Archive for April, 2019

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 17, 19, 20 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Fred and Frieda c/o Gerry Moriarty, Elaine Daly Kerin’s Park , Aisling Curran Blennerville, Kevin O’Shea Laurel Court and Michelle Allman c/o […]

Parnells Men Earn A Draw in Historic First Home Game: A huge thank you to St. Brendan’s Hurling Club from Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie Club for the kind words on your social media. North Kerry Hurling Board Intermediate Lg. St. Brendan’s 1:8(11) Tralee Parnells 1:8(11) Full Time An historic night in Caherslee for Tralee […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing for information regarding incidents in the Tralee area over the past week. A farm gate was taken in upper Clahane, Ballyard on the Short Mountain Road. It was taken between 8am Thursday, April 11 and Saturday April 12 at 7pm. It’s a silver gate measuring […]

KERRY Fire and Rescue Service experienced a busy period for callouts over the weekend. From Friday last to Sunday night the service had 21 callouts to deal with incidents including 12 gorse fires. On Friday/Saturday morning fire crews were required to deal with gorse fires in Knocknagoshel, Caragh Lake, Brosna, Muckross […]

THE annual Tralee Municipal District ceremony to commemorate the Easter Rising and the unveiling of a 1916 Commemorative Stone takes place on Easter Sunday, April 21 at 12 noon in Pearse Park, Denny Street, Tralee. There will be an unveiling of a 1916 Commemorative Stone listing 108 names of Kerry people […]

A LABOUR Party candidate for the Tralee Municipal District, Ben Slimm, has called for Kerry County Council to engage in a campaign to make people more aware of illegitimate collections of clothing, toys and other items. The scam normally involves a bag or sticker being delivered by hand through residential […]

A TEAM of Kerry ETB apprentices have been recognised for their innovative problem solving skills at a National Award ceremony. The 2019 Generation A Competition Awards event was organised by SOLAS, the National Further Education and Training Authority and took place in Dublin’s Clayton Hotel, Burlington Road on Thursday last […]

A KERRY-BASED film crew led by award winning director Malcolm Willis from Killarney embarked on a journey to Kilimanjaro, Tanzania last Saturday, to capture the story of Tir na nÓg orphanage  which was set up by Tralee woman Louise Quill in 2007. Malcolm Willis contacted Louise back in August 2018 […]

THE Kingdom Veteran Vintage & Classic Car Club (KVVCCC) has its 40th anniversary this year and it looking forward to its Ring Of Kerry run which takes place on the weekend of May 18/19. Aherns Garage in Castleisland have come on board this year as a sponsor for the 40th […]

THE 60th year celebrations of the Rose of Tralee International Festival have received a springtime boost with the confirmation that the multi­-award winning salon group Sean Taaffe Hair & Beauty will be the Official Hair Partner to the event again in 2019. This year’s flagship event on the Irish Festivals […]

  SINN Féin Kerry County Councillor Pa Daly has called on Kerry County Council to address several sources of pollution on the Big River in Killeen. Cllr Daly said: “While County Clean Up day provides an opportunity for communities to gather and tidy their areas it is somewhat hypocritical for Kerry County […]

BAD news. There’s some awful weather on the way if Met Eireann’s forecasts are to be believed. A Status Yellow Rainfall warning will come into effect this evening for Kerry which will see heavy rain on Sunday night and Monday with a risk of spot flooding, especially in southern parts […]

A FEW years ago at a meeting I was introduced as Roger Harty a great fighter of depression. While I welcomed the intent of the person who introduced me, which I have no doubt was well meaning,  I was very quick to point out that the best way to deal […]

IT was a fun night at The Ashe Hotel when the Tralee Rugby Club faithful gathered to try their luck during a race night. “This is our first time holding it and it was a lot of work, but we’re delighted with the turnout,” said Richard Sharp, one of the […]

THERE was a massive crowd in the Earl of Desmond on Friday night for a table quiz in aid of Ballymac Community Games. An amazing 25 tables took part, consisting mainly of families, as the quiz was held early in the night. It was a real family occasion to kick […]

