Archive for January, 2018

Kerry's Colm Harty on the ball in the Allianz National League Division 1b match against Limerick. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PREVIEW: A Chance To Experiment For Kerry Hurling Management

January 6, 2018 at 9:30 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran looks at how Kerry will line out in their Munster Senior Hurling League tie tomorrow against Limerick at the Gaelic Grounds… There are a number of changes from the side that challenged Clare last week, both personnel and positional. Kerry were defeated in that game but the scoreline […]

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Padraig Boyle on the attack.  Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry Team To Face Limerick On Sunday Announced

January 5, 2018 at 9:45 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry team to face Limerick in the Co OpSuperstores Munster Senior Hurling League Round 2 game this Sunday at 2pm in the Gaelic Grounds, Limerick has been announced. After last week’s 4-20 to 0-12 defeat to Clare, they’ll be hoping for a good showing against the Treaty county. The team […]

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RTE Documentary On Mick O’Dwyer Looks Like A Must-See

RTE Documentary On Mick O’Dwyer Looks Like A Must-See

January 5, 2018 at 3:42 pm Comments are Disabled

IT’S a programme every Kerry GAA fan will be eagerly looking forward to on Monday. RTE has made a documentary on the legendary Mick O’Dwyer looking back at his career on and off the field of play. If the preview below is anything to go by, ‘Micko’ should be a […]

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Athletics Legend To Be Honoured At Kerins O’Rahillys 10k Event

Athletics Legend To Be Honoured At Kerins O’Rahillys 10k Event

January 5, 2018 at 2:56 pm 1 comment

IT’S proved a great success over the past few years, so all at Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA Club are looking forward to hosting their annual 10k run which takes place this year on January 28. Many are already taking to the roads for a healthy start to 2018 so the 10k […]

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Tralee Woman To Hold Coffee Morning To Help Children In Calcutta

Tralee Woman To Hold Coffee Morning To Help Children In Calcutta

January 5, 2018 at 12:29 pm 4 comments

A COFFEE morning is to be held tomorrow (Saturday) by a Tralee woman who is travelling to India this March to help children living on the streets of Calcutta. Aedemar O’Regan, from Oakpark, is a teacher in St Francis’ School in Rochestown, Co. Cork. She is travelling with another teacher […]

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Katelyn Cashman, Seniz Kuccuk, Fiona O'Shea and Kasia Bella at the Mercy Mounthawk Students' Debs Ball at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Hundreds Enjoy Mercy Mounthawk Students’ Debs Ball (Part 1)

January 5, 2018 at 10:58 am Comments are Disabled

DEBS season in Tralee drew to a close last night when over 300 students partied at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. After CBS The Green and Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí held their debs over the past week, this time it was the turn of Mercy Mounthawk students to organise their ball. They certainly […]

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Safety Concerns As Storm Damages Part Of Popular Walkway Outside Tralee

Safety Concerns As Storm Damages Part Of Popular Walkway Outside Tralee

January 4, 2018 at 5:34 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE have been safety concerns expressed after Storm Eleanor caused damage to a popular walkway just outside Tralee. The walkway from the Spa to Cockleshell Road is used regularly by leisure walkers, but parts of the underside of the wall have been washed away by the storm. A local resident […]

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Tralee Toastmasters are looking for new members.

Tralee Toastmasters Club Looks For New Members

January 4, 2018 at 1:53 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Toastmasters are holding an open meeting on Monday, January 8 in Kerin’s O’Rahillys at 8pm.  Guests go free. “If one of your New year’s resolutions is to improve your public speaking skills or take part in a fun and exciting social group, then Tralee Toastmasters is the answer to […]

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Businesses Can Get €2,500 Vouchers For Online Trading

Businesses Can Get €2,500 Vouchers For Online Trading

January 4, 2018 at 12:28 pm Comments are Disabled

TRADING online vouchers to the value of €2,500 — which can be used for upgrading of e-commerce websites, buying online advertising from such websites as TraleeToday.ie and other uses — are still available to support small Irish businesses to enhance their online trading presence. A free information session will be held later this month which […]

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Get Active At The ‘Operation Transformation’ Walk From The Wetlands

