Archive for April, 2018

THE Apprentice Chef Programme will be featured on RTE’s Nationwide show next Friday ahead of the 2017/2018 final cook off at IT Tralee. On Thursday, May 10, 27 students from secondary schools across Munster and Leinster, including three students from Tralee and three more from other Kerry schools, will don […]

CALLING all sports fans! Fancy testing your knowledge next week at a fun table quiz with a twist? Well there’s a ‘Know Your Sport’  quiz in aid of Camp Abilities on Thursday, May 3 in O’Donnell’s Bar and Restaurant at 8pm. Along with the usual rounds of questions, there’s some […]

FORMER Kerry footballer and Irish ‘Dancing with the Stars’ winner Aidan O’Mahony, launched his new website, AOM Fitness, this morning. The five-time All-Ireland medal winner and holder of two GAA All Stars was renowned during his football career for his professional attitude when it came to training and nutrition. AOM […]

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí students turned on the style last night for their annual fashion show. There was a large crowd at The Rose Hotel for the event which saw the students take to the catwalk in fashions from numerous local businesses. Mentored by teacher Michelle D’Altúin, the students organise every aspect […]

FOUR primary schools took part in a special spikeball tournament at Mercy Mounthawk Gym on Wednesday. Caherleaheen, Scoil Eoin, Spa and O’Brennan schools had a really enjoyable morning fielding a number of teams on the day organised by TY students from Mounthawk which coincided with the school’s Health Promotion Week. […]

TRALEE is well on the way to achieving the goal of being the first town in Ireland to roll-out the Ask For Angela Campaign to an entire town and promote a safer night out in Kerry’s capital. Twenty pubs have now signed-up to the initiative since it was launched on Friday 6th April […]

KERRY Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, said that today marks another significant step forward in the campaign to build the new N22 between Cork and Kerry via Macroom and Ballyvourney. Cork County Council will open the pre-qualification process […]

THE time has almost arrived for the 5th Ardfert Annual Cycle in aid of Ardfert School Building Fund  and all is ready for what should be another great event this Sunday, April 29 at 10am. This is a departure from the previous year’s cycle which took place in September and […]

IT’S been a very busy few days up at Mercy Mounthawk as a series of events have taken place to mark Health Promotion Week. It was launched on Tuesday with a visit from the lads from ACT – All Change Together — which is a health promotion programme based in Kerry […]

THE glamour was something else at Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night for the annual IT Tralee Clubs and Societies Ball. Around 350 students from the college attended the final students ball of the year and it was a chance to celebrate student participation and achievement in the college’s clubs and […]

KERRY County Council will be allocated €26,000 for public campaigns to tackle litter, dog fouling and graffiti  from the Environment Fund under the 2018 Anti-Litter and Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme (ALAGS). The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten T.D.  announced the overall allocation of €884,000 from the Environment […]

THE IT Tralee St Vincent de Paul Society presented the fruits of their fundraising activities over the past number of months to the Society’s Education Fund. Junior Locke, President of the Tralee Area Conference, accepted a cheque for €2,000 after the ITT society held a fashion show in the Ballyroe […]

THE RTE cameras were in town yesterday as students from three secondary schools spoke to the ‘Nationwide’ programme about a wonderful art project which will see their paintings displayed all over Tralee. Students from Presentation, CBS and Mercy Mounthawk were in Denny Lane to display some of the works which […]

SINN Féin Kerry County Councillor Toiréasa Ferris has slammed the treatment available to a young Ardfert woman who suffers from a chronic eating disorder. Cllr Ferris said the response offered by the HSE and government ring hollow for Daniella Russell — who suffers from Anorexia — and her family who […]

A report on the Kerry Colleges A U15 Football Russell Cup between CBS The Green and St Brendan’s Killarney on Wednesday afternoon, supplied by CBS… Tralee CBS 4-9 St Brendan’s Killarney 2-11 TRALEE CBS recaptured the U15 Russell following a three year absence following a hard fought victory over holders St […]

