Archive for May, 2019

A BALLYHEIGUE school needs views and votes to win a short film competition. Children from second and third class in St Joseph’s NS have entered the Trend Micro ‘What’s Your Story’ competition. They were asked to create a two minute video answering the question: ‘If you had one special power to make […]

KERRY County Council staff have been working this week in the Tralee Town Park after disappointment was expressed about its appearance over the past few months. The Council has come in for heavy criticism recently from Tralee Municipal District (MD) councillors, businesses and the general public for the poor state […]

Summer Variety Show: Last Sunday saw around 250 people in attendance for the Churchill GAA Summer Variety Show in Ballyroe Heights Hotel and what a night we had. We thank all our Acts, who gave generously of their time, and put on a fantastic night’s entertainment. Once again, this was […]

First Grand League Regatta of the Year for Tralee Rowing Club  Skibbereen Regatta went ahead in glorious sunshine at the National Rowing Centre over 2 days (May 4th and 5th), with rowers from Tralee Rowing Club finally racing their first regatta of the year, after a number of them were […]

A LABOUR Party candidate in the upcoming local elections has criticised the lack of consultation before the implementation of new Rath Cemetery Bye-Laws. The new section of Rathass Cemetery has been declared a Lawn Style Cemetery by Kerry County Council and is now subject to   bye-laws passed in 2018. […]

KERRY Volunteer Centre will participate in National Volunteering Week 2019, which takes place from May 13-19 The main message Kerry Volunteer Centre wants to convey is that volunteers need to be minded and valued. Volunteering Development officer, Siobhan Johnston has organised an amazing set of free workshops that have been […]

TRALEE native, Dr. Sarah Guerin is one of five early-career scientists that have been selected by the Irish Research Council to represent Ireland at the 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting this July. Dr. Guerin is based at the Bernal Institute at University of Limerick and her work focuses on developing […]

IT’S just days away now until the annual Darkness Into Light event and there’s still time to register to take part. Last year 1,451 people registered to attend the Tralee event and an incredible amount of €41,198.97 was raised in the 2018 event. The committee are well prepared to stage the walk […]

A PUBLIC forum on the status of Irish and of the Gaeltacht in Kerry will be held in the Rose Hotel, Tralee this coming Thursday, May 9 commencing at 7pm. This pre-election event is being organised to give the Irish speaking and Gaeltacht community an opportunity to raise issues of […]

Munster Club Championships Five Kerry club teams made the trip to the University of Limerick on bank holiday Monday (May 6th) to represent the county in the Munster Club Championship Finals. In the D Grade Listowel were the Kerry representatives. After overcoming the Country Club from Tipperary 4 – 0 […]

Ballymac Senior Team:  Our Senior team will play at home next Sunday, May 12th in Ballymac in The County Senior League. Our opposition is Dr. Crokes B and the game is fixed for 2pm. We would really appreciate all your support for this game. Ballymc Abú Ballymac Junior team Ballymac […]

Launch Night Party 25th of May:  Parents and Volunteers from each Tralee Parnells team are now selling tickets shortly for our Launch Night Party on 25th May 2019.   At a launch event on Friday the 3rd to kick off the ticket selling, men and women from our two adult teams came to a photo […]

PAUL LUCEY RUN FOR THE ROCK: ‘Well done’ to all who participated in this year’s very successful Paul Lucey Run for The Rock….rith daoine, shiúil daoine, chabhraigh daoine, d’oibrigh daoine agus d’eagraigh daoine…..agus ba mhór an ócáid í! Buíochas le daoine….gach duine! Cf. Adrienne’s snaps on www.austinstacks.ie. PEIL FAOI 6: […]

GARDAI are asking the public for information after a vehicle was stolen in Tralee last week. On Friday, May 3, between 10am and 11am, a silver Skoda Octavia was stolen from the Basin Road area of town. The vehicle was later recovered in Northern Ireland. The matter is under investigation […]

A TRALEE truck driver has revealed she was on a hen’s weekend when she found out she had been drawn to appear on the National Lottery Winning Streak TV game show on RTÉ One this coming Saturday. Ciara Sheehy from Tralee, was on the hen party in Killarney when news […]

