Archive for June, 2023

This summer, Catch a Birdcage on The Garden Terrace at The Ashe Hotel.  The summer birdcage dining experience, is ideal for a Friday evening wind down after work, catch up with the girls or a romantic date night. There are three themed birdcages to choose from, the Kerry Coast, the […]

A SUPPORT service in Kerry has recently come out on top as Residential Care Home of the Year at a national award ceremony celebrating vital disability and healthcare services. RehabCare Doon Residential service, based close to Tralee, was honoured at the Irish HealthCare Centre Awards 2023 held late last month. […]

IT was an emotional Monday evening for Listellick NS sixth class pupils and their families when  they gathered for their graduation ceremony at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church. The pupils began their schooldays back in August of 2015 in the school on the hill and will finish up about 50 […]

UNIVERSITY Hospital Kerry (UHK) has provided an update following flooding at the hospital on Saturday. While the initial flooding impacted the entrance area and main reception, it was swiftly cleared within a number of hours. No patients or staff members were directly affected by the flooding. However, the Cardiology Department […]

MINISTER for Education and Kerry T.D. Norma Foley today announced initial project approval for a significant building project for C.B.S Primary School, Tralee. This bespoke project will provide for an additional four mainstream classrooms to be added to the existing campus at Clounalour in Tralee. The project brief places a […]

AFTER issuing a Status Yellow Thunderstorm and Rain warning for Ireland earlier this morning, Met Eireann have now upgraded it to Status Orange until 6pm this evening. Thunderstorms and very heavy showers, producing significant rainfall accumulations over short time periods, could occur in some areas causing flash flooding and very […]

PEIL FAOI 7: (i) Football as usual next Sunday morning (25ú) in Caherslee at 11am. Fáilte roimh pheileadóirí nua. (ii) Outstanding football was played last Thursday night! These lads are mighty little players! This Thursday (22nd) again, boys, at 5.30pm. PEIL FAOI 9: More U9 GoGames action at 11am on […]

Lady Captain Kathleen Finnegan’s Prize Sunday 18th June 2023 1st: Bernie O’Loughlin  (31)  46 pts 2nd: Brid Murphy  (42)   44 pts Best Gross: Ella Moynihan  30 gross 3rd:  Catherine McCarthy  (14)  41 pts 4th: Emma Vinarcik  (14)   40 pts Division 1:  Fionnuala Mann  39 pts Division 2:  Norah Quinlan    39 pts Division 3:  Antoinette Sayers  37 pts Division 4:  Mary Mullins   35 pts Past Captain’s […]

FRIDAY was a red-letter day in the long history of Listellick NS when the new school building was officially opened by Minister for Education Norma Foley. The opening was attended by past staff, members of the Board of Management, Bishop Ray Browne, local clergy and a number of invited guests who […]

A STATUS Yellow Thunderstorm and Rain warning has been issued for Ireland by Met Éireann. They say heavy showers with thunderstorms are likely in many areas. This could result in spot flooding and difficult travelling conditions. The warning is valid from 12noon today to 10pm tonight. According to the rainfall radar on the […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Lying second from bottom on the Co. League table we have to win our last two games in the competition to have any chance of remaining in the Division 1for the coming season. At the moment our R10 game, at home to Kilcummin, has been fixed for next […]

Senior Men Senior men face Dromid away in the next round of  the league next weekend. Day and time to be confirmed. Stay tuned. Senior Men Development League. Our senior development team await the Junior Town League fixtures. Stay tuned for more updates. Senior Ladies County league round 1. The […]

Fixtures  Up to date fixture list are posted on social media on Monday mornings Please note that all fixtures can be changed so check our media outlets for notice of changes. Senior Team  The Credit Union Senior Football League Division 1 Round 10 We will play our last home game […]

Seniors: Both our teams are in action next weekend when Round 10 of the county league takes place. In division 1 we are away to Dingle who sit 2 points behind us, albeit with a game in hand; this encounter has been fixed for Sat next 24th June with a throw-in […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €2500 in Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 05,11,20 & 26. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to: 1.  Michael Gallagher Lohercannon 2.      Susan Dennehy Cloghers 3.      Eileen Sayers Annagh 4.      Harry Poff Curraheen 5.      Janette Murphy […]

