Archive for April, 2021

LIKE yesterday and Monday, there were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry again this evening. When the number is less than five, the exact number is not revealed until the following day on the COVID data hub on the gov.ie website. There were 15 additional deaths […]

CARPHONE Warehouse branches in Tralee, Killarney and across the country have closed with immediate effect. Branches in Tralee (The Square and Manor West) and Killarney are among the 81 nationwide to shut for good with 486 jobs lost. A statement from owners Dixons Carphone said it made the decision to […]

KERRY Hospice received a cheque on Tuesday, the proceeds of a well-supported event held over the Easter weekend. Local fitness/strength and conditioning coach, Michelle Greaney organised the Jemma O’Shea Memorial 5km & 10km Run/Walk in aid of the Palliative Care Unit at UHK and Jemma O’Shea, who fought a long […]

LIKE yesterday, there were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this evening. When the number is less than five, the exact number is not revealed until the following day on the COVID data hub on the gov.ie website. There were 11 additional deaths reported and 390 […]

JAMES Whelan Butchers has just announced that it will be opening a new shop in Tralee, creating up to 20 new jobs. The family-run butchers’ newest shop is part of the redevelopment of Dunnes Stores, North Circular Road in Tralee which will include a state of the art Food Hall. […]

IRELAND’S premier virtual, augmented and mixed reality suite at the Agritech Centre Of Excellence (ACE), hosted a virtual showcase of its facilities based on the Kerry Campus of Munster Technological University on Monday. Funded by Enterprise Ireland, Kerry County Council, as well as industry partners Dairymaster, McHale Engineering and Abbey […]

PIETA House and Electric Ireland are encouraging the people of Kerry to share ‘One Sunrise Together’ on May 8 for Darkness into Light. Pieta and Electric Ireland urge people to sign up at darknessintolight.ie and take part in a special Darkness Into Light Sunrise on May 8th. This year, participants can walk, run, swim, hike, bike or simply share One Sunrise […]

GAME TIME: Inter County activity is scheduled to get underway in just over a fortnight’s time with the commencement of the NHL. All Kerry’s five round games are fixed for Sundays. They have three rounds at home (all at Austin Stack Park) and two away. The home games are in […]

THE HSE has confirmed that a walk-in COVID-19 test centre will open in Tralee on Wednesday. The facility will be located at the existing COVID test centre in Ballymullen Barracks. It will offer tests to asymptomatic people. No booking in advance or referral from a GP is necessary, but people must bring […]

THE COVID pandemic has been particularly tough on learners who don’t have access to up-to-date technology or broadband to connect to the online learning and tuition that was necessary over the past 12 months. FIT (Fast Track to IT) have been collaborating with Kerry College for several years providing training […]

THERE were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this evening. When the number is less than five, the exact number is not revealed until the following day on the COVID data hub on the gov.ie website. There were no additional deaths reported and 403 new cases […]

DISRUPTION has become a byword for the Leaving Cert Class of 2022. Life must have seemed a lot more predictable back on the first October weekend of 2019 as they celebrated their Junior Cert results with one eye already cast down the well-trodden path to the big event in June […]

On-line Lotto Re-launch    We are delighted to announce the re-launch of the Na Gaeil Club lottery which was suspended in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 Restrictions. We invite all of our club members which include officers, committee members, senior men’s and ladies’ teams, coaches, mentors, parents, former players and […]

ACADAMH NA nÓG Not long more and our pitches will he alive with our youth . It will get great to see lots of activity again! Our Covid supervisors will be back in action too ensuring that all precautions are taken. Messages will be sent out during the week to […]

CLUB REGISTRATION We hope that all juvenile teams can commence training from 26th April. In advance of this we would encourage all parents to register their child on Foireann.ie and pay the annual membership. The link can be found on our Facebook page. Training times for all age groups will be […]

Club Lotto: Milltown-Castlemaine GAA Lotto Results – Kindly sponsored by Alma’s Takeaway Saturday, April 17th 2021 Lucky Numbers: 12 – 17 – 20 & Bonus Ball: 28 Results: No winner of the €12,600 jackpot or match three but our consolation prize winners are: €50: Pat O’Sullivan / €50: Eoghan McCarthy €25: Matthew […]

Coiste na nÓg   We move closer to training and being back in our pitches.  We all depend on each other more and we have to have full trust in everyone involved in the club and full trust in parents bringing children to training. Parents and players trust us in the club: […]

Club Lotto   There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €5300 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 06, 09, 15 & 30. The five €30 consolation prizes went to: 1.      Margaret Enright, Curtaheen (Online) 2.      Cian Denn, Cork 3.      Eileen […]

Return to Play After a long period of lockdown there is great excitement in the club this week as our hurlers and camogie players prepare to return to training.  Like last year, parents or guardians will need to complete the online Health Questionnaire on the morning of training day. All […]

MINISTER of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton T.D., has announced the allocation of over €1.7m for Kerry Airport under the Regional Airports Programme 2021-2025. In all, over €11 million in exchequer funding has been allocated to regional airports. Almost €4.8 million has been allocated to the airports […]

A GROUP of runners are calling on the people of Kerry to help them with an ambitious bid to build the world’s most diverse relay team in what they’re calling their ‘Light at the end of the Tunnel’ run. The Kerry Sanctuary Runners of Tralee, Killarney and Kenmare use running, […]

NEXT Friday, April 23, is ‘Tie Day Friday’ when Kerry men, women and children everywhere are asked to wear a tie, post a picture or video on social media and make a donation to Kerry Mental Health Association. All proceeds raised will go towards supporting the befriending and other mental […]

THE draw for the Munster Senior Football Championship  was made this morning. Kerry will face off against Clare in Killarney at the quarter-final stage and should they win, Tipperary will host them in the semi-final. On the other side of the draw, Waterford play Limerick with the winners facing champions […]

Gardaí have arrested two men, both aged in their 20s, as part of the investigation into a fatal road traffic collision that occurred near Killarney on Tuesday, 12th January. Both men are currently being detained at Killarney Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, A woman, aged […]

BALLYSEEDY Home and Garden are hiring for lots of full and part-time roles in anticipation of a busy staycation summer and to support new business units that have been developed over the last few months. Nathan McDonnell, the Managing Director of Ballyseedy said; “When the pandemic hit we had no […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: My daughter is starting secondary school in September and we live 5 kilometres from her school. Am I eligible for the School Transport Scheme?  Answer: You may qualify […]

James Finnegan has a varied quartet of films for your enjoyment over the coming week… There is something for all film genre fans over the next few days on RTE and TG4, so let’s get right into it Although you know the story so well, Cinderella (Saturday RTE One 6.30pm), […]

A WALK-IN COVID19 test centre will be available in Tralee for 7 days starting Wednesday April 21st. The walk in centre will be part of the existing testing centre at Ballymullen Barracks. Cllr Mikey Sheehy welcomed the news saying it will be “essential in keeping COVID rates low and lowering community […]

LIKE yesterday, there were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this evening. When the number is less than five, the exact number is not revealed until the following day on the COVID data hub on the gov.ie website. There were 11 more deaths reported and 420 […]

THERE were 28 new COVID-19 cases in the Tralee Local Electoral Area reported in the 14 day period up to Tuesday, April 13, according to data provided by the HSE and Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC). It’s the electoral area with the largest amount of cases and the most per […]