Archive for September 27th, 2019

THE 30th annual Blennerville Windmill threshing festival takes place this Sunday and there’s a wonderful line-up of entertainment for the day to celebrate the anniversary. This is one of the oldest steam threshing and vintage car display in Kerry running since 1989 and there’s something for all the family. Starting at […]

IT’S been a bad week weatherise and it’s not going to let up until Sunday. Me Eireann have just issued a Status Yellow – Rainfall warning for Kerry , Cork, Wexford and Waterford for tomorrow until the early hours of Sunday morning. Heavy downpours of rain expected with totals 30-40mm […]

BALLYMACELLIGOTT GAA club is hoping as many people as possible turn up in their running shoes for an event next month. The inaugural ‘Run Ballymac’ will be held on Sunday, October 13 and will feature a half marathon 10k, 5k and family fun run. All money raised will go to the […]

WHILE the official date for Ireland’s biggest coffee morning took place last Thursday, Kirby’s Brogue Inn kept the funds rolling in for the Kerry Hospice today. The Rock Street hostelry hosted the fundraiser where customers could avail of a coffee and some goodies in return for a donation to the charity […]

A CHEQUE for €12,815 was presented to Kerry Hospice Foundation on Thursday evening thanks to the efforts of 12 charity runners. The participants in the ‘Great Irish Marathon’ took on a unique challenge of running one mile in each of the 26 counties in the Republic on the longest day […]

SOMETHING different in the Town Park on a Saturday. As part of European Week of Sport 2019, Mountain Biking Kerry will be holding a mountain biking experience day in Tralee Town Park in conjunction with Kerry Recreation & Sports Partnership. On the day, two local mountain biking clubs will be […]

UNIVERSITY Hospital Kerry management has asked the public not to attend the Emergency Department unless it’s a genuine emergency, due to significant overcrowding this morning. They say the ED is currently very busy, with increased patient attendances with a variety of complex needs. Management says it wants to keep ED […]

GARDAI carried out operations in nine Garda Divisions, including Kerry, last week relating to prostitution offences. During the week of the September 16-21, An Garda Síochána conducted intelligence led operations across nine DMR North, DMR East, DMR South Central, DMR West, Kilkenny/Carlow, Cork City, Kerry, Galway and Donegal Garda Divisions […]

THE PwC All-Star football nominations have been announced and Kerry has nine players in contention for the awards. David Clifford and Sean O’Shea have also been nominated for Young Player Of The Year. The Kerry nominations are; Goalkeeper: Shane Ryan. Defenders: Paul Murphy, Tadhg Morley, Tom O’Sullivan. Midfielder: David Moran. Forwards: David Clifford, Paul Geaney, Seán O’Shea, Stephen O’Brien Continued below… The […]