Archive for June, 2018

ARDFERT Youth Club has entered a short film competition as part of the Irish Cancer Society’s X-HALE Youth Awards 2018 which aims to prevent young people from smoking. To win they need the most views of their film on YouTube. In the video, when two girls buy cigarettes off an […]

TRALEE schools athletes came home with medals from the Irish Life Health/Irish Schools Track and Field Championships 2018 held in Tullamore on Saturday. Niamh O’Mahony of Presentation Tralee brought home gold in the 3000m with Mercy Mounthawk winning the Intermediate 4 x 100m Relay in a record time. Other gold medallists […]

GARDAI are appealing for the public’s help after a burglary at a house in Ballyard at the weekend. The incident occurred on Sunday, June 3, between 10.15pm and 1am on Monday, June 4. A homeowner in Beenoskee, Ballyard, returned home to find the back window had been smashed and a […]

Senior Fixtures Ballymac will take on Na Gael next Sunday 10th of June at 2pm at Na Gael in Round 6 of The Senior County league. We welcome all support as our team advance in the Div 2 League. Lotto Results 28/05/2018 Venue: Kielduff Community Centre Jackpot: €4,900 Numbers Drawn: […]

Lotto Our lotto was held on Monday night, June 4th in O’Dwyer’s Bar due to the Dingle Way Challenge, which took place the day before. Please check our FaceBook page for this week’s winning numbers. Lotto Entries May we remind any of our supporters who subscribe to the Club Lotto […]

Junior League    Na Gaeil play Castlegregory, away, in Round 3 of the Junior League on Friday June 8that 7.30pm. Exams    We wish all our Junior and Leaving Cert students the very best of luck in their upcoming exams and hope that all goes well for them. Under 8: Very […]

Seniors: No activity this weekend with the first round of the Munster senior championship; our next fixture will see us travel to Lewis Road on Sat night 9th June to take on Dr Crokes who lie second in the table on 9 points with ourselves in 3rd position on 7 […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Round 6 of the Co. League goes ahead on Sunday next (10th June) when we travel to Ardfert for a 2pm start. We lie 3rd on the League table at present on 8 points with Na Gaeil in 2nd spot on 9 points and Desmonds the table-toppers with […]

DATES FOR THE DIARY: Juvenile Summer Camp – 16th – 20th July. Further details to follow. Kevin McMahon Blitz – Saturday 21st July Night at the Dogs Fundraiser for Juveniles – Friday August 10th Lip Sing – Sunday October 28th Co League 2018  – Round 6 John Mitchels v Killarney […]

Under 14 players who started for Kerry: Great chance for competitive match practice for the 13 Tralee Parnells Camogie under 14 players who started for Kerry on Saturday at the Mallow-Doneraile under 14 inter county Camogie blitz. Great to see 2 Kerry teams taking part. Every player got 3 full […]

Safety: Following the recent tragedies in Ennis, we appeal to all in our community to exercise caution during the holidays, particularly in relation to swimming. Examinations: As our leaving and junior cert students commence their exams, we wish them the very best of luck. Hope all your hard work-studying over […]

SIAMSA Tíre has announced today that it is the first theatre in Ireland to achieve Creative Green Certification under a scheme run by London based charity, Julie’s Bicycle. Creative Green is the only international environmental certification scheme designed specifically for the creative and cultural industries. Creative Green is an international […]

KERRY had an emphatic victory over Clare in Killarney on Sunday afternoon and one forward has impressed enough to be nominated in the GAA.ie’s Footballer of the Week award. Paul Geaney finished with a 0-7 haul, including six points from play during the game which saw a number of Championship […]

  A TRALEE man who provided some stats for the Kerry v Clare match programme on Sunday, has defended himself after confusion over the omission of a famous Clare victory. Tim Slattery from the Austin Stacks club is a renowned statistician and Kerry football historian. He sent a list of […]

KATIE Hannon was on hand to launch Sunflower Day which takes place this coming weekend at various locations around the county. The RTE journalist was present at the Palliative Care Unit on Saturday, where Chairman of Kerry Hospice Foundation, Joe Hennebery, also made a very special presentation to the Kerry Hospice […]

