Archive for February, 2024

Lotto: Sponsored by Almas Takeaway, Milltown The most recent fortnightly club lotto draw took place on Monday, February 6th at the club grounds. There was no jackpot or match 3 winner on this occasion. The numbers drawn were 6, 12, 30 and the bonus ball was 18. Lucky Dip Winners were […]

IT has been announced that €3.5m has been allocated for 20 projects in Kerry under the Active Travel Investment Programme for 2024. Kerry has been allocated €3.5m of the €1bn allocation nationwide. A number of schools are included under the Safe Routes To School programme including €180,000 for Moyderwell Mercy Primary School; […]

IN a culinary spectacle set to take place today, apprentices from across Ireland have converged at The Great Southern Hotel in Killarney, to compete in the National Commis Chef Apprenticeship Competition. Organised by the Kerry Education and Training Board (ETB) in partnership with the Irish Hotel Federation and other industry […]

PEIL: (i) UNDER 7 boys (born in 2017, 2018, 2019 or 2020)….next Sunday (11th) at 10am in the Mercy Mounthawk School Hall….queries to Richie on 089 2470791. (ii) Buachaillí FAOI 9 (born in 2015/2016)….Sunday next (11th) at 11am in the Mounthawk Secondary School Hall….call Richie on 089 2470791 with your […]

  Corn Ui Mhuri: Best of Luck to Mounthawk & CBS The Green teams and management and to each of our 17 players involved in Saturday’s Final in Austin Stacks Park at 1.30pm 2024 Membership: Membership for 2024 is now due. Please pay online through the club website www.austinstacks.ie or through […]

THERE’S just days to go until a fabulous fundraiser in aid of a great cause when Comfort for Chemo Kerry host ‘A Celebration of Love’ — a dinner dance to be held on this Saturday in The Rose Hotel. They are promising a night of fine food, dancing, ceoil agus craic. […]

THE Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) Tralee Branch will hold their ‘Puppy Love’  Valentine’s Dance fundraiser this Friday night. Taking place in The Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee, the event has been a huge success in the past with a large crowd attending raising thousands of euros for for the […]

PREPARATIONS are well in place now for the MTU Kerry Campus to host the Electric Ireland Higher Education GAA Championships from February 13th to the 17th. It’s set to be a fantastic showcase of Gaelic games activity with over 17 games taking place across the five days, with teams descending […]

KERRY County Council is reminding communities across the county that funding is available under the Community Climate Action Programme for 2024. Funding of over €600,000 has been provided for projects in Kerry which will help to build low-carbon and sustainable communities. The goal of the programme, which is led by […]

Division 2 & 4 Singles Championships The Kerry division 2 & 4 singles county championships took place on Friday last the 2nd of February in the Tralee Sports and Leisure Complex in association with CPC.ie. Some brilliant badminton was played by all with some very close games. There were winners […]

A TRALEE man was named Sales Person of the Year at Chadwicks Appreciation and Recognition Awards (CARAs) recently. The second annual Chadwicks Appreciation and Recognition Awards were held to celebrate and thank colleagues from across the business. Denis O’Regan from Chadwicks Tralee was named Sales Person of the Year. Recognised for […]

Lotto results: Lotto Tue 30th January 2024. Numbers drawn were 7, 21, 25, 27. No winner. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Shane Murphy, Myra Daly, T.J. Nelligan, Geraldine Sheehan, Pat Fitzgerald. Our next draw will be tomorrow night and the jackpot will be €1,150. Why not try your luck in our […]

Golf Classic Launch: The launch of our first major fundraiser since Strictly Come Dancing, took place on Friday night last, 2nd February with the announcement of a golf classic in Tralee GC to be held on Friday 29th March ( Good Friday). The fundraising is part of a 5 year plan to […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our club Lotto Jackpot of €5800 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 07,13,22 & 27. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to: 1.      Emer Uí hOgain c/o O’Shea’s Gala 2.      Dom O’Brien c/o Rock Inn 3.      Lucy Walsh c/o Poff […]

