SCHOOLS

LAST week Mercy Mounthawk transition year students took on their teachers in an annual wheelchair basketball match that raised €165 for local club the Kingdom Wheelblasters. No mercy was shown by teachers who continued their winning streak over students in front of a big crowd in the school gymnasium. It […]

STUDENTS at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí have certainly been getting out and about this month climbing a mountain and visiting Paris. Forty TY students climbed Mount Brandon on Friday, October 7, and had a great day. “We were extremely lucky with the weather, very cold at the top. “It was a great bonding experience for the […]

THE official launch of the Lee Strand/Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards 2016 was held this week at Lee Strand, to look for young people whose achievements deserve to be acknowledged. Since 1998 the awards have rewarded the achievements of young people from Kerry between the ages of 14 years and 19 years. […]

THE open day at Coláiste Gleann Lí in Clash was a huge success on Saturday with the biggest numbers yet coming through the doors between 9.30am and 1pm. The school, which now has 150 students, is going from strength to strength and the staff had a chance to show parents and […]

TWO Presentation Tralee students have been selected to participate in the International  Junior Science Olympiad qualifiers. Michelle Doody, Ballybeggan, Tralee  and Ciara Boyd, The Spa, Tralee  of Transition year have been selected based on their excellent Junior Cert results in Science and Maths. Continued below… The International Junior Science Olympiad is a […]

A TRALEE student was among 60 students who received €1,500 as part of NUI Galway annual Excellence Scholarships. Former Mercy Mounthawk student, Donagh Ó Buachalla from Clahane, was among a select group of first-year students were feted at a special ceremony last night, in recognition of the high points they achieved in the recent […]

A TRALEE teenager will receive an award later this month for getting the highest marks in Ireland in art. There were great celebrations in Presentation Secondary School when the news arrived that Alice Jaeger from Ballyard, of the Leaving Cert group 2016 had achieved the highest marks of any student in the country in […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils gave the musical performance for a TG4 camera crew on Wednesday. TV show ‘Cleas Act’ visited the school to film the kids performing with the band Seo Linn and it doesn’t end there. Singers from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn will travel to RTE […]

THE Summer Stars reading programme ran in public libraries throughout the country, including in Tralee this summer and 180 children received certificates in Tralee Library on Saturday. Each child who registered for the programme at their local library in Kerry received their own Summer Stars Reading Card to record their progress and the Summer Stars Reward Stamp was added to their […]

ALL next week, health will be at forefront of activities at Mercy Mounthawk for the school’s annual Health Promotion Week. A wheelchair basketball tournament that pits transition year students against teachers is the main event of the week, with proceeds from the games going to charity. The week is steered […]

KEEPING healthy, fit and active was the name of the game at Scoil Eoin Balloonagh for the school’s ‘Health Promotion/Be Active Week’ which ran from Monday to Friday. The aim of this week is to promote the idea of healthy eating and regular exercise thus encouraging the children to make better […]

COLAISTE Gleann Lí at Clash in Tralee will host an Open Day next Saturday to showcase all the school has to offer. The post-primary school is going from strength to strength and over the past number two years, enrolments have doubled. The school has made local history in terms of its […]

SENIOR cycle students at Mercy Mounthawk got some guidance on their options for the future at an event at the school on Thursday night. A careers night was organised by the Parents’ Council and our Career guidance department. It saw 24 different speakers coming in from different fields in the local area covering […]

BUDDING local artists are invited to submit entries for this year’s Credit Union National Art Competition, especially after the success of Tralee entrants in February. Siobhan Donnelly, Marketing and Development, Tralee Credit Union said “ We are extremely proud to have two national winners in 2016, Enable Ireland Tralee and Elisha […]

