Archive for July, 2018

Congratulations to Eoghan O’Brien and Cillian Fitzgerald, who were part of the Kerry Junior squad that won the All Ireland Title last weekend beating Galway in the final. All the hard work and dedication has paid off and you have done your club proud. Senior: Following on from our league […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil play Austin Stacks in Round 10 of the Senior Football League  on Saturday evening next July 28th at 7pm in Killeen. U14    Na Gaeil U14’s played Austin Stacks on Sunday 15th July in the Central Region Division 1. The lads played with great determination and skill. They […]

CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Sean Moloney, Senior player who won an All Ireland Junior medal with Kerry last Saturday. Co League 2018 – Round 10  – Spa Killarney v John Mitchels July 28th @ 7.00 p.m. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SENIOR MEN Round 11 John Mitchels v Glenbeigh/Glencar August 12th tbc 1st […]

  CÚL CAMPS : Hurling Cúl Camp takes place this week in Abbeydorney. It caters for all primary school children, boys and girls between 6 and 13 years of age. Monday’s to Friday’s, 10.00a.m. – 2.30p.m. daily. Further details at www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie. BATTLE OF THE PARISH 2 : takes place on Sunday, 28th October in […]

Under 16/17 Camogie 7s: We had 4 tough matches in hot conditions at the U15/17 Munster Club 7’s finals in LK Sunday. Huge workrate and positive teamwork all over the field lead to some lovely scores (and almost scores!). Congratulations to Rachael on a brave debut after starting camogie in […]

Months Mind: On Wednesday July 25th, there will be a mass in Firies Church at 7.30 p.m. to mark the month’s mind of our former senior player and club man Mike Dennehy. RIP. Under 6/8 blitz: A great day of football and fun was had at our local field on Sunday […]

‘OKTOBERFEST’ is coming to the Rose Of Tralee Festival Dome with Oompah Brass Bands, biers, bratwursts and banter on Saturday, August 18 from 7.30pm to 2am. It will bring the best of German traditions and culture to the Festival and the organisers are hoping people dress up in Oktoberfest outfits and […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for assistance after an incident of criminal damage. Between Friday, July 13 and Monday, July 16 a man returned to his home in the Moyderwell area to discover the front door to the apartment block was kicked in. There was extensive damage […]

A CASTLEISLAND business has shared CCTV footage of two thieves who stole charity boxes from their premises back in June. The footage, taken on cameras outside and inside DenJoe’s Family Restaurant on Church Street, Castleisland, shows the two thieves breaking into the restaurant via a window and then running inside […]

FENIT RNLI responded to two callouts in the past week where on one occasion a vessel had to be towed to safety. On Tuesday evening, July 17, Fenit RNLI lifeboat responded to a call for assistance at Sauce Creek located between Brandon and Ballydavid. The all weather lifeboat was launched […]

AND so we go to Killarney in two weeks time with Kerry’s chances of a semi-final place hanging by a thread. They were looking down and out in Clones yesterday until the 19 year old maestro from Fossa rescued our championship hopes…for the time being. Kerry v Kildare and Galway […]

Kerry Under 21 Hurlers defeated Sligo to reach the final of Bord Gais Energy Under 21 B All Ireland Hurling against Derry in two weeks time. Mike O’Halloran was there… Kerry 4-26 Sligo 0-08 The scoreboard read 4.25 but the referee confirmed the score as 4-26. A comprehensive victory for the […]

THOUSANDS of euro was raised on Saturday as about 100 walkers took the road out west for the Jamie Wrenn/Mike Deane Memorial walk in aid of the Recovery Haven cancer support facility. This year’s event was the last after seven years of walks with have raised in excess of €95,000 for a […]

A LIVERPOOL FC legend won’t be walking alone when he joins friends and family of the late Robert O’Dowd at a special event during the August Bank Holiday weekend Alan Kennedy, who scored the goal to win the 1981 European Cup final for Liverpool against Real Madrid, will fly over […]