FRIDAY night was quiz night in Gallys Bar and Restaurant on the Castlemaine Road as the John Mitchels Club hosted an event for the juvenile section. There was a good turnout for the annual event with spot prizes generously donated mainly by businesses in the Boherbee and Mitchels catchment area. […]

THE weather was awful, but that didn’t stop thousands of people from throwing their weight behind the County Clean-Up effort. Even the Taoiseach was on hand to lend his support to the campaign in Kerry when Leo Varadkar showed up at Aghadoe near Killarney yesterday afternoon. He and Minister Brendan […]

THIS spring allow yourself some time for relaxation and reflection with the new Bamboo Massage at Serenity Spa at The Rose Hotel which will energise you physically, mentally and spiritually. Bamboo massage is an innovative way to provide Swedish or deep tissue massage using heated bamboo sticks to roll and […]

DOUBLE Special Olympics medal winner, Gary O’Sullivan, received a rapturous welcome when he returned to his alma mater in Tralee on Friday morning. Just a few weeks ago, the Castleisland man was in Abu Dhabi for the games where he claimed the gold in the shot put and silver in […]

ALL the fund-raising efforts by a group of Tralee youngsters paid off on Friday, as they headed off to see Liverpool and Irish soccer legends play in Dublin. Nineteen kids from Tralee Dynamos U12B side, along with 10 adults boarded a Power’s Travel bus early on Friday afternoon to journey […]

NOT before time. All involved with Garvey’s Tralee Warriors gathered at Council Chambers at Kerry County Council to honour a club which has taken basketball to new heights in this town. What the Warriors have done for Tralee in three years (and not just in sport) is nothing short of […]

John McCann says Kerry native Jessie Buckley shines in entertaning musical feature ‘Wild Rose’… Following on from its successful showing as part of the recent Dingle International Film Festival, the new feature from Tom Harper and starring Killarney’s own Jessie Buckley gets its long awaited release this week at Tralee Omniplex. ‘Wild […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I’ve just booked my summer holidays for this year and plan to travel around Europe with my partner and my 10-year old son.   How do I make sure […]

FIVE-TIME All-Ireland winner and the country’s first winner of Dancing With The Stars, Aidan O’Mahony, is calling on the public to join him in walking the Camino de Santiago to raise vital funds for Cardiac Risk in Young (CRY) Ireland on September 7-14. The Camino is a walk anyone can […]

THIS week’s Prize Bond Star Prize of €50,000 goes to lucky Prize Bond number AET611407 held in Kerry. The lucky bond was purchased in 2016.  There were over 4,600 prizes awarded in this week’s Prize Bond Draw, amounting to over €298,000. In addition to a €1 million prize awarded on […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre and Code Institute are offering 14 fully-funded places on their upcoming Software Development Diploma (Full Stack) qualification which starts on May 27 in Tralee. In a first for Kerry, this accelerated bootcamp programme is the only classroom version of this highly acclaimed course run outside of […]

THERE was a rise in crime overall in the county in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2018. Kerry Garda Division Chief Superintendent, Eileen Foster, was attending her first Joint Policing Committee meeting in Kerry County Council on Friday where she gave a […]

THE second annual Donal Walsh LiveLife Foundation Football Tournament will kick-off a new MMental Fitness And Wellbeing Project for children at the club next month. Taking place on May 4 the tournament for boys will see 16 clubs from Tralee and all over the county represented to play for the […]

STUDENTS and staff from Kerry College of Further Education made for a colourful sight on Thursday in glorious sunshine. They took part in a 5k Colour Run/Walk fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society. The powdered paint was flying from just after noon as participants warmed up in a great atmosphere. […]

TWO days in to Tralee Musical Society’s latest production and audiences are loving ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’. It opened on Wednesday to a sellout crowd and last night saw it filled to capacity again.  With wonderful songs and a truly scrumptious set, justice is done to this true children’s classic […]