Archive for February, 2019

LEE Strand presented its monthly Milk Quality Award winners at a ceremony at its offices  last week. Awards of excellence for supplying the highest quality of milk are presented to twelve Lee Strand farmers each year for their commitment to excellence on the farm, month after month providing the highest […]

ASHE Street will be the location for a new retailer to open an outlet in April. The Woollen Market, founded in Clare in 2015, already has four stores open in Liscannor, Ennis, Westport and Sligo. It will set up its fifth outlet at the former Regatta Great Outdoors store which […]

THERE’S good news for residents in the Ballyvelly area of town as the Gala shop which shut last year is due to reopen again. The shop at Caheranne Village, which served the surrounding community on the westside of town, closed its doors last summer, but we’ve been informed that it […]

KIERAN Donaghy has joined Newstalk’s ‘Off The Ball’ team to talk GAA for the coming season. The former Kerry star was announced as their new ‘signing’ on the show tonight. Kieran has been sporadically applying his punditry skills in the past, but listeners to the excellent ‘Off The Ball’ show […]

CARA Credit Union held its Annual Schools Quiz on Sunday in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre with many school represented. Schools from all over the are took part and for the 1st and 2nd place winners in the Under 11 and Under 13 categories, they will now go onto Stage […]

GRANDPARENTS of children at St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville were made to feel special on Wednesday when the school hosted a day dedicated to them. A short prayer service was held and pupils read poems and sang songs before the adults enjoyed some refreshments. It’s a day both pupils and […]

FROM the cold to the wind. There was a Status Yellow alert for snow and ice for most of last week, but we really didn’t get it too bad around the Tralee area. Now it’s the wind we’re being warned about as Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow – Weather […]

UNIVERSITY Hospital Kerry is conducting a survey to find out about public opinion on the hospital and its services from the people of Kerry. The survey is part of an overall process to develop and promote communications with patients, relatives, general public, GPs, healthcare professionals, other institutions and prospective healthcare professional […]

A TRALEE man will take to the stage at The Blasket Comedy Club tomorrow night (Thursday) for what should be a hugely entertaining show. It’s a great chance for locals to see Shane Clifford, who is currently performing around the country including a Dublin gig at the International Bar last […]

By Colm Griffin Kerry Juvenile Girls Singles Championships  Over 60 juvenile girls took to the courts at the Kerry singles championship at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre on Saturday 2nd February Some great games were played out on the day and Listowel took 3 of the 4 titles on offer. […]

PEIL FAOI 6 – NB – CHANGE OF VENUE: UNDER 6 boys (born in 2013/14) will continue their Sunday morning training in THE GREEN CBS Gym at 11am. All beginners most welcome. The reason for the change of venue is to facilitate the students who will be doing their mock […]

Sun 03rd Feb: 14 Hole Singles (5th Tee start)- Results & Fixtures Results: 1st Kieran Ruttledge (17) – 35pts 2nd Declan O’Connell (13) – 31pts 3rd Maurice G O’Connor (10) – 30pts 4th Tim Leahy (5) – 30pts Fixtures: Sat 09th Feb Casual Golf Sun 10th Feb Club Singles Sat […]

All training continues at the usual times.Upcoming Fixtures 7/2 U14 Div1 Girls St.Josephs v Imperials Duagh 20-00 Academy Div1 Girls Imperials Diamonds v Rathmore Cumann Iosaef 18-00 9/2 U16 Div3 Girls Imperials v St.Josephs Mounthawk 16-00 10/2 Sen Women Div1 Round Robin(Cup) St. Josephs v Imperials Duagh 18-00 13/2 U18 […]

By Donie Jack Griffin Well done to all the Boy 1 who boxed for Kerry on Sunday 3 February. This is these lads first year boxing so when the chance came to box for their county they jumped at it. Heading into South-side Boxing club was a daunting experience for […]

TRALEE Rotary Club and Down syndrome Kerry have got together to promote a day for dropping off unwanted bicycles and clothing at two different venues. If you have an old bike that you want to get rid of, then a trip to Tralee Rugby Club is in order later this […]

