Archive for May, 2021

NORTH, East and West Kerry Development (NEWKD) in partnership with Trakt Piastów of Wielka Polska (Greater Poland) have launched a new programme entitled ‘Women Active in Society – Transnational Development Programme’. This training programme aims to increase awareness and fuller participation of women in the north, east and west Kerry […]

ACCORDING to Met Éireann, Thursday will be a very wet and windy day in Kerry. They have just issued Status Yellow Wind And Rain warnings for the county and both come into effect from midnight tonight. Southerly winds, later veering westerly, will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65 km/h with […]

UP to 50 new jobs will be created if a multi-million-euro redevelopment of Dingle Distillery gets the green light from Kerry County Council next month. A decision on an application for the development at Milltown, Dingle — which involves demolishing a small section of the existing distillery, the construction of over […]

TRALEE Rotary Club presented €1,500 to the ADAPT Womens Refuge this week. “Rotarys motto is ‘Service above Self’ and we as a club and as Rotary members, try to keep this in mind in everything we do,” said Sharon Hayes, President of Tralee Rotary Club. “We are delighted considering the difficult […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: This season’s Co. League will be curtailed to take account of the time lost due to the lockdown. Divisions one to five will be divided into two groups of six with each team playing five games in each round. Our Senior are in division 1A along with Dingle, […]

A NEW book on the Ballymacandy Ambush of June 1921, where a senior figure in the IRA in Tralee was the only casualty on the IRA side, has just been published by a local author and historian. Owen O’Shea’s book tells the story of the ambush which happened in mid-Kerry just […]

THE team at Ballygarry House Hotel were delighted to hand over a cheque for over €1,000 to Barnardos last week. For the last decade, Ballygarry House Hotel & Spa has hosted an annual Easter egg hunt to raise funds for both local and Irish charities. Unfortunately, in light of the […]

CONSTRUCTION work on the new Listellick NS is scheduled to begin this summer according to Principal Annette Dineen. Ms Dineen said the tenders for the project were back in and work will start on the site, directly across the road from the current building, during the summer months. Minister for […]

THE pupils from St Joseph’s NS in Ballyheigue are once again collecting filmmaking accolades as they have just taken the overall prize in the TrendMicro Film Competition for schools. Their film ‘The School Around The Corner’ won the overall prize in their age category and € 1,000 is on the […]

THE Government has allocated €325,866 in funding to Kerry projects/clubs under the new LEADER Transition Programme. In this tranche of funding, North and East Kerry Development (NEWKD), receives €89,881 as part of a transnational co-operation project with Finland aimed at supporting rurally-based cosmetic companies in both countries whose products utilise […]

GARDAI in Tralee are looking to reunite a woman with a piece of jewellery she lost on Friday last. A woman was walking into the rear entrance to Garvey’s Supervalu on Friday morning at 10am when she dropped something from her pocket. A woman nearby spotted what happened, but by […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating a break-in to a house in Tralee last week. On Thursday, May 13, between 12.30pm and 1.30pm a house was broken into in the Caherslee area of town. The owners returned home to find the front door forced open. A number of rooms had been […]

ACADAMH NA nÓGNo guessing where to start this week’s notes but with the surprise visit at 12p.m. in Strand Road last Sunday morning by David Moran and Tommy Walsh. Thanks lads for coming down, there were some very excited boys who were only delighted to meet the two men they idolise! Our […]

Juvenile Basketball: Wow! What a great first week of basketball. This time of year is normally ‘off season’ for the sport  and we were blown away to have so many players return. Tralee Imperials BC are also delighted to welcome the new coaches, players and families to our basketball community. […]

UNDER 7 BOYS & GIRLS John Mitchel’s under 7s boys and girls trained Sunday at our academy on the astro turf. Over 60 young footballers lined out in their respective pods. The sun shone and great fun was had, with some great football skills on display. Training continues this Sunday […]

