Archive for February, 2018

Camogie U14 Training Fridays:  Calling all under 14 Camogie players. We will train every Friday in March on the Astro at IT Tralee North Campus. From 7 to 8 pm.  Please bring along €2 per player to cover the pitch rental.  We have under 14 matches coming up later in […]

REGISTRATION NIGHT : Jackie Treanor and Michelle O’Carroll, Club Registrars, will hold a Registration Night for all age groups, this Thursday evening, 1st March from 7.00pm – 8.00pm in the Complex. COSTS :- ADULT (Over 18) : €60, JUVENILE (9 – 18) : €25, ACADEMY (U6/U8) : €15. ALL PLAYERS MUST ENSURE […]

NA Gaeil clubhouse was the place to be last weekend where the hilarious comedy, ‘One Murder & A Christening’ was staged over Friday and Saturday nights. Due to the success of last year’s ‘One Wedding & A Funeral’, tickets for this event sold out within days of being advertised. Those […]

Clare 0-4 Kerry 1-8 Kerry travelled to Meelick on Sunday to take on Clare in the first round of the Littlewoods National Camogie League Division 3. Conditions were perfect for Camogie. At the outset it was clear that Clare were aware of the threat posed by Kerry No. 14 Patrice […]

A DOG-LOVING hotel duty manager from Killarney, won prizes worth a cool €25,000 when she appeared on the 1,000th episode of the National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE One last Saturday. In addition to cash of €22,000 Angela O’Sullivan won a luxurious holiday to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast […]

GARDAI investigating an incident in Tralee Town Park when the slide in the playground was doused in bleach are following a definite line of enquiry and have examined CCTV footage. A Tralee father took his child to the playground on Saturday. The young girl used the slide and when her […]

THE annual Kerry Month of Enterprise was officially launched on Monday at Kerry County Council by Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Brendan Griffin. Now in its fifth year Kerry Month of Enterprise shines a spotlight on just some of the enterprise activities on offer […]

THE Kerry Local Coordination Group met at County Buildings this morning to review preparations for the adverse weather conditions forecast for later this week. While it looks like, at this stage, Kerry will escape the worst of the low temperatures and snowfall, the group which consists of Kerry County Council, An […]

IT wasn’t the best of days for the Kingdom as Galway came and conquered in a rare victory for the Tribesmen on Kerry soil. They were worthy of their 0-14 to 1-14 victory too, as Kerry failed to gel and lost their second game of the league campaign so far. […]

THE Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle is celebrating 35 years’ as Irelands largest one-day charity fundraising event in 2018. Taking place on Saturday, July 7, this year, registration for the charity cycle will open on the March 10 and the event is expected to see 10,000 recreational cyclists take part, […]

Alan Cantwell on an amazing night at the complex which saw Garveys Tralee Warriors win against rivals Swords Thunder… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors kept their hopes of Super League glory alive on Saturday night in the most dramatic fashion possible with a stunning one point win over Griffith College Swords Thunder […]

Mike O’Halloran on Kerry’s convincing win against Meath in Tralee in their Allianz National League 2A game today… Kerry 3-19 Meath 1-9 I WROTE in a preview of this game that Kerry should not Meath for granted and on this display today they didn’. Kerry, playing into a strong cold […]

A TRALEE fashion outlet hosted a great coffee/fashion morning on Friday which raised €530 for a great cause. Eileen Whelan of  Paco on The Mall  organised the event to raise funds for the Inspired group based at Friary Lane. Members of the group modelled fashions from the store and there was […]

OVER 700 people had a great time at the University Hospital Kerry ‘Sickly Come Dancing’ event in Ballygarry House last night. As we told you yesterday (click here for previous coverage)  Allan Morales and Hazel Reid were the judges winners and the public and audience winners were Chris Carmody/Joe Diggins […]

TWO Tralee-based companies in the Tom Crean Centre have progressed to the final 12 in the Bridge To MassChallenge. ViClarity a Governance, Risk and Compliance technology provider and myAccessHub a company who provide businesses with assessment and training services to increase their accessibility, particularly for people with Autism, have made […]

