THE CO. SF FINAL: Congrats to East Kerry on their Co. Final victory last Sunday. They now join three other teams who have won 10 titles each – Laune Rangers (1889-1996), John Mitchels (1929-1966) and South Kerry (1955-2015). Dr. Crokes (1901-2018) and ourselves (1928-2021) still lead the honours list with 13 titles each.
JOHN LYNCH TOURNAMENT: Well done to everyone involved in the running of the 6th Annual John Lynch Memorial Tournament last Saturday which was another resounding success (see Juvenile Notes). The late John, of course, was father of our current Club Chairman, Shane and our former Club Chairman, Liam.
CIAN PURCELL: Like his colleague Joseph O’Connor a few weeks ago Cian Purcell has also had a very successful operation in Santry last week. Everyone in the Club sends their best wishes to you Cian and look forward to seeing you back in action in 2023.
ONLINE CLUB SHOP: A reminder that our Club shop is open 24/7. Check out the newest ‘official’ Austin Stacks Club Merchandise – only available to order on this link (free delivery on any orders over €50) see www.oneills.com
CLUB CARDS: Our Card sessions continue in the Clubhouse on Monday and Thursday nights with the starting time at 9pm sharp.
CLUB LOTTO: This week’s (31st Oct) Jackpot, worth €2,500 was not won. The numbers drawn were 6, 7, 18, 26. The €20 winners were Ann & Seán Myers, Eugene Lee and Eugene Lee, all c/o The Club; and Denis O’Sullivan and Shane O’Brien, both c/o Carmel O’Neill.
Next Week’s Jackpot will be worth €2,550.
Continued thanks to the following businesses for selling our Club Lotto tickets – Kevin Barry’s Shop, Commane’s Book Shop, O’Flynn Interiors, Hussey’s, Princess St., The Burger Shack, Monavally as well as Maguire’s Butchers and Kirby’s Brogue Inn and continued thanks to everyone who purchase tickets week in, week out.
Austin Stacks lotto tickets are now also available to purchase on line on the following link: https://play.clubforce.com/play_newa.asp?ll_id=X529#Anchor Kirby’s Brogue Inn Maguire’s Butchers Hussey’s P. Commane Books.
SYMPATHY: Sincere sympathy is offered to the families of the following who died recently: Rev. Anthony Cecil Johnston, Dún Laoghaire, Raheny and formerly Castle Countess; Eoin Walsh (son of David and Justine and nephew of John, Tim and Niamh Collins); Kay Long (nee McNamara), Kevin Barry’s Villas; TJ O’Connor, Spa Road and formerly Gortatlea (one of the great GAA referees of his day); Seán Mallon, Lioscarraig Drive and Pádraig Harnett, Currans and Killarney (Radio Kerry’s outstanding Soccor Broadcaster and Tralee Advertiser’s correspondent in charge of all Club Notes ).
NÓTAÍ NA mBAN
The change in seasons is upon us and one sign of winter settling in is the clocks going back . They went back one day before Halloween this year so an extra hour’s rest for everyone before trick or treating on Monday.
Hope everyone will have a fantastic, fun filled spooky night on Halloween and enjoy your midterm!
Well done to Kitty Bowler who will be cutting her beautiful long locks on Tuesday, November 8th.
She has decided to donate a full 20 inches to Rapunzel Ponytails and to raise funds for LauraLynn – Ireland’s Children’s Hospice at the same time.
It would be great if you could make any donation at all.
https://www.idonate.ie/fundraiser/KittyBowler. Thank you!
U13 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
Tralee 2-11
West Kerry 3-06
Well done to our players who were part of the winning U13 team against a very strong West Kerry side.
Best of luck to to Aimee, Aoife, Caragh ,Córa, Lily and our coach Tricia who are representing Strand Road Club for the Tralee District. Tralee District are through to the semifinal when they play mid Kerry in John Mitchels at 4p.m. next Sunday. Please come out and support!
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ABOVE: Representing Kerins O’ Rahillys in the U13 Tralee District Championship are Aimee Turner, Lily Breen, Córa Meehan, Caragh Houlihan and Aoife O’ Connell
U16 GIRLS
We meet Austin Stacks in the Town League final, details TBC.
