Archive for June, 2022

BALLYHEIGUE Community Centre will be rocking to the music of ABBA on Sunday, July 3 when ‘My My Mama Mia: An ABBA Tribute Musical Concert’ takes place. The Centre in association with Joe Burkett Theatre Company are putting on the show in aid of the centre and they promise a […]

THE Arts Office at Kerry County Council has extended the Open Call deadline for Culture Night Kerry 2022 programme to 5pm on Thursday, July 7. The 17th edition of Culture Night will take place on Friday, September 23 and the early call out went out to anyone interested in organising […]

AFTER an enforced absence of two years due to the Covid Pandemic, Tralee Lions Club, this week distributed funds from its recent golf classic held at Tralee Golf Club in April 2022. Lions Club President, Joan O’Regan, extended her gratitude to all who contributed to the club’s recent successful golf […]

IT was a miserable morning outside the gym at Moyderwell Mercy Primary School on Friday, but the mood was altogether different inside, as sixth class pupils enjoyed their graduation day ceremony. It was a time to look back on eight years at the school where they formed lifetime friendships and […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… My child is going back to school in September and I need help with the costs. Can I get the Back to School Clothing and Footwear Allowance? You may […]

Mary O’Donnell of the Cosmetic and Hair Restoration Clinic at the Bon Secours in Tralee on a non-surgical, skin-tightening treatment for ‘bingo wings’… One area that a lot of females are conscious of is their upper arms, especially during the summer and they look for dresses that cover that upper […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says there’s a mixed bag of films on the box tonight… When a plot against a prominent Middle Eastern politician is uncovered, David Pollock (Gregory Peck), a Professor of Ancient Hieroglyphics at Oxford University, is recruited to help expose the scheme, as can only happen […]

IT’S a big weekend of action in the All-Ireland SFC series with two quarter-final double-headers on Saturday and Sunday in Croke Park. Kerry will face Mayo in the last of the games at 4pm on Sunday and the team has been announced this evening. There’s a few changes from the […]

IT is hoped Skellig Michael will be safely open to visitors again by next Saturday according to the Office of Public Works. Since the rockfall on 13 June which necessitated the temporary closure of the island to visitors for health and safety reasons, the OPW has progressed investigations and safety […]

KERRY County Council has decided to run with prior-warnings for designated bathing beaches this weekend as a result of the heavy rains today and forecast over Saturday and Sunday. It comes as heavy rains have resulted in a sewerage network overflow in Ballybunion North beach this afternoon and advice from HSE […]

CRIME figures for Kerry were released by An Garda Síochána at the Joint Policing Committee meeting on Friday afternoon and it shows a rise in all categories on the same period of 2021. It should be noted however that COVID restrictions were still in place during some of the first […]

THE opening of the first phase of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway took place this afternoon, when the Fenit-Spa leg of the greenway was opened to cyclists and walkers. Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan TD joined Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD, Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Johnnie Wall and Cathaoirleach of Kerry […]

THIS July sees local drama group, Hy-Breasal Players, perform for three nights in Madden’s Coffeehouse. Taking place on July 6th, 7th and 8th, at 8pm each night, the evenings kick off with two of Frank Houlihan’s Strong Coffee plays: ‘Communion’ and ‘Conception’. These played to popular acclaim in the Ballymac […]

WHILE the decision on Kerry FC’s application to join League of Ireland First Division will be made by the FAI in November, the people behind the new club are not letting the grass grow under their feet when it comes to funding. At a press briefing on Wednesday at the […]

CHIEF Executive of Tralee Chamber Alliance Colette O’Connor met with Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan on Thursday evening, where she stressed the need for investment into transport for the county capital. While the much anticipated opening of the Tralee Fenit Greenway was lauded, Ms O’Connor said Tralee Chamber Alliance remain committed […]

YOUNG Ella O’Sullivan won the the Scoil Eoin School Spirit Award announced today at the Balloonagh school. The award was devised by the Student Council along with Principal Kieran O’Toole in 2016. This award is not academic award, rather an award in recognition of a pupil who promotes inclusiveness and […]

