Archive for November, 2020

2020 has been a year for forget for most people. It has brought hardship, poverty, isolation and loneliness, but it has also shown the power of community and nowhere has this been more evident than at St Vincent de Paul. With just a month to go to Christmas, Manager at the […]

By Con Dennehy Top Kerry photographer John Cleary has a keen eye for catching day to day life in Kerry and has now produced some of his stunning images in his fifth book which is set to take Kerry by storm. Every Picture Tells A Story, is the latest gem […]

IN this most surreal of years, some things remain the same…well, sort of! The annual Mercy Mounthawk Fashion Show will return once again but, of course, it’s going to take place online due to COVID restrictions. “The theme of this year’s show is ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’. Reflective of the times we […]

MERCY Mounthawk Parents’ Council is running a Christmas Technology Raffle with some fantastic prizes to be won by parents of students in the school. Tralee-based Aspen Grove Solutions has donated a generous amount of money to the parents’ council to help them raise funds for technology within the school. This […]

DETAILS of a series of performances funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media set to take place in The Gleneagle INEC Arena this December were announced today. Under the Live Performance Support Scheme, the Gleneagle INEC Arena has been granted €400,000 to use in the […]

THREE Mercy Mounthawk students were celebrating this week after winning two prestigious awards at Scifest 2020, which was held over the past weekend. Dara Newsome, David Hughes and Conor Bradshaw’s ‘Specs’ project — an adapted spectacle system for Dementia patients — won both the Intel Technology Award and the Boston Scientific […]

THE Green Party Tralee representative has called for safe cycling routes on roundabouts after a young girl was knocked off her bike in a hit and run incident last week. Anne-Marie Fuller was speaking after the incident last Thursday evening where the girl received minor injuries after she was hit […]

HAPPEN, a network of co-working spaces in the Midwest region, was launched last week with HQ Tralee and Listowel affiliated to the newly formed group. The network, facilitated by Innovate Limerick and the Local Enterprise Offices (LEOs) in Clare, Limerick, and Tipperary, comprises both public and private co-working spaces across […]

1920 COMMEMORATION CEREMONY: The commemoration ceremony for the victims of Bloody Sunday held at the club grounds on Saturday night went very well. The forecourt was lit up with the outside lights and the ceremony was held out of doors. Because of the Level 5 pandemic restrictions the club membership […]

BUILDING on the success of and feedback from the week-long Kerry Mental Health and Wellbeing Fest held in October, the interagency committee have organised a series of free online mindfulness and chair yoga sessions to take place for 15 minutes each weekday from Monday, November 30 to Friday, December 18. […]

Well Done to Kerry Senior Hurling Team Congratulations to The Kerry Senior Hurling team and our own Senior player Tomás O’Connor on their well-deserved victory over Carlow on Saturday last. Kerry are now through to the Final of the Joe McDonagh Cup which will be played in Croke Park on […]

CLUB LOTTO With the current social restrictions St Brendan’s / Ardfert GAA would encourage players to avail of our online facility by logging in to clubforce.com. Link can be found on our Facebook page. Alternatively, tickets are available at Horgan’s Centra and Ardfert Post Office. BONUS DRAW: Everyone who plays […]

Lotto   There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 08, 10, 26 and 29. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Terry and Annette Boyle online, Joan Devane Blennerville, Joe Looby c/o Poff Motors, Mary Reidy Blennerville and Bridget Boyle […]

Eight Year Anniversary This time eight years ago a group of hurling enthusiasts got together to re-form the Tralee Parnells hurling club after a break of almost ninety years.  Since then, the club has grown from strength to strength and in 2019 the club was granted Senior status in both Hurling and Camogie. […]

Annual Mass    We extend a big thank you to Fr. Padraig Walsh for celebrating and live streaming our annual mass from St. Brendan’s Church on Thursday night last. It was a very moving celebration by Fr. Padraig who prayed especially for all our deceased members and also recounted memories of […]

