Archive for April, 2022

A CURROW man will be heading to Shanghai this autumn to take part in the World Skills Competition. Tom Crowley recently won the WorldSkills Ireland MAMF/Industrial Mechanics 2021 National Competition (MTU Cork & Tralee, Co Kerry). Tom, son of Susan Quirke-Crowley and John Crowley of Mounthawk Montessori in Tralee, is […]

GAELTACHT CHORCA DHUIBHNE: The GAA Gaeltacht scholarship scheme is available once again to help pay a little of the cost of sendinga club member to a Corca Dhuibhne summer course. The scholarship of circa €170 will be provided by Tralee District Board, Kerry County Board and the Munster Council. If […]

Results of the Division 2 & 4 Mixed Doubles held in the Killarney Sports Centre on the 1st April 2022 This is the last Kerry Badminton Association Tournament this year, major thanks to Lee Strand and CPC.ie for their sponsorship this year. Division 4 trophy goes to Becky Weiland Listowel and Brendan […]

Men’s Results Atlantic Golf Construction Master Classic 1 Saturday and Sunday 2nd & 3rd April 2022 Overall Winners 1 Brian Lennon 43 pts (13) Overall Winner 2 Edward J Morrison 41 pts (11) Overall Runner-Up Last Nine Holes 3 Gerard Power 41 pts (15) Overall 3rd 4 Padraig Moynihan 40 […]

TRALEE Municipal District of Kerry County Council held the second civic reception in three years for Garveys Tralee Warriors after their fantastic achievements on the court this season. Players, coaching staff and sponsors gathered with councillors and Tralee MD staff at The Rose Hotel on Monday evening to celebrate the […]

EXCITEMENT is building among the children in the Bryan Carr School of Performing Arts as they prepare to bring ‘Matilda The Musical Jr.’ to the Siamsa Tíre stage this week. Based on the Roald Dahl novel, this Broadway Junior adaptation of the Olivier Award-winning hit will be performed from Wednesday to […]

BANNA Coastcare took part in An Taisce’s National Spring Clean on Sunday with 25 volunteers collecting 26 bags of litter in just one hour. April 1 marked the start of the National Spring Clean month, with volunteers all over the country cleaning up their community. Banna Coastcare’s clean-up saw volunteers […]

A GROUP of 26 newly-arrived Ukrainian children will enjoy a special day out in Tralee over the Easter weekend, thanks to the generosity of the children of fifth class at St Brendan’s National School, Blennerville. Having been greatly moved by the scenes on television of families desperately fleeing Ukraine following […]

THE Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Jimmy Moloney, thanked all those who participated in the County Clean-Up on Saturday. Thousands of volunteers collected hundreds of bags of litter across the county on Saturday during the tenth annual County Clean Up. For the first time in three years, the event […]

In her student days, Julianne Spring Heavey from CDS Law & Tax LLP, met the legendary actor Bill Murray out in Tralee Golf Club after her brother had caddied for him. She recalls, “When I told him I was studying to be a tax consultant he said something very wise: […]

MEMBERSHIP 2022:  Membership for 2022 is now due. Please pay online through club website – austinstacks.ie or through foireann .com. Any queries please contact Bernie at 0860767415. LIDL PROMO:  Our Ladies Club received great news last week with confirmation that they have earned a new set of Jersey’s through the Lidl Ireland Serious Support Campaign.  […]

Alan Cantwell was in Dublin for the InsureMyVan.ie Men’s Super League 2021/2022 Final on Saturday night… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 78 C&S Neptune 72 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors completed an incredible double of national titles by adding the InsureMyVan.ie Super League crown to the InsureMyHouse.ie Pat Duffy National Cup with a 78-72 win […]

EXPRESSWAY coach service has partnered up with Grow Mental Health to raise awareness of mental health challenges with a photo exhibition with Stories of Recovery and Hope in Tralee bus station for two weeks. The display started in October last year in Busáras, Dublin and moved to Waterford, Cork, Galway, […]