MTU in Kerry has announced details of its GoalMine entrepreneurial summer camps for young people aged between 8 and 12. MTU’s GoalMine Summer Camp is a 5-day non-residential living-lab experience targeted at primary school children aged between 8-12 years old GoalMine provides a one-week fun experience that will stimulate and […]

THE Castlegregory Community Golf Course Association is amongst the 35 community groups, sports clubs and organisations from all over Ireland who were today announced as national finalists in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards. The club is now set to contest in the Youth category of the Awards. With the […]

WELL we haven’t had one of these for a while, but all good things come to an end. Just in time for the weekend, a Status Yellow Rain and Thunderstorm warning for Munster and Connacht has been issued by Met Éireann Weather. They say heavy showers or longer spells of rain […]

DON’T forget that a road race to support Mary Gardiner’s 100km in 30 days campaign for Breast Cancer Ireland takes place on this Friday night.. Michelle Greaney from MG Coaching is organising the 3k run which takes place at 7pm in Blennerville. The route takes runners from the bridge at Blennerville, […]

A TABLE quiz will take place this Friday night at The Klub Bar in the Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Clubhouse for a great cause. The Phoenix Women’s Centre will host the fun night to raise funds for the service which is based at Maine Street in Tralee. Test your trivia knowledge […]

A TRALEE singer-songwriter will have her own TV music show broadcast from next Monday. ‘The Caitriona O’Sullivan Show’ will feature the well known artist presenting country, rock n roll, Irish, folk and showband music videos, interviews with special guests from the world of showbiz. It will also feature acoustic songs […]

CAO applicants have a last chance to register a change of course choices online by 5pm on Friday, July 1, says Guidance Counsellor, Billy Ryle… CHANGE OF MIND With the state exams concluding next Tuesday, June 28, the thoughts of exhausted candidates are no doubt turning to holidays, travel or […]

NEW parking meters, which have a cashless payment option, are being installed in Council-run car parks this week. Twenty new machines — which also take coins as payment — will be installed in the Brandon car park, Abbey car park, ‘Parklands’ car park, the car park in Boherbee near Dom […]

ONE of Ireland’s most respected DJs and the driving force behind the cult 90s TV show ‘No Disco’, Donal Dineen returns to Tralee this weekend. ‘Backstory’ is a night of dancing tunes and original visuals hosted by the Rathmore native at Croí Restaurant on Princes Street on Friday, June 24, […]

FOUR community first responder groups in Kerry will receive €223,022.87  in CLÁR funding. The funding will be used to purchase vehicles designed to transport people who have mobility issues or people being treated for cancer. Community groups that perform roles such as transporting blood samples from hospitals and delivering medication, […]

Lady Captain’s Catherine Prize to the Men. (Catherine  Mc Carthy ) 1 Tom G O’Mahony 39 pts (22) 2 Brian O’Leary 39 pts (10) 3 Gerard Hussey 39 pts (13) 4 John Carroll 38 pts (20) 5 Tim Leahy 38 pts (07) Best Gross: Kevin Lucey 31pts Division 1. Cormac […]

THE ROCK ALL-STARS: If you were in Connolly Park on Sunday morning last and saw the numbers of players showing up for our All-Stars session you would have been forgiven for thinking that you were at a Munster final in Fitzgerald Stadium. We mightn’t have had the greatest weather, as […]

Lotto: Sponsored by Almas Takeaway, Milltown The fortnightly club lotto draw took place on Monday, June 13th at the club grounds. There was no jackpot winner on this occasion. The numbers drawn were 8, 19, 20 and the bonus ball was 17. Lucky Dip winners were as follows: €50 – James […]

BRITISH singer-songwriter Morrissey has announced a show at the Gleneagle INEC in Killarney on Saturday, September 24. It is his only Irish date this year as part of his UK and Ireland tour. Tickets for the INEC, Killarney are priced from €48.05 (including booking fee) and go on sale this Thursday […]