Archive for February, 2018

LIBRARY EXHIBITION: Aptly titled – Ag Féachaint Siar – this Photographic Exhibition, highlighting the events organized by the Club during 2017 to commemorate its Centenary, will be launched in Tralee Library on Tuesday evening (20th Feb) by Club Chairman, Liam Lynch. A marvellous Exhibition, organized almost single-handedly by Club Vice Chairperson, Máiréad […]

CLUB MEMBERSHIP : Abbeydorney GAA Senior and Juvenile Annual Club Membership 2018 is now open and you can NOW REGISTER ONLINE…. You will have the facility to pay online by Credit Card, Debit Card (such as Visa/Debit). Please follow the link : http://abbeydorneygaa.ie/#clubmembership and Select one of the Membership plans to REGISTER. COSTS :- […]

Minor County League GLENFESK 3-15 BALLYMAC 0-9 Our first minor Co League game was away to Glenfesk last Saturday evening.short a number of key players we fielded a very young team . Despite Glenflesk being the physically stronger team we were very unlucky not to score at least 3 goals, […]

  CLUB MEMBERSHIP: Club Membership of John Mitchels for 2018 is now due Membership fees are as follows: Patron Membership                     €160 Ex-Pats                                         €160 which includes –  Adult Membership –  Entry to the weekly Lotto and –  Free Admission to all home County League Games Adult membership                           €60 O.A.P                                                 €20 Students/Juveniles […]

One Murder and a Christening    We hope that at this stage everyone has secured tickets for our upcoming comedy drama, One Murder and a Christening, which takes place in the club over the nights of 23rd and 24th of February. If you were lucky enough to attend The Wedding and Funeral last […]

Tralee Parnells Easter Camp 26 March:  Our Easter Camp takes place from Monday 26th February to Wednesday the 28th of March, 10 am to 1 pm. Cost is €25 per child. These camps are very much enjoyed by the children that participate, a great way for boys and girls to improve […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating two burglaries over the weekend in Tralee and Camp. Between 8pm on Saturday and 8am on Sunday, a burglary took place at O’Dwyer’s MACE at Camp.  During the course of the incident a vehicle, a black Peugeot Partner registration number 11-D-39843, was taken. It has […]

KERRY’S Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has asked the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee to grant Castleisland its own Municipal District in the upcoming revision of boundaries. His submission proposes Tralee Municipal District be reduced from a nine seat district to seven, with lands in the north, south, east and […]

  ALDI has announced that Pieta House Tralee is the latest charity to benefit from Aldi’s Community Grants programme. Aldi’s Listowel store staff have awarded the organisation a €500 grant in recognition of its dedicated work and significant contribution within the local community and to help support its essential services. Sharon McNama, Aldi’s Listowel store […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating three cases of criminal damage in Tralee over the past few days. On Friday, February 16, at 2.49am, the front window of Fone Dealz at the corner of Castle Street and Edward Street was damaged to the tune of €400. The person was seen on […]

THE Institute of Tralee will welcome Fr. Peter McVerry, Founder of the Peter McVerry Trust to deliver a guest lecture on Wednesday February 28. The lecture titled ‘A Housing and Homeless Crisis – where it came from and where it’s going’ will tackle one of Ireland’s most acute issues and […]

Eamon Fitzgerald, GAA Games Development Officer at IT Tralee, previews IT Tralee hurling team’s cup ambitions this coming weekend… IT Tralee Senior Hurling team will travel to Mallow this Friday to take part in the Fitzgibbon/Ryan Cup Finals weekend. The IT Tralee team are managed by former Kerry hurling manager/coach Eddie […]

IT was a rainy Sunday morning as over 300 runners took off from The Rose Hotel for the Optimal Fitness 10 Miler/5 Race. Organised by Michelle Greaney of Optimal Fitness, the event was enthusiastically received by runners and was a perfect way to prepare for the upcoming Tralee Marathon and […]

Alan Cantwell on Garvey’s Tralee Warriors’ defeat to UCD Marian in the top of the table clash on Saturday… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors hopes of regaining the lead on the Super League table fell short on Saturday night going down 86-83 to UCD Marian in a pulsating and dramatic encounter at […]

