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TUI Strike Action At ITT ‘Inevitable’ Unless Govt Negotiates On Critical Issues

TUI Strike Action At ITT ‘Inevitable’ Unless Govt Negotiates On Critical Issues

December 16, 2015 at 2:44 pm Comments are Disabled

TUI members in Institutes of Technology, including IT Tralee, have voted by a margin of 92% to engage in a campaign of industrial action in order to tackle a number of  issues in their sector. In a vote with a 56% turnout of members, announced yesterday, the Union said strike […]

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Mary (Emily Corridon) and Joseph (Rory O'Brien) before the start of the Blennerville NS Christmas Concert on Tuesday night in St John's Church. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Pupils From Blennerville School Put On A Great Show In St John’s

December 16, 2015 at 11:56 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was great excitement for pupils and staff from St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville last night as they put on their annual Christmas Concert in St John’s Church. Hundreds of family members came to the church to hear the pupils sing Christmas classics and some well known modern festive songs as well. […]

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Gaelscoil Pupils Entertain At Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre

Gaelscoil Pupils Entertain At Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre

December 15, 2015 at 2:42 pm Comments are Disabled

THE people at Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre had a treat on Monday when they enjoyed entertainment courtesy of the pupils from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. Two busloads of children arrived at the centre in Caherslee with their musical instruments and in full voice for the morning. “Our school choir paid their annual […]

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Pupils taking part in the Scoil Eoin Balloonagh Christmas Concert were, from left: Saoirse McCarthy, Sophie Quillinan, Holly Foran, Elliot Calleja. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS: Scoil Eoin Pupils Put On A Great Show With Christmas Concert

December 15, 2015 at 11:32 am Comments are Disabled

THE corridors and halls of Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh came alive with colour and festive spirit this week as pupils put their talent on display for the annual Christmas Concert. For weeks now the children of Scoil Eoin guided by their teachers and music co-ordinator Triona Daly have been rehearsing for this […]

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PHOTOS: Christmas Cheer At Kerry ETB As Competition Winners Collect Prizes

PHOTOS: Christmas Cheer At Kerry ETB As Competition Winners Collect Prizes

December 14, 2015 at 4:58 pm Comments are Disabled

FOUR students with artistic talent from around the county received prizes today as part the Kerry Education & Training Board Christmas Card Art Competition. Kerry ETB ran its annual Christmas card competition which is open to all students in the eight Kerry ETB Schools and there was a high standard of […]

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Pres Girls Show Their Products At Christmas Trade Fair

Pres Girls Show Their Products At Christmas Trade Fair

December 14, 2015 at 10:36 am Comments are Disabled

  AS part of their Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) programme, students from Presentation Secondary School had their 5th Year LCVP Christmas Trade Fair on Friday in the school. Twenty-seven students produced, marketed and sold a wide range of products which included chocolate truffles, cup cakes and candy canes. All students have […]

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PHOTOS: Community Supports Local Kilmoyley School At Craft Fair

PHOTOS: Community Supports Local Kilmoyley School At Craft Fair

December 11, 2015 at 12:49 pm Comments are Disabled

A CRAFT fair held last Saturday in Kilmoyley raised €1,500 for the local primary school at the local community centre. A huge crowd braved Storm Desmond to attend the fair which consisted of works of art, cakes, gift vouchers, floral displays, novelty cakes and hampers. Santa Claus also made and appearance […]

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VIDEO: Ardfert Schoolgirl Bríd Wins National Essay Competition

VIDEO: Ardfert Schoolgirl Bríd Wins National Essay Competition

December 11, 2015 at 10:12 am Comments are Disabled

AN Ardfert girl has received an award yesterday after winning a national essay competition. Twelve year old Bríd Courtney won the ‘Someone Like Me’ competition with her inspirational video. A sixth class pupil in Ardfert NS, Brid has cerebral palsy, affecting her limbs and her speech, so she communicates through body language and her iPad. […]

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Presentation Primary  School pupils from Mrs Dennihan Sugrue's Junior Infants class, from left: . Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS: Presentation Pupils Shine At Annual Christmas Concert

December 10, 2015 at 2:34 pm Comments are Disabled

PROUD parents looked on at Presentation Primary School on Wednesday night, as children took part in the school’s Christmas Concert. A whole host of characters came together from shining stars, to Santas, the cast of The Wizard of Oz and of course, there was a section devoted to the nativity. It was clear […]

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New Student Volunteer Website Launched At IT Tralee

New Student Volunteer Website Launched At IT Tralee

December 9, 2015 at 12:55 pm Comments are Disabled

THE IT Tralee is today launching a national student volunteer database with the help of well known activist and disability campaigner, Joanne O’Riordan. The Institute of Technology Tralee is one of seven Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) involved in the development of the Campus Engage-led National Student Volunteer Database www.studentvolunteer.ie. This National database is […]

