Archive for October, 2018

WITH the announcement of a number of high-profile music gigs in Hozier, Jenny Greene and Walking On Cars before Christmas, it’s time for the younger ones to have fun at the INEC. And with the stars of Fair City and RTE Jr taking part, it’ll be a truly magical family […]

BACK in July over 100 walkers took the road out west for the final Jamie Wrenn/Mike Deane Memorial walk from Tralee to Castlegregory. Over the years, the walk had raised over €95,000 in aid of various cancer charities and they added another €15,126 to that when the organisers handed over the […]

THEIR voices are already renowned around the county of Kerry, but now it’s the appearance of four Radio Kerry presenters that will come under the spotlight after they signed up to take part in Recovery Haven Kerry’s ‘100 Men/€100 Movember Challenge.’ Big-hearted radio stars Brendan Fuller, Andre Morrissey, Jerry O’Sullivan […]

PUPILS at Caherleaheen National School went to great efforts a couple of weeks ago to raise funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. As part of the Hospice’s National Coffee Morning event, teacher Damien Finn’s fourth class pupils from the school held an event co-ordinated by teacher Bríd Murphy and eventually […]

CAREERS Night took place at Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School on Thursday and a special guest speaker gave interesting talks to students and parents. Organised by the Parents Council, author of “Cracking the College Code” and Education Consultant at Trinity College Dublin, Catherine O’Connor, was joined by around 30 career specialists who […]

AN allocation of €55,000 has been announced for 42 Tidy Towns committees in Kerry and Tralee will benefit to the tune of €4,000. The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, has announced a €1.4 million national grant scheme to mark the 60th anniversary of the Tidy Towns Competition. […]

IT’S going to be a weekend not to be missed for anyone with any interest in health, nutrition and much more as Horan’s Healthstores hold their premiere Health & Wellness Fest on Saturday and Sunday at Manor West Hotel Tralee from 10am until 6pm each day. Horan’s Healthstores currently have […]

While Friday and Saturday are pretty quiet on the events front, there’s plenty to get up to on Sunday… Saturday 1. Health and Wellness Fest… There’s only one place to go this Saturday (and Sunday) and that’s the Manor West Hotel for the Horan’s Healthstores Health and Wellness Fest from […]

DID you have a relative involved in ‘The Great War’? Well a very special event is being held in Valentia to mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice on November 11 and the Council is looking for images of  Kerry people who took part in the conflict to be part […]

A TRALEE martial arts academy had a very successful trip to Portugal last week where they won 19 medals and four world titles. The WMO Martial Arts world championships were held in sunny Albufeira and members of the Black Belt Martial Arts Academy were part of Team Ireland at the event. […]

FOLLOWING inclusion in the annual exhibition of Turner watercolours in the National Gallery of Ireland earlier this year, Irish printmaker, Niall Naessens brings his ‘Good Morning Mister Turner’ exhibition to the Siamsa Tíre Galleries. The exhibition will be officially opened on Friday, October 5 at 6pm by Anne Hodge (Curator […]

GARDAI have arrested a man in his 20s following a burglary at a pub in Knockanure, Moyvane, in the early hours of this morning. Shortly before 4am Gardaí received a report of a burglary that had just occurred in Knockanure. Gardaí carried out a patrol of the area and a […]

A GRADUATE of Kerry College of Further Education (KCFE) Professional Cookery course, Dale Houlihan, shortlisted for the ‘YesChef’ magazine Young Chef of the Year Competition. Dale is 18, comes from Tralee town and began his training under the guidance of Chef Kay Lanigan Ryan in KCFE last September. During his […]

FAMED beauty entrepreneur, Marissa Carter, is coming back to Tralee this month for a make-up masterclass at CH Tralee. Just last month, Marissa launched Carter Beauty Cosmetics, with 103 products in the range. The businesswoman is in Guinea-Bissau at the moment, with children’s rights charity Plan International Ireland – for whom she is […]

STUDENTS aged from seven to 17 are invited to a major coding event in IT Tralee next week. Mega Dojo 2018 takes place at IT Tralee North Campus on Saturday October 13. With support from CoderDojo Ireland, CoderDojo MidWest and the Higher Education Authority, IT Tralee invite young people aged from […]

