Archive for September, 2021

PEOPLE throughout the Kingdom and beyond are being asked to vote for Kerry Airport as Ireland’s best airport in the upcoming Irish Travel Trade Awards. The awards recognise and reward excellence in product and service in the Irish Market as voted for by consumers. Kerry Airport remained open throughout the […]

FIVE hospitals in Ireland, including University Hospital Kerry, have had their worst-ever September for overcrowding this month, new figures from the INMO show. Cork University Hospital, Mercy University Hospital (Cork), University Hospital Kerry, Letterkenny University Hospital, and Portiuncula Hospital have all seen more patients on trolleys this September than any […]

KERRY’S Sinn Féin TD has called on the Courts Service to clarify if they have carried out an assessment of Tralee Courthouse by a Conservation Architect. Speaking after the Justice committee on Tuesday of this week, Pa Daly TD, spokesperson for Law Reform, welcomed the contribution from the Department of […]

A KERRY festival is set to be one of the first to be held in the country without indoor restrictions next month. The Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival in Castleisland is one of the largest traditional music festivals in the country and kicks off on Friday, October 22, the day […]

THE Hy-Breasal Tralee Players will perform seven short plays set in a coffee shop on the stage at the Ballymac Bar next month. Written by Frank Houlihan, ‘Strong Coffee’ will be performed on October 13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st and 22nd. Two further dates in November will see a performance […]

WALK-IN COVID-19 vaccination clinics are being held in Tralee this Thursday for anyone who wants to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. No appointment is necessary at the former Borg Warner plant in Monavalley, Tralee  from 10am to 4pm. It’s open to anyone aged 12 or over, with 12 to 15-year-olds needing to […]

KERRY Mental Health Association has announced that it is seeking to recruit a Property/Housing Manager. As an Approved Housing Body with nine residences throughout the Kingdom, Kerry Mental Health Association provides housing units for people living with mental ill-health who are on the local authority housing list. The Chairperson of […]

A LOCAL GAA Club will take part in a Run 4 Pieta event this coming weekend. Various club members from Tralee Parnells will run/walk from 6pm on Friday, October 1 until Sunday, October 3 at 6pm.  All funds raised will be shared equally between the club and Pieta. The club […]

EIGHT walking trails in Kerry are to be included in the Walks Scheme under the Department of Rural and Community Development. The announcement was made by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, with 31 trails in total being added to the scheme nationwide, as well as funding […]

THE efforts of a Tralee woman have helped out two local organisations who do great work for the community. Sharon Roche held a fundraising headshave at Pearse Park on September 10 to help out the Open Arms Kerry project and to remember her son Seán who died 10 years ago. […]

TO celebrate 35 years of Gaisce – The President’s Award, the organisation is encouraging people in  Kerry regardless of age, location or size of back garden to take up their own Gaisce challenge this autumn and plant a pollinator-friendly bulb to protect one of the most important players in the […]

FITNESS CLASSES: The Individual Pod Fitness Training sessions continues in the Clubhouse every Tuesday and Thursday evenings  from 7pm to 8pm. All are welcome. Contact Diane at 087 7940531 for further information. SENIOR FOOTBALL: Dingle 2-10; Austin Stacks 2-12. When these sides met in the opening game of the season […]

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle says Minister Simon Harris must intervene immediately or many of Kerry’s talented young people will be denied their right to a third level education… Very few college students set foot on campus during the last academic year. Instead, they spent the year at home as lectures […]

FÉILTE, the largest educational event in Ireland, is taking place online again this year on this Saturday, October 2 from 10am to 4pm and Kerry teachers and the general public are encouraged to attend virtually. Author and former teacher Roddy Doyle has been announced as keynote speaker. Tickets are free […]

Senior Club Championship Round 3 Kerins O Rahillys 2-10 Legion 0-08 The senior side secured a vital home win in round 3 of this years Senior Club Championship. On a wet afternoon that was not ideal for football , both sides were fully committed right from the off. Legion opened […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil welcomed An Ghaeltacht to Killeen on Sunday for their final group game of the Intermediate Championship knowing that victory would guarantee them a home quarter final draw. The heavy rain during the morning made the underfoot conditions very slippery, but it did peter out early in the […]

WHILE they’re now scattered among the secondary schools around town, Moyderwell Mercy’s Class of 2021 were reunited briefly at St John’s Church on Sunday. The occasion was their delayed Confirmation Day which was held in two sittings to accommodate each class. The weather wasn’t great, but that didn’t dampen the […]

UNDER 7 BOYS & GIRLS Our brave under 7 boys and girls braved atrocious wet weather on Sunday and lined up ready for training. We had some great fun while facing terrible rain but everyone had a ball. Training will continue again this Sunday at 11 and we look forward to welcoming […]

Thank you to everyone for making our 24 Hour Walkathon such a huge success What an amazing 24 hours for our club as our club members and community came out in their hundreds to support our Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Walkathon this past weekend. A huge thank you to anyone who walked […]

Senior team: Our Senior team Ballymac were 1-07 up in the opening minutes of the second half when Finuge notched up their first score in our last game of the Junior Premier Club Championship The final score was: Finuge 1-03 Ballymacelligott 1-04. The senior team and management next outing will […]

Run 4 Pieta Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie club will take part in a Run 4 Pieta event next weekend.  Various club members will run/walk from 6pm on Friday 1st until Sunday 3rd at 6pm.  Please join our club wherever you are located and get active for at least 30 […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €7600 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 02, 12 & 19. The five €30 consolation prizes went Chrissy & Joan c/o Bettys Erin O’Shea Annagh Delia Finn Curraheen Eoin Greaney Lohercannon Janette & Sean Murphy Killelton Next […]

FR PÁDRAIG Walsh was a busy man on Saturday as he welcomed Scoil Eoin pupils to Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church for their First Holy Communion Day. There were three separate ceremonies to accommodate each class and the weather stayed dry so the families could to take some photos […]

AN online player in Kerry is celebrating today after winning the top prize of €250,000 in last night’s Lotto Plus 2 draw. The Kingdom player became the biggest winner of the night after purchasing their ticket at www.lottery.ie on Friday 24th September. The National Lottery has confirmed that a notification […]

IT was great to see crowds back at Listowel Racecoure on Friday for Ladies Day. Back, after an absence of two years, it saw women from all over the country and beyond don some amazing fashions to impress the judges. Maritess McCarthy from Cork was deemed the best dressed lady […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, on a diverse range of movies on the box this week… Perhaps it is just my infantile sense of humour, but Rowan Atkinson just cracks me up, whether it is Mr. Bean, his stand up routines or as the bumbling secret agent Johnny English. The […]

SO, things are finally getting back to normal….and fashion helps! Friday at Listowel Races saw the first real McElligotts Honda Ladies Day take place in two years, with Maritess McCarthy from Cork, resplendent in a fitted statement red dress with matching red coat and sapphire blue headpiece, catching the eye […]

THE Tralee Dementia Friendly Interagency Group has launched an inclusive design booklet which to aims  to provide tips and advice for the community on ensuring accessibility for everyone including those with dementia and other cognitive and sensory impairments. There are currently circa 64,142 people with dementia living in Ireland, a number […]

A NURSE from Cork was the big winner at at McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races on Friday. Maritess McCarthy glamorous red dress was a big hit with judge Celia Holman Lee, who had a very difficult job such was the style on shoes. Maritess, who is originally from […]

The Minister for Education Norma Foley T.D. has officially announced that a multi-million euro extension has been approved for St Ita’s and St Joseph’s special school in Tralee. The extension provides for four new special educational needs classrooms for the school as well as a social skills room. The school […]