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Gardaí Set Up Community Policing Response Teams During COVID-19 Crisis

Gardaí Set Up Community Policing Response Teams During COVID-19 Crisis

March 23, 2020 at 3:18 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are informing the public that they are available to help vulnerable people during the Coronavirus crisis. They have set up a community policing response team to make sure everyone in the community is taken care of. They are conscious of older people, especially in rural areas, who may be […]

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New Advisory Group To Coordinate Community Response On COVID-19 In Kerry

New Advisory Group To Coordinate Community Response On COVID-19 In Kerry

March 23, 2020 at 10:32 am 1 comment

IRELAND’S National Action Plan on COVID-19 (Coronavirus) has tasked local authorities and other agencies to work closely with the Department of Community and Rural Development to coordinate the community and volunteering response to the current public health emergency. A new COVID-19 Kerry Community Response Advisory Group has been established to […]

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Deputy Foley Issues Call For Donation Of Hand Sanitisers And Disposable Gloves

Deputy Foley Issues Call For Donation Of Hand Sanitisers And Disposable Gloves

March 23, 2020 at 10:17 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Fianna Fail TD, Norma Foley has issued a callout to schools, sports clubs, gyms and businesses currently not operating, to donate any sanitisers or disposable gloves they have to community and voluntary organisations helping the vulnerable at this time. “As a county we are indebted to a whole variety […]

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A site we got used tolast year in the summer months. Photo by Dermot Crean.

Banna Beach Cleared By Gardaí Due To Concerns About Social Distancing

March 22, 2020 at 6:54 pm 1 comment

GARDAI were called to Banna Beach earlier today over concerns people were not adhering to social distancing guidelines. The beach had to be cleared due to large groups of people congregating there taking advantage of the fine weather. Over the past few days, people have been using the beaches, Canal […]

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Paula O'Halloran (right) with teammates David Murphy (Michael Houlihan & Partners Solicitors) and Grainne Hussey (Eversheds Sutherland).

Tralee Law Firm Solicitor Triumphs At World Mediation Tournament

March 22, 2020 at 10:12 am Comments are Disabled

A TRAINEE solicitor at professional services firms, CDS Law & Tax, has returned victorious from the International Academy of Dispute Resolution Mediation Tournament, held March 4th – 7th at Loyola University Chicago School of Law. Paula was one of the three trainee solicitors chosen to represent the Law Society of […]

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‘Why Are Mothers So Unbelievably Wonderful?’

‘Why Are Mothers So Unbelievably Wonderful?’

March 22, 2020 at 10:05 am Comments are Disabled

On Mother’s Day, local writer Fidelma Fitzgerald reflects on her relationship with her mom and why mothers in general are just amazing… I can best describe mothers as classical music. Beautiful, powerful, strong and unconditionally impacting. I have been very lucky, blessed in fact, to be born to a lady of […]

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Alzheimer Society of Ireland Advocacy, Engagement and Participation Officer, Laura Reid and her mother Nora.

Alzheimer Society Encourages Celebration Of Mothers With Post A Photo Fundraiser

March 21, 2020 at 11:43 am Comments are Disabled

THE Alzheimer Society of Ireland wants members of the public to celebrate strong women in our lives on this Mother’s Day with a difference. The ASI is asking everyone to celebrate moms by posting a picture of themselves with their mothers and making an online donation in her name to […]

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Know Your Rights: Compensation In The Event Of Package Holiday Cancellation 

Know Your Rights: Compensation In The Event Of Package Holiday Cancellation 

March 21, 2020 at 11:03 am Comments are Disabled

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I booked and paid for a package holiday in January. I have just learned that the hotel has been quarantined due to coronavirus. I’m hoping the travel agent will […]

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Civic Leaders Appeal To Sense Of Community And Solidarity

Civic Leaders Appeal To Sense Of Community And Solidarity

March 21, 2020 at 10:42 am 1 comment

THE people of Kerry can help to save lives by slowing the spread of Covid-19 but it will take an sustained and focussed effort from the entire community. That’s the message from civic leaders and the emergency services across the county, who joined together to appeal to the public to […]

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Bishops Issue Recommendations Regarding Funerals During COVID-19 Crisis

Bishops Issue Recommendations Regarding Funerals During COVID-19 Crisis

March 20, 2020 at 3:06 pm Comments are Disabled

BISHOPS in the Munster area have recommended that all Catholic funeral liturgies in the dioceses be limited to the funeral Mass with no removal to the church the night before. They also say it is essential that in anointing the sick, the priest should use a cotton bud or surgical glove […]

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Tralee Chamber Alliance Says Radical Decisions Needed To Support Businesses

