Articles by: Gavin O'Connor

CBS PRIMARY SCHOOL junior infants and their sixth class ‘buddies’ got to know each other a bit better over some healthy food at a ‘Teddy Bears Picnic’ in the school hall. At CBS, a newly arrived infant class pupil is ‘buddied’ up with a sixth class boy or girl to […]

JOHN EGAN rattled in his third goal of the season last night for Brentford and it was a very important one. The son of the late Kerry GAA legend John Egan grabbed the headlines when he netted a 88th minute equaliser against Aston Villa. Normally a centre back, Egan, is showing […]

ONE of Kerry’s rising talents could be set for a move away from Gaelic Football to Australian Rules. According to media reports this morning, 2015 Kerry minor captain, Mark O’Connor, will travel for a two week stay in Melbourne in October where he will be courted by AFL clubs. The […]

FORMER Tralee publican, Steve Smith, has raised over €3,000 for Recovery Haven through a darts tournament held at his current venture, The Ploughman’s Bar in Abbeyfeale. Steve Smith spent around 20 years in Tralee running the Pig N Whistle on Rock Street and The Strand Bar on Strand Street, now The Huddle […]

A WEIGHT was lifted for hundreds of students around Tralee this morning when they found out their Junior Cert results. Over 1,800 students in the county received their grades early this morning and students from the town’s schools looked pleased when we met a few of them. Laura Harty in Mercy Mounthawk opened her […]

AROUND 30 or so people crammed themselves into a room at the Tralee International Resource Centre (TIRC) on Monday evening looking to help Syrian and Iraqi refugees who have recently come to Tralee. There are 81 refugees from Syria and Iraq in Kerry. Twelve families are located in Tralee, four […]

KERRY will host a glamour tie in Division 1B of the Allianz National Hurling League when Joe Canning’s Galway come to town next March. In a very difficult division, the draw has thrown up three home matches for Ciaran Carey and his side who will travel to his boss’s native […]

KERRY will begin their 2017 Division 1 Allianz National Football League campaign on the road in Donegal and can look forward to a St Patricks weekend clash at home against champions Dublin. Last year’s beaten finalists will play four games at home and three away next year, the home games coming against […]

THERE will be a night at the dogs at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in aid of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House Kerry on Saturday, October 29. This event promises a great night of racing combined with a Best Dressed Lady and Gent competition as well as lots for the kiddies Best […]

PEIL FAOI 6: We had a great morning’s football hosted by our Na Gaeil friends last Sunday. They will make the return trip to Caherslee on September 25th.  Football on Sunday and on Thursday in Caherslee, mar is gnách. PEIL FAOI 8: Football in Caherslee on Sunday and again on Thursday! The Bracker Regan […]

Senior Football Preparation is well under way for our championship quarter final. This will be played in Austin Stack Park on October 1st against Dr Crokes at 3pm. It is the first game in a double header on that day. The second is at 4.45 when Dingle play South Kerry. […]

Paddy White reports on the Randles Bros Nissan Junior A Championship Final between Austin Stacks and Kilcummin on Friday night (photos by Adrienne McLoughlin)… Austin Stacks 3-17 Kilcummin 2-15 (AET) Austin Stacks started the stronger with 1-3, the goal coming soccer-style from Marina Barry Walsh and 3 points from her daughter Caoimhe as […]

  Academy: The excitement grows as the Siobhán Cotter tournament nears. The numbers at U6 are growing week-by-week so anyone new that wishes to join, please come along and make it known. Our U8/U10 panels hosted Keel on Sunday morning. It was pretty breezy but at least the rain stayed […]

  All Ireland Minor Final   Best of luck to Diarmuid O’Connor, Stefan Okunbor and Ryan O’Neill of Na Gaeil and all the Kerry Minor Panel and mentors as they take on Galway in the All Ireland Minor Final in Croke Park on Sunday next. Everybody in Na Gaeil is proud of […]

  Thank You Team: Tralee Parnells Hurling & Camogie Club would like to express our huge gratitude to Tara Cullinan and her team for the “loaves and fishes” feat that fed 500 people from 4 counties, from 10 am through to 6 pm on Saturday the 3rd, at our Tralee […]