A TRALEE woman is hoping Kerry people join in Multiple Sclerosis Ireland’s campaign to help ‘Kiss Goodbye to MS’ and raise funds for MS Research and vital services. The organisation is calling on supporters to support the campaign during the month of May. Susan Carey was diagnosed at 14 years […]

THREE Tralee-based companies are among six Kerry start-ups to make the regional shortlist for the National Startup Awards. StoryStock.com and myAccessHub are based in the Tom Crean Centre at Kerry Technology Park while Ulluv has a base in HQ Tralee. They are joined by Expert Software Test (Killorglin), Hazel Comyn Designs (Cahersiveen) and […]

CADBURYS are coming to IT Tralee on this Friday and they have a real treat for students. The chocolate company is giving them the chance to earn some extra cash and to try out their Cadbury Dairy Milk Oreo Sandwich. There will be plenty of these new bars to get […]

MAYOR of Kerry, John Sheahan, launched the Manor West Food and Craft Fair Awards at the Manor West Shopping Centre and Retail Park last Friday. The awards, in association with the Kerry Local Enterprise Office (LEO), will be an opportunity for Kerry’s finest food producers and craftspeople, whose thriving businesses […]

EMPLOYERS in Kerry and beyond are invited to attend a Recruitment Day being held at Kerry College of Further Education, Tralee on Monday, April 30 between 12noon and 2pm. The Recruitment Day event is being held in response to demand from leading employers and companies who wish to recruit KCFE […]

A TEAM of students from CBS The Green are in the final of the national CanSat Competition. They won the South-west finals in March held in LIT Limerick defeating Castletroy College and now have a chance to progress to the European Space agency finals held in the Azores in June during […]

THE Restore Fenit Diving Boards Campaign (RFDBC) received a major boost on Friday when Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) awarded the project a substantial grant of €3,500 towards the cost of the new diving boards. However, a meeting between RFDBC committee and Kerry County Council — where it was expected a […]

KERRY’S top Garda has expressed his exasperation that the numbers of people drink-driving in the county are still on the increase. The latest figures were revealed at the latest Joint Policing Committee meeting at Kerry County Council last Friday by Kerry Garda Division Chief Supt Tom Myers. “I cannot understand […]

PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: NB…change of venue, change of time! The Austin Stack Club Paul Lucey Memorial 5K/10K Fun Run and Walk will take place on the May Bank Holiday Monday….7ú Bealtaine….Lá na gClub(anna). On Sunday morning next, a fun promotional video for the event will be filmed in the club grounds in Connolly […]

Mens Results: Sun. 22nd April Master Classic No. 3 Bailys Solicitors 1st          Richard Rafferty (9) 39pts 2nd        Pat O’Donnell (8) 39pts 3rd         Mike Halloran (12) 38pts 4th         Philip O’Sullivan (8) 38pts 5th         Daniel Finnegan (19) 38pts 6th         Brian Murphy (17) 37pts Best Gross:     Padraig Daughton (6) 31pts 18+ […]

THERE was a slight rise in the number of incidents of people caught for possession of drugs for sale of supply, with a drop in the number of possession for personal use cases, in the first quarter of 2018 in Kerry. The figures were revealed at the latest Joint Policing […]

IT was fitting that the car came in black and amber as a Tralee woman collected her Kia Stonic after winning the Cara Credit Union’s Members Car Draw. Breda O’Callaghan from the Spa had her name was picked from their live draw on Thursday March 29, the day they officially changed […]

THE Kerry Camino was launched yesterday and organisers expect around 200 walkers from far and wide will take part in the annual event on routes from Tralee to Dingle. The three day walk will take place on the May Bank Holiday weekend, May 4-6, with a registration/information evening at The […]

A YOUNG pupil at CBS Primary School who uses a wheelchair due to a rare condition, is now able to take part in a sports activity thanks to a kind-hearted employee of Our Lady Of Fatima Nursing Home. Six year old Arthur O’Brien was born with a rare condition called […]

A LOCAL hair and beauty salon has will raise funds during the month of May for a great cause. Ballybeg Hair and Beauty are doing a month long initiative to support the Palliative Care Unit at UHK. “We all love to look and feel good and at Ballybeg Hair and […]