A TRALEE-BASED physiotherapist has been appointed Vice President of the Irish Society of Chartered Physiotherapists. Dr Corinne Evans will take up the role at the Society which is the national professional body representing over 3,000 Chartered Physiotherapists in Ireland. While head office is in the Royal College of Surgeons in […]

IF you’re looking for something different to do this Saturday — that doesn’t include the Six Nations and the big GAA game — then you can support local artists and craft makers at a Valentine’s Market in Roundy’s Bar at Milk Market Lane in Tralee from 1pm-6pm. Having previously hosted […]

RESPONDING to the shortage of skilled construction workers across Kerry, Kerry ETB Training Centre have announced an all-new 22-week full time Construction Groundworks Skills training course. Learners will learn how to lay, fix and join a range of kerbs, flags and paviors, mix and finish concrete and undertake skill sampling […]

GARDAI have arrested and charged a man in his 20s and seized approximately €57,000 worth of suspected cannabis resin following an operation in Camp, last night. Shortly after 10pm, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Kerry carried out a search operation in Camp. During the course of the search Gardaí […]

TRADING Online Vouchers to the value of €2,500 are still available to support small Kerry businesses to enhance their online trading presence and can also be used to buy online advertising with TraleeToday.ie. A free information session is the first step in applying for the Trading Online Voucher and it will be held in The Park […]

OVER 70 people, representing environmental organisations, businesses, community groups and individuals from all over Kerry, participated in the inaugural meeting of the Kerry Climate Action Network at the Institute of Technology, Tralee last Tuesday evening. Arising from two public events in November 2018: The National Dialogue for Climate Action and […]

A NUMBER of representatives from the hospitality industry in Kerry joined Kerry County Council in celebrating a number of recent accolades won for the countty. The Irish Independent readers recently voted Kerry as their No. 1 Home Holiday Destination in its 2019 Reader Travel Awards. Kerry has been picking up […]

KERRY’S Sinn Féin representatives Martin Ferris and Cllr Toireasa Ferris have called on the Minister for Social Protection to review the current process of pension recalculations with a view to simplifying it as it is causing confusion and frustration for applicants. Speaking today Cllr Ferris stated: “Our offices have been inundated […]

GARDAI are looking for information in relation to incidents of criminal damage and a burglary in Tralee over the past few days. On Friday, February 1, between 12.45am and 1.05am, a van was damaged in the Racecourse Road area of Oakpark. Later on Friday, between 2pm and 3pm a window […]

SCOR NA BPAISTI : Entries for Scór an bPaistí (For Primary School Children) competition for the North Kerry Hurling Board area in 2019 are now being received. Anyone interested in taking part in any of the following categories are asked to contact Club Cultural Officer : Mary Roche before 12th […]

Senior Team Our Senior team got a walk over from Ardfert last Sunday when they played Round 3 of The St Brendan’s Board Senior League. Next weekend they play John Mitchel’s at 2pm in John Mitchel’s.  Check our web site www.ballymacgaa.com and our Facebook page for full updates later in […]

Tralee Town Board Senior League Kerins O’Rahillys 1-14 Na Gaeil 1-09 Our Senior team started their year with a hard-earned win over a competitive Na Gaeil outfit after a well contested game in Strand Road on Sunday last. We started well and Jack Savage made an immediate impact when he […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: John Mitchels 0-10; Austin Stacks 0-13. For the sixth year in a row our Seniors won their first outing of the season in round 2 of the Town League played in Mitchels home venue on Sunday afternoon (3rd Feb). The game was evenly balanced in the opening stages with […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 11, 14, 16 & 21. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Pat and Bernie c/o Betty’s Bar, Ava Kelliher Annagh, E + S Quill Lohercannon, Paula Callaghy Lohercannon and Greg Thompson Curragraigue. Next […]

Seniors    The seniors played Kerins O’Rahilly’s on Sunday in the Town League in Strand Road and were defeated on a score line of 1-14 to 1-09. They play St. Pat’s, Blennerville this coming Friday night February 8th at 8pm either in Currans or Mitchels. Minors     Na Gaeil Minors will play […]