Well done to our girls and boys who are attending Mercy Mounthawk and are in Transition Year.
Students and teachers graced the catwalk for their annual charity Fashion Show Fundraiser. This show was very well organised by the students with the assistance of their teachers …from the design of the tickets, dressing and building the stage and catwalk, engaging with local shops and boutiques to sourcing spot prizes and sponsors.
It was truly a glamorous evening.
The local businesses as always were extremely supportive of them . Proceeds from the show went toward Downs Syndrome Kerry and the Kerry Hospice Foundation.
And of course an event in 2022 in Kerry wouldn’t be complete without a visit from Sam who also graced the catwalk on the night with Tomás Kennedy raising the cup on stage with pride.
U17 DISTRICT CHAMPIONSHIP
Tralee 3-07
Mid Kerry 4-11
Hard luck to our U17s, our coach Danny and the town teams who were defeated by mid Kerry in the quarter final last Wednesday … great football played on the night.
MINDFULNESS
Looking forward to seeing everyone next Saturday at 11 a.m. in the Pat Healy room in the club
GOALKEEPER ACADEMY
There will be a break until November 12th when it reverts back to Ballyrickard pitch at 10a.m.
Also there is a charge of €10 for each session to be paid on the day.
A reminder also for those who have registered for the goalkeeping event hosted by gloveglu at the Kerry Centre of Excellence …Friday, November 4th. Enjoy!
LOTTO COORDINATOR
Our club are looking for an honest ,trusted and committed club member to coordinate our weekly lotto,this would involve approx 2/3 hours work per week mainly on Mondays and Tuesdays,
If you are interested in helping out,please reply to Tony Corridon at secretary.kerinsorahillyskerry@gmail.com
Club Function Rooms to Rent.
The club currently have two function rooms available to rent.
The upstairs Pat Healy Room is a large function room perfect for exercise classes, seminars, meetings, private functions , parties etc.
Downstairs is a smaller more intimate venue again ideal for any event.
The rooms are available at hourly, daily or weekly rates.
For further information contact Katie at 087 6967542
A STATUS Yellow wind and rain warning has been issued for Ireland for Wednesday by Met Éireann.
It will be very windy on Wednesday with widespread gales, southerly veering westerly. Some will be severe and damaging gusts may occur. There is potential for localised wave overtopping along Atlantic coasts.
A spell of heavy rain will occur, leading to flooding in places. The warning is valid from 4am on Wednesday to 9am on Wednesday.
Due to our Race Night our Lotto will take place Monday 31st at 9.15pm, results can be found on our Facebook page, local Outlets and will appear in next week’s papers.
Many Thanks to All who contribute to our weekly club Lotto. The club cannot emphasize enough the importance of our members promoting the club Lotto among family, friends, and work colleagues. The lotto is now a critical source of funds for the club. We are appealing to all club members to promote our Lotto at this time to ensure our club’s future viability. Please have your Lotto entries in by 7pm, every Sunday evening.
Run
Blennerville Windmill Road Run will take place Sunday 6th of November, this event will include Vintage Cars and Tractors on this run. Registration for this event begins at 11am and the run will take place at 12 noon from Blennerville Windmill Car Park . This event is being run in Aid of the Kerry Hospice, please come out and support this great event.
Healthy Club Event
We look forward to continuing our Thursday evening couch to 5k at 7pm on Thursday evenings. We have 3 more training runs progressively increasing the running time with the finale being the Tralee Park Run on the 19th of November. These runs will go ahead in the rain unless there is a yellow/ orange or red weather warning! Make sure to register for the parkrun to get your barcode so you can take part on the 19th of November at the link
We are currently in the process of creating a cookbook for our school / community. We would love to add family favourite recipes to our book from people in the community, so they can always be cherished. If you have a dish you would like to include, we would be delighted to hear from you, contact Irene Enright 0871233254 for more info. Thank you.
Facebook Page
Please be sure to like our new Facebook page and tell any family, friends, businesses anyone you can think of to like our new Facebook page. You can find the page at the below link.
