Archive for October 3rd, 2023

TRALEE has been confirmed as the European base for the 7th International Fire Behaviour and Fuels Conference next April. The Conference will take place simultaneously in Tralee, Canberra, Australia, Boise and Idaho, USA from April 15-19, 2024, and all three conferences will be linked remotely at various points. Next year […]

KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced actress Eileen Walsh as this year’s recipient of the Maureen O’Hara Award. KIFF also officially launched their 2023 film festival programme today. Celebrating its 24th edition, this year’s festival will take place October 19 – 22. In 2008 KIFF established the Maureen O’Hara […]

PEIL FAOI 7: (i) The Rock U7s had a very enjoyable game and played wonderful football v Ardfert in Connolly Park on Sunday last. See you all next Sunday at 11am, boys! (ii) NB…Our U7 Thursday training is now finished for the year…NB! PEIL FAOI 9: (i) Our Sunday morning […]

THE Na Gaeil GAA faithful will have to head to Killarney on Sunday week to see their team play in their first ever Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC quarter-final. Details of the dates, times and venues for the four games was revealed today with three games in Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney […]

A NEWLY redecorated part of University Hospital Kerry’s ED Department honours the memory of a nurse in the hospital who passed away four years ago. Kerrie Browne from Brosna tragically lost her life on October 2, 2019 in a road traffic collision. The Browne family were at the hospital on Wednesday […]

Preparations continue for all our teams at all age levels as the new season is set to tip off. There is fantastic work being done in training and development sessions and teams are taking part in invitational tournaments, blitzes and challenge games ahead of their opening fixtures in the coming […]

IF you’re around Tralee town centre this Saturday, the why not pay a visit to Paco on the Mall to help out great cause. Eileen Whelan of Paco is once again hosting a charity fundraiser, this time for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Her good friend Audrey Moran sadly lost her […]

THE proceeds of a recent golf classic held in memory of a great friend of Fenit RNLI was presented to that organistion at the weekend. Enda Mullen from Dublin had a special affinity with Fenit as his mother hailed from the area. Every year he collected substantial contributions from friends […]

THERE’S just one week to go until the folks at Tralee Musical Society return to the Siamsa Tire stage with ‘That’s Entertainment’. Rehearsals are ongoing with over 100 performers ready to put on a fantastic show for audiences of all ages. The brand new variety show follows on from the […]

THE Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival has announced the winners of this year’s ‘Young Musician Award.’ This year, like last year there is a male and female winner. They are, Roisín O’Connor (fiddle) from Malahide, Co Dublin and Éamonn O’Meachair  (uileann pipes) from Cúl Aodha, Co Cork. Both Róisín and Éamonn […]