Archive for January, 2019

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Back in Division 1 after a one year absence this season’s Co. League will involve six away trips and five at home. We begin on 10th March with a home game against Kilcummin, who at that stage could be All Ireland Intermediate Club Champions, and who were the […]

Only a few days to go! Kerins O’Rahillys’ fifth annual 10k/5k run and walk, in association with PRO-PLAN Property Management Ltd, will commence at 11am on Sunday next, January 27th.  This year’s event honours well-known clubman Francie Quill, who’s involvement with Kerins O’Rahillys’ juveniles spanned a 36-year period to 2012. […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 11, 22 & 26. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Bryan Quilter Curragraigue, Anne and Johnny c/o Betty’s Bar, Patrick Dillane Clahane, Stephen Jordan Blennerville and Mike Greaney Annagh. Next week’s Lotto […]

Fri 8th Feb Spring Hurling Academy Start :  All these ages groups, starting Friday 8th Under 6 boys & girls indoor hurling : 6 – 7 PM Under 8 and 10 boys outdoor astro: 6 to 7 PM Under 8 and 10 Camogie outdoor: 6.30 to 7.30 PM The club are always looking […]

A KERRY woman went on a €22,000 Winning Streak of her own when she appeared on the National Lottery game show on RTÉ One last Saturday. Peggie Fitzgibbon from Kenmare won €22,000 in cash from the show and revealed that she completely missed her name get pulled from the Winning […]

TWO women who have contributed so much to the local community in Tralee and Kerry will be honoured this week at the annual Kerry County Council and Municipal District Awards ceremony. Taking place this Thursday night at the Rose Hotel, Tralee at 7pm, founder of Recovery Haven-Kerry Marian Barnes and Mary […]

TRALEE Rowing Club adult member Paula Moloney won 2nd place in her category at the Irish Indoor Rowing Championship (IIRC) in the UL Sports Arena, Limerick, on Saturday. She won her medal in the 2k race, W40-49 category and also competed in the 1k race with a great result. This […]

TRALEE-based social enterprise, Foodshare Kerry, was the winner of €10,000 at the Social Enterprise Development Fund Showcase Event to help support their fantastic work in helping local charity groups combat food poverty. Courtney Sheehy of Foodshare Kerry pitched in front of an audience of over 100 attendees comprised of her […]

Two losses on the trot for Warriors as UCC Demons come and conquer in Tralee. Alan Cantwell reports… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors Super League hopes suffered a setback last night as they were edged out by their keen rivals UCC Demons in front of another packed out Tralee Sports Complex on […]

WITH their minor team enjoying an especially good year, there was a lot to celebrate at the Abbeydorney GAA Club Victory Social on Saturday night at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Around 150 people were in attendance to see the victorious minor team receive their Co. Minor C’Ship and N.K. League […]

IF you’re heading to the Kerry’s Allianz Football League opener against Tyrone next Sunday in Killarney, then be aware that admission prices have gone up. In the Allianz Leagues, tickets for matches in Divisions 1 and 2 in football and for games in Divisions 1A and 1B in hurling will […]

A KERRY county councillor fears that drones are being used for criminal activity in the county, after an incident of theft before Christmas. Fine Gael Cllr Mike Kennelly of the Listowel Municipal District was speaking at the Joint Policing Committee meeting in Tralee on Friday. He said a lady had […]

AROUND 140 of the best GAA fans in Kerry were in Ballygarry House Hotel last night for the 29th annual Kerry GAA Supporters Club Social. The night, as always, honoured the achievements of successful Kerry teams and pride of place went to the team who achieved the five in a […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre at Monavalley is holding its first ever Open Week from Monday, January 21 to Saturday, January 26 and there’s a It is a chance for parents, school leavers, job seekers, career changers, those who wish to re-skill or up-skill and guidance professionals to visit the Monavalley […]