On Sunday night we had our very first Race Night, there was a great turnout out with much of the wider community coming to enjoy the event. On the night we had Tim Moynihan as MC who did a wonderful job of guiding everyone through the night from calling out the up-and-coming race to helping make sure everyone got their bets in.
There were many prizes with raffles for spot prizes, prizes for Jockey, Trainer, and Owner but the most coveted prizes which people waited on was who won Best dressed lady and Gent. These prizes went to Norma Flynn and Eoin Sayers. Winner for our Hamper was Fiona Costello on the night.
There was great excitement as the night got closer to the last race our Auction Style, Tim Moynihan started the bidding for each horse in this race with names like Bomber Liston, Jack O Shea, Charlie Nelligan, David Clifford, Maurice Fitzgerald, Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheehy and the most important of all Liam Poff
Our auction race got underway with great cheers from the crowd when Liam Poff was ahead unfortunately he got pipped at the post much to the disappointment of those who had him. €900 was given out for our Auction Race once everything settled down after celebrations.
Finally a massive thank you to Tim Moynihan who was MC for the night, Tom Quane who provided food and the venue for the event, the race night committee for putting it all together and last but not least everyone who sponsored a race, took a full page advert, helped support us in any other way it was much appreciated. Also thank you to all those who came and supported the night.
U9’s and U11’s
Well done to the boy’s team that represented St Pats at the Kilmacud Crokes blitz today in Ballyrickard. While our season is officially over, we brought some of the older boys along to the event. It was an opportunity to challenge ourselves against new opposition. It was a great experience and there was some brilliant football played over three matches. We worked really hard and showed great team spirit to stay competitive in the games.
The boys did the club very proud with their performance on and off the pitch. Thank you to Kilmacud Crokes for the invitation and to Kerins O’Rahilly for hosting the event. A big thank you also to our coaches Brian O’Regan, Michael Higgins, John Colivet, and our head coach Joe Costello.
Hope all our young players enjoy Halloween. Keep up your practice at home and enjoy after school football
Rosary at Rath
Please be aware that this year Rosary at Rath will take place at 3pm on Tuesday Afternoons not Tuesday Nights when it normally took place.
Blessing of the Graves
The Blessing of the Graves for Annagh Cemetery will take place on the 6th of November at 12 noon, Rath Cemetery Blessing of the Graves will take place also on the 6th at 3pm.
Congratulations
To Joe Costello on another term as Coaching Officer for 2023.
To John Keane and Family who celebrated 30 years in business in Keane’s Bar and Restaurant Curraheen recently.
To Samantha Hurley and Barry Sheehy on their recent marriage.
Sympathy
The club would like to extend its sympathy to the families and friends of Pádraig Harnett Currans and Killarney.
Race Night 2022: On Friday the 11th of November Na Gaeil will host their annual Race Night in the clubhouse and will also broadcast live on Facebook. We welcome back the Tote which always adds an extra element of fun and excitement to the night.
This year will also include an Auction for a signed Kerry Jersey. Highlight of the night will be the “The Na Gaeil Gold Cup” with a top prize of €1,000 to the winner.
The Race Night Committee members are actively co-ordinating this year’s event & have been appealing to all club members to give their support in raising vital funds for our club. You can purchase a horse from any member of the Executive or in the bar. The cost is €50.
Lotto results: Lotto Tue 25th October. No Winner. Numbers drawn were 10, 22, 30, 31. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Ciarán O’Connell, Margaret Doody, Róisín Rice, Denis Dillane, Niall O’Meara. Next week’s jackpot will be €1,450. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows:https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto
Mass: A mass for members and deceased members of Na Gaeil club will be held in the clubhouse on Tuesday 8th November at 7.30pm. Everyone is welcome.
Fitness Classes: Pre-Christmas Fitness for women at Na Gaeil gym weekdays at 7am and Sundays at 8.15am. These 40 minute classes are delivered free to Na Gaeil members. All abilities welcome! Contact Helen Tansley for more details on 087 7631977.