Another great servant of Kerry football has retired from the county senior football panel. Tributes were paid by former teammates and supporters to Anthony Maher on Twitter today. Here’s what they were saying… Top, top class footballer. Everybody in Duagh has taken immense pleasure from your career and successes, Anthony. […]

A WELL-KNOWN actress and comedian will be presented with the Maureen O’Hara Award for 2018 at the Kerry Film Festival this month. The Board of the Kerry Film Festival will acknowledge Deirdre O’Kane for her contribution to the film and television industry and for her extraordinary talent, skill and determination. The Kerry […]

THE Volkswagen ‘Campfest’ is returning again this month to Michael O’Neill’s Railway Tavern in Camp and it’s set to be another fun event for motor enthusiasts. Over 65 old VW camper vans (and a few Beetles too) made an appearance at the famous pub last year and a great couple […]

ANOTHER Kerry player has decided to retire from the Kerry inter-county scene, After the recent retirements of Donnchadh Walsh and Kieran Donaghy, two-time All-Ireland medal winner Anthony Maher made the announcement on the Kerry GAA website this morning. His statement reads: “Since pulling on my first green and gold jersey […]

AIB Tralee held an event at The Ashe Hotel last night where the focus was on the Irish and international economy and planning for the future as Brexit looms. Speakers at the ‘Planning For The Future’ talk were Chief Economist with Irish Life, Lennie McLoughlin and AIB Tralee’s Customer Financial […]

IF you’re moving into a new home or deciding on refurbishing, then a trip to a new showroom up in Lower Clash Industrial Estate is a must. Alan Griffin who owns the Weekend Superstore, has years of experience in the construction and carpentry industry and now he can show you […]

AFTER the massive sell-out success that was the Oktoberfest Beag in Tralee during the Rose Festival in August, the organisers are bringing it back to Kerry for two nights in November. Oktoberfest Killarney will be an occasion for folk to embrace their inner German and experience a superb evening to […]

BLUES fans won’t have to travel far as Kerins O’Rahillys are to play their Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC semi-final with Dr Crokes at Austin Stack Park. The game against the current county champions will be the second game of a double header at the ground on Sunday, October 14 and […]

THERE were emotional scenes at Lottery HQ in Dublin today as a Kerry dad promised to share entire €500,000 EuroMillions fortune with family. It was a life changing day for the man who picked up his winnings after buying his ticket in Der O’Sullivan’s last week and his numbers came […]

Men’s  Dooks Exchange  30th September, 2018 1st: Bernard Costelloe (27) 38 Points 2nd: Shane O’Connor (18) 38 3rd: Seamus Enright (8) 37 Points 4th: Gerard O’Sullivan (5) 36 Points 5th: Danny Holly (14) 36 Points 6th: Rory Hill (3) 36 Points Best Gross: Graham Spring 32 Points 18 plus Handicap: […]

TWO Tralee schools will take on the names of famous basketball clubs to take part in the first ever Jr. NBA League in Ireland this autumn/winter. During the summer Tralee Imperials found out they had been one of the lucky thirteen clubs in Ireland to be selected to take part in […]

THE local Inspired group has announced an extension of its services thanks to funding from the government. The news comes as another donation was made to Inspired at its Friary Lane headquarters on Monday morning. The Ballybeggan Ladies Golf Society holds an annual lady captain’s day where the ladies traditionally […]

MERCY Mounthawk held its first ever Primary Schools’ GAA blitz recently. A dozen teams from the Tralee area competed for  the Buddy O’Grady Perpetual Cup. Buddy, who retired as caretaker in 2017, has been instrumental in the development of GAA teams at the School over the years and was present […]

THE public is invited to Nolan’s Garage on the North Circular Road later this month for a great family day to help out Pieta House. Londis are a Charity partner of Pieta House in 2018 and in conjunction with that, Nolans Londis are having a big family day on Saturday, […]

  PRESENTATION Secondary School will certainly be well represented next month at a prestigious national science competition for students next month. There was great jubilation in the school when the news arrived that four students Rebecca Hayes, Ciara O’Mahony, Rachael O’Sullivan and Lia O’Connell have been invited to participate in […]