Senior County League Division 1 Rd 2 Kerins O Rahillys 0-08 Dingle 1-16 The senior team hosted Dingle on Saturday evening last in Caherina. Again short a good number of regulars . However it was an opportunity to give a number of panelist’s a run out in the senior colours […]

KERRY Group has suspended its operations in Russia and Belarus. Kerry Group has been operating in Russia since 2006 with a research and development operation in Moscow situated there since 2014 and they also have a manufacturing facility in the city. It employs 250 people between Russia and Belarus. The […]

UKRAINIAN APPEAL – Abbey of the Benedictine Nuns in Poland. We would like to say a huge thanks to all who donated to the Ukrainian appeal held last Saturday and Sunday at Ballyseedy. It was great to see the John Mitchels Community Community coming together to support this worthy cause. Many thanks […]

Lotto: Sponsored by Almas Takeaway, Milltown Our next club lotto draw is scheduled to take place tonight (Monday, April 4th) where the jackpot will be €12,600. Get your draw tickets or renew your yearly tickets online on Clubforce or get your tickets for the next draw from all the usual local outlets. Mile […]

CANCER support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry, will host a free online course for those supporting a loved one with cancer, beginning on Tuesday April 26. Given over two and half hours, one day a week, for six weeks, the Building Better Caregivers programme will offer valuable support and practical advice […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, has called on the government to adopt a zero-tolerance approach to hospital overcrowding following the publication of the INMO’s Trolley Watch analysis for March. The figures show for University Hospital Kerry show 338 patients were waiting on trolleys the hospital in March, the […]

Club Senior Team Our Ballymac Senior Men had their second game in the County League Division 1 against Gneeveguilla away in Gneeveguilla on Saturday, 4th of April. It was a fresh, fine evening with an isolated shower. Ballymac started the better side and got an early lead. Half-time score was […]

Scór na nÓg Pride of place goes to our Tráth na gCeist Scór na nÓg team of Dan Maloney, Brian Reidy, Oisin O’Sullivan & Donnacha Buttimer and their bainisteoir Damien Kissane, who qualified for the All Ireland final in the INEC on Sunday 3rd May. At the Munster Final in […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €4300 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 07, 08, 15 & 24.  The five €30 consolation prizes went to: Emer Uí hOgain c/o O’Sheas Gala Emer Uí hOgain c/o O’Sheas Gala Kyle Vahey Fairway Heights Sarah Walsh c/o Curragraigue […]

THE Gleneagle INEC Arena announced today that it will host a concert in aid of the Irish Red Cross Ukraine Appeal. The Coronas, Gavin James, The Academic, Hermitage Green and Susan O’Neill along with MC Fergal D’Arcy are set to take to the stage in Killarney on Friday May 6 […]

Senior Co. League: Last Sunday Na Gaeil hosted Listry in round 2 of the County League Division 2.Na Gaeil started brightly and led by 5 points to 1 after 12 minutes and looked to be in control. Listry worked the ball upfield for a goal to keep them in touch. […]

THE County Clean Up Day took place on Saturday with hundreds of volunteers taking to the streets, roads and estates around Kerry. Supported by KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council the clean-up returned after a three year absence due to COVID. In Tralee, the local Tidy Towns group organised a […]

Mary O’Donnell on the medical-grade sunscreens available at the Cosmetic and Hair Restoration Clinic at the Bon Secours in Tralee to protect your skin as the sun arrives this spring…  WE have had a great week of sunshine and we are starting to feel the warmth coming through! While sunshine […]

GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors are waking up today as InsureMyVan.ie Super League champions. The Tralee side completed a remarkable double — having won the National Cup in January — winning 78-72 in the final over C&S Neptune at the National Basketball Arena last night. Trailing 28-25 after the first quarter, Warriors […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that February saw 25 property sales in the Tralee area in transactions  fetching a total of €4,857,215. The property that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in February was for a […]

THERE was a big increase in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to March 2021, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). There were 276 new car registrations in the county in March 2022 compared to 185 in the same month […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: My flight was cancelled, what am I entitled to from the airline? Answer: The airline must give you a choice of: • Re-routing to your final destination at […]