Archive for March, 2023

KERRY captain Síofra O’Shea has been honoured with The Croke Park/LGFA Player of the Month award for February 2023. The Southern Gaels forward, 21, has been in magnificent form for the Kerry to date this season, with the Kingdom already through to the Lidl National League Division 1 Final at […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) has been named the Talent and Skills Development Award winner at the Irish Wind Energy Awards. The award was presented in recognition of Kerry ETB’s innovative approach to developing talent and skills in the renewable energy sector. Speaking about the award, Con O’Sullivan, […]

STUDENTS from all over Kerry converged on CBS The Green on Tuesday night for the Inter Schools Junior Geography Quiz. The table quiz contested by third year students was organised by the Kerry Geography Teachers Association Committee members Karen Tobin, Rebecca Tobin and Karen Blennerhassett. There were 24 teams from over […]

Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne, urges us all to celebrate our common humanity this St Patrick’s Day… Many maintain that St Patrick’s Day is celebrated with greater joy and emotion abroad than here in Ireland. Our history as emigrants extends back centuries. Think of the different waves of emigration to […]

KERRY County Council in association with Creative Ireland, has launched its new Creativity & Cultural Strategy 2023-2028. The strategy is informed by public consultation which took place in 2022. Online questionnaires, an online public meeting, and internal culture team meetings helped shape the focus of this strategy. Kerry County Culture […]

AFTER the snow/ice and low temperature warnings of last week, it’s back to a familiar rainfall one for tomorrow. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Rain warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford where they predict prolonged rainfall through Wednesday and Wednesday night. They say there is the potential for […]

THE Minister for Education and Kerry T.D Norma Foley has visited Philadelphia and New York as part of the Government’s St Patrick’s Day programme of events. During a week of events and speaking engagements in the United States, Minister Foley took the opportunity also to visit local education facilities and […]

JOHN O’Connor has been appointed as new senior bainisteoir of Kerins O’Rahillys for the coming year, taking over from William Harmon who stepped down in January. Announcing the news, club chairman Haulie Kerins said he was delighted that ‘Johnno’ had accepted the invitation to manage the team in 2023 and […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, has said that data released on the number of eviction notices served from July to September 2022 underlines the need for the government to reverse its decision to end the eviction ban. Deputy Daly was speaking after data released by the Residential Tenancies […]

A TRALEE councillor called for more urgent action to address the problem on dog waste on the new Tralee-Fenit Greenway. At the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council last Wednesday, Labour Cllr. Terry O’Brien asked the Council to give an update on when the bins and […]

A LOCAL councillor has asked that safe walking and cycling routes be created to gain access to Banna beach. At last week’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council, Sinn Féin Cllr Deirdre Ferris asked that the Council prioritise Banna for Active Travel applications to facilitate walking […]

A SPECIAL function was held on Friday evening to honour retired staff and members of the board of management at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. Held at The Meadowlands Hotel, former Principal Cáit Uí Chonchúir — who retired at the beginning of this year — was joined by teacher Mairead Ní Bhrosnacháin, […]

KERRY County Council received 720 litter complaints and issued 109 litter fines during 2022 and from these, 13 prosecutions were instigated in 2022. Of these, 246 complaints were investigated in the Tralee Muncipal District with 35 on-the-spot fines issued under the Litter Pollution Acts and four convictions. The figures were revealed […]

Munster Aspiring Champions Meet 1 A busy weekend of swimming kicked off last Sat, March 11th, when our Junior A and Senior Squads headed to UL for meet 1 of the Munster Aspiring Champions. A challenging Long Course (LC) meet, the event was a great success and experience for all our […]

Result of club sponsored singles green/white 12th March 2023. 1. Philip O Sullivan 40pts 2. John W Murphy 39pts 3. Jim O Donovan 38pts Results of Spring Leagues Finals. Cup: Team Paul Stephenson beat Team Jason Daly Plate: Team Derek O Brien beat Team Barry Moynihan Fixtures: 17th March 4 […]