Tralee Chamber Alliance Says Radical Decisions Needed To Support Businesses

March 20, 2020 at 2:37 pm 1 comment

TRALEE Chamber Alliance has called for trust and calm as brave and radical decisions need to be made to support businesses through the COVID-19 crisis. Tralee Chamber in conjunction with its national organisation, Chambers Ireland, have been collaborating with State bodies and Government, to support the needs of the businesses […]

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Call For People With Asthma In Kerry Not To Stockpile Medicines

Call For People With Asthma In Kerry Not To Stockpile Medicines

March 20, 2020 at 10:51 am Comments are Disabled

THE Asthma Society of Ireland is calling on the 11,204 people with asthma and the 16,248 people with COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) in Kerry to refrain from stockpiling their medications during the Coronavirus pandemic. The Society is assuring the 380,000 people who have asthma in Ireland, and the 500,000 people […]

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Banks And Cara Credit Union Introduce Special Hour For Vulnerable And Elderly

Banks And Cara Credit Union Introduce Special Hour For Vulnerable And Elderly

March 20, 2020 at 9:13 am Comments are Disabled

BANKS in Tralee and Cara Credit Union have introduced priority banking hours for the elderly and vulnerable. In AIB they are asking elderly and vulnerable customers to visit before 11am each morning and for other customers to come later that day to do their banking. To maintain social distancing, they […]

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Irish Red Cross Tralee Helping Community During Coronavirus Crisis

Irish Red Cross Tralee Helping Community During Coronavirus Crisis

March 19, 2020 at 3:56 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Irish Red Cross Tralee and Irish Red Cross Tralee Youth are letting the public know that their services are available to the community at this time of crisis. With many people self-isolating — especially the elderly and vulnerable — they want to let people know they can collect and deliver groceries, get […]

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Bishop Ray Browne at the official opening of the new 15-bed specialist palliative in-patient unit at University Hospital Kerry on Friday afternoon. Photo by Dermot Crean

Bishop Says There Will Be No Public Masses Until Further Notice

March 19, 2020 at 2:41 pm Comments are Disabled

MASSES in the Diocese of Kerry will not be celebrated until further notice. Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne has issued a statement this afternoon, updating last week’s information issued when the Government issued guidelines on mass gatherings. The statement reads as follows: “As promised last Friday I now issue ongoing […]

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Tralee Woman’s Acclaimed Short Film Now Available To Watch Online

Tralee Woman’s Acclaimed Short Film Now Available To Watch Online

March 19, 2020 at 12:00 pm 3 comments

A TRALEE woman’s short film, which has been shown at film festivals all over the world, can now be viewed online. Sarah Jane Drummey, originally from Oakpark, is an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Her film, ‘134’, which was shot in Tralee, is the story of an Irish couple struggling to […]

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Warrior Fergal Channels Frustration Into Helping Local Charity

Warrior Fergal Channels Frustration Into Helping Local Charity

March 19, 2020 at 11:33 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Warriors basketball team member Fergal O’Sullivan is channelling his frustration at last week’s decision to deprive the club of a second Men’s Superleague title, to do something positive for the local community. Warriors were denied the title after Sports Dispute Solutions Ireland ruled they committed ‘an unintentional rule violation’ for […]

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Junior Locke of SVP.

SVP Tralee Expecting Huge Rise In Demand For Services In Coming Weeks

March 19, 2020 at 11:02 am Comments are Disabled

FOOD hampers are being stocked at the St Vincent de Paul depot in Monavalley, as families face a huge financial impact in the weeks and months ahead. Junior Locke of St Vincent de Paul said many people were paid up by employers up to the next two weeks, but after […]

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Billy Ryle: Students Should Activate A Study Plan Immediately

Billy Ryle: Students Should Activate A Study Plan Immediately

March 18, 2020 at 2:43 pm Comments are Disabled

As calls are made to postpone the Leaving Cert exams until the autumn, Guidance Counsellor, Billy Ryle says working at home presents new challenges but students have the resources to meet them headlong… In normal times, young people look forward to school holidays so that they can enjoy the freedom […]

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The Tralee team heading off to Kecskemet in Hungary this summer to take part in the Children's International Games. Also included in front are Dearbhail Foley, Paula Henry, Chairman Tralee ICG Mike Culloty, Siobhan Murphy, Anne Moore, Ger McDonnell and John Byrne. Photo by Dermot Crean

Disappointment For Local Team As International Children’s Games Cancelled

March 18, 2020 at 2:10 pm Comments are Disabled

THE International Children’s Games, which would have hosted a team from Kerry, has been cancelled. Tralee ICG Chairman, Mike Culloty, expressed his regret and disappointment for everyone concerned with the Games of 2020 which were to be held this summer in Kecskemet in Hungary. “To begin it must be said […]