THE National Lottery is this morning appealing to its Lotto players in Kerry to check their tickets to see if they have landed a big prize last night. One Kerry player came agonisingly close to hitting the €5.2 million Lotto jackpot, but won €289,861 after matching five numbers and the […]

ONE of the great advantages of writing my own article is that I have the opportunity to ask myself my own questions and in turn give my own answers. With this in mind I am going to ask myself perhaps the deepest question that there is to ask. ‘Roger, what […]

GARDAI have seized suspected cocaine, cannabis and controlled drugs worth an estimated value of €7,200 following a search at a house in Cahersiveen, on Friday. Shortly after 10pm Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by uniform Gardaí in Cahersiveen, conducted a search at a house in Cahersiveen. During the course of the […]

THE ever-popular Swim for a Mile programme is back for 2019 and registrations are now open. Kerry Recreation & Sports Partnership (KRSP) in collaboration with Swim Ireland, Healthy Ireland and three public swimming pools in Kerry — including at the complex in Tralee — are offering a unique coaching programme for […]

KERRY College of Further Education students had a great opportunity to gain an insight into the booming tourism sector in Ireland when they received a visit from Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Brendan Griffin on Friday. The event was attended by, among others, the Tourism with Business students at the college and in […]

THE many advantages of being educated at St John’s Parochial School will be there for all to see on Saturday, January 26 at 1pm when the school hosts an Open Day. Parents of children starting school in September, or indeed the year after, will be very impressed with the family […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I’m a PAYE worker. What income tax will I pay in 2019? Answer: The amount of tax that you have to pay depends on your personal circumstances. Tax is charged […]

John McCann says ‘Stan and Ollie’ is a brilliant bromantic biopic on Hollywood’s original comedic double act… ABBOTT and Costello, Morecambe and Wise, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are all famous comedic duos that have the trailblazing works of a certain Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy to thank for paving […]

By Eamon Fitzgerald IT Tralee will kick off their 2019 Sigerson Cup campaign with a home game against Ulster University this Sunday (January 20th). The game will take place at the John Mitchels GAA Pitch, Tralee and will have a throw in time of 1pm. IT Tralee come in to this […]

IT has been revealed this morning that 20 people in Kerry were affected by failures in the Garda Youth Diversion programme. Superintendent Dan Keane of the Tralee Garda District — standing in for Kerry Chief Supt Tom Myers who is meeting Garda Commissioner Drew Harris today — informed the meeting […]

WHO wrote ‘Auld Lang Syne’? Which national soccer team is known as La Albicelestes? Which country has the beaver as its national emblem? These were just some of the questions fired at participants in a table quiz in town last night. And with spot prizes like two nights in Sheen Falls […]

THERE was a very impressive turnout for the first Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee Operation Transformation group walk of the year on Thursday evening. People of all ages turned up for the walk from the carpark to trek up towards Lohercannan, back down the canal walkway and to Garvey’s again where refreshments awaited them. […]

MANY people enjoyed a healthy end to 2018 when they hit the road for the Optimal Fitness Tralee 5k and 10k Road Race on New Year’s Eve. Nearly 400 set off from The Rose Hotel in glorious sunshine on the day and they all helped raise funds for the event’s charity […]

KERRY ETB’s Kerry College of Further Education (KCFE) and the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in the Kerry College’s new town centre Campus on Denny Street. This MOU means that (KCFE) and the Bon Secours will partner in the promotion and provision of education and training in Health […]

A TRALEE woman will enjoy a great start to 2019 as she was the latest winner in the Cara Credit Union Cara Members Draw. The draw itself took place at the Cara Credit Union on Monday, December 7, but the winner didn’t find out until a day later when by […]

FIANNA FÁIL MEP Brian Crowley has announced that he will not contest the European elections in May this year. Crowley is the longest-serving Irish MEP in Europe having topped the poll in Munster and Ireland South in every European Parliament election since 1994. However, due to ill-health, he has decided […]