Archive for February, 2021

RADIO Kerry has announced the winners of a special student essay competition entitled ‘If I Were An MEP’. The winning essay was written by Presentation Secondary School Tralee student Ciara Sharp. Among the issues Ciara wrote about were gender equality, the gender pay gap, and sexism. Former US First Lady […]

ANOTHER day, another weather warning from Met Éireann. No sooner had the Status Yellow snow/ice warning ended this morning, another warning will come into effect later this evening to go along with a rainfall warning also given for tonight. A Status Yellow Wind warning has been issued for Kerry, Donegal, […]

KERRY Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly has called on the Minister for Transport to take action to tackle the massive driving test backlog. The call comes as the Road Safety Authority (RSA) confirmed  there are now 906 learner drivers waiting for a test in Killarney, 980 in Tralee, and over […]

KERRY County Council Local Enterprise Office, with Creative Ireland Kerry, is offering business mentoring specifically for artists in Kerry. Mentor Méabh Ring will offer these mentoring clinics via Zoom. Each client will be offered an hour long slot and five clients will be facilitated on each day. The dates for […]

TRALEE Chamber has expressed its “extreme dissatisfaction” that the town has been excluded from the Outdoor Dining Scheme, details of which were revealed today. Failte Ireland announced that the new Outdoor Dining Scheme will focus on Dublin, Kilkenny, Killarney, Limerick, Waterford, Galway, Cork and Athlone but hospitality businesses from other […]

WHILE current wind and snow/ice warnings are in place until Friday morning, we won’t have to wait long for the next one to arrive. Met Éireann has just issued a Status Yellow – Rainfall warning for Kerry, Cork and Waterford to take effect on Saturday. There’ll be 30 to 40 mm […]

With a decision on this year’s Leaving Certificate to be made next week, Billy Ryle says the Irish Second Level Students’ Union make a good case to win Leaving Cert exam choice… The views of the Irish Second Level Students’ Union (ISSU) made a significant impact on last week’s meeting […]

A TRALEE woman has raised an amazing €3,835 with a campaign she ran in the run-up to Christmas. Rebecca Poultney, a second year student in University College Cork, created the ‘Strive To Keep Christmas Alive’ campaign back in November with funds raised going to the Tír na nÓg Orphanage in […]

UP to €250,000 has been made available to Kerry County Council under the Outdoor Public Space Scheme. Under the scheme local authorities can apply for a capital grant of up to €250,000 for a project at a funding rate of up to 90%. Grants will then be awarded for projects […]

THIS will be a Valentine’s weekend like no other, especially for hotels and restaurants who love welcoming loved-up couples to enjoy a lavish, intimate night out with amazing food. COVID has halted the fun for the moment, but you can still create your own romantic atmosphere with top quality food […]

A STATUS Yellow Wind warning has issued for Munster, Connacht and Leinster. Met Éireann had already issued a Status Yellow snow/ice warning for the three provinces and both warnings will run from Thursday morning at 8am to Friday morning at 8am. The will be strong to gale force southeast winds […]

A NEW Fungie-inspired beer has been launched by an Irish brewery. Dublin-based microbrewery Whiplash Beer today launched the brand new beer named The Ocean Wide in honour of the beloved dolphin of Dingle. Having spent many a summer’s weekend in the town, the team at Whiplash hope Fungie, who has been […]

THE Lee Strand Annual Social was celebrated a little different this year, instead of gathering in Ballygarry House Hotel in Tralee everyone tuned into Radio Kerry on Saturday night. The theme was to celebrate together while being apart on a special celebratory virtual social hosted by Alan Finn from 8-9pm. […]

CARA Credit Union, with branches in Tralee, Castleisland and Killorglin, and Clanmaurice Credit Union, with branches in Ballyduff and Causeway, are asking their members to vote on a proposed merger. Both credit unions have collaborated on several initiatives in recent years and say a merger is the obvious way to […]

