Archive for February, 2020

TWO well known social influencers are coming back to Tralee for what is billed as a fabulous night of fun, food and fashion in the Ballygarry House Hotel & Spa next month. Helen Quealy Murphy of Daily Diva and Stuart Montgomery of Stuart’s Select Style will return after a sold […]

CBS The Green Secondary School Tralee has launched a programme of events for International Safer Internet Day on Wednesday, February 11. Led by Transition Year students, they aim to inspire a countywide conversation about using technology responsibly, respectfully, critically and creatively. International Safer Internet Day, SID is celebrated in over […]

MEDIA outlets are reporting that a woman is being treated for respiratory issues and is believed to be receiving anti-viral medication in University Hospital Kerry for symptoms similar to the Coronavirus. Reports say the woman is in isolation as a precaution and may have been in contact with people who […]

Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 2 Round 2 Wexford 0-04 -v- Kerry 5-15 Venue: St. Patricks Park, Enniscorthy Referee: Johnny Murphy (Carlow) Kerry continued their impressive start to the campaign with an emphatic win against Wexford on Sunday. With Wexford making two changes to the program and four positional […]

ANY plans for Valentine’s Night? Why not just get married? Kirby’s Brogue Inn are inviting couples or just friends to have a bit of fun at the bar on February 14, all in aid of a local charity. People can come in and ‘Father’ Vinnie Murphy of the Brogue will […]

STAFF at local preschools in Tralee showed solidarity with fellow professionals who are protesting in Dublin today. Thousands of childcare providers, educators, and parents took part in the protest in the capital as part of their campaign for greater funding in the sector and better pay for educators. The team at […]

STUDENTS from Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk, Tralee, secured €500 in funding through the Social Innovation Den hosted by Young Social Innovators in Cork last week. The students, who have been working on projects through Young Social Innovators since September, impressed the panel of dragons with their creative ideas to effect […]

GARDAI have arrested three men in relation to four burglaries of retail premises in the North Kerry and Limerick areas that occurred this morning, Wednesday, February 5. The burglaries took place at premises in Creeves, Co. Limerick, Ballylongford, Tarbert and Moyvane in Kerry. A sum of cash was taken from […]

KERRY has a brand new millionaire after the National Lottery this morning confirmed that Tuesday night’s Daily Million top prize of €1 million was won in the Kingdom. The National Lottery is now appealing for all its Daily Million players in Co. Kerry to check their tickets after they matched […]

LEE Strand presented its monthly Milk Quality Award winners at a ceremony at its offices recently. 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 quality […]

A CLOSER look at the TG4 Kerry constituency poll results released last night reveals some interesting trends. The poll which was carried out last weekend saw Sinn Féin’s Pa Daly and Michael Healy Rae both on 20% and leading the field. TG4’s Sean Mac an tSíthigh tweeted more data from […]

A NEW poll conducted for TG4 revealed tonight, shows Independent TD Michael Healy Rae and Sinn Fein’s Pa Daly leading the field in the Kerry constituency. The poll, which was carried out last weekend in areas around the constituency on 538 people and carries a margin of error of plus […]

SYMPATHY: Our community was saddened to hear of the death of Timmy O’Sullivan, Rusheen and Ballinoe. Our sincere sympathy to his wife Mary, his son Anthony, daughters Catriona and Maria , his mother Eva, his brothers and sisters and their extended families. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal. […]

By Ruth Concannon More Champions and Kerry Team Successes!  In an action-packed weekend of badminton there were Kerry championships held in Killarney sports and leisure centre on both Friday night and Saturday. This was topped off with the first of the Munster inter county team competitions on Sunday in the […]

Men’s Results: 1st  Daniel O’ Loughlin (10) 26 Pts 2nd  Gerard Power (12)  26 Pts 3rd  Jim O Connor (18) 24 Pts 4th  Gerard Hussey  (10) 24 Pts Number Played: 46 Men’s Fixtures: Sat 08th Feb – Casual Golf Sun 09th Feb – Singles (14 Hole) Sat 15th Feb – Casual Golf Sun 16th Feb – […]

