Archive for June, 2021

A TRALEE woman is encouraging schools to get involved in a healthy initiative for families this month. Irish Life Health has launched the ‘Family Mile Challenge’ with Athletics Ireland to encourage families to get out and get active together. Athletics Ireland National Level 2 Coach, Michelle Greaney, says she would […]

AN allocation of €806,675 in funding has been made for the weatherproofing of Kerry’s regional and rural road network. The funding was made available to Kerry County Council under the Climate Adaptation Investment Programme which aims to address the impacts of climate change and severe weather events on road networks. […]

A TRALEE company has won the Corporate Livewire Prestige Awards 2020/2021 Gluten Free Food Business of the Year. The UK and Ireland-based awards recognise small and medium-sized businesses that have proven to be the best in their market over the past 12 months. Doireann Barrett from Tralee set up The Gluten […]

Students are guaranteed accredited grades so they should regard next week’s written Leaving Cert exam as a bonus says Billy Ryle… Exam Time The waiting is almost over for Leaving Cert students as the exam begins next Wednesday, 9th June. Students are assured of accredited grades so the written exam […]

AS if you needed telling, May was a very wet month in the county judging by the data from Valentia Observatory. Monthly rainfall totals were as much as 174.0 mm (186% of its LTA) at Valentia Observatory, Co Kerry, the highest in the country and the wettest May recorded there […]

CANCER support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry, will facilitate a free webinar on Friday, June 11th, for parents concerned about the effects a cancer diagnosis in the family is having on their children. ‘Helping Hand – Parenting Through Cancer’ will be hosted by award-winning child and adolescent psychologist, Edel Lawlor, of […]

A CORKMAN will arrive in Tralee this Sunday afternoon after walking 208km in a fundraiser for Kerry-based charity Bumbleance. Ger Hennessy is departing from his home town in Cork on Friday and finishing up on Sunday at The Meadowlands Hotel in Tralee who have sponsored accommodation for the fundraiser. A […]

THE Phoenix Women’s Centre in Tralee is engaging the services of a local herbalist and florist after being allocated funding from the Community Mental Health Small Grants Scheme for 2021, in association with Kerry County Council, Healthy Kerry and Pobal. The funding will allow the group facilitate a gardening project […]

TRALEE Art Group will launch their annual Summer Exhibition of work this Friday, June 4. Due to ongoing restrictions, they felt as a group, that bringing their works online would be more suitable to both artists and public alike. The theme this year is “Wild” and members have created an eclectic […]

WITH National Carers Week taking place from Monday, June 7, Citizens Information is taking the opportunity to highlight some of the information, advice and support they can provide to carers. National Carers Week is a key event in the calendar year, a dedicated time to celebrate Ireland’s 500,000 family carers. […]

THERE was a another big rise in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to May 2020, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). However, like April, this increase was due to the COVID pandemic and the lockdown in place in the […]

A LOCAL Labour Party member says it is unfair that students could lose out on SUSI grants because they were claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and wants the issued addressed by Government. Ben Slimm from Tralee, who ran in the Local Elections for the party in 2019, said students who […]

AN antique advertising sign for a Tralee-based business which owned the Jeanie Johnston famine ship will go on sale later this month. The green and gold sign has the tagline Pigs in ‘Clover’. It dates from around 1900 and features XXX Meal made by John Donovan and Sons, Tralee, established in […]

A LOCAL business has just been selected as one of five Munster-based businesses to undergo a complete digital transformation worth €100,000. Grounded Pottery, based in Barrow and run by the mother and daughter team of Marjorie Cunningham and Emma Carmody, was one of 149 businesses in the province to apply […]

AUSTIN Stacks Hurling & Football Club launched a new three-year sponsorship of their under-age teams and a formal partnership with Jigsaw Kerry on Sunday. Ned O’Shea & Sons Construction Ltd and John Lane & Sons Ltd, Food Service Distributors, will jointly sponsor Austin Stacks U-17, U-15 and U-13 football teams […]

IN a joint-initiative, Tralee Gardaí and Tralee Chamber Alliance, today announced plans to further develop the Cluster Gardai programme that was first launched in Tralee in mid-2019. As part of the measures, expanded uniformed patrols in the town centre will take place between the hours of 12pm-6pm and 8pm-3am daily, […]

A FUNDRAISER held at a local pre-school in memory of a local man who passed away in 2018 has raised €1,653 for Breakthrough Cancer Research. The Tom Quirke ‘Hearts & Flowers’ Memorial Fundraiser was organised by his family in honour of the Casement’s Avenue resident who sadly passed away from Pancreatic […]

BALLYHEIGUE and Sneem playgrounds will get funding support for upgrades under a Government initiative. Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., announced the Summer of Play initiative where, in total, €6million in Government grants have been made available to encourage children and their families to get […]

Niamh Daly reports on the Kerry Ladies victory over Clare in Tralee on Sunday… Kerry 4:13 Clare 3:11 Kerry were at home in Austin Stack Park this weekend for their round 2 Division 2 game in the Lidl National Football League against Munster rivals Clare with both teams being unbeaten […]