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CBS Students’ Cake Sale Raises Funds For Concern

CBS Students’ Cake Sale Raises Funds For Concern

December 8, 2015 at 5:09 pm Comments are Disabled

THIS week saw a wonderful display of colourful home baking from Class 3C at CBS The Green. As part of their CSPE Action Project, 3C organised and held a fundraising cake sale for Concern in the school. Students decided to raise funds for the wonderful work done by Concern across […]

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PHOTOS: Over 40 Students Receive Awards At IT Tralee Ceremony

PHOTOS: Over 40 Students Receive Awards At IT Tralee Ceremony

December 8, 2015 at 12:53 pm Comments are Disabled

  THE Institute of Technology, Tralee held its annual Scholarships and Awards Evening on Thursday last at the North Campus where 41 students received awards at the event held to honour sports, academic and civic engagement. Awards and scholarships presented on the evening included President’s Civic Spirit Award (Civic Engagement), Tom Mc Ellistrim Memorial […]

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Ballymac School To Receive Grant To Build Two New Classrooms

Ballymac School To Receive Grant To Build Two New Classrooms

December 4, 2015 at 5:40 pm Comments are Disabled

SCOIL Nuachabháil in Ballymac is to receive a grant to build two new classrooms. The Department of Education have announced that the school at Gortatlea, Ballymacelligott , Tralee is to be added to the list of approvals for the additional accommodation grant. Scoil Nuachabháil (Nohoval NS) will receive funding to construct 2 x 80m2 Mainstream […]

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PHOTOS: Kerry Star Helps O’Brennan Pupils Launch New Book

PHOTOS: Kerry Star Helps O’Brennan Pupils Launch New Book

December 3, 2015 at 5:50 pm Comments are Disabled

PUPILS at O’Brennan National School in Kielduff got a helping hand from a Kerry multiple All-Ireland winner to launch a book written by the children. The 260 page book entitled ‘O’Brennan NS – We Are Writers’ features stories produced by the schoolchildren from all classes, around the theme of Christmas. There […]

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Report Shows Where The Class Of 2015 Went To College

Report Shows Where The Class Of 2015 Went To College

December 3, 2015 at 5:15 pm Comments are Disabled

  TWO Tralee schools have a 100 per cent rate of students progressing to third level colleges according to data released on Schooldays.ie They are named as Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and Tralee Community College (Coláiste Gleann Lí). The data gives a breakdown of where 2015  Leaving Certificate students went to college this […]

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PHOTOS: Here’s What The New €15 Million Kerry Sports Academy Will Look Like

PHOTOS: Here’s What The New €15 Million Kerry Sports Academy Will Look Like

December 3, 2015 at 3:11 pm Comments are Disabled

PLANS of the new Kerry Sports Academy look pretty impressive, as the artist’s impression of the completed building reveals. Today, Joan Burton visited IT Tralee with Deputy Arthur Spring, to take a look at the site of the new development which received €7 million of capital funding from the government. The €15 million centre […]

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PHOTO: Students See What The Future May Have In Store At CBS Careers Day

PHOTO: Students See What The Future May Have In Store At CBS Careers Day

December 3, 2015 at 2:26 pm Comments are Disabled

CBS The Green Parents Council have once again pulled out all the stops and hosted a very successful “Careers Day” for students on Wednesday last for College Awareness Week. The initiative was taken on and organised by parents Breda Dyland and John Gannon. They were assisted on the day by […]

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Well-Deserved Active Schools Flag Raised At CBS Primary

Well-Deserved Active Schools Flag Raised At CBS Primary

December 3, 2015 at 12:55 pm Comments are Disabled

CBS Primary School, Tralee took great pleasure in raising their well deserved Active School Flag this week. The flag was awarded earlier in the year, to acknowledge the work undertaken by the school in reviewing, planning and promoting physical activity. The Active School Project is a Dept of Education initiative […]

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PHOTOS: KDYS Students Help Out With Garden At Baile Mhuire

PHOTOS: KDYS Students Help Out With Garden At Baile Mhuire

December 3, 2015 at 12:15 pm Comments are Disabled

YOUNG people from the KDYS in Denny Street certainly helped brighten up a part of Baile Mhuire Day Care home recently. Students from the Leaving Cert Applied programme helped in finishing the inner courtyard, now known as “Eileen’s Garden”, to allow their service users access the garden,  weather permitting of course. This was […]

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At the IT Tralee, Christmas Cracker world record breaking attempt in the North Campus were, from left: Orla Couttney, Alexandra White, Alsa Cenaj, Sarah Carmody and Patrice Sandk. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS/VIDEO: IT Tralee Cracks World Record On Campus

December 1, 2015 at 4:48 pm Comments are Disabled

THE festive season was ushered in at IT Tralee North Campus by breaking a Guinness world record at making the longest Christmas Cracker Chain. Needing more than 798 to break the record, it was smashed with a total nearing 1,300 students, faculty and pupils from secondary schools, Presentation, CBS The Green and Mercy […]

