Archive for December, 2021

“OH to be a, oh to be a Rockie!” Stacks fans woke up this morning with the sweetest feeling in the world…a winning one. It was a truly memorable afternoon for all involved in Austin Stacks GAA Club as everything went right for them on county final day. Watch a short […]

A STATUS Red Wind warning for Kerry and Cork has been issued by Met Éireann. It has been upgraded from the Orange warning issued yesterday for Storm Barra. Southwesterly winds later veering northwesterly will reach mean speeds in excess of 80 km/h with severe or damaging gusts in excess of 130km/h. Due […]

THERE were no chants or colourful parades, but Kerins O’Rahillys fans showed up in their droves yesterday for the county final to support their team. It was a hugely disappointing afternoon for them though, as they saw their side defeated to their rivals Austin Stacks on a day little went […]

Alan Cantwell on the InsureMyHouse.ie Pat Duffy National Cup 2021/2022 – Quarter Final on Saturday night in Tralee… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 77 Moycullen 62 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors will meet DBS Éanna in the semi-final of the InsureMyHouse.ie Pat Duffy National Cup after seeing off the challenge of Moycullen by 77-62 at […]

MINISTER for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley has today €1.5m ICT funding for schools across Kerry to support the use of digital technologies within the classroom. This funding will issue to primary and secondary schools around the county in the form of grant payments, allowing schools flexibility in the […]

KERRY County Council has commenced a three-month public consultation process on a new strategic plan which will govern planning and development in the county over the next six years. The Draft County Development Plan, which covers the period 2022 to 2028, is an extensive statutory plan which sets out how […]

A STATUS Orange – Wind warning has been issued for Kerry, Galway, Clare, Cork and Limerick for this Tuesday. On Tuesday and Tuesday night, due to Storm Barra, southerly winds, later becoming to northwesterly, will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80 km/hr with severe or damaging gusts of up […]

AUSTIN Stacks fans will be ‘walking in a Rockie wonderland’ this winter after the club won its 13th senior county championship this afternoon in Austin Stack Park. They deservedly beat arch-rivals Kerins O’Rahillys by 0-13 to 0-10 to spark wild celebrations among their colourful supporters who ran onto the field […]

IF you’re anyway involved in Na Gaeil then you’re a happy camper this morning. The senior team’s heroic performance yesterday in Killarney beating Beaufort in the County Intermediate Club Final ensures they will be playing at the top table in contention for the Bishop Moynihan Cup next year. It’s been […]

Na Gaeil 0-13 Beaufort 1-7 REMARKABLE. That’s one word to describe Na Gaeil’s victory this afternoon in Fitzgerald Stadium. Tenacious, determined, calm and lionhearted are a few more adjectives to throw at them. For a team whose preparation for this Intermediate Club Championship Final against Beaufort can at best be filed […]

THE school community at Holy Family NS have come together for a fund-raising drive in aid of childhood cancer. The school is hoping to raise awareness of the illness while also supporting 2nd class pupil Lily-Anna Sebestová who is currently receiving treatment for Rhabobmyosarcoma, a type of cancer. Last week Lily-Anna […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says Saturday’s films on RTE1, RTE2 and TG4 will take you through the full emotional wringer with laughs, tears and romance, and sometimes all three together… The story of Marley & Me (Saturday 3.30 pm TG4) is a true one based on a family that lived […]

MET Éireann has issued a Weather Advisory for Ireland for the middle of next week. A spell of wet and very windy weather is expected to impact Ireland on Tuesday 7th and Wednesday the 8th December, with potential impacts including travel disruption and coastal flooding. There is also the potential […]

NOISE levels reached eardrum-worrying levels at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Friday as the school held a club colours day in anticipation of a weekend of finals involving Tralee clubs. While Na Gaeil looked like they just about shaded it in numbers, they were matched in volume by a sizeable Rockie […]

MUSIC fans in Tralee should check out the screening of a new short documentary on the late Tralee guitarist Eric Roche this weekend. ‘Eric Roche — Still My Guitar Gently Weeps’ contains interviews with family and friends of the acclaimed guitarist. Made by his childhood friend, Riobaird Brosnan, the screening […]

THERE was success for The Kerryman newspaper at the Local Ireland Media Awards which was held online on Wednesday night. Journalist Sinead Kelleher won Best News Story for her coverage of the Skellig Star Direct Provision Centre controversy in Cahersiveen. The Kerryman also won the award for Best Front Page. The Local […]

TWINKLING lights and festive cheer it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Tralee! This festive season join us in The Ashe Hotel for festive dining from the 1st until the 23rd December.  Indulge in the culinary delights of the season while celebrating with friends and family. Dine in […]

TEN new posts are to be created in Kerry County Council to assist with the delivery of their social housing targets. Under the ‘Housing For All’ plan announced by the Government, Kerry County Council is aiming to provide over 1,400 homes over the next five years. Housing for All commits […]

THE number of new COVID-19 cases dropped slightly in the Tralee Local Electoral Area in the 14 day period up to Monday, November 30. There were 394  new confirmed cases in that period compared to the 413 in the fortnight up to Monday, November 22, according to figures available on […]

IF you love your football and for some reason, you can’t go to the game in Tralee on Sunday, then you’re in luck. Kerry GAA in association with Atlantic Oils and Horgan’s Centre Ardfert, is streaming  the all-Tralee clash between Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys on Sunday and the Na […]

TRALEE-BASED company ViClarity kicked off their annual array of charity events and this year it’s all in aid of Comfort for Chemo Kerry. The team join together and get involved in a series of challenges for the month of December in order to raise funds for the local charity. The […]

FORMER Kerins O’Rahillys and Kerry player, James ‘Jas’ Murphy, died yesterday at the age of  98. The Tralee native captained Kerry in the 1953 All-Ireland football final victory over Armagh. He started his club career with Kerins O’Rahilly, before his career with An Garda Síochána took him to Cork in […]

ONLY a few days to go now before the biggest club game the town has seen in decades. The town has been buzzing in anticipation of the final between Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys this Sunday and Tralee Chamber has captured that excitement in a new video made by John […]

NEW car sales were down significantly in Kerry last month compared to November 2020, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). There were 30 new car registrations in the county in November 2021 compared to eight in the same month last year, an […]

ST John of God Kerry Services are currently recruiting for new positions to meet the increasing needs of people across the county. Saint John of God Kerry Services provides a range of programmes and services for adults and children with an intellectual disability throughout the Kerry region. A person-centred approach […]

MTU students brought a bit of a Christmas buzz to campus to the Tralee North Campus on Wednesday with an outdoor Christmas Market. Following a challenging 20 months for students and staff of MTU Kerry with the onset of Covid-19, final year BA Event Management organised the market featuring the […]

IT’S been a long time since Kerins O’Rahillys saw their blue and white ribbons hanging from the handles of the Bishop Moynihan Cup, but the Chairman of the Strand Road club is hopeful and says it’s anyone’s game on Sunday. Haulie Kerins is wishing they can overcome Austin Stacks to […]

TRALEE Lions Club will hold its annual Christmas street collection this year on Friday, December 3 and Saturday, December 4. In addition to the collection, a GoFundMe campaign has also been set up.  The club is hoping that the public will continue to support the causes they contribute to throughout […]

TUESDAY brought a lot of colour to the classrooms in CBS Primary as the school decided to hold a jersey day in advance of the two county finals involving Tralee sides this weekend. While the town is wrapped up in the hype surrounding the Austin Stacks v O’Rahillys senior final […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that October was a busy month for property sales around Tralee with 33 transactions taking place fetching a total of €6,228,509. The property that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in […]