Archive for November, 2017

Abbeydorney/Parnells Minors Win League:  Well done Abbeydorney/Parnells minor hurling team on a great performance Sunday in beating Kilmoyley 6.16 to 2.7 in the Division 1 B County Kerry Minor Hurling League final 2017.  Congratulations to the management Timmy, John, Sean and all their backroom team. Rose Hotel Fri 17th Awards Night:  The […]

COMMUNITY MASS: John Mitchels Community Mass will be held on Thursday November 9th at 7.30 p.m. in the old Club House, John Joe Sheehy Road.  All are welcome to attend. U6s: Training continues next Sunday morning 10.30 a.m to 11.30 a.m. LOTTO: 31/10/2017 Numbers Drawn  2 , 12 , 23 […]

CHURCH GATE COLLECTION: The Austin Stacks Annual Church gate collection takes place on the weekend of Nov 25/26th. If anyone is free to volunteer 20 minutes of their time to  help us out on either the Saturday night or at any of the Sunday Masses it would be greatly appreciated. Please contact Club Secretary, Elma Nix on […]

AUSTIN Stacks have confirmed that Wayne Quillinan has been appointed as the senior football team manager for the forthcoming season. He takes over from Pat Flanagan who stepped down after Austin Stacks defeat to West Kerry in the county championship quarter-final. He was previously in charge of their senior team […]

GARDAI are appealing for information after a break-in to a house at Island View in Fenit. The owner was away for a month and returned on October 29 to find there was fire damage in the back of the house. Gardaí say the incident occurred between October 2-29 and are […]

GARDAI have reissued a warning about phone scams after reports that people have been caught by fraudsters. Gardai say scammers are using numbers beginning with 021 or 066 making it look like they are calls from local numbers, but on closer inspection the number is much longer than those which […]

CHEFS from Institute of Technology Tralee cooked for Ireland’s finest purveyors of culinary hospitality at the YesChef awards in The Limerick Strand recently and some former students were part of the team which won awards. With a full house of 450 guests, the evening was a celebration of the hospitality industry […]

Kerins O’Rahillys 5-18 Ballymacelligott 1-7 Ballymac were no match for a Kerins O’Rahillys side who finished their season with some silverware by winning the Lee Strand Town Championship Final at Connolly Park on Sunday afternoon. It was O’Rahillys second successive town championship final win over the same opposition who struggled […]

KERRY Motor Club will host its annual Banna Beach Resort Kerry Winter Rally on Sunday next with over 80 cars expected to take to the start line of the popular end of season event. Contested over six special stages in the Ardfert area of North Kerry, where recent farming activity […]

Alan Cantwell reports on Garvey’s Tralee Warriors defeat at the hands of UCD Marian at Tralee Sports Complex on Saturday night… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 63 UCD Marian 92 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors surrendered their place at the head of affairs in the Super League to keen rivals UCD Marian in a […]

Mike O’Halloran says Ballyduff gave it their all, but came up short against Kanturk in the Munster Intermediate semi-final on Sunday in Austin Stack Park… Ballyduff 2-12 Kanturk 1-20 A five point victory for the Cork big guns, but they were put to the pin of their collar by Ballyduff. […]

AS we told you earlier (click here for previous story), Ballyheigue GAA’s first ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ was a massive success on Saturday night. It was the loudest crowd we ever heard for an opening dance at a ‘Strictly’ event and everyone had a great time at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel […]

A SMALL gathering of musicians and supporters of the Christie Hennessy Festival gathered at an archway in St John’s Park on Saturday afternoon for the unveiling of a plaque to the late singer. Although Christie grew up in Casement’s Avenue, it was in a cottage at 2 Steeple View, formerly […]

THE IT Tralee 2017 Conferrings concluded on Friday afternoon, when students from the courses in the School of Business, Computing & Humanities received their qualifications in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre. The courses were in Hotel, Culinary and Tourism, Business Studies, Creative Media & Information Technology and Computing. The conferrings are the main highlight […]

