Archive for February, 2022

TRALEE CBS has expressed its disappointment that the Corn Ui Mhuiri Munster Colleges Final will not be played in Austin Stack Park. The school’s footballers will face rivals St Brendans of Killarney in a repeat of the 2020 final which was played at Fitzgerald Stadium. It would have been presumed […]

Mary O’Donnell on what you need to know about hair restoration at the Cosmetic and Hair Restoriation Clinic at the Bon Secours in Tralee… If I am concerned about hair loss, what is the first step? There are both medical and surgical treatments to reduce hair loss for men and […]

WHILE much focus is on tonight’s football match between Kerry and Dublin, another big game is taking place a stone’s throw from Austin Stack Park. There’s still tickets available for Garveys Tralee Warriors’ Men’s Superleague clash with Moycullen in the Tralee Sports Complex. Tipping off at 5pm, you’ll be home […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public…  Question: I’m a PAYE worker. What income tax will I pay in 2022? Answer: Your income is taxed at 20% up to a certain amount. This is known as the standard […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, looks at Saturday night movies with different comedic styles and some thrills… That which makes us laugh can vary so much from person to person with styles including a sharp script with clever word play, absurd situations, gentle humour and pure slapstick. There is a […]

IT’s not just the Kerry footballers in action in the green and gold this weekend. The Kerry senior hurlers will play Westmeath in the opening round of this year’s Allianz Hurling League Division 2A on Sunday at 12:30pm in TEG Cusack Park, Mullingar. The team captained by Shane Conway is […]

IT’S the big one. The Kerry senior footballers made a lacklustre start to the league campaign in Newbridge last week, but this is the one you know they’ll be up for. The Dubs are in town and it’s sure to be a fantastic atmosphere in a sold-out Austin Stack Park […]

TRALEE-BASED eCommerce business Schoolbooks.ie has been named as the winner in the Education Website of the Year award category in the Digital Business Ireland-Permanent TSB National Digital Awards 2021. Schoolbooks.ie was also named as runner-up in the National Website of the Year award category. Now in its second year, the awards […]

IT’S not looking good weatherwise. Tralee is going to be rocking this weekend as we welcome the Dubs to town, but if you’re heading to Austin Stack Park you better come prepared. The town is well decked out with Kerry, Mayo and Dublin flags — the Mayo ones in anticipation […]

KERRY County Council has announced a further road closure, for nearly three months, as part of the replacement of water mains north of Tralee town. The Council will close to public traffic the L-6093 Doon Road from 8am on Monday, February 28 to 5.30pm on Friday, May 20. The purpose […]

THE Tralee Area Green Party representative has welcomed the launch of the national ‘Town Centre First’ policy and especially a new appointment Kerry County Council as a result of the strategy. Launched today by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, the Minister for Planning and Local Government, […]

TALKS are advanced on moving the Rose of Tralee selection nights to the Kerry Sports Academy at the Munster Technological University campus in Tralee. Speaking on Radio Kerry’s ‘Kerry Today’ show this morning, Chief Executive of the Rose of Tralee International Festival, Anthony O’Gara, said they are currently in discussions […]

GARDAI are warning the public about the continued threat of  vishing, smishing and phishing fraud which has increased by 370% in 2021, compared to 2020. The Gardaí cited the example of a report received by Gardaí in Killarney in May 2020 following a fraudulent Bank Text Alert Scam, that an […]

THE Rose of Tralee International Festival have announced that they have entered into an exciting partnership with The Meadowlands Hotel in Tralee. The Meadowlands is becoming a major sponsor of the Festival, and will provide exclusive use of the hotel’s accommodation, restaurant, meeting rooms, and related services for the duration of […]

KILLARNEY native Jessie Buckley has been nominated for a BAFTA award. The Kerry woman, currently starring in ‘Cabaret’ in London’s West End, is shortlisted for Best Supporting Actress for ‘The Lost Daughter’. She will be competing against fellow Irish actress Ruth Negga whose performance in ‘Passing’ sees her nominated in […]

