Archive for March, 2018

THE Chernobyl Children’s Fund Tralee and District Ltd. is holding a Masterclass with the very talented Make-Up Artist, Leah Clail on Sunday, April 8. This event will be held in The Arms Hotel, Listowel from 4.30pm – 6.30pm. Tickets are only €15 and all proceeds will be donated to this Charity. You […]

KERRY GAA clubs will join the County Clean Up which will take place across the county on Saturday, April 14. With just weeks to go to the biggest annual litter clean-up effort in Kerry, organisers are encouraging individuals and groups to sign up and participate on the day. They say […]

THE Killorglin and mid-Kerry area has eleven new Tourism Ambassadors following the completion of a ‘Tourism Ambassador Programme’ for the area. The participants were welcomed on the first night of the course recently by Brendan Griffin, Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport with special responsibility […]

THE annual ceremony to commemorate the Easter Rising will take place at Páirc An Phiarsaigh, Denny Street, Tralee on Easter Sunday. At 12 noon there will be a formal raising of the National Flag by Mayor Norma Foley and a reading of the 1916 Proclamation by Aoife Dillane & Áine […]

LEAVING Certificate Presentation Tralee students were given a one of a kind opportunity on Friday last from an enthusiastic cohort of the school’s past pupils on the career paths they have chosen. Using the format of a parent/teacher meeting, students were enabled to work in small groups with our past pupils. This […]

RIVERDANCE returns to the INEC Killarney for a limited run this September 12th – 16th. For over two decades, nothing has carried the energy, the sensuality and the spectacle of Riverdance, the international Irish Dancing phenomenon. First performed as the interval act of 1994 Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin, this electrifying and innovative dance piece […]

Senior: Churchill’s County League game against Kerins O’Rahillys was postponed last weekend and will be re-fixed for later in the season. This Easter Sunday sees the start of the Junior Premier Championship and Churchill’s opening game against Ballydonoghue. This game is fixed for Sunday, April 1st at 2:30pm in Finuge and […]

JOB MATCH: is back for 2018 – Summer, Part Time & Full Time Employment Opportunities.  With huge success for the last 3 years we are now taking CV’s for Summer, part time and full time employment or a change of employment. Please consider this golden opportunity where you will receive […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating criminal damage and theft incidents which took place in Tralee in the past few days. On Friday night/Saturday morning, a shopfront in the Square was damaged. The gardaí are asking if anyone saw any suspicious behaviour in The Square around this time to contact them […]

  Seniors    Na Gaeil travelled the short journey to Ardfert on Sunday to play the home team in Round 2 of the County League in what were perfect conditions for football. Ardfert settled very quickly with the wind at their backs whereas Na Gaeil struggled to get into the game, […]

Round 2 of the Division 2 County League Sunday March 25th at Ballymac GAA Referee – John Dineen This was always going to be game full of competition and stamina and it proved just that when from the first throw of the ball both teams worked hard to earn their points […]

LOTTO There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 04, 07, 12 and 15. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Johnny and Anne c/o Betty’s Bar, Rowhan Healy c/o/ T Casey, Maura Murphy Derrymore, Maria Hurley Valentia Islands and Dylan and […]

Seniors: Two wins from two in the county league following a well merited win over St Marys in Strand Road. We were boosted before the start with the inclusion of county player Barry John Keane who was not included in the Kerry squad that travelled to Omagh. Indeed it was […]

  MENS SENIOR FOOTBALL LEAGUE DIVISION 1: Round 2 – John Mitchels v Dingle Before the commencement of the match a Minute’s Silence was observed on the recent tragic death of Aodhán O’Connor from Dingle. We played Dingle at home in Round 2 of the Co League on  a perfect […]

Well Done U10 Boys:  Played in fantastic weather our boys took part in an U10 hurling blitz in John Mitchels Saturday morning. The lads played some great hurling over 4 tough games and were delighted to come away with 4 wins. Need to get the rest of the panel back […]