Secondary School Football: Well done to the Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí boys football team who defeated Coláiste Íde agus Iosaf, Abbeyfeale last Thursday in the Moynihan Shield final. Final score GCC 4-11, Abbeyfeale 2-11. The Na Gaeil lads involved were Jack Doyle (capt), Seán O’Connor, Kieran O’Connor, Seán O’Connell, Peter Doyle, Evan Casey, Ruairí Ó hAiniféin, Liam Cooper, Ruadhan Clifford, Conor Lucey and Cian O’Neill. The club’s Diarmuid O’Connor was manager of the team on the day.
Scór na nÓg: We will be rolling along with Scór na nÓg soon. Its for children ranging in age from 4th class to under 17 who may be interested in drama, story-telling, recitation, traditional music or singing. If anyone is interested in this please get in touch with Margaret at 086-0855008.
U9 Boys: Congratulations to our under 9 boys who had their award ceremony last night (Sunday) in Na Gaeil. Thanks to Diarmuid O’Connor for his wise words and for presenting the medals to all our players.
U10 Boys: Well done to the Na Gaeil u10 boys who participated in the John Lynch Memorial blitz in Connolly Park last Saturday. Despite the awful weather conditions the lads really enjoyed the day.
U15 Boys: Our Town Board/St Brendans Board semi-final versus St. Pats/Kerins O’Rahillys has been re-fixed for tomorrow, Tuesday at 3.30pm in Kerins O’Rahillys.
Girls Awards Night: Plans are afoot to have the awards night for the juvenile ladies next Sunday 6th November.
Halloween Bingo: Monday night the 31st October at Na Gaeil at 8pm sharp. Over €1,000 in Cash Prizes guaranteedalong with Spot Prizes from our Weekly Raffle. We also have “Split the Bucket” for only €2 drawn on the night. As a Halloween Treat all 10 single winners of the Line in the bingo book will also receive a Free Scratch Card bonus prize. Why not come along, you never know your luck. Double book €10. Single Book €6. Mini Book €3. Jackpot sheets are €2 each. Bus available on (087)2817577.
Quiz: Our next monthly quiz will be held in the clubhouse next Thursday 3rd November. €20 for a table of four. Everyone welcome.
Na Gaeil cycle club: Cycle each Saturday at 9am from Na Gaeil club. Everyone is welcome to come for a nice friendly cycle.
Cards: The weekly 45 card game is back. Every Wednesday night, starting at 9pm sharp. Bring your own partner or come along and we will get you a partner.
Notes: If you’d like anything included in the club’s weekly notes please send it to me at pro.nagaeil.kerry@gaa.iebefore 9am on Monday and I’ll do my best to include it.
All roads will lead to Strand Road next Sunday at 2pm when our Senior team will take on Listry in the Junior Premier Championship semi-final.
Please put on your colours and come out and support these lads and their management team of Ruairi, Denis, Tom, DD, Kevin, Aidan, Mark, Anthony and Tom.
Keep an eye on our social media pages for any changes
An Evening with Ronan O’Gara
Just a week to go until we will have the privilege of hosting Ronan O’Gara, one of Ireland greatest rugby players and sports personalities, for a club fundraising event.
This is on in Ballygarry Estate, Hotel and Spa next Sunday 6th November. We hope as many as possible can and will support the club. A raffle for some premium prizes will take place on the night.
The prizes are as follows
Fourball of golf, in The Old Head Golf Links, Kinsale Co. Cork
€1000 voucher for Cork, Tile and wood
Hospitality voucher for Munster v Lenister value €500 sponsored by Lanes and Hartnetts
One night Bed and Breakfast in a Lakeview room in The Hotel Europe
Afternoon tea for 4 in Adare Manor sponsored by Brendan Daly motors
Two Premium All-Ireland Final Football Tickets
Two Premium All-Ireland Final Hurling Tickets
A Signed Kerry Jersey sponsored by Lee Strand.
We will have live music with Micheal O’Brien pre and Two Toned post the event.
A percentage of the proceeds are also going to support the Kerry Cancer Support Group. A link for tickets below.
All club members support would be greatly appreciated. Investment in our club facilities is vital for the current and future players of our club.
Under 13 Boys
Ballymacelligott U13 boys were invited to take part in the Raymond O’Hagan inaugural football blitz at Mungret St Paul’s Limerick Last Saturday the 22nd of October. The blitz would be 15 aside with 10min per half.
