Archive for November, 2023

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley TD has announced the delivery of €19,825 in funding for sustainable development projects in County Kerry schools. The successful projects in Kerry were an outdoor classroom and garden update for Ardfert Central N.S. (€5,000), wildlife pond and outdoor study equipment for Meán Scoil Nua an Leith Triúigh (€5,000), Installation of Water Filters and plastic […]

SIX Kerry companies have been recognised for sustainability performance by Bord Bia. The body has acknowledged the sustainability performance of 97 Irish food and drink companies that have attained Origin Green Gold Membership in 2023. Gold Membership is given to companies, which are members of the Origin Green programme, in recognition […]

KERRY Council County is inviting applications for funding from artists, arts festival, arts events and groups, communities, schools, and organisations planning arts activity for 2024. “The Arts Act Grant provides funding to arts events and activities across the county each year,” said Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr. Jim Finucane. […]

WITH a low temperature/ice warning coming into effect from this evening until Friday at noon, Met Éireann are warning that the cold spell is set to continue for a couple of more days. This morning they issued another Status Yellow – Low Temperature/Ice warning for Ireland for Friday evening at […]

THERE were 363 patients waiting on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry during the month of November. This was a rise of eight on the same month in 2022, but lower than the worst November in 2019 when there were 399 waiting on trolleys. Nationally, over 11,493 patients, including 434 children, […]

GET ready beauty lovers in Tralee, because an evening of glitz and glamour like no other is coming. The makeup maestro herself, Michelle Regazzoli Stone, will host “A Night Out with MRS Glam” Masterclass in CH Tralee on The Mall on Wednesday, December 13 from 6.30pm to 9pm. Michelle will […]

STUDENTS and staff at MTU took a walk on Wednesday to raise funds for GOAL this Christmas. The GOAL Mile saw walkers leave from the entrance of the Kerry Sports Academy at the MTU for a short walk around campus for the great cause. The GOAL Mile is a renowned and long-standing event that helps raise […]

A LOCAL man is inviting people to come to Manor West Shopping Centre on Sunday between 12 noon and 3pm to meet and have photos taken with costumed characters from Star Wars. Members of the 501st Legion and Rebel Legion will be dressed as good guys and bad guys from […]

A FREE Cookery Demo in aid of Adapt Kerry will be held in-store at Total Cleaning Kerry’s store at the Horan Centre tomorrow (Friday). Total Cleaning are delighted once again to welcome Mark Doe from Just Cooking who will be joining them to share festive culinary tips from 11am to […]

THE Wander Wild Festival – Ireland’s Ultimate Outdoor Experience — will return next March in Killarney. With over 30 new events, an expanded wellness hub, an extended base camp at this year’s festival it’s set to be bigger than ever. Exciting additions include a Dark Sky Astrology Hike, live workshops […]

A FIFTH year student in Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí came third in a competition for All-Irish schools in Cork on Wednesday. Stuart Daley, a teenager with a passion for rock music, took to the stage in The Youth Theatre in Fermoy to represent in the school at Scléip, a stage based competition for All […]

Lotto: Sponsored by Almas Takeaway, Milltown The fortnightly club lotto draw took place on Monday, November 27th at the club grounds. There was no jackpot winner on this occasion. The numbers drawn were 5, 7, 20 and the bonus ball was 19. Lucky Dip winners were as follows: €50 – Ciaran […]

A Status Yellow – Low Temperature/Ice warning has been issued for most counties in Ireland including Kerry, for Thursday night into Friday morning. Met Éireann says it will be very cold over the coming days with temperatures expected to fall below -3 degrees in many areas. Frost and ice developing […]

RADIO Kerry and Fexco are once again joining forces to honour Kerry Heroes. These heroes are individuals and groups who have shown outstanding community spirit, courage, vision and leadership in the last 12 months here in Kerry. There will be eight award recipients and each will receive a specially created […]

A LOCAL student has just published her first book of poems at the age of just 14. Abigail Adetunji is a third year student at Mercy Mounthawk and launched the book, ‘Mirror — A Poetry Collection for Those Willing to Reflect’, at O’Mahony’s Bookshop on Saturday. A number of friends, […]