Get Active At The ‘Operation Transformation’ Walk From The Wetlands

January 4, 2018 at 11:57 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Recreation and Sports Partnership have again joined forces with Sport Ireland and Healthy Ireland for this year’s Operation Transformation Walk. The national event, now in its eighth year, has always had a great turn out with thousands of people donning their walking shoes and getting active. The Kerry Operation […]

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What The IBAL Judges Said About Parts Of Tralee Surveyed

What The IBAL Judges Said About Parts Of Tralee Surveyed

January 4, 2018 at 11:14 am 1 comment

AS we told you yesterday, Tralee came 31st out of 40 towns / cities in the latest Irish Business Against Litter survey. The town is still deemed to be ‘Moderately Littered’ as improved by just two places from their 33rd placing in September. An Taisce judges had good things to say […]

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Update On Tralee-Dingle Road Improvement Works

Update On Tralee-Dingle Road Improvement Works

January 4, 2018 at 10:27 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council has given an update on the latest phase of the N86 road improvement works. The laying of new road surfaces on the N86 Tralee-Dingle road at Camp and Lispole will take place over the coming months as part of the ongoing improvement works on the route. A […]

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Kerryman To Get Tattooed After Scooping €552,000 Lotto Win

Kerryman To Get Tattooed After Scooping €552,000 Lotto Win

January 3, 2018 at 12:45 pm Comments are Disabled

A KERRYMAN is toasting his unbelievable start to the New Year after he collected a cheque for €552,182 won through an online play for Lotto Match 5 plus Bonus from the Lotto draw on Wednesday, December 20. The lucky online player – who revealed he also won just over €1,500 […]

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Femma Lynch, Mia Duggan and Tirna Brosnan at the Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students' Debs Ball at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Tuesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Students From Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Enjoy Debs Ball

January 3, 2018 at 11:49 am Comments are Disabled

THE wind howled and rain lashed the windows as Storm Eleanor came to town, but the students from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí stayed dry and happy in Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night. Over 120 teenagers sat down for a meal followed by some great entertainment at the Debs Ball organised by the […]

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Tralee Improves Slightly In IBAL Table But Is Still Deemed ‘Moderately Littered’

Tralee Improves Slightly In IBAL Table But Is Still Deemed ‘Moderately Littered’

January 3, 2018 at 10:40 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE is still ‘moderately littered’ according to the latest Irish Business Against Litter report, but is “edging closer to Clean status”. The latest report sees the capital town in 31st position in the table, up from 33rd in the last survey back in September. It’s a disappointing result after all the […]

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Born To Run Club Event Shortlisted For Award

Born To Run Club Event Shortlisted For Award

January 3, 2018 at 10:19 am 1 comment

LOCAL running club, Born To Run, are hoping people will take the time to vote for them in an upcoming awards. The Born to Run 40 Mile Ultra has made the final short list for the Running in Ireland Race Awards 2017. You can cast your vote for them in […]

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Kerry Diocesan Public Talk On ‘Exploring Family Life’

Kerry Diocesan Public Talk On ‘Exploring Family Life’

January 3, 2018 at 10:18 am Comments are Disabled

DR. Patricia Kieran will present the annual Diocesan Public Talk, on Tuesday, January 9, at 8pm in The Gleneagle, Killarney. The theme is ‘Exploring Family Life’.  Patricia is a lecturer in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, in the Department of Learning Society and Religious Education. She is no stranger to Kerry […]

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Tralee Golf Club News

Tralee Golf Club News

January 3, 2018 at 10:18 am Comments are Disabled

Results: Sean Walsh AmAm 27th December 2017 1st: John Reen (24), Geraldine Reen (26), Barry Murphy (14), Dave Tarrant (21) – 103pts 2nd: Seamus MacGearailt (16), Mary Savage (12), Emma Morrissey (10), Billy Morrissey (15) – 99pts 3rd: Peter O’Driscoll (14), Maurice Laide (17), Donie O’Keeffe (5), Kevin Lucey (6) – […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Club Juvenile News

January 3, 2018 at 10:18 am Comments are Disabled

AGM: Our Juvenile AGM will take place at 7pm on Sunday next, January 7th, at our Connolly Park HQ. Perhaps that might be a more suitable hour and day for people to be available and we might see a larger than usual attendance as our club sets off on its […]