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Cast members performing 'Big Maggie' on Wednesday last. Photo by Adrienne McLoughlin

PHOTOS: Before The Curtain Came Down, ‘Big Maggie’ Had Its Premiere In CBS

March 18, 2020 at 11:24 am Comments are Disabled

A LOT has changed in a week. Last Wednesday evening, CBS The Green presented the John B. Keane play “Big Maggie” at the school in front of a packed audience. While two more shows were planned, the curtain came down on them with the measures introduced last Thursday by the […]

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Seven Patients Waiting On Trolleys At UHK Emergency Department

Seven Patients Waiting On Trolleys At UHK Emergency Department

March 18, 2020 at 10:57 am Comments are Disabled

THERE are seven patients waiting on trolleys at the Emergency Department of University Hospital Kerry today, which accounts for nearly half of the total for the entire country. Nationwide, there are just 16 admitted patients waiting for beds this morning in hospitals all over the country, according to today’s INMO […]

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Gardaí Apprehend Driver Who Tried To Leave Scene Of Road Collision

Gardaí Apprehend Driver Who Tried To Leave Scene Of Road Collision

March 17, 2020 at 3:50 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI and the emergency services in Tralee responded to a report of a collision involving vehicles in the Rathass area of town at lunchtime today. Gardaí say the driver who caused the collision tried to drive away but was apprehended by Gardaí who arrived shortly after the emergency call. This […]

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Jimmy And Kerins O’Rahillys To Help Get Supplies To Local Community

Jimmy And Kerins O’Rahillys To Help Get Supplies To Local Community

March 17, 2020 at 10:52 am 2 comments

THE Kerins O’ Rahilly’s GAA Club has teamed up with local shopkeeper Jimmy Moran  to offer help to those in the community by organising home deliveries. Everything will go through Jimmy Moran’s shop on Strand Street and he will let anyone availing of the service know the name of the person […]

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Tralee Girl Guide Wins Two Awards At All-Ireland Finals

Tralee Girl Guide Wins Two Awards At All-Ireland Finals

March 17, 2020 at 10:38 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE Girl Guide was part of an Irish Girl Guides (IGG) team that scooped two awards at the FIRST Lego League All Ireland Final that took place on Sunday, March 8  in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Dublin. Patricia Gutteridge (16) of St Brendan’s Senior Branch, Tralee, was a member of […]

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Austin Stacks Club Initiative In Response To COVID-19 Crisis

Austin Stacks Club Initiative In Response To COVID-19 Crisis

March 17, 2020 at 10:21 am Comments are Disabled

  By Martin Collins CORONAVIRUS – COVID 19:  A Club initiative, instigated by members of our Senior Men’s team, which we have named the Austin Stacks GAA Club Community Response, and who have secured offers of help from almost 40 volunteers to date, want to assist those in our community […]

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Local Supermarkets Taking On Extra Staff During COVID-19 Crisis

Local Supermarkets Taking On Extra Staff During COVID-19 Crisis

March 16, 2020 at 2:19 pm 1 comment

TRALEE Chamber Alliance is informing people who may be facing temporary lay-offs due to business closures in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, that local supermarkets may be taking on short-term staff. In a post issued earlier today on the Chamber Alliance facebook page, they stated; “All local supermarkets and […]

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GAA Clubs Offer Help To Elderly And Vulnerable During Crisis

GAA Clubs Offer Help To Elderly And Vulnerable During Crisis

March 16, 2020 at 11:43 am Comments are Disabled

A NUMBER of local GAA clubs are asking vulnerable and elderly people in their area to get in touch if they need shopping done or prescriptions collected. Clubs on the outskirts of town — Churchill, Ballymacelligott and St Pats GAA Club — have put measures in place and provided contact […]

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Relaunching the Churchill GAA Club Lotto at The Oyster Tavern on Friday were, from left; Helena Griffin, Treasurer Dermot Crowley, Ivan Parker, Chairman Ger Carmody and Mikey Moriarty. Photo by Dermot Crean

Churchill GAA Relaunches Club Lotto

March 16, 2020 at 10:51 am Comments are Disabled

CHURCHILL GAA has relaunched its club lotto and is inviting members and the wider community to support the initiative. The club has recently upgraded its facilities to accommodate players of all ages. They have in excess of 250 active players including seniors, minors, juveniles and ladies participating in games. The […]

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Number Of Tralee Restaurants And Pubs Opt To Close For Coming Weeks

Number Of Tralee Restaurants And Pubs Opt To Close For Coming Weeks

March 15, 2020 at 12:30 pm 2 comments

A NUMBER of Tralee’s pubs and restaurants have opted to close for the coming weeks, saying they are doing so for the safety of their staff and their customers. It comes at a time when there has been a national outcry following images and videos on social media of packed […]

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