REGISTRATION : Michelle O’Carroll, Juvenile Club Registrar, will hold a Registration evening on Wednesday and Friday this week from 7.30pm to 8.00pm in the Complex, for all age groups. COSTS :- ADULT (Over 18) : €60, JUVENILE (9 – 18) : €25, ACADEMY (U6/U8) : €15. MEMBERSHIP MUST BE PAID BY […]

Scór Na bPáistí: Comhghairdeas to our traditional music group-Pat Murphy, Liam O’ Dowd, Padraig O’ Sullivan, Gearóid Quirke and Donnachda O’ Sullivan who represented our club on Friday night last in the Mid Kerry Scór na bPáistí competition, in Killorglin. They gave a truly wonderful performance of ‘Mo Ghile Mear’ […]

Kerry 4-14 Tyrone 2-6 THE Kerry Camogie Team travelled to Healy Park in Omagh on Sunday hoping to extend their unbeaten record in Division 3 of the Littlewoods Ireland National Camogie League. This game served as a curtain raiser to the Senior Football game between the same counties and it […]

A WONDERFUL new initiative has been launched by two teachers who wanted to bring joy to older people in nursing homes. Evelyn Dore of Moyderwell Primary and Karen Walsh of CBS created ‘Storyboxes’,  a box with books, CDs and photos of times past which they hope will jog the memories […]

THERE was a huge turnout for a top beauty and lifestyle blogger who visited CH Chemists in Tralee on Saturday for a make-up masterclass. Around 120 ladies bought tickets to see Grace Mongey, a 29 year old mum of one from Tallaght who has become enormously popular through her ‘Faces […]

THIS year’s Rose Hotel Circuit of Kerry Rally is shaping up to be one of the most-keenly contested and best supported in years. Kerry Motor Club launched the April 8 event with a photo-shoot at the Top Part Motor Factors headquarters and a press conference at the Rose Hotel on […]

IF you’re in the west of the county, then you may want to take part in a great event coming up this May. Darkness Into Light – Pieta House’s flagship fundraising awareness event – celebrates its tenth year this May 12 in over 150 venues in Ireland and across the […]

THE young man who died in a crash on the Tralee to Fenit road in the early hours of Saturday morning has been named. Luke Gleasure (23) from The Kerries West, Tralee, died in the single-vehicle crash at around 3.20am on Saturday morning. A second man was removed by ambulance […]

Alan Cantwell reports on Garvey’s Tralee Warriors fantastic win last night to retain the Champions Trophy… For the second year running Garvey’s Tralee Warriors lifted the Basketball Ireland Champions Trophy after a stunning 73-61 win over Black Amber Templeogue at a packed WIT Arena in Waterford on Saturday night. Twelve […]

GOOD Friday is unofficially ‘national fish day’ and to mark this, Ballygarry House Hotel is putting on its famous Seafood Speciality Night returns in Restaurant 58. After the huge success of last year’s event, Head Chef John O’Sullivan and his team of chefs will be presenting an exquisite seafood menu […]

A GOOD night’s work. A Ballymac man appeared on Winning Streak last night and won €24,000 for his mother. Mary Bonn’s name was called out two weeks ago on the show and got her 28 year old son Alan to represent her. Ballymac GAA player Alan was paired up with […]

THE Kerry Science Teachers Association (KSTA) hosted their annual Junior Cert Science Quiz on Thursday at the South Campus of the ITT and it was a Tralee team that came out on top. The competition is open to all junior cert students in the county and around 20 teams took […]

THE answer to this can be summed in two words – it’s Limitless. It all really depends on the amount of attention we give them. The more we study them the more they will fascinate us and very often they will give us lessons as to how we can best live […]

THEY did it…and then some! Two ladies, Audrey Moran and Eileen Whelan, set out on a mission to raise enough money to buy two defibrillators and by Friday afternoon they had raised enough for three. “We’re overwhelmed by the response from the public over the past week,” said Eileen Whelan […]

IT was a very busy two day period at St John’s Church as pupils from seven schools made their Confirmation. On a rainy Thursday, the church was packed as Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, Presentation, Caherleaheen, Blennerville and Derryquay school pupils received the sacrament from Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne. On Friday […]