Articles by: Fergus Dennehy

Fergus Dennehy talks to Paul Hanrahan of the Action Lesotho about the book shop, people’s reading habits and the work the charity does… THE big move is over and the books have settled back into the heaving shelves at the ‘Action Lesotho Book Shop’ at Tralee Shopping Centre. The NGO and charity organisation […]

  IT’S almost time to grab the make up kits, dust off your capes and rustle up something delightfully ghoulish to wear this Halloween with the ‘Tralee Fancy Dress Park Run’ edging ever closer on our calendars. With the infamous night of October 31 happening to fall on a Saturday this […]

  THE Kerry public is being called upon to take part in the ‘Donate a Library’  programme in which they must nominate an organisation throughout Ireland that they want to receive a number of books and library equipment, valued at €1,500 each. Bord Gáis Energy are the organisation behind the campaign, now […]

  THE NATIONAL ADULT Learning Organisation (AONTAS) wants  Kerry projects to enter the tenth annual STAR Awards, which are designed to celebrate the achievements of adult learners and adult education programmes throughout the island of Ireland. Previous Kerry-based STAR Award winners include ‘The Ballyduff Community of Excellence in Promoting Mental Health Awareness and […]

A GROUP of talented entrepreneurs over at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee are getting to relive one of their moments of the year after starring in a new AIB promotion video for the ‘Build a Bank’ challenge. The girls emerged triumphant in the national final of the AIB Build a Bank challenge in […]

A WELL known publican is this weekend getting ready to share his passion with the rest of the county when he plays host to a spectacular Volkswagen vehicle event. Camp’s Mike O’Neill will see over sixty vehicles, made up of VW camper vans and beetles, set up a base at his […]

KERRY GROUP have today announced that they will be completing the purchase of three US based companies in a deal reported to be worth close to €642 million. The companies that have been acquired are the Red Arrow Products, Island Oasis and Biothera’s Wellmune business, all of which are in the nutrition […]

FOUR Kerry schools have seen their hard work pay off after they have been nominated for awards at the 11th FÍS Film Festival. This year’s schools will be hoping to emulate the success of St Brendan’s National School in Fenit who took home a top award at last year’s festival (see […]

TRALEE Library is getting set to host a lecture next week based on the stories of the five civilians that witnessed the arrival of Roger Casement to Kerry in 1916 and the subsequent story of their evidence at his trial. The story of Casement’s arrival in Kerry is well known […]

THE Kerry Business Women’s Network have teamed up with a number of similar branches in Munster to help organise an event designed to celebrate the role of women in business. The Synergy Southwest event will take place on Friday October 23 from 10am to 1pm in Charleville Park Hotel in Cork and will promote […]

TRALEE is getting ready to host a very special fundraising event later this month when the ‘Paint it Pink 5k Walk’ takes place from outside Greyhound Bar on Sunday, October 25 at 5pm. The event is being organised as part of the ‘Paint it Pink’ campaign that is being run […]

A CBS The Green student is certainly in a celebratory mood after he recently triumphed playing handball at provincial final level. Dáire Keane, a third year student in the school, won the Munster Final in the U15 handball category recently to add another feather to his already burgeoning cap of accolades, when […]

THE Ballyheigue Drama group is getting set to bring one of John B. Keane’s most beloved plays to life this weekend when they stage the great man’s play ‘Sive’. The group will be staging the play on October 16, 17 and 24 in the Ballyheigue Community Centre with doors set to open on the night […]

A BOOK of condolence has been opened at a number of areas here in Kerry to allow the the public to express their sympathy for the victims of the recent Carrickmines fire tragedy. The Aras an Phobail building, which is located on Deans Lane here in Tralee, opened the book […]

  THE Tralee Bay Wetlands team have reason to celebrate this morning after they received word that they had been shortlisted by the Green Hospitality Awards. The popular local business and activity centre is shortlisted in the ‘Best Responsible Activity Provider’ category with the winners set to be announced at an […]