A full bus of excited boys left Ballymacelligott GAA pitch at 8am. We made our way to the outskirts of Limerick city arriving in plenty of time to prepare for our first game against Mungret White.
We lined out on the juvenile pitch and won our first game 3.7 to 2 points.
Our second game was against Mungret Red which was a tougher game but we still won 2.6 to 1.2.
Our third game was against Lissycasey from Clare this game proved to be a tougher task which we lost 6 points to 3 points. Despite the loss we made it into the cup final against the team which we just lost to.
We broke for lunch before the final and we would like to thank the Mungret St Paul’s parents for providing the fine spread of tea sandwiches treats and crisps.
The final was played on the senior pitch and it was a cracking game with all the lads giving 110%.
There were some great individual displays but more importantly a superb team performance.
Unfortunately, we lost by the tightest of margins 1.3 to 1.4
Congratulations to Lissycasey
We left for home soon after and the boys chatted and sang all the way home.
Boys that travelled were Jack Lynch, Gearoid O’Connor, Darragh McMahon, Gearoid Joy, Harvey Leen, Fionn Enright, Eric Quirke, Jack Collins, Jackson Brosnan, Liam Rahilly, Ryan Burke, Daniel Moriarty, Patrick Leen, Graham West, Conor Lynch Shane Cassidy, Jamie Harrington, Tadgh O’Connor, Ciarán Brosnan, and Kyran Boyle
It was a great day out well done to all the boys
U11 Boys
Our last day of football for this 2022 season saw the u11 boys tog out on a very wet Saturday morning for a final fling in the Ballyrickard Blitz. As it turned out the majority of the day stayed fine and 16 die hard boys turned up to play matches against Kilmacud Crokes and St Pat’s Blennerville.
The boys played 4 matches in this non-competitive competition and enjoyed every minute of it. It was a really well organised blitz and thanks to KOR for hosting.
Surprise guest Paul Murphy dropped in to watch the boys play and pass on a few words of wisdom to the boys.
Well done to all and what a great ending to our football season.
Congratulations
Congratulations to our own Donal Rahilly and Mike Broderick who were ratified as Joint Managers of the Kerry Ladies Gaelic Football Minor Squad for 2023, at the County Board Meeting during the week. Ballymacelligott G.A.A will also have the honour of Captaining the Squad also for 2023.
Also, congratulations to Our Emma Sweeney who was confirmed as the new Public Relations Officer for the County Board.
Health and Wellbeing
Our Zumba classes got off to a great start last Tuesday evening in O’Brennan School. Our Mothers and Others group accompanied by some friends danced it out under the guidance of Linda Flanagan. Zumba is a fun way of keeping fit and suits all age levels and abilities!
If there is any talk/workshop in relation to Health and Wellbeing that you would like delivered in our club please contact Oonagh 087-7532949.
Is fearr an tsláinte ná an táinte: Health is better than wealth.
Play Ball Lotto Results
Paula Silles conducted this week’s Play Ball on Monday 24th October. She was joined once again by our lotto committee stalwart Aimee.
The Lucky Lotto Numbers drawn tonight by Aimee were: 4, 8, 13 and 27.
There was no winner of the Jackpot of €4000.00
Congratulations to the following Lucky Dip winners:
Next week’s Jackpot is €4100.00 and the draw will take place on Facebook Live on Monday, October 31st October WHEN we will be giving away as our first Lucky Dip a ticket for An Evening with Ronan O’Gara.
Play Ball Lotto Ticket sales close at 6 pm sharp.
Tickets can be purchased by clicking here
or via our sellers Paula Silles, Gene O’Keeffe, and The HalfWay Shop.
The closing time for entries from the shop will be 2pm on Monday next to facilitate the draw.
A special thanks to Paula, and Aimee for giving their time to our Play Ball Draw and for all that they do.
Our U13s had a great result in the final round of the North Kerry Under 13 B Championship at the weekend. It was a thrilling match with a final score of Parnells 5-9 to 2-11 for Causeway. Congratulations and well done boys.
Under 16 Hurling
Our U16s were due to meet Ballyheigue in the final of the U16 B North Kerry League on Sunday. Unfortunately, due to the bad weather yet again, the match had to be postponed as all pitch were unplayable. Keep watching our social media pages for details of the new date.
