Archive for July, 2021

BALLYSEEDY Home & Garden has announced their mid-summer indoor plant sale with discounts of up to 40% off. Whether you fancy treating yourself or someone special to an indoor plant, there is incredible value at Ballyseedy Home and Garden, July sale. Up to 40% off luxury plants such as the Aglaonema, Philodendron […]

ALTHOUGH we’re not even halfway through the summer holiday, back to school costs are never far from parents minds. A new survey from the Irish League of Credit Unions shows that back to schools cost still a struggle for parents, annual ILCU survey shows more than a quarter of parents […]

SEVEN Kerry businesses are vying to have their product voted as Ireland’s Best Burger. With the reopening of indoor dining now firmly on the horizon and foodservice finally starting to show signs of returning to some degree of normality, the hunt for Ireland’s best burger has begun thanks to National […]

KERRY County Council has collaborated with Healthy Kerry, Tralee Bay Wetlands Eco & Activity Park, Kerry CYPSC, South Kerry Development Partnership, NEWKD, Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership, TIRC and KASI to organise suitable play, recreation and game equipment for families living in Kerry Direct Provision Centres. National Play Day is […]

Dreaming of a lawn that requires ZERO maintenance and looks great all year round? Kieran Donaghy of PST Lawns, outlines why they are Ireland’s leading supplier of top-quality artificial grass… For over 12 years we’ve been supplying top quality artificial grass to homeowners and landscapers all over Ireland. To date we […]

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA) is reminding road users, particularly drivers, to be aware of the dangers posed by ‘sun glare’ as Orange and Yellow weather warnings for High Temperatures have been issued for the next few days. Sun glare can result in drivers being temporarily dazzled or blinded by […]

BRITISH OPEN GOLF CHALLENGE: Thanks to everyone who contributed generously to our Club Fundraiser, spearheaded brilliantly by Tim McMahon. John Fox was the eventual winner with Shane Herbert, Ben Quilter and David Courtney next in line. Check our Club Website for further details. DISABILITY PATH: Our new disability friendly path […]

Met Éireann has this morning issued a Status Yellow – High Temperature warning for Ireland. High temperatures will  continue this week with hot conditions by day and staying very warm and humid at night. Daytime maximum temperatures generally 27 to 30 degrees Celsius with overnight values not falling below 17 […]

Div 1 County League Rd 4 An Ghaeltacht 1-13. Kerins O Rahillys 1-15 The senior team travelled to West Kerry on Saturday evening last for round 4 of the Division 1 County League. On what was a glorious evening for football in Gallarus we managed to keep our unbeaten run […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil played Dr. Crokes in Round 4 of the County League in sun drenched Killeen and in blisteringly hot conditions on Sunday. Na Gaeil’s Declan Cooney was first off the mark with a fine point from play after 2 minutes. Dr. Crokes wing back Mark Fitzgerald replied with […]

Condolences: Eileen O’Connor All at Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club would like to offer our most sincere condolences to the family and friends of Eileen (Eilo) O’Connor who passed away last Tuesday morning. Many of you will know Eileen’s daughter Adele O’Dwyer who is the founder of our fabulous Mother’s and Others […]

KERRY County Council is inviting members of the public to sign up for a free alerts service which enables subscribers to receive important messages, updates and alerts from the local authority. The council has partnered with the MapAlerter.ie service to provide targeted messages to citizens which can be received by […]

CANCER support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry, will facilitate a free webinar on Friday, July 30th for professionals supporting children impacted by cancer. The webinar will be hosted by renowned child and adolescent psychotherapist, Edel Lawlor, of Expressive Play and aims to offer support, advice and guidance to professionals who wish […]

Munster Final Tickets Kerry will face Cork in the Munster final on Sunday next the 25th July in Killarney. Due to a reduced capacity in Fitzgerald Stadium, we expect to get a very limited number of tickets for this match. Any members that wish to apply please contact club secretary […]