THE Brogue Inn and Killarney Heights Hotel have been recognised as a ‘Knorr Recommended Roast 2024’ venues. Kirby’s Brogue Inn, the landmark pub at the bottom of Rock Street is one of the first pubs in the country to be recognised as a ‘Knorr Recommended Roast 2024’ venue. And, one […]

PETER Mark has honoured 117 members of its team for their contribution and long-standing service to the company, including three in the Tralee salon. The Peter Mark Long Service Awards recognise employees from salons across the island of Ireland who have worked with the company for 10 years or more. […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that there were 30 property sales in the Tralee area in October with transactions fetching a total of €6,385,000. The property that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in October was […]

STAFF from JRI America joined forces with Tralee Tidy Towns to hopefully improve Tralee’s performance in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) survey last week. Some of the key lanes mentioned as problem spots in the last IBAL report were the focus of the clean up – most notably […]

TLI Group has announced its sponsorship of the Munster Technological University (MTU) Kerry Campus GAA Club. The MTU unveiled their new jerseys recently at the Kerry Sports Academy building at the Tralee campus. Members of TLI Group senior management were on site to present the new jerseys to Micheál Quirke […]

FOUR Gala Retail convenience stores from Kerry have been awarded the Gala Award for excellence in retail at the 2023 Gala Annual Conference, which took place at The Great Southern Hotel in Killarney recently. The Kerry stores that received the Gala Excellence Awards at the event were Clifford’s Gala, Oakpark, […]

PEIL FAOI 17: Everybody is invited to come along to Saturday night’s very special occasion (7pm) in the clubhouse to honour our minor footballers. They’ll be presented with their Minor County League (Division 1) winners’ medals and their Minor Club Championship winners’ medals. We look forward to greeting parents, family, […]

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley has urged schools in Kerry to apply for solar panel grants to reduce their energy costs and their emissions. The Solar For Schools scheme will provide eligible schools with 6 kilowatts of roof-mounted solar PV, which equates to approximately 16 solar panels. Kerry is one of the […]

Kerry Mixed Doubles Tournaments Last Sunday, we held the mixed doubles tournaments in Tralee Spots and Leisure Centre. It was great to see such a great entry in each of the divisions and everyone seemed to be enjoying their badminton . A big thank you must be said to all […]

CANCER support charity Recovery Haven Kerry has announced details of its Designer Fashion Showcase event taking place in the Gleneagle INEC Arena on February 1, 2024. The date – St Brigid’s Day – is particularly poignant for those involved, with the show set to incorporate the Irish saint and mark […]

A ‘Back to the Future’ music concert fundraiser event was organised by Kerry College students for K.S.P.C.A, an organisation close to the students’ hearts, on Monday at the Clash campus. The Level 5 Music Performance and Sound Production students showcased many of the songs they have been working on together […]

TRALEE Chamber has launched the search for Santa’s Giant Elf with a €1,000 gift voucher reward. One of Santa’s beloved elves, Ernie, has gone missing from the North Pole and Tralee Chamber has issued an urgent appeal to the community, seeking their assistance in locating the missing Elf, offering a […]

KERRY FC can confirm that centre-back Samuel Aladesanusi has re-signed for the club in a deal that will keep him in Mounthawk Park until the end of the 2024 season. 19-year-old Aladesanusi was another prospect of the Kerry Football Club Academy who played for the side at Under 17 and […]

A KILFLYNN school has received a special judges award in the Marine Institute’s Explorers Ocean Champion Awards 2023. St Teresa’s NS Kilflynn receives the award for their healthy ocean school project: ‘Deep Sea Science Fair’. Presenting the award during science week, Cushla Dromgool-Regan, Explorers Education Programme Manager, congratulated the children, teachers, […]

GARDAI in Tralee are asking the public for assistance in relation to investigations into separate theft, criminal damage and alleged assault incidents recently in town. On Saturday evening at about 6.30pm a male in The Square was approached by a number of people, not known to him. One of them […]