Archive for May, 2018

THERE was a great turnout in Linnane’s Bar on Rock Street on Friday night for a table quiz in aid of Recovery Haven. Dan Horan of Horan’s Health Stores fame, who is well known for his work for local cancer charities, was the man who was asking the questions on […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I have heard that new data protection rules are coming in. What are these rules and how will they affect me? Answer: A new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes […]

John McCann says ‘Life of the Party’ is a cheesy yet charming comedy with Melissa McCarthy on top form!… After Deanna Miles (Melissa McCarthy) gets a divorce from her husband Dan (Matt Walsh) and decides to go back to college, she ends up in her daughter’s class who’s not comfortable […]

THE end of the month will see a number of residential and commercial properties  in Kerry up for bids in the latest online auction from Bidx1. Among the 13 Kerry lots are two commercial premises, three residential properties and one site in the Tralee area. Bidx1 (formerly Allsop) are holding […]

THE massive hit production of Simon Beaufoy’s ‘The Full Monty’ which won the UK Theatre Award for Best Touring Production, will take in dates in the INEC Killarney this autumn. David Pugh & Dafydd Rogers’s presentation of the Sheffield Theatres production of the hit show comes to Killarney from October 9-13. […]

PRESENTATION Tralee girls have advanced to the final of the ECO UNESCO competition with their project on Lyme Disease and now they need your votes. The group of Transition Year students in the ‘Give An X To Ticks’ project have held a ‘Tick Awareness Day’ back in February to inform the public about […]

A FAMILY from Annascaul, Eamonn, Jason and Sandra Hickson, will attempt to set five Official Guinness World Records in one weekend, beginning Friday, May 18. It begins when, live on Kerry’s Full Breakfast on Radio Kerry, journalist Eamonn will attempt to break the record for Most Chest-to-Ground Burpees in One Minute […]

It’s the weekend and a very busy one at that, with family entertainment, a quiz, a charity walk and much, much more to see and do… Friday 1. A beautiful start to the weekend… CH Chemists will host national IMAGE Skincare Trainer, Caroline Casey, at a special event. She will […]

BASKETBALL is on the rise in Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí with a big success on the national scene last week. Last Wednesday, May 2, a boys team won the Junior Boys B All-Ireland title in Tallaght. After coming through a number of games in the past couple of months at provincial level, […]

SECONDARY school students from across Munster and Leinster travelled to the IT Tralee’s state of the art kitchens in the 2017/2018 Flogas Ireland and Fáilte Ireland supported Apprentice Chef Finale on Thursday. A dish of pan seared Skeaghanore duck with a sweet orange glaze that earned Natalia Leane from Killarney […]

WE haven’t had a weather warning for a while so I suppose Met Eireann wanted to remind us summer hasn’t arrived yet. They have issued a Status Yellow Wind warning which will come into effect tonight from midnight until 9am. The warning is for Kerry, Cork, Clare, Galway and Mayo. Tonight […]

THE price of petrol and diesel at the filling station pumps around Tralee has risen since we last carried out a survey three months ago. In fact, three stations have gone over the €1.40 per litre mark for petrol and over €1.30 per litre for diesel for the first time […]

EXCITEMENT is reaching new heights as nearly 140 exhibitors across Kerry gear up for Kerry EXPO on Sunday at the INEC Killarney. The Kerry EXPO, which is now an annual fixture in the regional calendar, brings together both businesses and communities from all over the county and promises to be […]

THE Busy Botanist was the winner of an Elevator Pitch competition worth €3,000 in Killarney recently. The Elevator Pitch competition offers a cash prize package sponsored by Facebook worth €2,000 at each location, as well as additional prizes worth up to €1,000. Joanne Arbon and Clair Kelly of The Busy […]

HE’S more used to managing his empire of fruit and veg and health food stores, but on Friday Dan Horan take the reins at a table quiz for a great cause. Dan Horan will be asking the questions in Linnane’s Bar on Rock Street and he’s promising a great night […]