Corn Uí Mhuirí Next Saturday will be a historic day in Austin Stacks Park as for the first time ever, two Tralee schools will contest the Corn Uí Mhuirí (Munster Colleges Senior A Football) Final. On behalf of the club, we wish all the boys from Mercy Mounthawk and Tralee […]

ALMOST 30 different events, lectures, outings and gatherings form part of the 2024 Programme for the Kerry Archaeological and Historical Society which has been published this week. From the Vikings to St Brendan the Navigator and the big houses of Kerry to recent archaeological discoveries on the Dingle Peninsula, the […]

KERRY County Council is inviting members of the public to join an online information session this week which marks the beginning of public consultation on a new Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) for Kerry. The Kerry Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) has begun the preparation of the Local Economic […]

By Alan Cantwell St. Brendan’s Basketball Club celebrated its 30th Anniversary in style on Sunday night with a social gathering at Molly J’s at the Benners Hotel in Tralee. Founding members, players, coaches, committee members and friends of the club were in attendance to join in the celebrations for the […]

Dan Kearney reports on Kerry’s win over Cork in Tralee on Monday… Kerry 2-14 Cork 0-7 Hannah O’ Donoghue struck for 1-3 as Kerry defeated Cork by thirteen points at Austin Stack Park in the third round of the Lidl National Football League Division 1. O’Donoghue was on fire for […]

Alan Cantwell reports on the InsureMyVan.ie Men’s Super League 2023/2024 – Round 14 game on Saturday night… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 91 Flexachem KCYMS 76 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors avenged the early season defeat to Flexachem KCYMS with a 91-76 win in front of a bumper sell-out crowd at the Tralee Sports […]

PUPILS from St John’s Parochial School, Ashe Street, had a busy Thursday night of baking ahead of a fundraiser at the school the following morning. Teach an tSolais, adjacent to the school, was filled with goodies on Friday for a bakesale  in aid of Tralee Soup Kitchen and My Canine […]

KERINS O’Rahilly’s GAA Club has launched a fundraising Golf Classic to help refurbish its ‘nursery’ at Healy Park. The famous Tralee GAA club has launched the event to help finance an extensive refurbishment of their pitches and facilities at Ballyrickard. The Golf Classic will take place on Good Friday, March 29, […]

KERRY Football Club is delighted to announce the signing of striker Victor Udeze to the club ahead of the 2024 SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division Campaign. Udeze, who is 19 years of age and from Dublin, signs for the Kingdom ahead of the new season to further bolster the squads […]

THE John Mitchels GAA Club social was another sellout success last night with just under 200 attending in The Rose Hotel. Having revived the social back in 2022 after a break of 13 years, the demand was clearly there to host a social gathering again and once again celebrated the […]

THE atmosphere was electric in Ballygarry Estate last night with hundreds of people cheering on the contestants in ‘Sickly Come Dancing – The Relapse’. The fundraising event for the Friends of University Hospital Kerry was an enormous success and the organising committee from the UHK Sports and Social Club deserve […]

KERRY Camogie is in rude health as the new season begins this month. Last year saw the seniors win the National League Division 2A title and the minors victorious in the All-Ireland Camogie ‘C’ final so there was much to celebrate at their annual social in The Rose Hotel on […]

IT’S been a long time coming but ‘Sickly Come Dancing — The Relapse’ was certainly worth the wait last night. Well over 600 people — mostly staff from University Hospital Kerry — gathered for the event organised by the UHK Kerry Sports & Social Club, which was supposed to take place […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… What is a domestic wastewater treatment system? Domestic wastewater treatment systems include all septic tanks, waste water tanks and treatment systems receiving, storing, treating or disposing of domestic wastewater. […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says there is something for everyone in today’s line-up of films on TV… I could not help but be enthused when I saw the films on show today, as they cover many of my favourite personal categories – comedy, biographies, great character actors doing their […]

KERRY Football Club has announced the arrival of Valerii Dolia from Athlone Town for the 2024 SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division campaign. The 25 year old Ukrainian makes the switch from the midlands to the South West for the upcoming season having originally signed for the league’s oldest club back […]