THERE was yet another big lotto win in Kerry last night. One winner from the county scooped €250,000 on the Lotto Plus 2 draw. The winning Lotto Plus 2 ticket was bought in Sheahan’s Centra in Glenbeigh village. The store owner Aisling Sheahan commented: “It is great news to wake up to […]

HE has presented programmes, voiced ads and trained many of the DJs you hear on Radio  Kerry every week, but John Herlihy has decided to move on after 20 years at the station. Colleagues gathered at The Ashe Hotel on Friday night to say farewell to the Kilcummin native and […]

IT was a pretty nice evening for a man from Oakpark on Saturday, as he scooped prizes worth €22,000 on RTE’s Winning Streak. Jimmy Kelly from Woodlands in Oakpark appeared on the National Lottery gameshow and did very well indeed. He won a luxury holiday in the Florida Keys worth […]

ABOUT five years ago I had the pleasure of visiting The Sistine Chapel in The Vatican and ever since then it holds a special place in my heart. I suppose it would be a fair comparison to say that visiting the Sistine Chapel to Roman Catholics would be the equivalent […]

AFTER two sell-out Strictly Come Dancing events over the past couple of years, Ardfert National School are gearing up to host their first ‘Lip Sing Battle’. Ten acts will take to the floor at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Easter Saturday, March 31 in what promises to be a fantastic night […]

TWO teams at Mercy Mounthawk are preparing for All Ireland semi-finals next week. First up, the under 14 boys play St Pats of Cavan in the All A Ireland Under 14 cup semi final this Tuesday, February 20, in the National Basketball Arena Dublin. In the previous rounds they beat […]

Our movie guy, John McCann says ‘Early Man’ is a charming and funny tale from the master of stop motion animation… In his first directorial outing since 2008’s Wallace and Gromit in ‘A Matter of Loaf and Death’, Nick Park returns with his unique animated style and humour which gives […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: What can I do if I have a problem with an item I’ve bought online? Answer: If you are not happy with an item you have bought online, you should […]

Mike O’Halloran previews Sunday’s clash between Kerry and Kildare in the Allianz National Hurling League Division 2A clash in Newbridge at 2pm… The Kerry hurling team for Sunday contains a number of changes from the loss to Carlow. Jordan Conway does not make the starting team sheet and neither does […]

SHOW Racism the Red Card are calling on all primary and secondary schools, youth organisations, children and young people in Tralee and Kerry to enter their annual ‘Anti-Racism Creative Competition 2018′. The competition encourages young people to develop creative anti-racism messages using written, visual and audio-visual means. The deadline for […]

JACK Barry  from Na Gaeil will start the Allianz Football League Division 1 game against Monaghan in Iniskeen on Sunday at 2.30pm, despite his tiring Sigerson Cup exploits this week, as Kerry stick with the same team they named for the postponed match last week. Ronan Shanahan of Austin Stacks […]

THE number of people signing on the Live Register in Tralee in January rose by 24 on the previous month according to the latest figures from the the Central Statistics Office. There were 3,690 people signing on at the Tralee office, that number is still down 592 on January 2017, […]

THE 2018 Lacey Cup will be held on Sunday, March 4 hosted by Tralee Manor West Bicycle Club. The Lacey Cup is the grand opener to the Munster racing season when all cyclists will be anxious to show some good early season form. The race always draws a large field […]

IT’S going to be some St Patrick’s weekend and the festivities will kick off with bang when the second Kerins O’Rahillys GAA ‘Strictly Club Dancing’ event takes place. Twelve couples have been in rehearsals with artistic director Jackie O’Mahoney over the past number of weeks and they’re already looking fleet […]

THERE’S still a few places left for an event this Sunday which will see hundreds of runners hit the road. After holding a very successful event on New Year’s Eve, Michelle Greaney of Optimal Fitness has organised the Tralee 10 Miler and 5k Road Race will take place this Sunday at […]

A FUNDRAISING 80s/90s disco will take place this Saturday night in Ardfert organised by an local woman to help out the hospital where she was treated for cancer over a year ago. Caroline McAuliffe, a married mother of two young children, was 36 years old when she had a tumour in […]