Lotto results: Lotto Tue 13th June 2023. No winner. Numbers drawn were 7, 11, 15, 29. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Tony & Carmel Turner, Eamonn O’Neill, James Moynihan, Liam Ross, Phillys O’Connor. Tomorrow night’s jackpot will be €3,100. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows: https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto Registration: We have made […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses to a theft incident last week in Tralee. On Tuesday, June 13 at about 9pm, a teenager was approached by two males near the entrance to the Greenway on the Connolly Park side. The victim told gardaí that the two males threatened him with violence […]

THERE are 21 primary schools across Kerry — including many in the Tralee area —receiving Science Foundation Ireland’s 2023 Curious Minds Awards, celebrating their achievements in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, announcing the awards said; “I […]

MINISTER for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, TD, turned the sod on the new Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths (STEM) Building at MTU’s Kerry North Campus. The STEM building, 9,042 meters squared in size, will provide the capacity to expand MTU’s portfolio of programmes and […]

John West Feile na nGael 2023 Excitement is building for our Feile camogie panel as they finalise their preparations for the national Feile na nGael competition. Training and fundraising has gone really well and we are almost ready for the National Feile competition in Co Roscommon. We also know who […]

TRALEE has a new Mayor as veteran politician Cllr Johnnie Wall was elected unopposed to the position today. The Fianna Fáil Cllr takes over from his party colleague, Cllr Mikey Sheehy after he was proposed for the position at the Tralee Municipal District AGM on Monday morning, held at Kerry […]

THERE was a Tralee winner at the prestigious Association of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS) Awards at the weekend. The awards were held on Saturday night at the INEC in Killarney attended by hundreds of guests. Tralee native Clodagh Harrington won the award for Best Female Singer for her performance as Eva […]

AFTER the chaos caused by the rain yesterday, another Status Yellow Thunderstorm and Rain warning is in effect for Kerry today. Met Eireann says thunderstorms will bring frequent lightning, heavy downpours, gusty winds and the chance of hail to parts of the country today with a chance of localised flooding […]

THERE was a fantastic turnout from the school community and beyond at the O’Brennan NS fundraising night at the dogs on Friday night. The occasion doubled up as the school’s annual Fun Day so there was loads of entertainment for the children including face painting and a bouncy castle. For […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Abbeydorney’s win over Dr Crokes in the opening round of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC at Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening… Abbeydorney 4-17 Dr Crokes 0-16 Talk before this game was that a shock might be on the cards, but Michael O’Leary put paid to […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on the opening round of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC game in Austin Stack Park yesterday evening… Kilmoyley  4-13 Causeway 1-15 They say goals win matches and that certainly was proven this evening when Kilmoyley overcame Causeway with goals from Maurice O’Connor and Philip Maunsell. Daniel Collins opened […]

Daire Walsh reports on Kerry’s win over Dublin in the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Group 3 game in Parnell Park yesterday… Kerry 2-8 Dublin 1-9  Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh amassed a magnificent haul of 1-6 at Parnell Park as Kerry withstood a late surge from Dublin to seal victory in […]

YOUNG people recently took part in a three-day programme at Munster Technological University to introduce them to a career in hospitality ‘Get Started’ in Hospitality was delivered by NEWKD YEI service, NEWKD SICAP and MTU Kerry and after the success of last year’s programme and interest from new communities to […]

KERRY College is still taking applications for its Diploma in Software Development to support learners in the South West region with jumping into a tech career. Commencing on June 26, the full-time, fully-funded cohort provides learners with the software development skills required for digitisation and developing eCommerce capabilities within their […]

FÉILE na mBláth once again proved hugely popular with large crowds enjoying free entertainment in the Town Park, but unfortunately the heavy thunderstorms spoiled things on Saturday afternoon with suspension of activities. However, today is the last day of the festival and there’s loads to get up to including celebrating International […]