Archive for January, 2019

THE staff at a local creche showed their generosity just before Christmas by holding a fundraiser for a local community initiative. Tiny Tots Creche was even more colourful than usual when the children and staff held a Christmas Jumper day at the Castlewood Park facility on December 14. One of […]

KERRY finalists in the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) are in Dublin this week for the 55th annual exhibition and Tralee schools are well represented. Taking place at the RDS, Dublin from today (Wednesday) to Saturday, January 12, the brightest minds from across the island will gather under one […]

A DIVISIONAL Protective Service Unit (DPSU) has been established in the Kerry Garda Division. Gardaí say DPSUs will deliver a consistent and professional approach to the investigation of specialised crime types, including sexual crime, child abuse and domestic abuse. Training for personnel attached to each of the units commenced in the […]

COIS Lí Camera Club Tralee have announced that they have John Bermingham of ‘All That Can Be Productions’ coming to give a talk and demonstration at the club on Tuesday, January 15 at 7.30pm at The Greyhound Bar on Pembroke Street. They promise a fun, informative,  learning experience, but numbers […]

THE Board of Radio Kerry has approved an offer to the shareholders of Clare Community Radio Holdings Ltd. to purchase the entire share capital of the company, Clare FM. It has also made an offer for Clare FM’s controlling interest in Tipp FM. The Board of Clare FM are recommending […]

By Colm Griffin Munster Individual Championships Grades F, G and H The University of Limerick was the venue for the first major badminton event involving Kerry badminton players last Sunday (Jan 6th) and the Kingdom was particularly well represented particularly in grades G and H. Listowel duo Rita McCarthy and […]

Sun 6th Jan Scramble , Mixed Teams . Results and Fixtures (14 Holes) Results: 1st : Alan Kelly (6) Gene Kelly (21) John Paul Enright (21) – 39pts 2nd : Billy Naughton (17) Phillip O’Sullivan (8) Brian Lennon (12) – 38pts 3rd : Gerard Deegan (1) James O’Halloran (8) Colm […]

Training resumes at the normal times. UPCOMING  FIXTURES 10/1 U17 Girls Cup Glenbeigh v Imperials  Glenbeigh 18-00 11/1 U18 Div1 Boys Imperials v St.BrendansB Mounthawk 20-00 13/1 U17 Girls Div1 Gneeveguilla v Imperials Rathmore 18-30 U14 Girls Cup Imperials v St.Marys Mounthawk 18-00 U12 Div3 Boys Pool2 St.Pauls B v […]

FAOI 6/8/10: The U6/8/10 season will commence on Sunday next, January 13th. Yes, we’re into a new football year agus, le cúnamh Dé, it’ll be a great year for all our young Rock players. Sunday morning’s activities will be as follows: (i) Mounthawk Gym at 11am….UNDER 6s (boys born in […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre at Monavalley is holding its first ever Open Week from Monday, January 21 to Saturday, January 26. 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 campus and see […]

NURSES and midwives will go on strike for 24 hours on January 30th, it was announced today . The union is legally required to give one week’s notice, but has given three to allow for safety planning. Should the dispute go unresolved, there will be further 24-hour strikes on 5th […]

WORK is to take place on part of the North Kerry Way just outside Tralee, after funding was allocated under Measure 2 of the 2018 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. The funding of €98,665 is for upgrade of the walkway at The Point, Cockleshell Road. In all some €362,463 has been […]

IT looks like a canopy to cover part of the Square will have to wait a while after a councillor sought an update from the Council on the project. Back in September, a draft of the Tralee Town Centre Public Realm Strategy 2018 featured a recommendation for a contemporary canopy […]

KERRY County Council is to reapply for funding this spring to get the steam train at Blennerville up and running again. Cllrs Norma Foley and Toireasa Ferris both asked for updates on the Council’s commitment to the project at Monday’s meeting of Tralee Municipal District. A previous application to Fáilte […]

THE north Kerry men and women who have made their mark on the national political stage over the past 100 years will be the focus of a talk by the authors of a new book at the Seanchaí Centre in Listowel on Thursday, 17th January at 8.00pm. The authors of […]

