Archive for July, 2022

HISTORIC COMMERATION: Former Club Chairman, Billy Ryle has penned the following article – The family of Volunteer Michael Ryle will commemorate the centenary of his death next weekend in a dignified and respectful manner based on forgiveness, gratitude, reconciliation and peace. Volunteer Michael Ryle was a member 1st Battalion, Kerry No 1 […]

THESE are nights to savour. The Kerry team came home last night and they’ll never forget the reception they received in Tralee! Thousands of green and gold-clad supporters lined Castle Street, all the way up around Denny Street to The Ashe Memorial Hall to welcome their heroes who arrived in […]

THE Austin Stacks club is inviting everyone in the community to join them this evening to parade Sam Maguire from Rock Street to their Connolly Park headquarters. Kerry captain Joe O’Connor will be joined by his Kerry teammates for the march which is scheduled to begin at 7.30pm from Kirby’s […]

THE Credit Unions of Kerry and West Limerick are delighted to lend their support to the Kerry Senior Ladies ahead of the All- Ireland Senior Championship Final on this Sunday, July 31, in Croke Park. Kerry LGFA Chairperson Selina Looney said: “We are hugely excited to be in an All-Ireland […]

THE victorious Kerry senior footballers took time out of their busy schedule this morning to share their celebrations with children and staff alike in CHI at Temple Street. Team members Joe O’Connor, Seán O’Shea and Gavin White brought the Sam Maguire cup to the hospital and took the time to get […]

PERFECT timing. The rain arrived in Croke Park right on full-time to cool down the many thousands of Kerry fans who were roasted in glorious sunshine all afternoon. Nobody cared about the rain though, as a tumultuous roar of elation and relief resounded around the stadium to hail Kerry bridging […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision on the N21 at Ballycarrane, Patrickswell, Co. Limerick, last night. The collision occurred at a time when many Kerry fans were travelling down from the match in Dublin and gardaí are appealing to any person who may have witnessed […]

THE All-Ireland champions are coming back to Kerry this evening for two homecoming events. They are set to arrive by bus to Tralee at around 5pm after travelling home from Dublin by bus today. After arrival they will travel by open top bus down Boherbee, Castle Street and up Denny […]

Gardaí are currently at the scene of a fatal road traffic collision in the townland of Ballinruddery, on the outskirts of Listowel. The single vehicle collision occurred at approximately 2.40pm this afternoon, Sunday. A car collided with a roadside tree. The male driver of the vehicle (aged 19) was pronounced […]

  IF you were out around Kerry during the week, you might have noticed some colourful cars flying the county flag through towns and along the scenic parts of the Kingdom. Kellihers Toyota at Rathass is an associate sponsor of Kerry GAA and after one of the cars received a […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… National Cancer Screening Service / Free Screening Programmes Cancer is one of the main causes of death in Ireland. If you have any concerns regarding cancer or have a […]

ST Brendan’s of Oakpark, Tralee were winners of the Kerry Community Games under 10 football for 2022. This team consists of players from Austin Stacks, Na Gaeil and Kerins O’Rahillys players and the final took place on Wednesday evening. After defeating Fossa, Glenflesk, Annascaul and 2021 All-Ireland champions  Cahersiveen, St […]

THE Governor of New York, Kathy Hochul took time out from her busy schedule to send a good luck message to the Kerry team ahead of Sunday’s All-Ireland Final. With her grandparents coming from the west Kerry peninsula, she will be rooting for the Kingdom against Galway. In a letter […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, recommends some films on TV today to distract you from thinking about tomorrow’s game… Comedies about religion are always tricky.  They’re either  bland — lest they cause offence  — or they deliberately set out to cause offence. Oh, God! (Saturday 2.50 RTE1) is a rather […]

THIS time on Sunday we’ll know if Kerry will be celebrating a 38th All-Ireland victory, but right now we know the starting 15 tasked with beating the Tribesmen. Kerry and Galway will face each other in the All-Ireland Final for the first time since 2000 — when a replay was […]

