Archive for May, 2021

A TRALEE entry has been shortlisted in the inaugural .IE Digital Town Awards 2021. The Tralee Chamber entry — the Digital Tralee app and website project — is shortlisted alongside Drogheda and two Sligo projects in the Large Town (10,000+) category, with the winner receiving €9,000 and the runner-up €5,000. Dingle Peninsula […]

KERRY has been awarded 14 Blue Flags this summer including 12 at beaches around the county, one at Fenit Marina and one at the Portmagee Seasonal Pontoons in south Kerry. The decision of the International Blue Flag jury was announced today and sees the following beaches awarded Blue Flags for […]

THE 2021 Community Support Fund was launched today by the Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr. Patrick Connor Scarteen. Kerry County Council has issued a call for applications for this year’s €750,000 fund which is offering supports to community-based projects and initiatives in Kerry. The fund, which is now in […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: General fixtures have now come to hand for our five round games in Div. 1A of this season’s curtailed Co. League (no specific dates or times have been fixed yet). We will have three home games and two away – R1 at home to Dingle (w/e 12th June); […]

TWO projects from Tralee schools are among the four Kerry entries which have reached the final of this year’s Young Environmentalist Awards (YEA). Hosted by ECO-UNESCO, the winner’s will be announced virtually at the YEA ceremony on this Wednesday. ‘Feabhsaigh Fast Fashion’ from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí is a finalist in the Climate Change […]

KERRY College will hold the latest in their series of live information webinar events tonight (Tuesday), at 7pm. Information will be issued on the various supports – fees, grants and funding, learning supports, and adult and career guidance. Staff will be there on the night to answer any questions you […]

Senior Team The County League Fixtures for 2021 are out! It’s great to see fixtures coming. The County League is scaled down to five games per team.Division 2 is split into A and B and we play in B. We have two home games and three away games in this competition. […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €5800 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 17, 23 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to: 1.       Cillian O’Riordan Racecourse Lawn, 2.      Martin Leen Derryquay, 3.      Phil Curran […]

Training for all teams has now resumed and we will be back in action in the coming weeks with these upcoming fixtures. Credit Union SFL Division 1B Rd 1 June 12/13 Kenmare Shamrocks v Kerins O Rahillys Rd 2 June 19/20 Kerins O Rahillys v Legion Rd 3 July 3/4 […]

CLUB MEMBERSHIP The closing date for club membership is 31st May.Please pay online at www.foireann.ie before then. Senior adult membership can also be paid directly to Maurice Harmon and juvenile membership to Mary Brick or contact us through our Facebook page. JUVENILE TRAINING Please ensure you have registered your child onwww.foireann.ie […]

Club Lotto: Thank you: We would like to give a big thank you to Almas Takeaway who have signed up to be the sponsor of our fortnightly fundraising lotto draw. Thank you very much to Alan O’Connor and his team for their continued and generous support of Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club. […]

UNDER 7 BOYS & GIRLS John Mitchel’s under 7s boys and girls trained last Sunday mornings at 11am as part of our academy on the astro turf. 81young boys and girls lined out in their respective pods to learn new skills and have some fun also. We observed a minute […]

Seniors    The County League will commence in June. Na Gaeil will play in Division 2A.  These are the fixtures:  Round 1: June 12th /13th: Na Gaeil V Ballydonoghue (Home); Round 2: June 19th /20th: Na Gaeil V St. Mary’s (Away); Round 3: July 3rd /4th: Na Gaeil V Glenbeigh/Glencar (Away); […]

Gardaí have arrested and charged a man in relation to the seizure of €23,000 of suspected cannabis herb in Kerry on Sunday. Arising from investigations in the use of controlled drugs in the county, Gardaí from the Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit executed a search warrant at an apartment in Killarney […]

SIAMSA Tíre in Tralee will be one of a network of venues throughout the country to present Lasta: A national arts programme for young people by young people. Lasta is presented as part of Brightening Air | Coiscéim Coiligh, a nationwide, ten-day season of arts experiences brought to you by the […]

THE Square in Tralee was the setting for a rally on Saturday to show solidarity with the people of Palestine. There was a good turnout in the sunshine for the event, which was organised by John Loughrey of the Kerry branch of the Ireland Palestine Solidarity Campaign. Kerry Sinn Féin TD Pa Daly […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: My partner and I have two young children together. We live together but we are not married and haven’t got around to making our wills. If something happened […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says there is another eclectic selection of films coming on RTE and TG4 over the coming days for the discerning viewer that are well worth watching… Parenthood (Saturday 9.20 pm TG4) is a wonderfully gentle comedy starring Steve Martin as Gil Buckman, a man trying […]

KERRY Biodiversity Week has been running all this week, with International Biodiversity Day taking place today. The week is being coordinated with Kerry County Council in collaboration with the Irish Environmental Network (IEN), who are hosting a calendar of events nationally.  The theme this year is ‘We are all part of […]

THE Kerry Ladies football team to face Meath in Round 1 of the Lidl Ladies NFL Division 2A Round 1 clash has being named. The game throws in at Páirc Tailteann Navan on Sunday at 3pm and the game is being streamed live and free to fans. Click on the […]

KERRY will host Meath in Round 3 of the Allianz Hurling League, Roinn 2A, this Sunday at 1pm in Austin Stack Park. They’ll be hoping for a win after last week’s defeat to Offaly. The team is as follows: 1 (GK) Darren Delaney 2. Eric Leen 3. Evan Murphy 4. James O’Connor 5. Jason […]

  KERRY take on Dublin in their second Allianz National Football League game at the neutral venue of Thurles at 1.45pm on Sunday. The team shows no changes from the team that started in the victory over Galway last weekend. It again features the all Tralee midfield of David Moran […]

THE annual Tidy Towns contest will go ahead this year, Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys has confirmed today. Tralee Tidy Towns secured its eighth Gold Medal in a row back in 2019 and will hope another supreme effort will be made by volunteers to retain its status. […]

Gardaí have seized €2,600 of suspected cannabis jellies and cannabis herb in Tralee on Thursday . Arising from investigations in the use of controlled drugs in the Kerry division, Gardaí from the Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit executed a search warrant at a house in Deerpark Manor, Tralee, shortly after 6.30pm. […]

A SINN Féin Kerry County Councillor has said that it would be outrageous if Ardfert National School was to lose a teacher next September because it is down one pupil from the threshold. Cllr Deirdre Ferris said that the loss of a teacher would be a huge blow to the school […]

AN announcement of €1,170,000 in funding for the refurbishment and re-letting of 78 vacant social homes in Kerry this year has been made this afternoon by Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien. As a result of the funding made available to Kerry County Council, there will be refurbishment of […]

A KILLORGLIN Community College student has won the Central Bank of Ireland Award at the Young Economist of the Year competition. Luke Diggin was honoured for his project which explored the impact of central banking and monetary policy on inequality. Luke was also was also recently part of the Killorglin […]

THE 9th County Clean-up will take place from Saturday, May 22 to Sunday May 30 and people are urged to take part in their local area. The event will be held in compliance with public health guidelines. No groups are allowed and clean-up is limited to family pods. People are […]

THE annual Kerry ETB Student Awards ceremony took place on the week of May 10. This key event in the ETB academic calendar, celebrating the achievements of students and learners from their primary, post primary schools and youthreach centres, was not going to be put on hold due to the […]

A GATHERING is to take place in Tralee on Saturday in solidarity with the people of Palestine. People are asked to gather at The Square from 1.30pm until 2.30pm, to wear a mask and to adhere to social distancing rules at all times in groups no bigger than six. Hundreds […]