Archive for August, 2020

Council Launches Photography Competition As Part Of Architecture Kerry Festival

Council Launches Photography Competition As Part Of Architecture Kerry Festival

August 7, 2020 at 10:56 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council has launched a photography competition as part of this year’s Architecture Kerry Festival which invites participants to submit their images of Kerry’s built environment. Architecture Kerry is held during the last weekend of September features talks, guided tours and exhibitions to showcase the extraordinary built environment on […]

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Kerry Airport Reports Increased Profit And Passenger Numbers For 2019

Kerry Airport Reports Increased Profit And Passenger Numbers For 2019

August 7, 2020 at 10:45 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Airport has reported increased profits and passenger numbers in the Annual Report & Accounts for the 12-month period ended December 31, 2019. While the CEO of Kerry Airport, Mr John Mulhern, welcomed the report, he also acknowledged the challenges the airport would face in the future in the wake of […]

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The dog seized by Tralee gardaí in the Ardfert area on Thursday.

Gardaí Appeal For Information After Emaciated Pup Seized In Ardfert Area

August 7, 2020 at 10:20 am 2 comments

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing for any information in relation to an emaciated pup seized in the Ardfert area on Thursday. The animal was seized by Tralee Gardaí from a group of men in suspicious circumstances.  The dog has since been taken by gardaí to a veterinary clinic for care. […]

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Birds Amusements To Implement Range Of Measures To Protect Customers

Birds Amusements To Implement Range Of Measures To Protect Customers

August 6, 2020 at 11:25 pm Comments are Disabled

BIRDS Amusements said they will adhere to all public health guidelines and COVID-19 regulations when they open at the grounds of Harriers Athletic Club, Dan Spring Road, from Saturday 15th to Sunday 30th August, operating from 12pm until 8pm daily. Director Don Bird said a visit to the popular funfair […]

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Criticism Of Decision By Birds Amusements To Come To Tralee This Month

Criticism Of Decision By Birds Amusements To Come To Tralee This Month

August 6, 2020 at 9:00 pm 1 comment

Sinn Féin Tralee MD councillors, Cathal Foley and Deirdre Ferris are calling on the Bird family to reconsider their decision to open for two weeks in Tralee this month. Tralee area councillors were notified this evening about the decision by Birds to set up their amusements in the Harriers Site […]

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Over €2m In Funding For Housing Adaptation Grants In Kerry

Over €2m In Funding For Housing Adaptation Grants In Kerry

August 6, 2020 at 1:54 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government has announced funding totalling over €2 million (€2,568.365 in total including KCC’s 20% match funding) for Kerry County Council for the 2020 Housing Adaptation Grant for Older People and People with a Disability living in private houses. Minister for Education and Kerry […]

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The Memory Balloon Walk on Ballyheigue Beach last weekend was a huge success.

Over €2,000 Raised For Palliative Care Unit From Memory Balloon Event

August 5, 2020 at 3:03 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Memory Balloon Walk for Palliative Care was a hugely successful event on Bank Holiday Monday with people attending adhering to socially distancing guidelines. Funds raised on the day were €2,053.85 which will be presented to the Palliative Care Unit. Event organiser Natasha McCrohan along with her committee members Ann […]

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New Public Toilets Opened At Men’s Beach In Ballybunion

New Public Toilets Opened At Men’s Beach In Ballybunion

August 5, 2020 at 1:39 pm Comments are Disabled

THE new public toilets at the Mens’ Beach in Ballybunion were opened by Cllr Michael Foley, Cathaoirleach of Listowel Municipal District on Friday last. The toilets were funded under the 2017 Town & Village Renewal Scheme with a grant investment of €200,000 with match funding coming from the Strategic Community Support Fund […]

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Man Arrested After Burglary In Milltown Area

Man Arrested After Burglary In Milltown Area

August 5, 2020 at 12:23 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI have arrested and charged a man in relation to a burglary at farmyard in Milltown, on Tuesday, August 4. At around 12 midday the owner of the property arrive home to see two men loading farm machinery, taken  from a shed, into their car. The two men abandoned their car […]

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Healy Rae Calls On Government And NPHET To Take More Imaginative Approach To Pubs Reopening

Healy Rae Calls On Government And NPHET To Take More Imaginative Approach To Pubs Reopening