A NEW series of online physical education classes for primary school children in Kerry, is being launched under Kerry County Council’s ‘Keep Well Kerry’ initiative. From this Thursday, February 11, children in classes from Junior Infants to 6th Class can log on Tuesdays and Thursdays for twenty minute sessions provided […]

MET Eireann has issued a Status Yellow – Snow/Ice warning for Munster, Connacht and Leinster for later this week. A band of sleet and snow spreading northeastwards during Thursday will give snow accumulations of up to 5cm in some areas (higher over the mountains), but transitioning to rain in the […]

FEBRUARY IN THE PAST: The second week in February almost always saw our Seniors and Minors in action in the Town League. In 2019 both had good wins over Kerins O’Rahillys – our Seniors 4-8 to 2-8 and our Minors 2-15 to 1-8. SF Scorers – Shane O’Callaghan (3-4), Gearóid […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating the theft of a vehicle in Tralee last week. On Friday, February 5, at about 9.10am, a driver left their vehicle, with the keys in the ignition, to go into a shop at a filling station on the Oakpark Road. A man nearby, described as […]

AGM The Club Annual General Meeting took place virtually on Thursday night last. Members contributed on the various items on the agenda. All outgoing officers and committee members were returned unopposed. The meeting proposed ,seconded and elected Mossie Kelly as club president . Mossie has been a life long member of the club,stretching back […]

AGM:  The format for our 2020 AGM on Friday night last, because of Covid-19 restrictions was quite a change from other years. At the outset, sympathy was extended to the family of our late president John Burke, who sadly passed away during the year. Equally, our executive going forward has […]

COMFORT for Chemo Kerry has launched new online fundraising platform to continue fundraising in the time of Covid-19. Comfort for Chemo is fundraising to build a centre of excellence for the patients of Kerry, who need chemotherapy and oncological treatments. This stand-alone building will ensure the best care available is […]

NEGOTIATIONS are at an advanced stage to locate a mass vaccination centre in Tralee. Fianna Fáil Cllr Mikey Sheehy, who lodged motions at recent Tralee MD and Kerry County Council meetings on the issue, said two sites — at the Kerry Sports Academy at the Munster Technological University campus in Dromtacker […]

  Coiste na nÓg AGM    Na Gaeil Coiste na nÓg AGM was held virtually on Thursday evening last February 4th. The meeting was very well attended with most members now coming to grips with zoom technology. Chairperson Colm O’Súilleabháin welcomed everybody to the meeting and secretary John Keating gave a […]

Lotto   There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 07, 26 and 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Seamus Cronin online, Eileen Gaynor Leith West, Lorraine Dunne Cloghers, John Kelliher Lohercannon and Patrick Dillane Clahane. Next week’s […]

Senior Camogie Tralee Parnells Camogie are pleased to welcome P.J. Ryan to our senior coaching ranks.  Our women started competing in the County Junior League in 2020 and in 2021 this competition will expand when CilArd field a team this year. So it is a perfect time for P.J. to […]

Letter from President & Ard Stiúrthoir : Up Date on Games Program & Covid 19. As you may have read or heard through media sources, a meeting of the GAA’s Covid Advisory group was held this evening. (31stJanuary) The meeting considered the question of a return to training for senior […]

KERRY ETB is to receive €37,278 in funding under the Mitigating against Educational Disadvantage Fund. The fund was secured as part of Budget 2021 to support community education for adult learners, who have the highest level of need. It aims to increase the participation of disadvantaged learners, particularly with the digital […]

THE Chain Gang Cycling Club has decided to organise a fundraiser for Kerry Hospice over Valentine’s weekend. With the present level 5 lockdown in place until at least March 5, they have decided on an event similar to the ‘Thumbs Up Cycle’ they ran last year for the Intensive Care […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I attend a DEIS school and want to go to university. My family are not well off.  Is there anything to help me go to college?  Answer: The […]

James Finnegan recommends two challenging films, a little known Spielberg caper plus a bona fide classic with a Simon and Garfunkel soundtrack, for your viewing pleasure this week…  This week’s terrestrial television has two films that will challenge you, a Spielberg film with Leo and Tom which you forget about […]