Archive for July, 2024

THE Think Before You Flush campaign, in collaboration with Kerry County Council and the Blue Flag programme returns this year with the combined goal of educating beach goers around what should and should not be flushed down public toilets when visiting the coast during the summer months. 2024 sees the continuation of […]

A SMALL but brilliant group of volunteers from Banna Coastcare gathered on Monday evening to erect chestnut fencing along the dunes and celebrate World Sand Dune Day. Dunes play a huge role in coastal protection and for some communities they are the first line of defence against coastal flooding and […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (ETB) is calling on the Government to commit to tackling inequalities in the education sector by supporting the priorities laid out in the #SupportYourLocalETB campaign. Representatives from Kerry ETB met with members of the Oireachtas at a briefing event in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, last week […]

By Ivan Hurley The Kingdom make the 828km round trip to Ballybofey in County Donegal tomorrow (Thursday) to take on Finn Harps on Matchday 23 of the SSE Airtricity Men’s First Division season. It will just be the second time Kerry FC will play a league match on a Thursday […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that there were 27 property sales in the Tralee area in May with transactions fetching a total of €6,410,500. The property that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in May was […]

THERE was a significant drop in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to June 2023, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). There were 25 new car registrations in the county in June compared to 50 in the same month in […]

REPRESENTATIVES from Listowel Family Resource Centre met with members of the Oireachtas at a briefing event in Buswells Hotel, Dublin, to urge them to adequately fund community services in Kerry in this year’s Budget, so that they can provide the level of support services that are desperately needed in local […]

THE month of June saw 376 patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry, the worst on record at the hospital for that month, according to figures supplied by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). It’s up from 274 in June 2023 and 345 in 2022. Nationally over 9,437 patients, […]

PEIL FAOI 7/8/9: Great Under 7/8/9 football was played last Sunday morning i gCathair Sailí. More football at 11am on Sunday next (7th July). Everybody welcome! CAMPA PEILE: Just a month to go for our club summer camp which will take place in Connolly Park from Tuesday August 6th to Saturday August 10th (ó […]

KILLARNEY Races is set to open their gates for JulyFest running from Monday 15th to Friday 19th of July inclusive. As usual, there’ll be top class summer racing, food, fashion, live music and a fantastic atmosphere with visitors from home and abroad set to gather to enjoy a proper day […]

Academy Academy is 11am to 12 noon every Sunday, New players always welcome to join us on Sunday mornings. U10 girls  U10 girls played second go game against Currow tonight at home …a fantastic display across the 4 quarters by all the girls…big thanks to Donal Rahilly for reffing and […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our club Lotto Jackpot of €3100 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 03,05,09 & 13. The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to: 1.      John Kelliher Lohercannon 2.      Mary Glazier Annagh 3.      Matt O’Flaherty c/o Tommy Brosnan 4.      Mary Wallace Online […]

Senior Hurling Next Friday night in Abbeydorney at 7pm, our senior hurlers take on St Brendan’s in the preliminary quarter-final of the Co Senior Hurling Championship. As the competition enters the knock-out stage, we will be looking for everyone to get behind the team and give them their full support. […]

Golf Classic – Our annual golf classic takes place in Beaufort Golf Club on Friday August 23rd. Always a great day out, a team of 4 is €300 and a tee box can be sponsored for €75. Please contact any of the organizing committee of Pat Kearney, Fergus Foley, Anthony McElligott, Eoin Gallagher, […]

Seniors: The seniors are currently taking a break following the preservation of their division 1 status last week. Training will resume this week in preparation for the intermediate club championship, our first time to partake in this competition. We are joined in Group 3 by Kilcummin, Laune Rangers and Listowel […]

Lotto results: Lotto Tue 25th June 2024. Numbers drawn were 11, 15, 25, 26. No winner. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Katherine Duggan, Kevin Woods, Timmy Culloty, Dónal Rooney, Shane Daly. Our next draw will be tomorrow night (Tuesday) and the jackpot will be €2,200. Why not try your luck in […]

THE Kerry Wild Bee Festival is back for another year and will be based in the Tralee Bay Wetlands Ecology Park this coming weekend. This is the second year of this festival and it will feature a series of walks and talks led by biodiversity experts and community groups on […]

FÉILE na mBláth brought colour and fun to the Town Park over the weekend and one of the highlights was the dog show on Sunday. There were a number of categories as proud ‘parents’ brought their little and big ones to compete in the show. It drew a good crowd […]

A KERRY entrant was today announced as a National Finalist in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2024. Maharees Conservation Association is a 100% volunteer run community group and charity. Their main aims are to work with their community (both resident and visiting) NGOs, state agencies and their local authority […]

MINISTER for Education and Kerry T.D. Norma Foley has today announced new refurbishment works to provide a special needs classroom in St Brendan’s national school in Fenit. An existing classroom in the school will be redesigned to provide for a special educational needs classroom and for two special education teaching […]