Archive for March, 2022

DOWN Syndrome Kerry are hosting a fundraiser in town tomorrow to raise funds for aid to Ukraine. As a show of solidarity, the Team at 321 Down Syndrome Shop on High Street in Tralee are having a Coffee Day from 10am-4pm on Saturday. All monies will be donated to the Irish Red […]

TWO Tralee hotels are nominated in categories at the 2021 Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Awards, which will be held later this month. Tralee’s Manor West Hotel has been announced as a finalist in the Ireland’s Family Friendly Hotel category while Ballyseede Castle has been nominated in the Wedding Hotel, […]

THE deadline is approaching to apply for the Local Live Performance Programming Scheme 3, Kerry. Wednesday, March 9 is the deadline for all applications for the scheme funded by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media. The scheme aims to support employment and wellbeing through the provision of […]

KERRY Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre (KRSAC) will mark its 30th anniversary with a candlelight walk in Tralee next Friday. Beginning at 6pm from the Denny Street entrance to Tralee Town Park, the walk go through the Park followed by refreshments, music and speeches in the Kerry Diocesan Youth Centre in […]

OVER 1o years since Skelper Quanes started their Cheltenham Preview events, last night’s was by far the biggest and most successful ever, with thousands raised for a great cause. Thanks to Tom Quane adding on an extension to the premises in Blennerville during the COVID pandemic, they could accommodate well […]

ONE of the biggest mobilisations of volunteers in the county will take place next month as the annual County Clean Up returns after a two-year absence. The 10th annual County Clean Up will take place on Saturday, 2nd April and a call is going out to individuals and communities to […]

AFTER a two year COVID-enforced absence, the annual Fenit Coastal Cycle returns this month. Previous cycles have attracted almost 500 participants from across Munster and beyond and with demand expected to be high this year, the Fenit Coastal cycle committee are delighted to announce that pre-registration is now open. The […]

KERRY Local Creative Youth Partnership at Kerry ETB has announced a new children’s art installation at Kerry County Museum in Tralee featuring work from children and young people from diverse backgrounds. ‘This Is Me’ is an exciting, immersive show that captures the essence of an art workshop and can only […]

BA Food Business Innovation students at the MTU Kerry Campus partook in the Rare Disease Ireland #RaiseAToastie campaign to support and raise awareness of the 300,000 people living in Ireland with a Rare Disease on International Rare Disease Day. For the annual awareness campaign Rare Disease Ireland encouraged people across […]

THE Kerry Short Film Bursary 2022, funded by Kerry county Council and the Arts Council of Ireland, is now open for applications. A fund of €10,000 will be awarded to the successful applicant towards the cost of producing a 10-12min short drama or documentary film in the county. In 2022 […]

A LETTER of approval has been issued to UHK from the Minister for Health which greenlights a €10m upgrade of oncology services at UHK. The €10 million investment will provide for an extension to the existing oncology day ward including funding to cover design, construction and equipment costs. The project […]

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses in relation to a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the N21, in the townland of Knockbrack between Castleisland and Abbeyfeale on Wednesday evening. The collision, which involved three vehicles, occurred at approximately 5.30pm. The driver of one of these vehicles, a man aged […]

A VIGIL to show solidarity with the people of the Ukraine will take place this Saturday at 3pm in The Square in Tralee. People are asked to wear blue and yellow, the colours of the Ukraine flag. Local band Oracle will perform at the vigil.

THE celebrations continued at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí on Wednesday as the school welcomed back the All-Ireland U19 B Schools League champions and U16 B Schools League final runners up. The U19 final was won well by Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí yesterday at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, as they beat St. Louis CS […]

WITH St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, Ballyseedy Home & Garden are celebrating the long-weekend, by hosting a St. Patrick’s Day Festival. The events will kick off on March 17th with tickets available at http://ballyseedy.eventbrite.com St. Patrick himself will make an appearance in-store, where he will happily take photos with customers and have a few surprises at the ready. […]