U7 Boys and Girls After a very energetic training session last week, the Under 7’s Parnell hurlers were delighted to welcome Kerry’s own Paudie O’Connor who with Chris Murray of Casey Stephenson Accountants presented the team with a new set of jerseys (see photo above). These were kindly sponsored by […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL Listowel Emmets had a well-deserved victory over Ardfert in Round 4 of Div. 3A of the County League played in Ardfert on Sunday afternoon. The teams were evenly matched in the first 20 minutes. Christopher Nolan pointed two early frees replied to by David Keane for Listowel. Emmets […]

UNDER 7 BOYS & GIRLS 57 boys and girls trained in glorious sunshine and sweltering heat on Sunday.  Great efforts were made in warm conditions.  Some lovely football was in evidence between multiple water breaks and one ice cream stop. It was richly deserved.  New members are always welcome, and […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €6600 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 07, 19, 23 & 26. The five €30 consolation prizes went to: 1.      Brenda Conway c/o Poff Motors, 2.      Maurice Long c/o Poff Motors, 3.    […]

A NEW disability friendly path was officially opened at Austin Stacks GAA grounds at Connolly Park on Saturday night. Welcoming the attendance at the opening, Billy Ryle, Club Chairman, said that just a year ago the 10-day Bracker 100km fundraising walk began to raise funds for a path allowing access […]

HEALTHY Ireland Swim distance marker buoys have been placed at 100 metre intervals to create a 1,200 metre sea swimming circuit at Sandy Bay, Castlegregory. Sandy Bay is a popular and safe swimming destination with an east facing aspect, providing shelter from the prevailing South West winds making it a […]

KERRY basketballers are ready to shine on the international stage this summer. Tralee Imperials players, Tim and Sean Pollman-Daamen from Ballymac, were selected for the Irish Under 18 team to play in Levice, Slovakia in August. Also, Castleisland’s Paris McCarthy, of  the St Mary’s club, has the privilege of heading to […]

WE’RE more used to yellow and orange rain and wind weather warnings, so this comes as a welcome, if sticky, change. Met Éireann has issued a weather advisory for high temperatures until this Friday. It will continue to be very warm until the weekend, with day time temperatures into the […]

WHAT a few days of weather we’ve had in town. The sunshine really brought out the crowds resulting in bars and restaurants being well packed (well at capacity anyway, the new definition of ‘packed’ in the COVID world we live in).. Let’s hope the fine weather continues, so we all […]

POPULAR Tralee band Midnite Café dusted off their instruments to perform their first gigs in 16 months in front of excited residents in four housing estates in town yesterday  afternoon. Kerry Mental Health Association’s Tralee Branch benefitted from a collection at each location where the generosity was overwhelming on a […]

THERE were nine new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tralee Local Electoral Area in the 14 day period up to Monday, July 12, according to figures available on the Government’s COVID-19 data hub. With a 14-day incidence rate of 27.2 per 100,000 of the population, this was the lowest […]

AT last, some real summer weather. The rest of the country basked in sunny weather on Wednesday and Thursday, but it was a bit more cloudy around Tralee.  But that all changed on Friday and the rest of the weekend is looking ‘scorchio’. However, it was still a bit dull […]

TEMPERATURES are set to soar to the mid 20s this weekend so expect our beaches to be packed. With this in mind, Tralee Gardaí are asking beachgoers to be responsible when parking their vehicles. Gardai say illegal parking at beaches causes obstruction and prevents emergency services getting access to the […]

Tina Curtin, Information Officer with South Munster Citizens Information Service discusses some common employment queries which have come up recently… Currently various services are opening up more to the public. Any change in the situation in relation to local Citizens Information offices? While we are still providing our service mainly […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says there’s a wonderful selection of films available this Saturday on terrestrial television… Following last week’s showing of the first in the series, this week is family recommendation is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Saturday 6.35pm RTE One). It continues the adventures of Harry, […]

THE Gleneagle INEC Arena in Killarney this evening announced a series of live outdoor gigs scheduled to take place throughout August with tickets on sale now. Artists lined up for the aptly titled “Inside Out” gigs include the up-and-coming Lyra, Saint Sister, Jyellowl and Kerry Rising (featuring Cathal Flaherty, Seamus […]