PARENTS and guardians of school leavers are invited to an Information Evening Talk being held by Kerry College of Further Education, Clash, Tralee this Thursday, March 1, commencing at 6.30pm. The event is specifically geared towards educating parents on the full-time further education options available at the college which can […]

THERE is an old Chinese proverb which says that ‘One picture creates ten thousand words’. For me without doubt the painting of ‘The Creation Of Adam’ by Michelangelo is one such painting. It is the central painting of the ceiling in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican and in my […]

THERE was a very good turnout at the latest event hosted by the Kerry Businesswomen’s Network on Friday at The Rose Hotel. ‘Pitch Masterclass — Pitch, Present, Propose’ saw KBN in association with Kerry Local Enterprise Office host the event which was open to male and females and suitable for managers, team […]

YOU wouldn’t want to get sick last night, because it seemed like the entire medical community from University Hospital Kerry was in Ballygarry House Hotel! The occasion was the ‘Sickly Come Dancing’ Contest, organised by the hospital’s social club, where 12 couples took to the floor to raise funds for the […]

IN just two hours on Friday afternoon, volunteers cleaning up the disused railway line between Blennerville and Tralee collected 115 bags of rubbish. On Monday, local woman Catherine Dolan came across the rubbish, which had washed up after recent storm flooding and high tides. She put an appeal out on […]

Report: Adrienne McLoughlin QUALIFIERS from North and South Munster  Post-Primary Schools competitions competed in the Munster Schools Cross-Country Championships which were held at Waterford I.T. on Friday. The course was dry underfoot and hilly, making for fast racing.  Well done to all who competed and congratulations to our Kerry athletes […]

THE CBS Primary Hoops Tournament was held at the John Mitchels Sports Complex in Ballyseedy and it was another hotly contested event. Twelve teams from the North Kerry area took part in the tournament which is now in its fourth year. The tournament aims at giving Primary school boys in the Tralee area a chance to […]

Mike O’Halloran says Kerry will probably need to win by a good margin against Meath if they want to keep their Division 2A title hopes alive… THE big news from the Kerry hurling camp is the omission of Shane Nolan from the starting fifteen for the crunch game against Meath […]

THE Kerry Senior Camogie Team to face Clare at Meelick at 2pm on Sunday in Division 3 of the Littlewooods Ireland National Camogie League has been named and it’s an all Clammaurice line-up. 1 Alanna Maunsell Clanmaurice 2 Aine O’Connor Clanmaurice 3 Niamh Leen Clanmaurice 4 Michelle Costello Clanmaurice 5 […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, says ‘Lady Bird’ sees Saoirse Ronan in award-winning form in a movie that will resonate with audiences… Nominated for five Academy Awards and the winner of two Golden Globes Ladybird is the semi autobiographical tale of writer/director Greta Gerwig’s adolescence upbringing in Sacremento, California. Christine “Lady Bird” […]

JACK Barry makes a return to midfield for Kerry in a team which sees David Clifford return to the starting line-up to face Galway in Austin Stack Park on Sunday (2.30pm). Barry O’Sullivan of Dingle partners the Na Gaeil man in midfield and Barry John Keane of Kerins O’Rahillys retains […]

THIS is a sign that Met Eireann are confident we’re going to be pretty cold for the next week. A Status Yellow Weather Advisory has been issued for Ireland as exceptionally cold weather is forecast for next week with significant wind chill and severe frosts. Disruptive snow showers are expected […]

IT’S a big weekend for the National Lottery as they celebrate the 1,000th show this Saturday night. Angela O’Sullivan from Killarney will be the 233rd Kerry person to appear on the show over the past 28 years. In fact, the 232 Kerry players have won the seventh most money in […]

ATTENTION all cyclists! The annual Fenit RNLI Annual 50km Cycle Fundraiser is stet to take place on Saturday, May 5 this year. Details of the 16th annual Fenit Lifeboat charity fun cycle have just been announced and the 50 kilometre event will see cyclists make their way from Tralee through Farranfore and […]

BALLYMAC native, Ciara Griffin, captain of the Irish Women’s Rugby team, teamed up with students from Presentation secondary school, Castleisland, to promote the Bus Éireann competition for transition year students – ‘Go Places’. As part of the competition, students are being invited to submit projects – in words, photographs, or […]