THE noise was incredible as the Ballyheigue GAA ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ contestants took to the floor for the opening dance and it set the tone for a fantastic night in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. This was the club’s first trip to ‘Strictly-land’ and it’s one they’re sure to re-visit after […]

Causeway advanced to the final of the Acorn Life Kerry Under 21 Hurling Championship after defeating St Brendan’s yesterday. Mike O’Halloran reports… Causeway 3-13 St Brendan’s 2-5 Following their impressive win over Lixnaw in the quarters of this competition last weekend, Causeway installed themselves as firm favourites to win this […]

Mike O’Halloran watched the Acorn Life Kerry U21 Hurling Championship semi-final yesterday between Crotta O’Neills to Abbeydorney/Ballyheigue… Crotta O’Neills 1-15 Abbeydorney/Ballyheigue 0-14 (after extra time) Adam O’Sullivan came up from his goalkeeping duties to bring Crotta back from the brink of defeat, to point a free in ordinary time, a free […]

I FIRST came across this idea in Eckhart Tolle’s bestselling book ‘The Power of Now’ about ten years ago. To be honest when I first read it I thought it was the most ridiculous statement ever written and that it could not possibly be true as sure everybody has problems […]

WHEN you’ve got it, you’ve got it. That’s the case with Kerry and Kerins O’Rahillys star, Barry John Keane, who had a go at the half-court shot during half-time in the Tralee Warriors v UCD Marian game tonight in the Sports Complex. The challenge invites people to take a shot […]

KIERAN Donaghy held his basketball camp during the week and there was another huge turnout. The John Mitchels GAA Complex in Ballyseedy was buzzing with over 180 youngsters taking part and they received expert coaching from Kieran and his Warriors buddies, among others. “I hold one camp a year but […]

A WEALTH of music talent took to the  stage in The Ashe Hotel last night as the 7th annual Christie Hennessy Festival kicked off with The Troubadour Club. Nine acts played three original songs each and there was an impressive attendance to hear such artists as Mike Hanrahan from legendary folk group, […]

THE IT Tralee conferring continued on Friday morning and this time it was the students from the School of Health & Social Sciences receiving their just rewards. The graduates received qualifications in a range of courses in Nursing & Health Care Studies and Social Sciences. The conferrings are the main highlight in […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: How can I find out whether a particular health and social care professional is regulated? I’m not happy with my treatment and I would like to make a complaint. […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, says that in ‘The Death Of Stalin’, Armando Iannucci serves up a comedy high in a year of lows at the box office… In a year of weak offerings comedywise, a Armando Iannucci penned and directed satirical political comedy was always going to be welcome […]

ONE was about all we could expect considering the outstanding performances by individuals on the Dublin and Mayo teams in 2017. But Paul Geaney was one of two players from other counties to win an  All-star this evening. The Dingle man won his second All-Star selected at full-forward on a […]

THREE girls from St John’s Parochial School on Ashe Street did a wonderful thing on Friday when they chopped off their long locks for the Rapunzel Foundation. Sisters Allie (12) and Emma Tarrant (11) from Clash and Rosie Giles (11) from Ballyard, decided on doing it about 18 months ago […]

PUT the date in your diary. This year’s Tralee Santa 5k Fun Run will take place on Sunday, December 10 at 11am from the Tralee Bay Wetlands and once again, runners, joggers, walkers, cyclists and pets alike are welcome to take part. This year’s run is for a very special […]

  THE culmination of years of hard work by students, the first 2017  IT Tralee conferring ceremony took place on Thursday in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre, with two more sessions planned for Friday. Over 1,000 students will graduate over the two days including people from 30 different nations, including China, Malaysia […]

THE Ashe Hotel will  be the centre of music entertainment again this weekend, as it hosts the 7th annual Christie Hennessy Festivalon Friday and Saturday night. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the untimely death of Tralee’s most famous singing and song-writing star which will give this year’s Christie Hennessy […]

GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors head coach, Mark Bernsen, has won the Basketball Ireland Super League Coach of the Month for October after leading his team to an unbeaten run of four games in the league throughout last month which sees them currently top of the table. Bernsen is no stranger to […]