ROCK & ROSE VICTORY SOCIAL: Tickets at €35 are on sale at present for the Club Social which takes place at the Rose Hotel on Saturday, 22nd February. There will be a special sale of tickets in the Clubhouse on this Friday night (7th Feb) from 8 to 9pm. BALLOONAGH […]

KERRY star Paul Geaney has been voted GAA.ie Footballer of the Week. The Dingle man earned 6,578 votes on the Official GAA Instagram page with Dublin’s Ciaran Kilkenny second (3,853 votes) and Monaghan’s Conor McCarthy third (2,932 votes). Paul Geaney netted that a vital goal as Kerry finished strongly against Galway to […]

WHILE election candidates will be looking for your  No.1 on Saturday, votes of a different kind will be cast at Ballyroe Heights Hotel for a special ‘Strictly’ event that night. Final preparations are in hand for ‘Mr & Mrs Strictly Come Dancing’ organised by Tralee Musical Society, where married couples […]

THE Board of Management at a Tralee school has criticised the Government for inaction on progressing a new school building in a statement issued. Tralee Educate Together NS is currently on the School Building list (2019-21) but they say they have not had any direct communication from the Department of […]

SCHOOLS from the Tralee area were prizewinners at the Cara Credit Union Noreen Lynch Annual Schools Quiz on Sunday last in the Kerry Sports Academy. 25,000 primary school children all over Ireland tested their brain power at their annual Credit Union Schools Quiz with questions compiled nationally by primary school teachers […]

KERRY Climate Action Network held a public pre-election event in IT Tralee last Thursday evening with over 50 people in attendance. Three general election candidates turned up for the event, with each speaking to the audience about how they and their parties plan to address climate change and biodiversity loss […]

TOURISM stakeholders in the Kingdom have been invited to participate in a series of workshops next week to present both the domestic and British campaign for the launch of the new Ryanair route between Kerry and Manchester. Kerry Airport, with the support of Kerry County Council, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism […]

THE DEXA Scan service at University Hospital Kerry is about to reopen. Deputy John Brassil, Fianna Fail’s junior spokesperson on Primary Care, Community Health services, held discussions with hospital management today and has been informed that the service will begin again and begin to clear the massive backlog of Kerry […]

Lee Strand Tralee Town Board Senior League John Mitchels 0-06 Kerins O’Rahillys 3-09 Our Senior team started their year with a deserved win over the home side after a well contested game in the John Mitchels’ complex on Sunday last. The game was played in cold, wet and very windy […]

Best Wishes & Congratulations Congratulations to senior player Kieran Dwyer who was part of the DCU team won the Sigerson Cup last Wednesday. Congratulations also to another one of our senior player’s Fergal O’Brien who was part of the Tralee CBS team that defeated Rathmore in a pulsating Corn Ui […]

Terrace Talk Special    A great night was had in Na Gaeil last night with the Radio Kerry outside broadcast team producing a Terrace Talk Special from the clubhouse on foot of our All Ireland victory in Croke Park the previous weekend. There was a huge number in attendance for this […]

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP. Club membership fees are now due. Senior players €60. Students €35. Adult non player €30. Juvenile U8-U18s €30. U6s €20. Family membership €70. Please contact Maurice Harmon on 087-6564707 to complete registration. SENIOR FOOTBALL: Our senior footballers are away to Churchill in the St. Brendan’s Board senior league […]

MAIN PITCH CLOSED As of 28th January  The Club  Field Committee has closed the pitch until further notice. This decision was taken to preserve the pitch playing surface due to the inclement weather. Hopefully it will not be for long and we will inform you all immediately when it is […]

Kerry Camogie – Tralee Parnells 1st Senior Inter-county player Congratulations to Áine Kelleher who lined out for Kerry vs Galway last weekend at wing back in their League game vs Galway. She is Tralee Parnells’ first ever senior inter-county representative. Unfortunately the result didn’t go Kerry’s way, but a great […]

GARDAI are appealing to people who came to the aid of an elderly woman in Tralee town centre to make contact with them. On Friday afternoon at about 3.30pm, someone tried to rob an elderly woman at the laneway on Denny Street at the side of The Imperial Hotel, which […]