Archive for May 2nd, 2023

OVER 100 Kerry groups joined the National Spring Clean 2023 campaign with communities coming together to make a difference for our environment. Groups registered to carry out clean-ups throughout the county making Spring Clean 23 one of Ireland’s largest anti-litter campaign to date, with almost 4,000 volunteers in Kerry removing […]

THE 5th annual fun run event in memory of the late Paul Lucey was held in Connolly Park, Tralee on Bank Holiday Monday. Weather conditions were ideal with the runners setting off from 11am in the sunshine from the Stacks grounds. The races were well supported, and afterwards the club […]

THE Kerry Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) held its annual Student Awards Ceremony at the Rose Hotel Tralee last Thursday to celebrate the exceptional achievements of the post-primary school and Youthreach Centre students during the 2021/22 academic year. The ceremony, a key event in the ETB’s annual calendar, was […]

DARKNESS Into Light Tralee is holding a pop-up registration centre at Tralee Bay Wetlands this week. The registration desk will be manned between 12.30pm and 4.30pm on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The walk itself will start on Saturday, May 6 at 4.15am beginning from the Wetlands carpark entrance. Registration is […]

MINISTER for Education and Kerry T.D Norma Foley today announced payment of €1m in minor works grants for primary and special schools in Kerry. Schools will have the autonomy to use this funding for maintenance and small-scale improvements to school buildings and grounds. Minor works funding may also be used […]

THE newly formed Tralee Food Festival committee of Ken Tobin, Mary Mc Quinn and John McCarthy are excited to announce the appointment of Oliver Hurley and Ken Murphy as festival directors for the event this year. The festival, which takes place on May 20-21, promises to bring good food, drinks, […]

PAUL LUCEY RUN. There was another great turn-out for the annual Paul Lucey Run for the Rock on this May Bank Holiday Monday. Thanks once again to everyone who participated in the event.. SENIOR FOOTBALL. Rathmore 2-6 (12); Austin Stacks 1-12 (15). Another good day at the office by our […]

RACING returns to Listowel with the three day Summer Festival meeting from Saturday June 3 to Monday June 5 over the June Bank Holiday weekend. There’ll be one day of national hunt and two days flat racing, with great fun off the turf to enjoy including live music, a wooly […]

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley, TD, has paid tribute to more than 350 young people from five schools across Kerry and Limerick for undertaking projects to bring about positive change in their communities. The Minister was speaking at an event hosted by Young Social Innovators (YSI) with support from NEWKD (North East […]