Archive for January 3rd, 2023

MANAGEMENT at University Hospital Kerry has issued a statement regarding the “extreme pressure” being placed on services at the hospital at the moment due to a number of factors. This pressure has now resulted in the deferral of most outpatient appointments and elective surgeries (see details below). There were 40 […]

Lotto: Sponsored by Almas Takeaway, Milltown The fortnightly club lotto draw took place on Friday, 23rd December at the club grounds. There was no jackpot or match 3 winner on this occasion. The numbers drawn were 14, 25, 26 and the bonus ball was 20. Lucky Dip winners were as follows: […]

IT’S time to get back on the bike as the Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle returns for the first time since 2019. The cycle takes place on Saturday, January 14th at 11am from St. Pat’s GAA Club, Blennerville. The cyclists will travel to Castleisland town centre and home to Blennerville followed by […]

ELEVEN swimmers braved the elements for two great causes on New Year’s Eve out in Banna. Jennifer O’Carroll Reidy first organised a swim on New Years Eve 2021 in aid of the Irish Cancer Society, in tribute to her uncle, Antony ‘Anto’ Carroll who passed away in August of that […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that there were 21 property sales in the Tralee area in November in transactions fetching a total of €4,686,767. The property that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in November was […]

THERE are 40 patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry today according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. This is a record number at the hospital since the INMO started compiling  figures based on daily checks in emergency departments and wards across the country in 2006. […]