Archive for February, 2019

IT was announced today that all local enterprise support agencies are teaming up to organise and host over 50 events across the county during March 2019 as part of the Kerry Month of Enterprise which takes place during March. Events are planned with the aim of increasing awareness of the […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: The draw has been made for this season’s Club Championship which is due to get underway on the last week-end of March. The Senior Club Championship is divided into two groups of 4. We are in Group 1 together with Dingle, Kenmare Shamrocks and the current All Ireland […]

Tralee Senior Town league Ballymac V Kerins O’Rahillys Sunday 17/02/2019 It may be February 17th but this game had a quality that wouldn’t have gone amiss in July given the favourable conditions, quality of the pitch and the positivity shown by both teams. Kerins O Rahillys exploded out the blocks […]

SENIOR LADIES Our Senior ladies had a busy week with a very good challenge game against Ballymac last Thursday night under lights in Mitchel’s. Played in windy conditions but dry conditions we started well and enjoyed good possession and scores it was an even game with our girls coming out […]

Easter Camp Back by Popular Demand: Our Easter Camp is back and its now over 4 days. Camp runs from Monday the 15th to Thursday 18th of April, 10 to 1 pm and it’s only €35 per child. Reserve your child a place by filling in the online form Féile […]

GARDAI are investigating a number of thefts from car incidents over the past week. A vehicle parked in Michael O’Regan Place in Rathass had the side window broken and two Vodafone modems stolen. Also in Rathass, a pair of size 11 ankle boots were taken from another car after the […]

KERRY County Council today hosted a Civic Reception to honour the work of Fionnbar and Elma Walsh and the Donal Walsh #Livelife Foundation. At a reception at County Buildings in Tralee, the legacy of Donal Walsh and the work being done by his parents to promote his message of positivity […]

Risteárd Ó Fuaráin on Kerry Camogie’s opening league game played on Sunday afternoon… Kerry 0-7 Westmeath 0-10 KERRY welcomed Westmeath to John Mitchel’s GAA Club on Sunday in their first outing in Division 2 of the Littlewoods Ireland National Camogie League. This was a Westmeath team that had been beaten […]

THE St Pats GAA faithful gathered on Saturday night to look back on a successful period in their history and also to look to the future with a sense of optimism. The function in The Rose Hotel was an occasion to reflect on the period of 1989 – 1995 when they won […]

THE senior county championship win was rightly celebrated, but there was also a tinge of sadness to Lixnaw’s Victory Social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Around 170 of the club faithful enjoyed a night of great food and music as they looked back on a year when they […]

Alan Cantwell says the Tralee Warriors defence was immense on Saturday night as they finally beat Killester this season… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 71 Pyrobel Killester 55 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors overcame Pyrobel Killester at the third time of asking this season by 71-55 in a performance of real quality and endeavour […]

Mike O’Halloran was  in Austin Stack Park to see Kerry beat Mayo convincingly this afternoon… Kerry 3-18 Mayo 0-9 A PRETTY easy win for a much changed Kerry hurling team over Mayo in Tralee in this Division 2A league game. Kerry lined out without their scorer-in-chief Shane Conway and ended […]

IT was a miserable night outside, but that didn’t deter around 150 guests from attending a very special event at Ballyseedy Garden Centre on Saturday evening. The ‘Under The Stars Valentine’s Banquet’ event saw guests enjoy a champagne reception followed by an amazing four course meal. There was also an after […]

AROUND 370 people registered for the Tralee 10 Miler and 5k Road Race which took place on Saturday from The Rose Hotel. Organised by Michelle Greaney of Optimal Fitness, she said she was delighted with the turnout which was well up on last year’s event which drew around 300 participants. Runners […]

THERE is an old saying which can apply to any aspect of life and it goes like this; There is your opinion, my opinion and then there is the truth. This brings me nicely to my title – how to recognise truth. To me, truth is easily recognisable once it passes […]