BANNA Rescue is asking people to park responsibly when visiting the beach during the fine weather, after some visitors blocked the slipway for the lifeboat with their cars over the weekend. The past few days have seen saw huge numbers flock to the popular beach but some are causing problems […]

A TRALEE basketball club which raised the game to an elite level in the town will be celebrated at an event in the Grand Hotel this Friday night. While Warriors are enjoying success in the Superleague and Tralee Tigers brought home silverware in the recent past, Celtic were the trailblazers […]

THE weather was amazing on Sunday as ladies converged on Listowel Racecourse for a great day of style at the races. As we reported yesterday (click here for previous story), it was Mary Woulfe from Athea who won the top prize for Best Dressed Lady, but as you can see […]

EXPERIMENTAL folk artist, singer and multi- instrumentalist Sam Amidon pays his first visit to Kerry for an intimate performance in the unique surrounds of Blennerville Windmill on this Tuesday night at 8pm. The Vermont-born singer/fiddler/banjoist/guitarist is known for his intuitive and often radical re-workings of secular ballads, gospel, folk songs […]

ELEVEN is clearly the magic number for land custodians and Corkmen this year with 11 of each making the cut to be among the 58 men chosen to be Rose Escorts at the Rose of Tralee International Festival. The annual Rose of Tralee Rose Escort Boot Camp took place along […]

“SURE, what’s the problem? It’s only natural,” was the response given by a dog owner who was challenged by a Kerry County Council litter warden recently when confronted about leaving dog-foul on the footpath. A new month-long campaign on dog fouling which has been launched by the local authority and […]

IT was a Newcastlewest lady who won the Best Dressed Lady on the opening day of the Listowel Races June Bank Holiday Meeting on Sunday. Judged by award winning soprano, model, and social media star, Sinead O’Brien, also known as “Sinead’s Curvy Style” and assisted by Eilish Stack, the judges […]

WELL fair play to them. A Tralee cafe/restaurant has been named Ireland’s favourite family restaurant by a national radio station. Organised by Today FM’s Weekend Breakfast programme, Yummy Cafe on Dominick Street was the only Kerry restaurant on the shortlist for a competition to find where families can enjoy the […]

THE kids from Caherleaheen had something to celebrate recently as they won the overall Best School award in the Tralee Area Primary Schools Sports day. Held at the Tralee Harriers grounds on the Dan Spring Road recently, schools from all around the town competed in track and field events. Pupils from […]

THE fruits of the hard work of the Committee of the University Hospital Kerry and Social Club were presented to the Chemotherapy Day Unit on Friday afternoon. Their ‘Sickly Come Dancing’ event held back in February when 12 couples took to the floor of the Ballygarry House Hotel to raise funds […]

THERE was some great football played at Na Gaeil GAA Grounds on Friday morning for the inaugural Community Policing Garda Blitz in association with Cumann na mBunscoil. Nine teams from eight primary schools from the Tralee area — Abbeydorney, CBS, Holy Family, St Brendan’s Fenit, Spa, Scoil Eoin, Scoil Nuachabháil, Gaelscoil Mhic […]

AT the risk of being accused of repeating myself ad nauseam, I’m going to say it one more time. To find solutions to the deeper aspects of life it is far better to ask the right questions rather than looking for the right answers. To this end Shakespeare was spot […]

THERE were some fabulous paintings on display at the first day of a new initiative from Tralee Chamber Alliance on Saturday. Artists from all over the county were invited to sign up for the initiative which will see them put their work on the railings of the town park on […]

THE Kerry ETB Training Centre Presentation of Certificate Ceremony took place at The Rose Hotel on Thursday evening. Some 470 Certificates were issued by Kerry ETB Training Centre for Summer 2018 and many were present to receive them on the night with family members looking on. Certificates were presented to learners across […]

IT’S just two weeks to go now until a Tralee couple take a dive for Autism Ireland. Celene Moloney and Chris Quain will be doing a Skydive at Irish Parachute Club on June 16 up in Offaly. “It’s getting very close now. I normally wouldn’t jump off a chair and I’ll […]