FOLLOWING on from the success of the ‘See Something, Say Something’ programme from 2018, the business community of Tralee and the Gardai are fostering greater relations to ensure the town is safe and provides a welcoming experience for all visitors. Tralee Chamber Alliance, through its Cluster programme, is coordinating with […]

THE Austin Stacks GAA family was out in force again on Bank Holiday Monday as they remembered a great clubman at the second Paul Lucey Memorial ‘Run for the Rock’. Hundreds of people converged on the club grounds at Connolly Park for the 5km/10km run which again honoured the memory […]

A NUMBER of contestants for the Kerry Rose 2019 met up in The Rose Hotel on Monday to find out more about what the next few weeks has in store for them. While there are 17 ladies confirmed for the selection night which takes place on Saturday, June 8, there’s […]

SINN Fein’s Cathal Foley wasn’t the only late entrant in the race to be become a councillor in the Tralee Municipal District. Denis O’Reilly from Monalee has also put his name forward and will run as an independent. Also joining the race recently was Ted Cronin, originally from Rathmore but […]

GARDAI in the Killarney District have arrested 16 people in relation to dangerous driving and drug driving incidents over the May Bank Holiday weekend. Twelve drivers were arrested for dangerous driving whilst attending the Rally of the Lakes event. The majority of these incidents were observed by plainclothes Gardaí who […]

PAUL LUCEY RUN FOR THE ROCK: In glorious sunshine on this Bank Holiday Monday there was another huge turn-out for the second running of the Paul Lucey ‘Run For The Rock’ event. Thanks again to all who participated and to all our members who helped out on the day with […]

U6 BOYS AND GIRLS Our U6 boys and girls train together every Sunday morning from 11 to 12 in our state-of-the-art sports hall under the watchful eyes of our numerous qualified coaches. Last Sunday we concentrated on our kicking and co-ordination skills. Among those to impress were Ben, Kyle, Brian, […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 02, 07 & 16. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Brendan and Shannon Quill Lohercannon, Caoimhe and Joan Naughton c/o Tony Casey, Gary Curran Ashgrove, Tina O’Shea Curraheen and Lily Kelliher Lohercannon. […]

Premier Junior Championship Final    Na Gaeil were crowned Kerry Premier Junior Champions on Sunday in Austin Stack Park, Tralee after a near flawless display against North Kerry side St Senan’s. It was a historic day for the club winning their first ever title at this grade. Na Gaeil’s Diarmuid O’Connor […]

Credit Union Co League The Co League resumes next weekend and Round 3 sees both of our senior sides in action.  The Senior A panel have two points from their first two games and host Rathmore in what should be another ding-dong contest if the recent meeting in the club […]

THE moving of the Tralee Food Festival from September to May has resulted in the event proving an even greater success as thousands attended events over the weekend. The weather obviously helped but it seemed that the people of Tralee really took ownership of the festival and thronged the town […]

THE weather was fantastic on Saturday morning as children from St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville gathered for their first Holy Communion. Fr Francis Nolan was the celebrant at the church in Curraheen for the occasion where 23 boys and girls received the sacrament for the first time. It was a […]

ST Brendan’s Basketball Club held their annual awards last Thursday night in the Lee Suite at the Rose Hotel. It was an absolutely fantastic night with our teams from Academy up to U18s including our Thursday Squad coached by Charles O’Sullivan receiving acknowledgement and appreciation for their efforts this season […]

THE Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh officially opened Coláiste Gleann Lí’s €1.1 million euro extension on Thursday  at a ceremony, which was attended by stakeholders and community representatives. This marked the completion of extensive building works which has extended, refurbished and upgraded the post primary school. The extension […]

THE Kerry Minor Team to play Cork on Tuesday at 7pm in Pairc Ui Rinn, Cork, features three players from Tralee clubs in the starting line-up. James Costello of St Pat’s Blennerville is the Kerry head coach and his team sees Devon Burns from Na Gaeil in goals while Austin […]