I USE the title above to describe a situation where two words basically mean the same thing. I suppose I want to also highlight how we can involve ourselves in getting too caught up in the pedantics of something as trivial as pronounciation. What a waste of energy.  My mother […]

FRIDAY night was for fashion lovers at Ballyroe Heights Hotel as Don O’Neill held a Gala Dinner in aid of Recovery Haven cancer support facility. It was an amazing night of great food, wonderful style and lots of fun for the 380 guests. We brought you some photos of the […]

TED Moynihan would have been so proud. The granddaughter of the man who did so much to bring the palliative care unit at UHK to fruition was at the unit on Saturday to present the proceeds of a fundraiser to Kerry Hospice. Bláthnaid Buckley from Killorglin ran the Women’s Mini-Marathon […]

IT was a night of fine food, fun and fabulous fashion at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night for the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner in aid of Recovery Haven. Renowned fashion designer Don and his husband Pascal Guillermie welcomed over 380 guests for the lavish dinner with a special […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I am a pensioner living alone. I used to get an allowance towards my telephone bill, but it stopped a few years ago. I heard it might be coming […]

John McCann says ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ was looking good until a farcical final act…  As one of my favourite films of 2015, ‘Sicario’ was a feature that simply had it all, a dark, yet tense plot, explosive action scenes, a formidable cast and most importantly a brilliant director […]

KERRY face Monaghan in a do-or-die encounter in Clones on Sunday at 4pm. The Kingdom is under pressure as Kerry desperately need a win to stay in the championship. Eamonn Fitzmaurice has rung the changes in the backline from the side that was defeated by Galway last week. Ronan Shanahan, […]

WE’VE brought you some amazing style from the Dawn Milk Ladies Day at Killarney Races on Thursday (click here if you missed it). Pop star Una Healy and her rugby-playing husband Ben Foden were the celebrity judges on a day of sunshine and sensational fashion. Here’s the final part of […]

AFTER raising over €12,000 over past number of years for charities, the staff at Woodies in Tralee are about to start another month long campaign. This year Woodie’s Tralee have announced their four Charity Partners for their Woodie’s Heroes 2018 fundraising campaign which will take place during August – Make-A-Wish, Temple […]

IT’S become one of the style highlights of the summer and even rivals Listowel Ladies Day for fashion. The Dawn Milk Ladies Day at Killarney Races saw thousands of people enjoy the sunshine, the bubbly and of course the racing. As we told you yesterday (click here), Fiona McSweeney from […]

PEOPLE are invited to take part in a special event tomorrow for the final time. The organisers of the Jamie Wrenn/Mike Deane Memorial walk are calling on people to hit the road this Saturday morning at 10am from the Aquadome in aid of the Recovery Haven cancer support facility. This […]

Former Tralee VTOS student Trina Houlihan explains the effect doing a course has had on her life… I left school after my inter cert and started working.  After 27 years I took voluntary redundancy and I wanted to improve my skills and employability opportunities. VTOS was the perfect choice and […]

FIRST the Summer Festival, then the ‘Sandstorm’ event last weekend and now two very popular music acts are coming — it’s all happening in Ballyheigue this summer. The town is preparing to welcome two very different artists in the last weekend of July as The Riptide Movement and Tommy Fleming […]

CONCERNED residents in the Lohercannan/Whitehall area of Tralee met with public representatives this afternoon about drug dealing in one of the most beautiful parts of the town. Deputy Michael Healy Rae and Cllr Sam Locke met with a number of residents who told them there has been heightened activity over […]

THE weather gods smiled on Killarney this afternoon as the picturesque course hosted another Dawn Milk Ladies Day. Women from all over the country dressed to impress on a day when more people were watching the style off the course than the racing. Celebrity couple Una Healy and Ben Foden […]

IF you like your Asian food, then chances are you’ve already sampled the best that Tralee has to offer in Tamarind Restaurant. The business on Matt Talbot Road has been dishing up tantalising Malaysian, Thai and  Chinese specialities for 13 years since Andrew Ong and his family came to town. […]