Covid Update    Adult and Underage Training: From last Monday, May 10th, both adult and underage training are permitted on a full contact basis in pods of 15 for all Gaelic teams. Games (including challenge games) will not be permitted until June 7th. Minor/U20 Challenge Games: Challenge matches at Minor and […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €5700 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 03, 24 & 26. The five €30 consolation prizes went to: 1.      Jack and Darragh Flahive, Online 2.      Mary Jordan, Blennerville 3.      Padraig […]

Senior Team Our senior team are back training on the pitch and it is a great sight to see all the lads back and enthusiastic for football. We look forward to the fixtures list for the coming few months.   Kerry Senior Team Well done to the Kingdom on a […]

Club Lotto: Our next Milltown-Castlemaine GAA Lotto (Kindly sponsored by Alma’s Takeaway) will take place on Mon the 17th of May. Join us on our Facebook page for the live draw. Standard weekly or Annual tickets are available online with ClubForce @ https://bit.ly/39GTqt1 and weekly tickets are also at all usual outlets with the Jackpot Prize […]

Bring a Friend, Boys and girls living in the Tralee, Ballymac, Blennerville, Churchill and Fenit areas are welcome to come along and try out Hurling and Camogie with Tralee Parnells.  The club will supply equipment for the first few weeks so come along and try it out.  Bring a friend […]

FORMER Presentation Secondary School Tralee teacher and current Minister for Education Norma Foley paid a quick visit to the school on Friday to lend her support to a fundraiser. A former student, Catherine Canavan, left the school in 2005 and now lives in India. She previously worked with the Edith […]

THERE were Kerry winners on Sunday evening as Rásaíocht Con Éireann / Greyhound Racing Ireland hosted the 2020 National Greyhound Racing Awards, honouring the stars in Greyhound Racing from last year. In line with the current restrictions on gatherings in place, this year’s event was hosted virtually and streamed live to both a national and […]

PAVEMENT plans for Tralee don’t make sufficient accommodation for outdoor seating, elderly people, cyclists, families or those with mobility impairment, according to the Green Party’s Kerry branch. In a detailed submission to the Council, they have made 12 specific recommendations (detailed below) and called for the plans to be reviewed. […]

A KILLARNEY family presented the Kerry Hospice Foundation with a cheque for over €14,000 after a running event fundraiser. Jennifer Aherne organised the event in memory of her dad, Brendan Aherne, who passed away on September 14, 2020 from a rare and aggressive Neuroendocrine Cancer. “From the moment of diagnosis in […]

TRALEE Chamber has expressed its dissatifaction that Irish Water is to begin works at the High Street/Strand Road area resulting in traffic diversions at a critical time when businesses are starting to reopen. In a statement issued yesterday, Tralee Chamber said they were advised on Friday by Irish Water that, without […]

ADMISSION charges to all fee-paying open OPW heritage sites, including Ardfert Cathedral, Ross Castle and Derrynane House in Kerry, are being waived for the rest of 2021. It is hoped the measure, announced yesterday by Mr. Patrick O’ Donovan T.D., Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works […]

TO celebrate Biodiversity Week, Kerry Visual Artist in Residence Lisa Fingleton will be hosting two free creative virtual workshops on Zoom next Friday, May 21. These follow on from very successful workshops held over the last few weeks; over 50 people attended last week’s workshop and the feedback was extremely […]

THE International Day of Families is annually held on May 15th and it promotes the importance of a healthy and well-balanced family. It is a day to celebrate your family and what your family means to you.  The importance of this day and what it represents is a great opportunity to […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, on some really good films shown on RTE and TG4 this week…although a little frustratingly, a couple are on at the same time… In chronological order, first is Cool Hand Luke (Saturday TG4 9.20pm), a prison drama starring Paul Newman in the title role of Luke. […]

IT’LL be a Tralee midfield tomorrow in the Austin Stack Park when Kerry take on Galway in their Allianz National League opener at 3pm. David Moran and Jack Barry are the only Tralee men on the starting 15, with Joe O’Connor of Austin Stacks, Tommy Walsh of Kerins O’Rahillys and […]