Archive for December, 2020

RADIO Kerry’s annual countywide Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul has raised €22,621, surpassing the €15,000 target for 2020. It was the seventh year of the fundraiser and brings the amount raised to date to over €117,000. Hundreds of people took part in Christmas Jumper Day right across […]

RADIO Kerry has announced the eight groups and individuals who have been recognised as the Fexco Kerry Heroes of 2020. Each award recipient will receive a specially created 2020 award of a handcrafted crafted vase sponsored by Louis Mulcahy Pottery/Potadóireacht na Caolóige, Clogher, Ballyferriter. The following are the recipients… Kerry […]

SO the traditional Christmas swims have been cancelled for this year, but that doesn’t mean you can’t take a dip over the festive period in a safe and socially-distanced fashion. The good folks at Banna Rescue are lamenting the cancellation of the annual swim on the beautiful beach, but would […]

IT wasn’t your typical retirement send-off but then again, nothing about the past nine months has been anything like normal. The staff and pupils of Holy Family said farewell to the caretaker of the past 28 years on Tuesday afternoon as they broke up for the holidays. David Diggins from […]

GARDAI have arrested and charged a man in relation to a burglary in Tralee, on Tuesday, December 22. At around 7am, Gardaí in Tralee received a report of a burglary at a house on the Old Killeen Road. Gardaí carried out a patrol of the area and arrested a man, […]

ALMOST €28m has been allocated to Kerry County Council for investment in national roads in the county next year. Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s (TII) budget for 2021 today allocated €26,855,000 million for improvement of roads in Kerry. They also released a second tranche of funding worth €1,092,721 million which will specifically […]

IT’S hoped an online performance from Kerry musicians will raise much-needed funds for Pieta House. ‘Bringing Home The Christmas: An Evening of Traditional, Music, Song, Dance and Storytelling from Herlihy’s, Farranfore’ does exactly what it says on the tin. In an effort to end the year on a somewhat lighter note and […]

A STATUS Yellow Rainfall warning for Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford has been issued by Met Éireann. Heavy rain at times may cause some localised flooding. Rainfall totals generally around 30-40mm, higher in mountainous areas. The warning is valid from Tuesday at 3pm until 9am on Wednesday morning. It […]

WITH just days to go until Christmas, why not give the gift of a house plant which is the on-trend gift this festive season. You might have noticed the houseplant trend that has taken off this year. Houseplants are enjoying a massive boom in popularity all over the world, providing […]

SEASON’S GREETINGS: Club Chairman, Billy Ryle extends season’s greetings to Rock people at home and abroad. Wishing a very happy Christmas to club members and supporters everywhere. Sincere thanks to everybody, who served Austin Stacks in any capacity during the year as administrators, team officials, volunteers and players. The Club […]

A NEW chairperson of the Kerry branch of the Green Party has been appointed at its recent AGM. Cycling and community activist, Anluan Dunne from Tralee said he is delighted to take on the role. “The party is at its greatest strength at both national level – with 12 TDs […]

JUVENILE AND LADIES NOTES We hope everyone enjoyed their visit to Santa last Sunday. . Thank you all for ensuring everything went so well by being on time and following guidelines. It was so important that we did something this year for the children as it has been difficult enough […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating burglary and break-in incidents in the Tralee and Ardfert areas over the past couple of weeks. On Saturday, December 12, between 10am and 10.30am in the Tubrid Cross area of Ardfert, there was a silver/grey Audi, possibly 2007/08 model in the area at the time […]

Christmas Greetings   We wish everybody involved in Na Gaeil: officers, coaches, mentors, players, parents, patrons and visitors to our club a very happy, healthy and peaceful Christmas. Kerry Minors    We wish Oisin Maunsell and the Kerry Minor Football Team the best of luck on Tuesday evening as they take on […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 05, 21 and 24. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Julie O’Shea online, Adam, Lydia and Alex Walsh Dromcairn, Patricia Ryan Derrymore East, Tom Reidy c/o Euge McCarthy and Deirdre Stewart […]

Ballymac GAA Club AGM 2020 The Ballymacelligott GAA -Annual General Meeting for 2020 that will be heldOn-Line on Sunday January 10th2021 @ 2.00pm due to Covid-19 Tralee Board AGM The Annual Tralee District Board AGM will be held in Jan 2021 – due to Covid Restrictions the format and the way […]

Green Clubs Tralee Parnells are delighted to have been selected as one of forty five clubs from all over Ireland to take part in phase one of the GAA “Green Club Programme”. This programme was recently launched by the GAA and will run throughout 2021 to support clubs in running […]

We wish all our member and their families at home and abroad a happy and peaceful Christmas. 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 […]

A SPECIAL message of hope for the people of Kerry will be broadcast online this New Year’s Eve. 2020 has been an extremely challenging and usually, on New Year’s Eve, families and friends gather together to see out the old year and welcome in the new year. This year, of […]

THE Council has announced the completion of works costing €200,000 to a number of parking areas and lay-bys near Killarney National Park on the Killarney-Kenmare Road. The works at one of the county’s top tourist attractions took place at five locations and were funded under the Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme […]

ATLANTIC Oils ran their very first ‘Young Artist’ 2020 Competition which was designed to be a fun challenge to encourage kids across Kerry to create artwork that would be exhibited online in a digital gallery. “We were aware that with everything being so uncertain that it would be a way […]

THIS week will see a further 400 ‘In the Bag’ wellbeing packs and information envelopes distributed by Kerry County Council and its partners throughout the county, bringing to almost 1,000 the total number given out since June. It’s all part of the local community response during the COVID-19 pandemic and […]

THE pandemic did not stop Kerry County Council’s annual Road Safety Calendar Art Competition from taking place this year. With over 500 entries received from primary school children around the county, it demonstrated their artistic skills and their ambition to highlight the important message of road safety. In previous years, […]

IF you’re still looking for a special present this year, then John Cleary has a special deal as his fifth book hits the shops. Every Picture Tells A Story, is the latest from the Tralee-based photographer featuring more than 300 stunning images capturing life in Tralee and North Kerry in […]

A WOMAN from the Spa presented a cheque for over €1,600 to Kerry Hospice by hosting a coffee morning for friends and family back in September. Anne Brick has been holding the event — which is part of the annual Kerry Hospice coffee morning — for the past nine years. […]

TRALEE Parnells Hurling & Camogie Club is one of 45 clubs along with two regional venues, selected to participate in Phase One of a new GAA Green Club programme launched this month. The Tralee club is the only one in Kerry to take part in the Programme, which will see clubs […]

Christmas came early for two lucky Lotto players in Kerry this weekend, including one who bought their ticket in Tralee. Saturday night’s €3.6 million Lotto draw produced a Lotto Plus 2 top prize winner of €250,000 and another Match 5 + Bonus prize winner of €59,099 in the county. The […]

A KILCUMMIN family raised thousands of euro for the Palliative Care Unit at University Hospital Kerry in memory of Donal McSweeney. The McSweeneys set up a gofundme page last month to thank Kerry Hospice for the amazing care Donal received during his illness and they eventually realised €7,000 which was […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, picks the best films to watch on TV between now and Christmas Day… We thought we might have a look at what was on offer on ‘terrestrial television’ over the festive season, in a fond remembrance of when the Christmas TV film selection was a […]

ASTRONOMY and photography fans from Kerry and across Ireland, have a chance to win a behind-the-scenes tour of one of Europe’s best-known observatories as part of a prize package on offer for a new astrophotography competition. The ‘Reach for the Stars’ competition is organised by the Dublin Institute for Advanced […]