Coaches Required
The Kerry Hurling Development Squads are looking for coaches at all age groups. There are vacancies at U14, U15 and U16. In order to develop players, Kerry GAA need a really strong coaching group involved at each age group. If you are interested in getting involved, please contact Colm O Brien on 087 9144891 to discuss the same. Thank you.
AGM
The club AGM will take place on Friday 18th November 2022 at 7:30 pm in Kerins O’Rahillys Clubhouse. This coming Sunday 6th November is the deadline to send completed nomination forms to the club Secretary Natalie Hennessy at secretary.traleeparnells.kerry@gaa.ie. As Tralee Parnells is a Juvenile and Senior Club in both Hurling and Camogie there are a lot of positions to be filled, we encourage all club members to consider joining the Executive for a year. The nomination form is available on the Clubforce app or by contacting the Secretary.
Lotto
Congratulations to Brian Shanahan and Abbie Keegan who won the lucky dip prizes of €25 each in last Mondays draw. The next draw takes place on 7th November. You can play via the Clubforce app or follow the link at https://traleeparnells.gaa.ie. All support greatly appreciated, thank you.
.Claire Cassidy, Anila Mucaj and Michelle Greaney at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean
OVER 300 runners took to the roads of Tralee on Sunday morning for the Tralee Half-Marathon.
The race started from outside Clifford’s Cash and Carry at 9am and led the participants on a route taking in the Spa, out to Ardfert and back to town finishing at Neil Armstrong Way in the Town Park where a big crowd at gathered to welcome them home.
Tralee man Derek Griffin was first home in 1:13:36 followed by Andrew Nevin and Aoife Cooke. Race Director, Jim McNiece was delighted with how the day went.
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“The race was sold out for the past two weeks but we were able to facilitate extra runners this morning at a reduced rate. We couldn’t have asked for better weather, it’s a beautiful day,” he said.
This was the final race in the Tralee race series which took in the 10k, 50k, 100k, Marathon and Half-Marathon runs throughout the year.
“It’s been a fantastic year, especially after COVID and there was great local representation. I want to thank everyone who helped today, including The Huddle Bar who opened up this morning so participants could use the facilities,” added Jim. Scroll down for photos…
Tadhg Fleming and Alannah Bradley at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanBrenda Lynch and Helen Twomey at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Eoin O’Callaghan at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanKrzysztof Zimowski at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Gina Clifford (3rd) and Aisling Fitzgerald (2nd) at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanCiara Mulcahy, Alan Murphy and Elaine Kelliher at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Katie, Liam, Mark and Sophie Hassett at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanJordan Muir, Kyle Roche and Micheál Roche at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Paul Cronin and James Daly at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanLiam Duffy, Grainne Duffy and John O’Keeffe at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Donal and Aoife O’Kelly with Jamie Moynihan and Chris Grayson at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanMark Rocks and Alison Morrow at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Damien Cashell, Declan Keegan, John Mahony and Brendan Doody of the Kilflynn City running group at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanJohn McCarthy and CJ McCarthy at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean.Rob McGovern and Dylan O’Brien at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanPatricia Hannon and Martin Moore at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanTom Foley and Liam Hassett at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanEoghan Ó Cathasaigh and Emer McDonald at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanDen McCarthy, Fran McElligott and Damien Morrisson at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanShane Kelliher and Joe Quinlan at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanGeoffrey De Keersmaeker and Aline Van Den Voorn at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanBilly Walsh and Les Galvin at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanMaria Hogan and Aidan Hogan at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanBrenda Lynch, Helen Twomey, Tony Ponti, Alina Mucaj and Claire Cassidy at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanClaire McCarthy and Peter McCarthy at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanDerek Griffin at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot CreanIta and Michelle Greaney at the finish of the Tralee Half-Marathon on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean
OCTOBER saw 220 patients waiting on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry, the lowest number for the month in six years.
In October 2021 there were 343 people waiting on trolleys at UHK
The monthly Trolleywatch figures compiled by the Irish Nurses and Midwives organisation shows that numbers of patients on trolleys in hospitals around the country was 10,679 making it the second highest October on record.