TRALEE Community Responders has launched a fundraiser after their defibrillator on Ashe Street was vandalised earlier this week. In a post on their Facebook page, they stated there is some damage which will take some time to repair and it has been taken out of service. “This is very upsetting […]

THE students of the QQI Level 5 Professional Cookery and Hospitality Operations at Kerry College got a chance to show their culinary skills to visitors on Wednesday at the Clash Campus. The occasion was the monthly meeting of the Kerry Branch of the Institute of Guidance Counsellors at the Clash […]

THE EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) programme celebrates its 25th anniversary in Ireland this year and is calling for nominations from Kerry. Entrepreneurs from emerging businesses to established and international groups, across all sectors from Kerry, are invited to submit their nominations between now and February 28. Previous finalists […]

COILLTE and the Environmental Education Unit of An Taisce delivered a new ‘Outdoor Forest Classroom’ to a Tralee school on Tuesday. The delivery of An Choill Bheag (little woodland) to Presentation Secondary School, Tralee was  one of six in the country to primary and post-primary schools. An Choill Bheag (AnCB) […]

Billy Ryle says the announcement delivered yesterday is good news for students as it gives clarity as regards the Leaving Cert… The 1st of February brought welcome relief and certainty for exam candidates with a reduction in CAO applications and clarity on the format of the 2022 Leaving Cert exam. […]

ALDI Ireland has  launched its 2022 Community Grants programme, inviting charities and community groups across Kerry to apply for funding through their local Aldi store. Aldi staff will distribute more than 160 €500 bursary grants through the programme this year, totalling to over €80,000 worth of funding for Irish causes […]

THERE was a slight rise in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to January 2021, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI),. There were 560 new car registrations in the county in January  2021 compared to 549 in the same month […]

SINN Féin Kerry TD Pa Daly has criticised the IDA after it was revealed they had just one e-visit to Kerry in the first nine months of 2021. Deputy Daly called into question the lack of IDA visits or investment in infrastructure across the county to promote industry and smaller […]

THE Austin Stacks Club Chairman has welcomed the ratification last night of Joe O’Connor as the new Kerry senior football captain. The confirmation of the appointment came at the meeting the County Board last night. Club Chairman Shane Lynch said; “there is no greater privilege for a club than to […]

GARDAI in Tralee detected a motorist travelling at 77kmph above the speeding limit on a Tralee road earlier this week. On Monday night, Gardaí detected a car driving 127km/h in a 50km/h zone. According to a post on the Garda Southern Region Facebook page, the driver was arrested on suspicion […]

LESS than a year after construction began, the new Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí building is really taking shape. Photographer Domnick Walsh has been documenting the progress of the development with his drones and the latest photos from just a week ago show how the building — located at Clonmore near University Hospital […]

Kerry hosted the Munster Senior (Premier) and Grade E Championships Closed in Killarney Sports & Leisure Centre on 30th January 2022. Kerry did extremely well with Deina Vesko starting us off by winning the Ladies Grade E singles. Paddy Redmond reached the semi-finals of the Mens Grade E Singles coming up against a very strong Ethan Tritschler who went on to […]

ACADEMY Academy is back up and running after the Christmas break. It returned just in time for our young players to cheer on their Warrior coaches before the National Cup final and everybody was delighted to welcome the Pat Duffy cup to training last Thursday. The cup was admired and […]

Results: Sunday 30th January 2022 – Captains Drive In. 17 hole competition James Kelliher, Declan Crowley, Barry Moynihan, James O Connor 84 pts Kevin Lucey, Paudie O Keeffe, Peter O Driscoll, Maurice Laide 78 pts 9 hole Kathleen Finnegan, Martin Mitchell, Donagh Stephenson, Allisha Daughton 40 pts Kevin Mc Carthy, […]

IRISH Water, working in partnership with Kerry County Council, is to commence replacing ageing back yard water mains, lead service connections and constructing new water mains in parts of Tralee next week. The works will take place at Balloonagh Estate, Mountain Close, St. Josephs Estate and Michael O’Flynn Terrace may […]