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ITT Lecturers And Students Hold Protest Over Concerns

ITT Lecturers And Students Hold Protest Over Concerns

December 1, 2015 at 10:51 am Comments are Disabled

LECTURERS and students at IT Tralee held a protest last Thursday outside the South Campus over funding and educational concerns. It was part of the national protest by the Teacher’s Union of Ireland against the cutbacks in education, as the TUI Branch Secretary of ITT, Anne M Courtney explained. “On a daily basis, lecturers […]

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Stormy Sam Presents Medals To Fenit School Pupils

Stormy Sam Presents Medals To Fenit School Pupils

November 30, 2015 at 3:40 pm Comments are Disabled

STORMY Sam and members of the RNLI visited St. Brendan’s National School Fenit last week to acknowledge the school’s fundraising efforts over the years. Each child received a medal from Stormy Sam, the RNLI mascot. The children perform their annual Christmas Show and collect for the RNLI. The children are […]

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Presentation Students Raise €600 Through Sleepover For Syrian Refugees

Presentation Students Raise €600 Through Sleepover For Syrian Refugees

November 27, 2015 at 1:16 pm Comments are Disabled

SIXTH year students at Presentation Secondary School Tralee took part in a sleepover in the school on Friday November 20 to raise funds for Syrian refugees. Forty-eight sixth year students took part in what was a very enjoyable night with a number of school staff staying the night also. The cheque […]

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Katie O'Donoghue and Akeem Molloy who organised the charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor Park on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Akeem And Katie’s Fight Night Raises Over €3,000 For Miscarriage Service

November 27, 2015 at 12:03 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE was a fantastic crowd and atmosphere at BTS Fitness last night for a special fight night fundraiser which raised well over €3,000. The event was the brainchild of Akeem Molloy and his partner Katie Donoghue, who suffered a miscarriage last year and therefore decided to raise funds for the Miscarriage Association […]

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Gaelcholáiste Girls Win At National Scifest Awards

Gaelcholáiste Girls Win At National Scifest Awards

November 27, 2015 at 10:14 am Comments are Disabled

YOU may have seen the Six-One news earlier this month and the feature on the national Scifest Awards which took place in Marino, Dublin. If you did, you will have seen the amazing project by three young women on harnessing wave energy and reducing coastal erosion. What you may not have realised […]

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Celebration In Presentation For Sisters Past And Present

Celebration In Presentation For Sisters Past And Present

November 26, 2015 at 4:58 pm Comments are Disabled

PRESENTATION Secondary School Tralee held its annual school mass on Friday last, attended by Presentation sisters to mark Presentation Day. Following on from the mass, a special celebration was held in the secondary school for the Presentation sisters to mark the Year of Consecrated Life and to thank the Presentation […]

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PHOTOS: ITT Students Raise Funds For Homeless Charity At Race Night

PHOTOS: ITT Students Raise Funds For Homeless Charity At Race Night

November 25, 2015 at 12:58 pm Comments are Disabled

IT Tralee students enjoyed a night at the races in The Greyhound Bar on Tuesday night, all for a great cause. It was organised by students from the Travel and Adventure Tourism Management course at the college as Marguerite O’Brien from Ballylongford explained. “As part of our events management module […]

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Treasured World War 1 Relics Displayed For Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Students

Treasured World War 1 Relics Displayed For Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Students

November 24, 2015 at 4:20 pm Comments are Disabled

A FRENCH language assistant at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí displayed WWI relics to students to celebrate Armistice Day recently. Rachel Guillard, who has been teaching at the school, showed students war items which belonged to her great, great grandfather who fought during World War 1. The treasured possessions included his war medal and holy […]

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Presentation Students Step Into The Dragons Den

Presentation Students Step Into The Dragons Den

November 24, 2015 at 3:10 pm Comments are Disabled

PRESENTATION Secondary School, Tralee hosted their annual Dragons Den session in the school on Wednesday last. It was a very successful event with 52 students pitching their ideas to a number of Dragons in the school. The ‘Dragons’ were Margaret Brick, CEO Connect Magazine, Fiona Leahy Business Adviser & Co-ordinator, Kerry Enterprise, Melanie […]

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Mercy Mounthawk students attending Tralee Credit Union’s Prizegiving Night with Ellie The Elephant, Roisin Lynch, Cillian O’Regan and Elisha Buckley.

PHOTOS: Tralee Credit Union Honours Youth At Awards Ceremony

November 24, 2015 at 11:04 am Comments are Disabled

OVER 150 people attended Tralee Credit Union’s prize giving event dedicated to young people on Friday night in Manor West Hotel. Presentations were made to students from primary, secondary and third level for Tralee Credit Union’s Annual Art Competition, their Education and Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards and Schools Credit Union in […]

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