August 5, 2020 at 11:11 am Comments are Disabled

DEPUTY Michael Healy Rae and fellow Independent TDs have called for a meeting with the Government and the National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) to come up with a more imaginative approach to facilitate rural pubs being able to reopen. Yesterday it was announced that pubs not serving food would remain […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

August 5, 2020 at 10:30 am Comments are Disabled

Seniors    Na Gaeil entertained Currow in their round two Intermediate Championship group game in a damp and drizzly Killeen on Saturday evening. Na Gaeil stamped their authority on this game from the very start and opened the scoring in the first minute with a good point from wing forward Eoin […]

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REPORT/PHOTOS: Causeway Looking Good As They Beat St Brendan’s

REPORT/PHOTOS: Causeway Looking Good As They Beat St Brendan’s

August 5, 2020 at 10:07 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran watched Causeway overcome St Brendan’s in the North Kerry Championship yesterday…. St Brendan’s 0-17 Causeway 3-16 “There’s no stopping Causeway.” That was one man’s comment at the end of the North Kerry Championship game where Causeway overcame St Brendan’s. Causeway look good and are playing with the confidence […]

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Tralee Gardaí Look For Public’s Assistance In Tracing Stolen Items

Tralee Gardaí Look For Public’s Assistance In Tracing Stolen Items

August 4, 2020 at 3:09 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are asking for the public’s help after theft incidents in town over the past few weeks. On Sunday, July 19, at about 6pm, a skateboard was stolen from the playground in the Town Park. The item was a gift and the owner is anxious to get it […]

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Book Of Condolences Opened For John Hume

August 4, 2020 at 1:10 pm 1 comment

The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Patrick Connor Scarteen has opened an online Book of Condolences for the late Nobel laureate and peacemaker, John Hume. Cllr Connor-Scarteen said that John Hume made an immense contribution to peace on the island of Ireland and that he was pleased to afford […]

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Met Éireann Issues Rainfall Warning For Kerry

Met Éireann Issues Rainfall Warning For Kerry

August 4, 2020 at 11:27 am Comments are Disabled

MET Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for Kerry taking effect this afternoon. The weather warning, which also effects Cork and Clare, says heavy rain will arrive this evening, tonight and tomorrow morning ad will give accumulations of 20 to 40mm, with potentially higher amounts in mountainous areas. […]

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Tralee Golf Club News

Tralee Golf Club News

August 4, 2020 at 10:59 am Comments are Disabled

Master Classic 5 Results Sunday 2nd August MC5 1st Rory Hill (4) 42 Pts 2nd Cormac Foley (12) 42Pts 3rd Darragh Carmody (14) 40 Pts 4th Padraig Daughton (6) 39 Pts 5th Michael Higgins (13) 39 Pts Best Gross Darren P O Sullivan (+1) 38Pts Div. 1 David Fitzgerald (2) […]

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Brendan Falvey, Declan O'Connell, Stephen O'Brien and Sean Brosnan at the Ballymac V St Michaels Foilmore game in Ballymac last Sunday.

Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

August 4, 2020 at 10:53 am Comments are Disabled

Senior Team Congratulations to our senior team who put in a great win against St Michael’s Foilmore Sunday afternoon at home. Ballymac 3-12 St Michael’s Foilmore 0-7. Ballymac played host to St. Michaels Foilmore on Sunday at 2.30 in round 2 of the Premier Junior Championship.  On the day Ballymac […]

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Kerins O’ Rahilly’s Minor Ladies who played Currow in Round 1 of the Co. League last Friday in Ballyrickard. Final Score KOR 3-13
                                          Currow 5-1
Back from left to right- Niamh Moran, Tara O’ Connor, Siobhán Griffin, Lucy Linnane, Maedhbh Hanafin, Caitlin Pierce, Éabha Murphy, Bronagh Carroll, Hollie Leane, Eugenie Kerins, Keelan Coffey and Gabrielle O’ Brien. 
Front from left to right- Clodagh Donnelly, Fiona Quirke, Olivia Nix, Liana Williams, Aoife O’ Connor, Katie Dwyer, Lily O’ Brien, Katie Nix and Keela Hughes.

Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

August 4, 2020 at 10:46 am Comments are Disabled

SENIOR CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 2 Dr Crokes 1-10.   Kerins O Rahillys 0-11 The second round of the senior club championship saw us lose narrowly to Dr Crokes on Saturday afternoon in Lewis Road Killarney. We started the game brightly with three early points from, David Moran, Sean Walsh and […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Club News

Austin Stacks GAA Club News

August 4, 2020 at 10:42 am Comments are Disabled

CHAIRMAN’S APPEAL: Club Chairman, Billy Ryle is continuing to appeal to Rockies everywhere to keep making  donations to the fund to help build the path with disability access. The new path will prevent footfall damage on the pitches. It will also facilitate disability access to the far terrace in Connolly […]

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The new road-finisher paver acquired by Kerry County Council.

Kerry County Council Gets New €280,000 Road-Finisher Paver

August 4, 2020 at 10:33 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council has added a new €280,000 road-finisher paver to its fleet of machinery. The new unit will assist in the rollout of the annual Roads Programme across the county and was in operation in the past week on the Listowel to Ballylongford road. The paver is a strategic […]

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St Pat’s GAA Club News

St Pat’s GAA Club News

August 3, 2020 at 12:09 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto We thank all our lotto supporters for your understanding when the Club made the decision to suspend our weekly lotto due to the social restrictions introduced because of Covid-19. We are currently reviewing the possibility of commencing the Lotto again in the near future however we have to be mindful […]

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St Brendan’s Hurling Club News

St Brendan’s Hurling Club News

August 3, 2020 at 12:04 pm Comments are Disabled

St Brendan’s Hurling Club/Ardfert GAA lotto draw took place in Ardfert Gaa grounds with a jackpot of €1,600. The numbers drawn were 9, 11, 22 & 28. The lucky dip winners were €75 Aoife O’Halloran Banna South, €40 Mairead Kirby An  Fearann, €25 Denis Lawlor Station Road. Next week’s draw will […]

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Ardfert GAA Club News

Ardfert GAA Club News

August 3, 2020 at 12:00 pm Comments are Disabled

COVID19 Reminder to all senior players & parents/guardians of juvenile players: please submit the mandatory health questionnaire before each training session/match. Please bring your own water bottles and arrive togged out as dressing rooms will not be open. REGISTRATION Anyone wishing to register with the club should download the registration […]

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Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

August 3, 2020 at 11:56 am Comments are Disabled

U12 Hurling Tralee Parnells 11-10 Abbeydorney 4-05 Our U12s had their final league game last Friday night in Abbeydorney and had a comprehensive win against the home side. This was a chance for all the squad to get game time and they all performed excellently. Phase 2 of the competition […]

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€25,000 Granted To Widen Pedestrian Walkway At Beach In Fenit

€25,000 Granted To Widen Pedestrian Walkway At Beach In Fenit

August 3, 2020 at 11:48 am Comments are Disabled

OVER €114,000 in funding for four Kerry projects has been granted under the Government’s Town and Village Renewal Scheme. The funding is part of an overall package of €2.8 million in funding being announced today to help rural towns and villages to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic. The four Kerry […]

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Caherleaheen NS pupil Emma O'Donoghue with parents Alan and Lisa and sister Ava at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathass on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Caherleaheen NS Pupils Enjoy First Holy Communion Day

August 2, 2020 at 10:49 am Comments are Disabled

FINALLY, the boys and girls got their day out! After months of waiting, Caherleaheen NS second class pupils and their families gathered at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathass for the First Holy Communion ceremony. The next number of weeks will see First Holy Communions take place all […]

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Know Your Rights: How To Deal With Scams

Know Your Rights: How To Deal With Scams

August 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm Comments are Disabled

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I think I’ve been scammed, can I get my money back? Answer: If you’ve been scammed, you have been tricked into parting with your money. The scam can come […]

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Broken Law.

Finnegan On Films: New Irish Feature ‘Broken Law’ Hits The Omniplex

August 1, 2020 at 12:00 pm Comments are Disabled

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says there’s a mix of new releases and old favourites at the Omniplex this week… I am delighted to say that there are not only one, but two, new releases available this week at the Tralee Omniplex.  Even better, one of them is an Irish […]

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Miriam Murphy.

Night Of Programmes Dedicated To Miriam Murphy On Lyric FM

August 1, 2020 at 11:59 am Comments are Disabled

RTÉ lyric fm will celebrate the life of Tralee soprano Miriam Murphy with two special programmes  tonight (Saturday). Miriam Murphy passed away in July and tributes poured in from all over the music world for the talented Tralee woman who brought so much joy to people with her extraordinary voice. […]

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