A TALENTED up and coming singer/songwriter has penned a beautiful new song based on the true story of how her maternal grandmother journeyed from her hometown of Tralee to England in order to find work. Kelly Oliver is behind the upbeat song entitled ‘Miles to Tralee’, which talks about the desire that her grandmother […]

TRALEE is to get a new ‘Community Responder Scheme’ (CFR) to assist the Ambulance Service in various life threatening emergencies. The scheme will be made up entirely of volunteers living or working within the coverage area who will be on a roster system. The scheme will be reliant entirely on public support and […]

LOCAL fans of the opera will soon be getting their chance to see an adaptation of one of the world’s best known plays when the Metropolitan Opera streams the latest production of  ‘Otello’ straight into the Tralee Omniplex Cinema. On Saturday October 17 at 6pm, Verdi’s ‘Otello’ will be broadcast by […]

TWO Kerry minors paid a quick visit to their old alma mater this week with a few trophies in hand of course, to the obvious delight of staff and pupils. Footballer Mícheál Reidy and hurler Tomás O’Connor stopped off in their former stomping ground of O’Brennan NS in Kielduff with the […]

THE girls from the Castleisland Presentation Secondary school  Class of  95 are preparing to hold its reunion and the call has gone out to former classmates who might want to attend. Continued below… As it will the 20th anniversary of the girls’ graduation this year, the reunion is set to be a […]

IF THERE’S ONE Tralee man that seemingly can’t stay out of the news recently, it’s Randall Wharton. The well known runner who was recently interviewed and profiled in the hugely popular ‘Runners World’ magazine (see previous article here) has now seen his blog ‘RandRuns’ nominated for the best blog award […]

A PROJECT started by Castleisland woman Niamh Geaney and her friends has reached one of the highest echelons of TV coverage after it recently teamed up with the hugely popular US TV programme, ‘The Today Show’ on NBC. Niamh Geaney, Harry English and Terence Manzanga are the three friends behind the […]

MERCY MOUNTHAWK are getting set to host their huge fundraising activity this coming Sunday as they look to raise money for a state of the art extension to the school. The ‘Monster Bingo’ fundraiser will take place in the school’s gym at 3pm where it is expected that there will be […]

  INCH BEACH is getting set to host a a very different type of activity later this month when the ‘Inch by Inch Toddleathon’ takes place to help raise funds for UNICEF Ireland. It will be taking place at 1pm sharp at Inch Beach on October 18 and will cost €10 […]

A TRALEE school is celebrating after benefitting from the latest ‘Sports Capital Programme’ grants allocation. The Clash-based Coláiste Gleann Lí post-primary school received €90,000  and means that it is the only school-based application in the entire country to receive a grant. This new influx of money will now be used by the school to help build […]

  MANOR WEST Retail Park will hold a fire safety demonstration this coming weekend as part of the ‘National Fire Safety Week’ campaign taking place all this week. The Kerry Fire and Rescue Service will be on the main premises this coming Sunday, October 11 from 2pm-4pm. They will be […]

THE Console Centre has named two new counselling rooms after the late Donal Walsh. Funding for the rooms in the Balloonagh centre came from the Donal Walsh Foundation which has held a large number of fundraising activities since Donal’s passing back in May of 2013. One of the rooms will be […]

  THE Brandon Hotel will hold an information evening next week for any secondary school students  interested in attending NUI Galway. It will run from 7pm-9pm on the night of Thursday, October 15. Parents and guardians are also being welcomed down on the evening where they, along with the students, will be […]

A WELL KNOWN local runner has been featured and profiled in a recent online article of the popular Runners World magazine. Tralee’s Randall Wharton is certainly one of the most experienced and accomplished runners on the local scene presently and has been recognised for these achievements with a feature article […]

THE SCENE is set for members of the Kerry Garda Síochána and Na Gaeil GAA ladies to take part in the upcoming community fundraiser, the ‘Carmel O’Connor Memorial Shield’. It is an event dedicated to the memory of their late Listowel-based former colleague who died over nine years ago after a […]