Archive for January, 2024

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, picks five films on RTE/TG4 for your viewing pleasure this Saturday night… Matthew McConaughey reprises his role as koala theatre impresario Buster Moon in the animated sequel Sing 2 (Saturday 6.35pm RTE1). Buster and friends are thriving in his newly rebuilt theatre.  However, Buster, as […]

AND so it begins again. After the workouts that were the McGrath Cup games, more competitive fare will be on show in Tralee on Saturday night as Kerry welcome Derry to Austin Stack Park. Jack O’Connor announced the team for the league opener earlier tonight and there’s a number of Tralee […]

KERRY have home advantage on Sunday as they hope to build on their great start to their League campaign. After their win over Dublin on the road last Saturday, Waterford provide the opposition at Fitzgerald Stadium this Sunday in a match which has a 2pm throw-in. Tickets for the game […]

KERRY welcomes Derry to Austin Stack Park this weekend to begin the defence of their Allianz League Division 1 title. The game has a 5.30pm throw-in and a large crowd is expected with a mainly dry evening in prospect, so the town’s hospitality businesses can look forward to a welcome […]

KERRY was well represented at the Showcase Ireland event which took place over three days from January 21-23, at the RDS. The event showcased the best of Irish design and research and innovation focused on sustainable biobased materials for product design. Fashion designer Don O’Neill who has had a very high […]

THERE was a great turnout at the Kerry County Museum on Thursday evening as the Art in the Park Artists put their wonderful work on display. Famed fashion designer Don O’Neill officially opened the group’s latest ‘Off the Rails’ exhibition titled ‘An Abundance of Colour’, which certainly lived up to […]

HUNDREDS of graduates and their families filled the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre as Kerry College of Further Education and Training proudly hosted its graduation ceremony on Thursday. They were invited to celebrate the hard work, dedication, and success of their journeys in the College’s campuses at Clash Road, Denny Street, […]

THE Rose Hotel was the venue on Thursday morning for an event entitled ‘Coffee With The Cops’. Taking place from 10.30am to 1.30pm it was a chance for people to get to know their local gardaí from around the Tralee area and beyond. There was advice on road safety, home […]

THE Maverick Danish/Faroese musician, composer, artist, educator, activist, hacker and trickster, Goodiepal, will perform in Tralee this Friday at the MTU North Campus at 7pm. Goodiepal who is also known as Pruttipal, Mainpal Inv, Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen or by his birth name Parl Kristian Bjorn Vester, is noted for […]

OVER 300 Transition Year students gathered at Ballygarry Estate recently to take part in the January 2024 Haberdashery event, the largest event of its kind to ever take place in Ireland. Part of the IKC3 Project at MTU, Haberdashery was a two-day design challenge where senior cycle students develop their research […]

Martin Collins An Appreciation – “Not all Club Heroes Wear Football Boots!” by Elma Nix. It can be all too easy to overlook the vital work carried out by club officers to make our Club the hugely successful club that it is. Our players are lauded as local legends and we get […]

A TRALEE man has donated the proceeds from the sales of his recent book to Vision Ireland, formerly National Council for the Blind of Ireland. Billy Ryle was diagnosed with Fuchs Dystrophy in 2020. Fuchs Dystrophy is a disease which causes fluid to build up in the clear layer (cornea) on the […]

A NEW unified place brand for County Kerry that promotes ‘Visit, Work and Live’ through the new Discover Kerry website has been launched. The ‘Marketing Kerry’ brand project — formed between Kerry County Council, KerrySciTech and Kerry Tourism Industry Federation — was put together with Kerry’s future prosperity in mind. […]

THE 2024 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year (EOY) programme is open for nominations. Entrepreneurs from emerging, established, and international businesses operating across all industry sectors in Kerry are invited to submit their nominations between now and February 29. The theme for this year’s programme is The Trailblazers. 24 finalists will be […]

AFTER a break of five years, staff from University Hospital Kerry will gather en masse for a wonderful social night out in early February and at the same time raise thousands of euro for a great cause. Four years ago, 12 couples had spent months rehearsing to take to the […]