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Kerry Badminton Association News

January 3, 2018 at 10:17 am Comments are Disabled

BADMINTON From a Badminton perspective one can say that the shadow boxing is well and truly over with , and the real events now are about to take centre stage. Pre Christmas badminton is mostly dominated by fringe events such as tournaments,etc but the real world post christmas sees all […]

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Gardaí Investigate Graffiti On Side Of Train Carriages At Casement Station

Gardaí Investigate Graffiti On Side Of Train Carriages At Casement Station

January 2, 2018 at 3:53 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are investigating after an incident of criminal damage on train carriages in Casement Station, Tralee. Graffiti on the exterior of two carriages was discovered on Christmas Day morning and gardaí say it looks like some time and work went into painting what they described as the person’s ‘signature or […]

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Status Orange Wind Warning Extended For Kerry Until Tomorrow

Status Orange Wind Warning Extended For Kerry Until Tomorrow

January 2, 2018 at 3:36 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Status Orange weather warning issued this morning by Met Eireann has been extended this afternoon for four counties including Kerry. The wind and rain arrived early this afternoon to Kerry and will now continue until 2pm tomorrow. The warning was extended for Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork and Kerry. It was […]

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Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

January 2, 2018 at 2:47 pm Comments are Disabled

Camogie 2017 General Roundup:   There are lots of General Team highlights to report from our general Camogie activities in 2017. Hurl Smart Week/Bring A Friend/Come Try It Night; we were forced to cancel a visit by the Kerry Senior Camogie Team to conduct a training session on June 2. We […]

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St Pats GAA Club News

January 2, 2018 at 2:43 pm Comments are Disabled

  Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Saturday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 19, 24 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Mary Savage Curraheen, Fionn Fitzgerald Killarney, Phil Curran Blennerville, Carol O Shea Curraheen and D Berry Curragraigue. Next week’s Lotto will […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Club News

January 2, 2018 at 2:41 pm Comments are Disabled

NEW YEAR’S GREETINGS: We wish all our members, supporters and readers of these Notes, at home and abroad, a very happy, peaceful and healthy New Year. Mar a deireann an sean-fhocal – go mbeirimíd beó ag an am seo arís. CENTENARY BOOK: A reminder that our Centenary Book is available to buy from the […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

January 2, 2018 at 2:37 pm Comments are Disabled

Bord na nÓg AGM    Na Gaeil Bórd na nÓg held their AGM last weekend. Officers elected were Chairperson Colm Ó’Súilleabháin, Vice-chairperson Ros Fitzgerald, Secretary John Keating, Treasurer Cathy Carey. Colm in his chairperson’s  report gave a fine account of activities that took place last year but concentrated chiefly on his […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

January 2, 2018 at 2:34 pm Comments are Disabled

Ballymac Strictly Love Dancing 2018 Its our favourite time of year again in Ballymac when our talented and hardworking dancers take to the floor and dance their hearts out for the chance to be crowned winners in the 2018 Strictly Come Dancing. The dancers rehearsals are well underway and this […]

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Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club News

January 2, 2018 at 2:31 pm Comments are Disabled

Parish League in aid of Pieta House: Our Parish League in aid of Pieta House was a wonderful success. Played on St. Stephen’s Day, in monsoon like conditions, there was a wonderful atmosphere throughout the afternoon. The winning team was Callinafercy/Kilderry under the management of Jim O’Connor. Over 55 players […]

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Get Active At The Annual Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle

Get Active At The Annual Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle

January 2, 2018 at 1:17 pm Comments are Disabled

TIME to get active again after the Christmas/New Year period and what better way than to achieve this than by getting the bike out for a cycle. The Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle takes place Saturday, January 13 at 11am from St. Pat’s GAA Club, Blennerville. The event is held annually […]

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Massive Increase In Patients Waiting On Trolleys At UHK Since Decade Began

Massive Increase In Patients Waiting On Trolleys At UHK Since Decade Began

January 2, 2018 at 12:54 pm Comments are Disabled

THE numbers of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry has risen from 623 in 2010 to 2,215  in 2017 according the the latest trolley watch figures. The figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) also show that there was an increase of one third on the […]

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