Articles by: Fergus Dennehy

  MANOR WEST Shopping Centre is getting ready to host an information day on mental health on Thursday, October 8 as part of World Mental Health Day celebrations. The event is being organised by HSE Tralee Community Mental Health and Primary Care Teams and will run from 11am-4pm in the […]

  KERRY students have been invited to take part in the latest ‘Doodle 4 Google’ campaign as part of the where they must create Doodles based on the ‘Google’ logo and centre it around the theme of ‘Ireland Is..’ The campaign is centered around marking the 2016 commemorations here in […]

COMMUNITY SPIRIT is alive and well here in town after a group of local people rallied together to help a woman and her mother after they lost a sum of money in town. Helen Mackessy from Basin Road is one of the women at the centre of this story, after […]

A WELL known shop in town will close its doors for the last time this coming weekend. Mr Duffy’s Traditional Sweet Shop, located on the corner of The Mall and Ashe Street, will close this coming Saturday, October 3. The shop which is a purveyor of all sweet things, including the much beloved […]

WELL, that didn’t take too long did it? The EBS recently conducted their ‘Big Survey of Irish Time’ in which they interviewed a number of people on the streets of the Republic about their own personal definition of the phrase ‘I’ll be there in a minute’. Leitrim came in at […]

THE DYNAMIC duo over at Social Box TV have made it through to the live award ceremony of the ‘Blog Awards Ireland’ after the public voted them through. The girls will now travel to the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin next month for the ceremony. The two secondary school students, Leanne Hanafin and […]

THE OFFICIAL launch of the ‘Ballyheigue Beard Festival’ took place in KL Kirby’s Bar in Ballyheigue last Saturday night and the call has gone out for more hairy people to get involved. All participants in the festival will grow their beards and collect sponsorship for charities until the big ‘shave off’ […]

A KERRY woman was interviewed live on American news WGN News which was broadcast to over 2.3 million people earlier this month, all in the name of research. Castleisland’s Niamh Geaney found fame earlier this year when she took part in an online experiment with called ‘Twin Strangers’ in which she […]

  STUDENTS from one local school were busy last week as they celebrated the European Day of Languages. Gaelcholáisate Chiarraí is the school in question and was home to different languages on the morning of Friday September 25. German, French, Polish, Romanian and Gaeilge could be heard over the school intercom […]

THE ABBEY Inn is hosting a fundraising gig this coming weekend in aid of Tralee’s Ruadhan Hennessy who suffered extensive burns to his legs during a chip pan fire in Canada back in August. The ‘Rock for Rouie’ concert will take place on Sunday October 4 in the bar from […]

THERE’S two members of the Born To Run Club that can testify to being some of the most travelled members of the group without ever having laced up a pair of running shoes. The BTR club flags are the members in question and since their arrival into the tight knit group […]

  A WOMAN was seriously injured and a Garda received minor injuries in an accident on the main Tralee-Killarney road tonight. Gardai in Killarney are appealing for witnesses to the two vehicle collision that occurred on the N22 Killarney to Tralee road approximately 7 miles from Killarney this evening at 7.45pm. A woman in […]

  THE NUMBER of empty council houses in Kerry has been revealed after new figures were obtained by the Fianna Fáil environment spokesman Barry Cowen through a Freedom of Information request. The figures, which were given out after a series of information requests were sent to each local authority by […]

A GROUP of Tralee aspiring rappers saw their hard work and graft recognised this past week after they were asked to perform as part of the opening act for NWA music legend DJ Yella at a Dublin gig earlier this week. Zach Buggy, Andrew (Drew) Dineen and Frank McCarthy form […]

  THE Kerry Local Enterprise Office is getting ready to hold the ‘Budget 2016 Breakfast Briefing’ next month in association with the PSC Taxation Services. It will take place on Thursday, October 15 in the Ballygarry House Hotel and will run from 8.30am to 10.30am, where a full breakfast will […]

  SIGHTSAVERS is calling on all budding young artists across Kerry to enter the 2016 ‘Sightsavers Junior Painter of the Year’ that will be centered around the theme of ‘Imagine 2030’. The charity organisation are inviting primary school students from all around the county to be inspired and create an […]

  AS the new year of schooling kicked off, one local organisation is actively searching and on the look out for new volunteer leaders for their group. The 1st Kerry Scout Troop is currently looking for any adult male and female volunteers that would like to join their troop as […]

  THE people over at Churchill GAA are lacing up their running shoes and getting into serious training as the club prepares to host a 10k run which will form part of their centenary celebrations this year. The run is all set to take place on Sunday October 18 at 10am […]

A NEW video has been uploaded which highlights the best of what last weekend’s Tralee Food Festival had to offer. This was the first ever year of the festival, with it being deemed a great success by the public and which added another string to the bow of a blossoming Tralee […]

A CURRAHEEN woman has been nominated for a very prestigious award in recognition of her efforts in helping to raise money for  a Cork based hospital. Brenda Doody is currently in training for the Dublin City Marathon, the final marathon of the dozen that she planned on running this year, all […]

  A TRALEE shop is set to close its doors for the last time soon. ‘Stitch In Time’ on Maine Street is advising customers that the final date for collecting garments is this coming Saturday, September 26. Customers can contact Gerard on (087) 6781122 to arrange a collection, with any items not collected set […]

ONE KERRY school this week saw the official opening of a new covered cycle shelter on their grounds, all as part of their pursuit of a 4th Green Flag along with helping to promote European Mobility Week. St Brendan’s National School in Fenit are this week taking the time to […]

A WHOLE host of Castleisland businesses are getting ready to host a very special event next month when they take part in the Autumn/Winter Fashion Show on Thursday October 8 in Nana Bea’s Coffee & Gift Shop. The details of the event were officially announced this week for the forthcoming show show […]

KERRY people’s involvement in the events leading up to and during the 1916 Rising is to be presented in a new book that is set to released next year to coincide with the State’s 1916 Centenary Commemorations. And the three co-editors working together on this project are looking for the public’s […]

  SIAMSA Tíre is to host the opening of an exhibition of paintings, drawings and different objects by the artist Antonio Julio López Castro on Friday September 25 at 6pm. The exhibition which is entitled ‘A Measure of Things’  is comprised of a number of projects that Antonio has worked on over the […]

A CAUSEWAY based company has recently emerged on top at the National Ploughing Championships, currently taking place in Laois, where it scooped two top awards in the area of technology and innovation. Elsewhere there were two Kerry winners in the ploughing events. Dairymaster’s ‘Swiftflo Commander’ took home the prestigious honour of […]

  ONE local charitable organisation will look to reward its customers for their support when they hold a special ‘Customer Appreciation Day’ on Thursday, October 1. The Tralee branch of the St Vincent De Paul (SVP) will hold the special event from 3pm-5pm where there will be music, refreshments and food […]

  AN Ardfert dairy farm has had its high standards and hard work recognised after it made the shortlist for the National Dairy Council & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards. Florence and Caitriona McCarthy from Banna East, who are representing the Lee Strand Co-Op, will compete in the finals of the awards, […]

WELL, we might have lost the senior match but this certainly didn’t stop the Kerry fans posting some fantastic photos on social media on Sunday to show their support for both teams. Here’s a look at what you GAA fans were posting…   The green and gold was flying proudly on Sunday at […]

  GARDAÍ in Tralee are appealing for information after a vehicle was stolen from the Balloonagh in the early hours of this morning, September 21. The incident occurred between the hours of 6am and 7.30am when the white Toyota Corolla vehicle was stolen from outside a house in the area. The […]