A KERRY event has won the Hidden Heritage award at the National Heritage Week Awards held earlier this week. ‘By hammer, lens and pencil’ hosted by Kerry Geo Adventures/Kerry County Museum last August, shared a story about forgotten Irish geologist Frederick James Foot (1830-1867). He spent time between 1856-1859 surveying the […]

LOCAL Enterprise Office Kerry 2018 jobs figures, show that 104 were created by Local Enterprise Office Kerry supported companies last year.  This is an increase of 9% since 2017. The figures were announced by Heather Humphreys T.D. Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation and Pat Breen T.D., Minister for Trade, […]

‘THERE And Not There’ is an exhibition of photographic work by Victoria J Dean and Sharon Murphy which will be open to the public at Siamsa Tíre, Tralee from today, (Saturday). Originally exhibited at Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast in 2018 and curated by Sarah McAvera, the exhibition shares a concern […]

John McCann says ‘Boy Erased’  is a a powerful and important piece of cinema with a strong message that resonates long after the final credits roll… After  his successful directorial debut, with the 2015 feature ‘The Gift’, Joel Edgerton takes his place once again behind the camera for the powerful […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: What is replacing P45 and P60 statements?  Answer: Since 1 January 2019, P45s and P60s have been abolished and replaced with an online system as part of PAYE modernisation. You […]

WHAT a guy! Hanna O’Connell received a lovely surprise on St Valentines Day when a couple of  flags arrived at her door signed by former Munster and current Racing 92 rugby star Simon Zebo, Hanna, who has Cystic Fibrosis, hit the headlines over the past couple of years thanks to […]

A WONDERFUL school in the heart of Tralee is currently enrolling pupils for September 2019. Moyderwell Mercy is a co-educational primary school in the Catholic tradition, catering for pupils from Junior Infants to Sixth Class. Each child is individually known to the Principal and staff and is educated in a […]

IT’S that time of the year again. With just a month to go, the call has gone out to clubs and community groups to get involved in this year’s St Patrick’s Day Parade in Tralee. Hundreds of people from dozens of organisations take part every year, showing the amazing community […]

WE hope this motorist was ordering some chicken nuggets and not a Big Mac when he took a calf to the McDonalds in Tralee recently. Bláthnaid Earley was parked nearby when she caught the footage on her mobile of a calf in the backseat of a car at the drive-in. […]

HAVING raised over €20,000 last year for the Irish Guide Dogs For The Blind, local ladies are once again holding a fundraiser for the organisation. A dance will be held in The Meadowlands Hotel on this Saturday, February 16, with music coming from ‘Nightlife’. ‘Take the Lead and Dance the Night […]

THERE’S still time to enter the Tralee 10 Miler and 5k Road Race which takes place this Saturday at 10.30am from The Rose Hotel. Organised by Michelle Greaney of Optimal Fitness, the chosen charity to benefit is the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Last year’s event drew 300 participants and a good […]

A SPECIAL event is being held at IT Tralee tomorrow (Saturday) to ease any child’s fears about getting treatment in a hospital. The Teddy Bear’s Hospital promises to be an educational, interactive and fun day, where Teddy will have his blood pressure, temperature taken and will be treated for minor […]

IT’S a huge weekend for Garvey’s Tralee Warriors as they continue their bid for a first Men’s Super League title. At the moment they lie in third place on 24 points, six behind leaders Templeogue. However, the Warriors have two games in hand so it’s still all to play for. […]

IT’S a meeting which is only in its second year, but it’s already proving massively popular among primary schools throughout the county. Over 500 pupils from 41 schools spread throughout Kerry took part in the Allianz-sponsored Cumann na mBunscol Chiarraí Cross Country competition on Wednesday at Caherslee GAA grounds. “The […]

A NUMBER of fun events are taking place at Harvey Norman Tralee over the next couple weeks for a fantastic cause. This Saturday and Sunday sees it all kick-off with a static bikeathon event which sees staff taking turns cycling the distance from Kerry to Dublin while remaining in the […]