KERRY TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, confirmed yesterday that €1.65 million is to be made available to Kerry County Council (KCC) by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for the resurfacing of four kilometres of the N69  Listowel to Tralee Road at […]

GARDAI at Listowel are appealing for witnesses following a fatal traffic collision. Shortly after 3pm today, gardaí and emergency services attended at the scene of a serious road traffic collision between a car and a truck at Woodford, approximately 2kms from Listowel. The sole occupant and driver of the car, […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 14, 15, 16 & 20. The five €30 consolation prizes went to D. McMahon c/o Jerry Moriarty, Declan Sheehan Causeway, Jenny Higgins Curragraigue, N. Galvin Tonevane and Elaine Flynn Annagh. Next week’s Lotto will […]

GARDAÍ are asking the public for help in relation to a burglary in a house in a Tralee estate. A house in Fountain Court was broken into between Thursday, December 20 and Saturday, January 5, but nothing was taken. Gardaí are asking if anyone saw anything suspicious in the area […]

AUSTIN Stacks has elected Mairead Fernane as its first ever female chairperson. At the club’s AGM on Sunday afternoon Máiréad followed in the footsteps of her uncle, Dan O’Sullivan, who was the Club’s first Chairman when the Club was founded back in 1917. Máiréad, who was Vice Chairperson for the […]

CLUB AGM: Another piece of Club history was made on Sunday afternoon (6th Jan) when Máiréad Fernane became the first lady to be elected Chairperson of the Rock Club, following in the footsteps of her late Uncle, Dan O’Sullivan, who was the Club’s first Chairman when the Club was founded […]

New Year Greetings    We wish everybody involved in Na Gaeil Club, officers, coaches, mentors, players, parents, patrons and visitors to our club a very happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. Coiste na nÓg AGM    Na Gaeil Coiste na nÓg held their AGM last recently. Officers elected were Chairperson: Colm Ó’Súilleabháin; […]

INTER-COUNTY : Niall O’Mahoney, Michael O’Leary, Jamesie O’Connor and Michael Slattery all lined out for Kerry in the final Munster Hurling League game against Tipperary last Saturday afternoon in Nenagh. Tipperary ran out comprehensive winners on a scoreline of : Tipperary 4-20 Kerry 1-14. Net up for the Kerry hurlers will […]

CLUB PRO Sympathy: Sincere sympathy to the Flynn Family, (Flynn’s Funeral Home)Castlemaine and Tullig, on the death of Nora. May Nora rest in peace. We also send our deepest sympathy to the family of David Sheehy- Rockfield and Rathpooke. May David sleep peacefully in the company of the angels. Get […]

New Year Resolution:  There was plenty of resolve to be seen on the faces of the women who attended the first of 8 pre-season Camogie sessions at the Dynamic Strength and Conditioning gym on High St (near the Bons hospital) in Tralee Friday night.  Great to see the enthusiasm and […]

TRALEE has improved its status to ‘Clean’, according to the final litter survey of 2018 by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Back in October, it was deemed ‘moderately littered’ and in 34th position, but is now ‘Clean To European Norms’ and in 30th place out of the 40 […]

THERE’S only days to go to this year’s Operations Transformation Walk and it’s shaping up nicely. The walk, organised by Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership will follow the old tow path of the Tralee Ship Canal, a stunning walk just outside Tralee town, seeped in nature and scenery what more […]

IT fell on a Sunday this year, but ladies made the weekend their own as restaurants and bars hosted groups for Women’s Christmas. It’s a tradition mainly confined to Kerry and Cork, but one still well observed and businesses enjoyed a late festive season bonanza to end the Christmas festivities […]

AFTER CBS and Mercy Mounthawk students enjoyed their debs during the week, it was time for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students to have some fun on Saturday night. Again, the venue was the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and 74 students enjoyed a three course meal with entertainment from DJ Big Jim. They were joined […]

BETTER late than never! The folks at CH Chemists were working flat out over the past couple of months to make sure Santa came to people in Tralee and beyond, so much so that they didn’t have time for a Christmas party. Well that was rectified on Saturday night when […]