AK Inspired participants took part in a Jog 4 June 5K challenge organised by Angela O’Mahony and John Halpin (Health and Leisure Tutors) to raise funding for a defibrillator for the service. Inspired, based at Brandon Court in Tralee, received huge support from the participants families, friends and members of […]

TRALEE’s new skatepark is now open to the public. Young skateboarders got to try out the slopes on Ox Park — named in memory of local skateboard legend Bruce Kelliher — today, while an official opening is scheduled for late next week. Mayor of Tralee, Mikey Sheehy, paid a visit […]

AIB has reversed its decision to end cash services at 70 branches around the country, including five in Kerry — Castleisland, Cahersiveen, Dingle, Kenmare and Killorglin. In a statement, the bank said it had decided not to proceed with the proposed changes, which had caused anger in communities all over […]

THE team at Kerry Cancer Support Group are piloting a sunscreen dispenser in partnership with the Irish Cancer Society, Healthy Ireland and The National Cancer Control Programme. They are among groups including The Dublin Airport Authority, An Post and Water Safety Ireland to make sunscreen freely available to the public […]

KERRY County Council has announced road closures to take place in order to facilitate the holding of the Rose of Tralee International Festival in the town in August. A dome structure is to be erected at the Abbey Car Park. As a result southbound traffic through the Abbey Carpark as […]

KERRY County Council will close Denny Street to public traffic in order to facilitate the homecoming of the Kerry senior football team on Monday. The Kerry team will travel by bus, down Boherbee and Castle Street, before arriving on stage at the Ashe Hall on Denny Street, Tralee at around […]

Swim Ireland’s 2022 Irish Summer National Swimming Championships got underway on Weds July 20th in the National Aquatic Centre ,Dublin . Over 100 clubs nationally compete across five days of competition for age group titles. The year’s Championship return to the 2022 swimming calender after an absence of three years […]

KERRY County Council has warmly welcomes the announcement by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien that the Valentia Trans-Atlantic Cable Ensemble is to be included on the new Irish Tentative List of World Heritage Properties to be progressed for World Heritage inscription. This has been a […]

KERRY Sinn Féin Deputy Pa Daly TD has slammed AIB’s decision to remove cash from 70 branches nationwide, including five in Kerry. Deputy Daly is calling on Minister Heather Humphreys and Paschal Donohue to intervene and ensure a just transition to a cashless society. “The decision by AIB to remove all […]

PEARSE Park in Tralee was bathed in sunshine and colour on Saturday afternoon for a Kingdom Pride In Kerry event. It was one of many activities organised by Kingdom Pride In Kerry over the course of the weekend, with events taking place around Tralee, Cahersiveen and Waterville. There was live […]

A TRALEE-BASED author has been elected President of Shilling Speakers, an online international Toastmasters club, with members from 14 countries. Anthony Garvey said; “The diversity at the club is amazing with six countries represented on our committee alone. We have four TEDx speakers, 11 Distinguished Toastmasters (the highest level a Toastmaster can […]

SEVEN Kerry-based charities and community groups have become the latest beneficiaries of ALDI’s Community Grants programme, with each charity receiving a €500 grant from the ALDI store teams in Kerry. Receiving the €500 grants are Kilgarvan Central School, My Canine Companion, St. Francis Special School, Children’s Health Foundation, Youth Suicide […]

IF you’ve passed the Kerries area over the past couple of weeks you might have wondered about the purpose of activity in a field at Knockanacuig. Well, over the course of the past fortnight, a team of professional archaeologists under the direction of Dr Michael Connolly of Kerry County Council […]

THE Kerry Mental Health and Wellbeing Fest, which celebrates five years from 8th to 14th October 2022, has launched a new website and the call for event organisers for this year’s Fest is now open. The multi-agency Fest Steering Committee is inviting event organisers to attend a free online information […]

UACHTARÁN RANNÓG ÓGRA AN CHLUB: Fuair Uachtarán Rannóg Ógra ár gclub, Mícheál Ó hAodha, bás le déanaí. Déanaimid comhbhrón lena chlann agus lena mhuintir. The club mourns the passing of the President of the Juvenile Section of our club, Mícheál Hayes. R.I.P. Mícheál worked tirelessly over many years for the […]