Archive for October, 2022

  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  […]

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 […]

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 […]

Club Lotto 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 […]

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 […]

Senior Team 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, […]

Under 13 Hurling 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

A STATUS Yellow Rainfall warning has been issued for Ireland for Halloween. Met Éireann issued the warning for heavy rain on Monday which will lead to localised flooding and some disruption all over the country. The warning is valid from 6am to midnight. However, looking at the rainfall radar on […]

Alan Cantwell reports on the InsureMyVan.ie Men’s Super League 2022/2023 – Round 5 game between Garvey’s Tralee Warriors and UCC Demons on Friday night… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 85 UCC Demons 89 With just a single League win to their name, Garvey’s Tralee Warriors need to regroup and regather after suffering […]

IT was a momentous day for over 700 graduates at Munster Technological University’s Conferring of Awards Ceremonies on Friday. The award ceremonies marked the first in person conferring since October 2019, although the graduating of Class of 2021 received their parchments in October 2021, and returned to the Kerry Sports […]

Gardaí are investigating a fatal single vehicle road traffic collision that occurred at approximately 5:15pm on Saturday, at Derrymore East, Tralee. The front seat passenger of the only car involved, a female youth in her teens, was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver, aged in his 40s, was […]

MOTORISTS around Tralee are being advised to plan their journeys on Sunday as the town and surrounding areas are hosting several major events. Kerry Motor Club’s annual Winter Rally is taking place on roads all over north Kerry. Roads near the villages of Abbeydorney, Ardfert and Killflynn will be closed all […]

AUSTIN Quilter of AQ Foods was awarded the prestigious 2022 Listowel Food Fair Listowel Food Hero Award. The award was initiated to acknowledge the rich culinary traditions of Listowel and North Kerry. Austin Quilter was presented with the award by the Food Fair Chairperson Jimmy Deenihan — in recognition of his […]

THE ‘Class of 2022’ received their graduation awards at Munster Technological University’s Conferring of Awards Ceremonies on Friday. It was a day to congratulate graduates, their families and friends and recognise the hard work and dedication that led to this moment. This year’s graduating classes included students from the School […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) welcomed Norma Foley TD, Minister for Education, to officially open Scoil an Ghleanna Community National School (CNS) on Friday. Scoil an Ghleanna, located near Ballinskelligs, transferred from Catholic to multidenominational patronage in 2019, becoming Kerry ETB’s second Community National School. Uniquely Scoil an […]

TRALEE won its 10th Tidy Towns Gold Medal in a row yesterday and in doing so upped their points tally on last year. They were awarded 347 points, up nine on 2021’s total of 338 with an increase in almost every category (see table below). Meanwhile, The Spa, Tralee received an […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, on some movies on the box on Saturday… “In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines”… So begins Ludwig Bemelmans’ first book about Madeline (Saturday 1pm RTE2), who is one of those twelve little […]

THE Tralee Branch of the Irish Red Cross are holding a recruitment evening from 7-9pm on Tuesday, November 15 at The Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee. The branch is looking for new volunteers and no experience is necessary. All training in First Aid response and regular training to keep skills up to […]

THE Tralee-Fenit Greenway was officially opened today by the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Hildegarde Naughton TD. It was the second Greenway she opened on Friday after she opened the 16km Listowel to Abbeyfeale Greenway earlier that morning. Those present at the opening at the Bracker O’Regan […]

TIS the season to be Merry! The Meadowlands Team is excited to welcome festive gatherings in An Móinéar Restaurant, Johnny Frank’s Bar & Lounge, Lios Beag Private dining room, and An Meitheal Ballroom, each with its cosy atmosphere to cater for intimate dinners to larger corporate and club events up […]

It’s the last bank holiday weekend before Christmas so make the most of it! While Friday and Saturday are quiet enough, there’s a few more things to see and do around the town on Sunday… Friday 1. Warriors battle Demons… A timely fixture for the weekend as Garveys Tralee Warriors […]

AS people prepare to celebrate Halloween, An Garda Síochána is reminding the public that it is an offence to possess fireworks without a licence. It is an offence to throw an ignited firework at any person or property. The offence carries a fine of €10,000 and or a term of 5 years […]

THE ‘Think Before You Flush Campaign’, operated by Clean Coasts in partnership with Irish Water, urges the public of Kerry to stop flushing wipes down the toilet this Halloween. When waste items like wet wipes and sanitary items are flushed, they can reappear in the form of fatbergs. Halting the unacceptable […]

THE Diocese of Kerry will host their November webinar on Monday the 7th at 7.30pm. The guest speaker is Br Richard Hendrick, Franciscan Capuchin. Known to many for his poem, ‘Lockdown’, or from his work on Christian mindfulness, Br Richard has chosen the title: ‘Welcoming Sister Death – The Franciscan Way […]

WITH Halloween approaching, students at Kerry College decided to have a bit of fun ahead of the mid-term break. The cafeteria at the Clash Campus was livened up by the appearance of Spiderman, Nishi Sunak, Batgirl and more as the Student Council organised a fancy dress event with teacher Miranda […]

THERE will be a number of road closures in the north Kerry area on this Sunday due to the Kerry Winter Rally stages taking place. Kerry Motor Club is celebrating 50 years this year and its end-of-season event has been included in the month-long An Turas Mór Kerry Homecoming Festival. […]

FUNDING of €8.2 million will be made available to support rural communities and enterprises across Kerry under the LEADER programme from 2023 to 2027. Interested groups are now being invited to apply for funding under the LEADER programme which will support thousands of locally led rural development and enterprise projects over the next five […]