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INMO General Secretary Phil Ní Sheaghdha said: “We are now in a situation that unless we see meaningful interventions from the HSE and Government, we are going to be in a perilous state this winter in our hospitals. We have seen three instances of over 600 people on trolleys in the past week alone. This is not sustainable for nurses, midwives and other patient-facing staff.
“Over 393 children went without a bed this month. Our members in paediatric hospitals are reporting that not only are we seeing more and more children presenting, but there are also less staff to deal with the demand. The safe staffing levels in one Dublin paediatric hospital are half of what they should be. This cannot continue further into the winter.
“Unsafe staffing levels are going to be a feature of this winter unless we see targeted recruitment and retention plans in each hospital to allow for more nurses and midwives to be recruited at the pace in which we need them, Directors of Nursing and Midwifery in each hospital should have a greater role in recruitment.
“The Department of Health and HSE must come forward and state when exactly capacity will be utilised from the private sector. All capacity that is available to the State at this point must be made available until at least March. Our members and the patients they will be caring for must be assured that all beds that can be used, will be.
“We urgently need access to private hospital resources, increased staffing and a detailed timeline for the winter plan.”
THOSE of you with a ‘dodgy box’ can get anything you want at any time, but if you’re looking to narrow it down to some movies on regular TV tonight, step this way.
With no frightening flicks on terrestrial channels, we’ll have to venture further into ‘cable TV’ land.
The Exorcist — 10pm BBC Three HD (Sky Channel 169)
The daddy of them all really. William Friedkin’s adaptation of William Peter Blatty’s book of the same name is regularly cited as the scariest film of all time and with good reason.
Twelve year old Regan becomes possessed by a demon and it’s up to two priests to save the day, is the one-line synopsis, but this isn’t schlocky B-movie fare.
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The cast is made up of thespian heavyweights like Ellen Burstyn, Lee J Cobb and Max Von Sydow, while Friedkin builds the tension slowly and Regan’s descent is well-paced.
The film has lost its power over the years due to endless parody and modern audiences will be desensitised to the violence, but when it was first released people had to carried out of cinemas after fainting due to the visceral assault on the senses.
Still though, you’d be brave to watch it alone tonight!
The Thing — 11.05pm, Legend (Channel 148 on Sky)
While The Exorcist is rolled out as the best horror movie ever, this is my personal favourite.
Kurt Russell as MacReady in The Thing.
From the master of terror, this is director John Carpenter’s best film and is close to perfection in the genre. It’s fascinating that it was a commercial flop and critically panned on release back in 1982, but is now recognised as one of the greats of cinema.
A team of American researchers in Antarctica is visited by an alien presence which infiltrates the station, resulting in a masterpiece in tension and claustrophobia.
The special effects, from 22 year old Rob Bottin, were revolutionary at the time and still hold up today, while Ennio Morricone’s soundtrack is a character in itself.
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The cast of Kurt Russell as MacReady, supported by character actors Wilford Brimley, Donald Moffat and Keith David, are all on top form (especially during the blood test scene) and the ending is ambiguously brilliant and brave.
Unfortunately it’s on a channel with adverts which will break up the tension, so you’re better off recording it and forwarding the ads for the best experience.
After that, choices are very limited. Jeepers Creepers on Horror Xtra (Sky channel 317) at 9pm sees a brother (Justin Long) and sister (Gina Philips) pursued by a demon serial killer in a pedestrian, average horror movie.
Venturing into Netflix-land there’s a lot of horror movies to choose from, but if you want something more satisfying then check out Mike Flanagan’s The Haunting Of Hill House.
As much a family drama as a chilling horror story, the ten-part series it’s rightly regarded as one of the best series produced for the streaming service and received glowing critical acclaim.
The Haunting Of Hill House.
Based on the 1959 novel of the same name by Shirley Jackson, it tells the story of the Crain family who move into a house with a dark history. If you like jump-scares and a genuinely chilling story then this is well worth your time.
Flanagan has followed it up with further decent enough made-for-Netflix series The Haunting Of Bly Manor, Midnight Mass and The Midnight Club, but Hill House is the best.
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