Kerry FC Academy U14 and U15 teams were in action at the weekend. Under 15 The U15,s travelled to Cobh on Sunday and came away with a point thanks to an injury time goal from Kalen Browne. Christy Burke hit a 20 metre shot to give Kerry an early lead. […]

Division 1,3&5 Mixed Doubles Championship 2023 Friday night last, the division 1,3&5 mixed doubles championships were held in Tralee Sports Complex. It was once again great to see such a good entry in the competition and great games were played out that night. Thanks to all the organisers on the […]

LÁ FHÉLE PÁDRAIG: Tá Lá na Máirseála tagaithe agus beidh peileadóirí na Carraige, idir bhuachaillí agus chailíní, ag teacht le chéile ar an Aoine seo (17ú Márta). Expect a text from your team manager with information on time and meeting point for Rock footballers and fans. Beidh an ‘Dubh is […]

LIAM KEARNS: There was shock and sadness not alone in the Club but throughout the Country on Sunday night when news broke of the sudden death of former Club Footballer Liam Kearns. For well over 40 years Liam has been involved in Football at Club and County level. He first […]

Scor na nÓg Our Ballad Group, Solo Singer and Drama group have been practicing extremely hard over the past few weeks for the Tralee district finals of Scór na nÓg which takes place this Wednesday night, 15th March in Na Gaeil Clubhouse at 7:30pm. We wish all our competitors the very best […]

Seniors: We open our county league Division 1 season next Friday, St Patrick’s Day when we welcome Castleisland Desmonds to Strand Road – throw in is at 11.00 am to facilitate those wishing to view/participate in the local parade. The lineout will see us take the field without many familiar […]

Senior Men Tralee/St Brendan’s Group B Senior League Final V Austin Stacks was due to be played Sunday in Blennerville was postponed due to the pitch being unavailable. The Senior County League Round 1 takes place on Saturday March 18th when John Mitchels make the journey to play Skellig Rangers […]

Lotto results: Lotto Tue 7th March 2023. No winner. Numbers drawn were 1, 2, 28, 32. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Denis Dillane, Kathleen Browne, Rebecca McCarthy, Siobhán Lacey, Shane Daly. Next week’s jackpot will be €2,400. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as […]

Registration 2023 Now that some of our teams have resumed training and others will be resuming shortly players and coaches, please register your membership of the Club for 2023. One of the benefits of registering as a playing member of the GAA or LGFA via the Club is that in […]

Seniors Our Senior team are playing the first round of the County League Division 1 against Legion on Friday 17th March St. Patricks Day at 2.30 pm at home in Ballymac. A good home support would be welcomed to support the team and management. Minors Minor County League Division 8 […]

Seniors: Senior Hurling County League Division 1 Results, Round 1: St Brendan’s 1-13, Crotta O’Neill’s 1-13, Round 2: Abbeydorney 2-12, St Brendan’s 2-7, Next game for our Seniors is Round 1 of the North Kerry Senior Hurling League against Crotta, this game takes place on St Patrick’s Day with throw […]

IT’S all happening at The Ashe Hotel this St. Patrick’s Weekend beginning on Friday, March 17. Enjoy the beats of Selective Sound at The Ashe’s ‘little brother’ Roundy’s from 9pm. Roundy’s is quirky, quaint, and quintessentially traditional bar with the added twist of funk & fun that makes it a […]

A KILLARNEY woman who was diagnosed with a rare form of leukaemia called Burkitt’s lymphoma is urging the people of Kerry to support cancer patients by getting involved with the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day on Friday, March 24. Naomi Brosnan was only 17-years-old when she received her cancer diagnosis […]

THE Office of Public Works (OPW) and the National Monuments Service (NMS) at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage today announced that the World Heritage Property of Sceilg Mhichíl site has joined a new global initiative to safeguard sites of cultural significance from the impacts of climate change. The […]

THE County Final of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards will be held on Tuesday, March 21 at the Business and I.T. Building, MTU Kerry campus at Dromtacker. 25 mini-companies set up by local second level schools will participate in the competition. The competition promotes the development of […]