of The Year Award at a ceremony in the Newpark Hotel in Kilkenny. The awards were for Supervalu and Centra stores nationwide. It’s the second year in a row the […]