COLAISTE Íde an t-aon Mheán Scoil Chónaithe lán-Ghaelach 7 lá in Éirinn. Lonnaithe i gCiarraí, in eastáit stairiúil le hais Bhá an Daingin, cuireann Coláiste Íde sár chaighdeán iar-bhunoideachais ar fáil dos na daltaí a fhreastalaíonn air. Tá fócas láidir ag an gColáiste ar fhorbairt phearsanta na ndaltaí agus cinntítear […]

TWO young second year students from Killorglin Community College will take their place at Europe’s largest Maker Faire in Rome, Italy later this month. Jack Nagle and Eoghan McKenna have qualified, out of a field of thousands, to exhibit their medical device ‘Dreamy Baby Prop’. The two young men, who […]

MOYDERWELL Primary School has teamed up with Tralee Harriers to launch Fit4Class at the school. Tralee Harriers has successfully run a club/school links project for a number of years with support from Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership and Kerry County Council. This year the club is promoting the Athletics Ireland’s Fit4Class programme in […]

ARDFERT Central National School and Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra pupils helped the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) officially launch this year’s One Good Idea competition. Ardfert are no strangers to success in the competition. Having won the first ever Primary Schools category in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) One Good Idea […]

THERE was a fantastic fun event at CBS The Green on Sunday as hundreds gathered for the second annual 5k and 3k family fun runs. Earlier we brought you the winners and photos from the event (click here for previous images). Here’s the second part of our coverage…    

OVER 400 people of all ages pounded the roads this afternoon in  CBS The Green’s second annual 5k and 3k fun runs. The event was a fundraiser for the school’s all-weather pitch, which is currently under construction and there was a great atmosphere at the school, where Kerry football and hurling […]

THE importance of healthy lifestyle choices was the main lesson at Spa NS last Friday as the school hosted their annual ‘Health and Fitness’ day. As part of the school’s participation in the European Week of Sport and in association with National Fitness Day, a wide variety of activities were organised […]

THE pupils, parents and teachers of Moyderwell Mercy Primary School left the books and pencils behind as they participated in Walk a Mile with A Smile around Tralee Town Park on Thursday. This was an event organised in conjunction with Tralee Active Travel and Kerry County Council as part of European […]

MINISTER for Education and Skills, Mr. Richard Bruton, T.D. has appointed Mr. Lionel Alexander as Chairperson of the Governing Body of the Institute of Technology, Tralee. Mr. Alexander has been selected by the Minister having come through the process run by the Public Appointments Service. The appointment is for a period of five years. Continued below…   […]

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí students had a great time at the National Ploughing Championships at Screggan, Tullamore on Wednesday. A group of 42 Transition Years joined their teacher Dónal Breathnach on the bus at 6.30am for what has become an annual adventure for the students. They were part of an attendance of 111,000 on day […]

LAST year Mercy Mounthawk were big winners and now the Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards looking for Tralee and Kerry entrants in the prestigious competition. The organisers are calling all aspiring actors, playwrights, singers and costume designers in the county to enter in the fourth year of the highly successful awards set up […]

HOUSE Tralee and various other houses in the Kingdom and beyond the realm, descended on IT Tralee over the past two days to do battle for the King of The North…Campus. A replica of ‘The Iron Throne’ from the colossally popular HBO fantasy drama, ‘Game of Thrones’ was in situ at the […]

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 […]

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí is standing up to bullying by launching the ISPCC bangle in Tralee on Friday morning. The ISPCC has launched its 2016 Shield Campaign, raising awareness of the need to Stand Up Against Bullying, and asking the public to support the campaign by buying a bangle in Penneys’ stores nationwide. […]

TO celebrate the 2016 European Week of Sport, the CARA Centre based at the South Campus of IT Tralee organised an event themed ‘Bring Back The Mile’ this week. The 2016 European Week of Sport and Physical Activity is being celebrated across Ireland from 10-18 September. The week is for […]

IT’S back again for another year and Kerry kids are being encouraged to take part in a programme which has proved a great success over the years. Some of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs are calling on primary schools nationwide to participate in the Junior Entrepreneur Programme. The free nationwide programme […]