DOWN Syndrome Kerry and Avalanche Designs based in North Kerry have both been nominated for a ‘Spider’ award. Established in 1996, the Spiders is a prestigious digital awards ceremony in Ireland. Avalanche are be nominated for Agency of the Year (<10 staff) while Down Syndrome Kerry is nominated in the Diversity […]

IT’S a sellout! After a break of a couple of years, the Cheltenham Races Preview night will return to Skelper Quane’s Bar in Blennerville on this Thursday night from 7pm. While tickets have been sold out since the weekend, people who want to watch the experts giving their tips can […]

LOCAL media organisations are inviting the people of Kerry and beyond to come together to make their voices heard in a show of support for the Ukrainian people. Kerry’s Eye and The Kerryman will partner with Radio Kerry on the initiative and are asking people to don blue and yellow colours […]

Kerry Sports Academy at the MTU Campus in Tralee has a very special Lent gym offer which can be availed of over the next week. If you call them before Wednesday, March 9, you can get 40 days gym membership for just €40! It’s an amazing offer worth availing of, […]

HERITAGE Council funding of €151,596 has been allocated for Listowel town. The funding is part of the Heritage Council’s Heritage Towns Initiative which is under the remit of Green Party Minister Malcolm Noonan. The money will finance the conservation of seven properties in The Square, William Street and Church Street. […]

THERE are around 3,000 customers affected by a water outage in Tralee tonight. Cllr Mikey Sheehy posted an update from the KERRY County Council Water Services earlier tonight. They said a burst water mains is causing the outage and work on repairing it will take place early on Wednesday morning. […]

SCÓR na nÓG: Come on, The Rock! How about taking part in Scór? Scór competitions:Singing (one song), Quiz, Recitation or Story, Ballad Group (2 songs with harmony), Music Group (two tunes), Léiriú (Sketch), Figure Dance and Set Dance. The Kerry finals of Scór na nÓg are scheduled for Saturday 19th […]

CASTLE BAR SPRING LEAGUE – RESULTS & DRAWS The 1st round match play is now complete with the following teams winning and joining Team Martin Mitchell in the cup Mikey Sheehy beat Brian Hennebery, = Barry Moynihan beat Kieran Dinan Jnr Tony O Halloran beat Anton O Callaghan= Jason Daly […]

ACADEMY Into the final couple of weeks of the season. Sessions remaining for u10s 28th Feb and 7th March, and sessions remaining for Academy 3rd and 10th March. JUVENILE U12 GIRLS T1 Tralee Imperials 41-26 St. Anne’s (22/02/22) U12 Girls T1 had a strong panel of 11 against St Anne’s. […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that January saw 28 property sales in the Tralee area in transactions  fetching a total of €5,333,000. The property that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in January was for a […]

ST Pats GAA Club in Blennerville will use the Club Lotto draw to raise funds this weekend to donate to UNICEF Humanitarian Aid appeal for Ukraine. The Club has decided to support the appeals for humanitarian aid for Ukraine by donating all monies raised through the weekly Lotto draw this […]

DONATIONS are invited for two separate collections for trucks leaving for the Ukrainian border with Poland from Tralee next week to help refugees. People are asked to call to O’Neill’s Transport at Dromtacker, Tralee (Eircode; V92Y967) or to the Tralee International Resource Centre at St Patrick’s Bungalows in Boherbee anytime […]

A MOTHER and daughter from Tralee are taking on a fundraiser for March which will see them take a dip a day in aid of a great cause. Catherine Dolan, a committee member of Tralee/West Kerry local branch of Multiple Sclerosis, along with her daughter Ciara, will take a swim every […]

FORMER Kerry GAA footballer and CRY Ambassador, Aidan O’Mahony is set to conquer the Camino De Santiago to raise vital funds for CRY Ireland (Cardiac Risk in the Young)  and is asking the public to join him. CRY Ireland creates awareness of Sudden Cardiac Death (SCD) and inherited cardiac conditions […]

THERE was a decrease in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to February 2021, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). There were 292 new car registrations in the county in February 2021 compared to 358 in the same month in […]