  STRICTLY COME DANCING Tickets are now for sale in the following outlets: O’Mahonys Bakery, Boherbee O’Donoghues Pharmacy, Boherbee Sports field Bar, Boherbee Gallys Bar & Restaurant, Castlemaine Road John Mitchels Complex, Ballyseedy Henneberys Sports Shop, Ashe St, Tralee Or Tickets can be purchased directly by phoning: Rosemary Broderick. 087 […]

  LOTTO The lotto was held in O Riadas on the 5th September for a jackpot of €4,500. Numbers drawn were 13,16,18,24. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Sean Scanlon, Ballymac 2. Tom Landers, c/o Tony Marshall 3. John Duggan, c/o Tom Leen 4. Silles Family, Caherbreagh 5. Esther […]

    Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 13, 15 & 22. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Sean Daly Tonevane, John Duhig Castlegregory, Mary O Mahony c/o Rock St. PO, Kevin Boyle Curragraigue and Niall […]

AUSTIN STACKS manager Stephen Stack was very impressed with the composure and physicality of his side in their victory over Dr Crokes in the Castleisland Mart Senior Club Championship Final on Saturday in Fitzgerald Stadium. “I’m just really proud of the lads I thought they battled and battled and they […]

Gavin O’Connor watched Austin Stacks win the Castleisland Mart Kerry Senior Club Championship against Dr Crokes on Saturday… Austin Stacks 2-12 (18) Dr. Crokes 1-14 (17) AUSTIN Stacks secured a Senior Club Championship title for the first time since 2003 after a pulsating encounter against Dr Crokes in Fitzgerald Stadium […]

A DERRYLEA man is after winning a €500 Manor West Retail Park voucher courtesy of the Tralee International Children’s Games. Seamie O’Neil will be able to spend that money in any of the retail stores in Manor West including the Manor West Hotel. Other prizes were a weekend away in […]

HOLLYWOOD and Fossa’s Michael Fassbender’s movie firm earned the actor over €580,000 last year. The Irish Independent are reporting that profits for Fassbender’s movie firm Barrelmaker Promotions Ltd totalled €586,547 last year. It was landmark year for the 39-year-old Kerry man who was nominated for an Oscar and BAFTA for his […]

IN the aftermath of Kerry’s defeat to Dublin, one of the incidents that came under scrutiny was the decision by Eamonn Fitzmaurice to withdraw the side’s top scorer with the game level and heading into injury time. Paul Geaney had hit the Dubs for 1-4 from play and was in […]

Gavin O’Connor looks forward to Saturday’s Senior Club Championship Final between Austin Stacks v Dr Crokes, in Fitzgerald Stadium, Saturday 5:30pm… WITH the County League final pairing settled and another month before the real business begins, this Club Championship final provides good preparation for what lies ahead for both teams and a […]

HERE’s a great and fun opportunity for kids to get their creative juices flowing and be in with a chance of winning a national art award. Every year Sightsavers celebrate the creative imaginations of Ireland’s children through its Junior Painter Awards competition. The competition is open to primary school students […]

IF YOU happen to be, or know someone who’s a Disney fanatic, there’s a great opportunity to test your knowledge this weekend. Tralee Musical Society are hosting a Disney Family Quiz in St Brendan’s Pastoral Centre, this Sunday at 2pm. A table of four costs €20 with all the proceeds […]

COMPLETION of the Kerry GAA Centre of Excellence training facilities building at Currans has been delayed. Kerry teams were expected to begin using the the €5 million development by the end of this year and Spring 2017 but county development officer, Tim Murphy has warned that may not occur until the […]

OVER the course of a month we’ve seen a levelling off in the price of petrol around the 13 stations in town. Prices have dropped fractionally also, with a couple of exceptions, there is very little disparity between stations in terms of cost. Out in front is Top in Caherslee at €1.23.8 per litre followed […]

A FAMILY in Racecourse Heights have been left reeling following an unprovoked early morning attack on their property last week, that was seemingly a case of mistaken identity. The home of Faiq Shaikh and his wife was attacked by unidentified men while they and their two children, between the ages […]

THERE are not many stretches of coastline more perfect in Ireland than Banna Strand and it requires a bit of love and care to help keep it that way. Banna Coastcare, in conjunction with the national initiative Clean Coasts, are organising a Banna clean-up on Saturday, September 17 at 10am. Clean Coasts […]