WITH the annual Connect Kerry Women in Business Awards a little more than two weeks away, the judges for this year’s event have been announced. The awards take place on Friday, May 25 at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and applications for nominations are closed. The judges tasked with deciding the […]

THE annual student awards night for Causeway Comprehensive took place in the school on Tuesday with the awards were presented by Ms. Aoife Thornton, chairperson of the Board of Management. There were a total of 140 awards presented on the night. This night is the culmination of the hard work […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that March saw 14 properties sold, fetching a total of €2,168,969. The property that sold for the most in Tralee in March was a house in Tonevane for €320,000 while the lowest price paid was for an […]

THE Tralee premiere of a new short film made by four local women around the theme of domestic violence, will take place in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night at 8pm . The premiere will be followed by a ‘Lippy Sing’ event, MC’d by Brian Hurley, featuring a number of […]

A GROUP of 10 adult rowers from Tralee Rowing Club will take part on the Wild Atlantic Challenge, WAC Kenmare, next Saturday 12th. This is a multi-craft rowing competition in its second year, which attracts rowers, kayakers, canoeists, stand up board paddlers and others to complete in the stunning Kenmare […]

FIANNA Fail has organised a meeting on cyber protection which will be held in The Brandon Hotel in Tralee on Monday, May 14 at 8pm. The primary goal of the meeting is to give parents and families the right information on how best to protect their children when they use […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has received approval from the Department of Education and Skills to progress the new school building for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí to the next stage. Following the submission of a detailed Stage 1 Report by the Design Team the Department has approved the Project to […]

ANYONE who fancies a scenic cycle in the run up to Ring of Kerry might like to try this. The upcoming Valley 70 Cycle on Sunday, May 20 has the makings of a great day out. Launched on Tuesday by Kerry senior star David Clifford and recently voted one of the […]

Mens results MC4  Sunday 6th May (  Sponsored by The Oyster Tavern 1st Mark Leahy (5) 41 Pts 2nd Padraig Moynihan (12) 41 Pts 3rd Michael Pearse Kerins (24) 40 Pts 4th Mark Sheehy (14) 39 Pts 5th Sean Carmody (17) 38 Pts 6th Patrick H Williams (14) 38 Pts   […]

BADMINTON NEWS By Junior Griffin For most players throughout the country  the badminton season is well and truly over but for those involved in the winning clubs from the provinces of Munster, Connacht and Leinster the show is still going on. The provincial winners of each grade  from C to […]

FOR MANY MORE PHOTOS FROM THE EVENT, CLICK HERE PAUL LUCEY MEMORIAL RUN/WALK. The 10K & 5K Paul Lucey Memorial Run/Walk ‘Run for the Rock’, which took place in ideal weather conditions on this Bank Holiday Monday morning (7th May), was a resounding success, with over 500 competitors taking part. Thanks […]

Mount Brandon Walk for Féile: Parnells will hold a sponsored walk up Mount Brandon Sunday the 13th, to raise much needed finds to send out under 14 Camogie team to Féile 2018 in Connaught. Sponsorship cards available from under 14 Camogie management, or WhatsApp to Mike Roger on 087 224 0437, or […]

Sympathy: The club extends sympathy to the O’Connor family, Chapel Lane on the death of Tommy. Tommy has been a long serving executive member down through the years and is presently our Vice President. Tommy also served as postman for many years in the village and beyond. May your soul […]

BASKETBALL lovers might be interested in this free upcoming event next Monday. A basketball coaching clinic in Mercy Mounthawk, Tralee from 7pm-10pm, given by three American NCAA Division 1 college coaches from the MACC (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference). Jody Craig from Monmouth University, Brian Giorgis from Marist College and Jada […]

Senior: Churchill 3-09; Kerins O’Rahillys B 1-07. Churchill survived a scare in this Division 5 back game on Saturday evening in Strand Road. Missing a number of players from last weekend’s Championship game we got off to the worst possible start conceding 1-01 in the opening minutes. The remainder of […]