A Daily Million player in Kerry has officially become the first National Lottery millionaire of 2024 after scooping the top prize of €1 million in last night’s 9pm draw. The Kerry player was celebrating after purchasing their ticket online for the Tuesday night draw. The winning numbers in the 9pm […]

THE annual Tony O’Donoghue Memorial Walk will return once again on Saturday, April 13, marking it’s tenth anniversary. Last year the walk, in memory of the much-loved man from Blennerville who passed away in 2014, raised €5,000 for Donal’s Den at the Palliative Care Unit, adding to the tens of thousands of […]

A RENOWNED film director will be in Kerry next month to open an exhibition of work by Tralee artist Mike O’Donnell. The Tralee man’s framed drawings will form ‘Released’ which will grace St. John’s Theatre and Arts Centre in Listowel for the entire month of February. Mike has confirmed that […]

LOCAL supermarkets in the town are preparing for the introduction of Ireland’s Deposit Return Scheme which goes live on February 1, 2024. From this date onwards, when consumers purchase a drink in a plastic bottle or aluminium can that features the Re-turn logo, they will pay a fully refundable deposit […]

AS is the case every year, Tralee Bay Wetlands will hold events to mark World Wetlands Day on February 2. World Wetlands Day, is a celebration of one of our world’s most vulnerable and yet most valuable natural habitats; it marks the adoption of the Ramsar Accord, a global treaty […]

UNDER 7: Our 40+ U7 boys continued their indoor football action in the Mounthawk School Hall last Sunday. Another very enjoyable session was had by players and coaches. Skills, new and old, were practised and a few exciting short games were played!! Come along again next Sunday (28th), boys…all welcome…bring […]

Lotto: Sponsored by Almas Takeaway, Milltown  The most recent fortnightly club lotto draw took place on Monday, January 22nd at the club grounds. There was no jackpot or match 3 winner on this occasion. The numbers drawn were 9, 10, 25 and the bonus ball was 11. Lucky Dip Winners were […]

TRALEE Food Festival will return for 2024, with May 17th to 19th as the official dates for the festival. The 2024 edition sees plans to expand the size of the festival, contributing to the revival and sustained growth of the hospitality and food tourism industry in Kerry. The Tralee Food […]

The Kerry Juvenile Singles County Championships The Kerry Badminton Association Juvenile Championship season got underway on Saturday in Killarney with the county singles competition.  With 175 players taking part, it was one of the largest Kerry juvenile competitions in recent years. While there was good representation from all the Kerry […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) is looking for Permanent Electrical Instructors (3) at their Monavalley campus in Tralee. The role of the instructor is to train apprentices in phase 2 of the apprenticeship programme, in accordance with the relevant curriculum. Application forms and further details for the above may […]

ART in the Park Artists will showcase their works once again for their ‘Off the Rails’ exhibition titled ‘An Abundance of Colour’, in Kerry County Museum. Opening on this Thursday, January 25 at 6pm by Irish fashion designer Don O’Neill from Ballyheigue, all are welcome to come along to the […]

Next weekend will bring an end to the winter hiatus with the commencement of the Allianz Football league, our 10k run and our Last Man Standing competition. Kerry will host Derry in the opening round of the league on Saturday evening next ( 27th)  with a throw-in time of  5.30 […]

John Mitchels Social 2024 Save the date. John Mitchels annual social will be held on Saturday  February 3rd in the Rose Hotel. Get ready for an unforgettable night of fun, laughter and camaraderie!Keep your eyes on social media for updates and sneak peeks. More information coming your way soon. Mark your calendars spread the […]

Lotto results: Lotto Tue 16th January 2024. Numbers drawn were 4, 7, 15, 16. No winner. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Johnny Maunsell, Denis Moriarty, Catherine Moynihan, Josephine O’Dea, Michelle Doody. Our next draw will be tomorrow night and the jackpot will be €1,050. Why not try your luck in our […]

  Club Lotto Due to the inclement weather and weather warning which were in place on Sunday our lotto draw was postponed until Monday 22nd of January. Please see our social media for lotto results. Club Lotto can be played online through the club website www.stpatsgaaclub.com online at https://www.locallotto.ie/play.asp?LL_ID=1328&PC=0 from any […]