TRALEE Toastmasters Club has been awarded the Presidents Distinguished Club designation for the 2019-20 program year. In the official notification received from Toastmasters International Board of Directors, they state that: “Distinguished Clubs provide a supportive and positive learning environment that guides members to success.  This superior member experience, in turn, helps […]

OUR TRIBUTE TO MARIE NIX Everyone who had the privilege of knowing our dear, sweet Marie is heartbroken on hearing that she passed away last Friday. Marie , a gentle, softly spoken lady was one of a kind. We all have wonderful memories of Marie over the years with the […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information into a hit and run incident involving a young cyclist last week. On Thursday evening last, November 19 at about 7.15pm, a young girl was cycling at the Ballymullen roundabout towards the Tralee Harriers athletics grounds when she was struck […]

LEE Strand was recognised for their exceptional performance and commitment to sustainability with Gold Membership at the virtual Origin Green 2020 awards on Thursday, last. The online event was addressed by Charlie McConalogue, TD, Minister for Agriculture, Food & Marine and recognised twenty-six companies in the food and beverage sector […]

KERRY’S Dingle Food Festival and the Valentia Island Development Company were honoured at the all-Ireland Pride of Place community awards on Saturday evening. The awards, hosted by Marty Morrissey, took place online due to the Covid pandemic with 6,000 people logging in from across Ireland to see community groups pick […]

GARDAI seized over €10,000 of suspected cocaine in Listowel on Saturday. At around 4.30pm an off duty Garda saw a man enter an apartment in Listowel with something concealed under his top. This information was passed on to detectives from Listowel Garda Station and a surveillance operation was put in […]

NORMALLY the last Saturday of November sees the CH parade and the switching on of the Christmas light bring thousands to the town creating a wonderful festive atmosphere and officially kicking off Christmas in Tralee. But this isn’t a normal time. Instead, a week earlier than usual, the Lights were […]

A STATUS Yellow Rainfall warning is on the way for Kerry taking effect tomorrow, Monday. Met Éireann has issued the weather warning Kerry as well as Clare, Connacht and Donegal. Heavy rain will arrive later Monday, Monday night and Tuesday may cause some river and localised flooding. It’s valid for a […]

CARA Credit Union is welcoming funding applications for community projects through their Lauri Healy Community Sponsorship Awards. 21 community groups and charitable organisations have already benefited from the awards and Sean Roche, the Chairperson of Cara Credit Union’s Community Sponsorship Committee said; “Cara Credit Union is very conscious of our ethos. […]

KERRY County Council’s Tralee Municipal District and the Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Terry O’Brien will present ‘When Christmas Comes to Town,’ a 360-degree Virtual Reality Christmas Lights Ceremony to mark the formal turning on of the Christmas Lights this weekend. While Friday night saw the lights being tested around town, […]

JOHN O’Keeffe has already been immortalised with his achievements on the field and his induction into the GAA Hall of Fame a few years ago, but now he holds a special place on a ‘wall of fame’ in the school where he taught for nearly three decades. Local artist Mike […]

TRALEE Chamber have been advised that contractors for Kerry County Council are undertaking surface treatment to the Square & Abbey Plaza tomorrow, Sunday, November 22. Every effort is being made to minimise disruption, but it will mean there will be no through traffic in the Square/Abbey Plaza and there will […]

A TRALEE woman was so inspired by an award-winning documentary that she decided to launch her own fundraiser to give back to an African community this Christmas. Rebecca Poultney, a second year student in University College Cork, has created the ‘Strive To Keep Christmas Alive’ campaign with funds raised going […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, has sharply criticised the lack of IDA visits to Kerry over the last number of years. He also wants to know why, COVID restrictions withstanding, why there was just one visit to Kerry in 2020 while neighbouring counties saw 15 or 16 visits. […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I have a medical card but I seem to be paying more than the monthly cap for prescription charges for my family. Why would this happen and how can […]