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Volunteers Gather 27 Bags Of Rubbish In Beach Clean-up

Volunteers Gather 27 Bags Of Rubbish In Beach Clean-up

December 21, 2016 at 10:59 am Comments are Disabled

THE annual Christmas Banna Beach Clean-Up took place last Sunday and a team of 20 people collected a lot of rubbish. “If you’re ever feeling blue about all the troubles in the world, I would highly recommend joining a community initiative, it will warm your heart!” said Rachel Geary who […]

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Crib In The Square Damaged Again Overnight

Crib In The Square Damaged Again Overnight

December 21, 2016 at 10:40 am 3 comments

YET again, there has been damage caused to the Crib in the Square. People walking to work through the Square this morning were greeted with the sight of broken perspex, cut light cables and statues knocked over. The damage has been reported to gardaí who are looking for anyone who […]

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The Kerry ‘Shtar Wars’ Video Has Reached Some Very Famous People

The Kerry ‘Shtar Wars’ Video Has Reached Some Very Famous People

December 20, 2016 at 2:47 pm Comments are Disabled

YESTERDAY we told you about the Kerry ‘Shtar Wars’ video made by the third year Music Technology BA students of IT Tralee. Well it seems to have caught the attention of some very famous people. It made its way to Graham Norton, who famously featured the Pulp Fiction ‘Kerry Shytle’ video […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

December 19, 2016 at 5:50 pm Comments are Disabled

LOTTO The lotto was held in Glenduff Manor on the 12th December for a jackpot of €5,900.  Numbers drawn were 8,9,20,24,  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Caroline O Connell, c/o Paula Silles 2. Niamh Kearney, c/o Tom Leen 3. Michael Buckley, Ballymac 4. Paddy Dineen, c/o Tom Leen 5. […]

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Fantastic Events Planned For Christmas Spraoi In Tralee

Fantastic Events Planned For Christmas Spraoi In Tralee

November 22, 2016 at 10:14 am 1 comment

OFFICE Chair Racing, free parking, food markets, fun runs and much more are included in the exciting Christmas Spraoi in Tralee which runs from November 26th to New Year’s Eve. To kick things off, Kieran Donaghy will join the Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Terry O’Brien to switch on the Christmas Lights in […]

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St Pat’s GAA Club News

November 14, 2016 at 5:59 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 10,13,14 & 26. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Tommy Brosnan Lohercannon, Jimmy Mulligan Tonevane, Caroline Clapham c/o Betty’s, Kathleen Mason c/o Tony Casey and Dermot Waugh Derrymore East. Next week’s […]

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Katie Ross, Tralee, at the Ceol an Geimhridh competition at IT Tralee on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: IT Tralee Hosts Musicians From All Over Kerry For ‘Ceol An Geimhridh’ Competition

November 13, 2016 at 11:26 am Comments are Disabled

SATURDAY saw hundreds of musicians, singers and dancers compete to represent Kerry in the Munster finals of ‘Ceol an Geimhridh’ to be held in Limerick in February. IT Tralee was a hive of activity as musicians and singers from all over the county competed for county titles. This winter competition in the Comhaltas […]

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Mayor Meets With Representatives From Rose Festival To Discuss Issues

Mayor Meets With Representatives From Rose Festival To Discuss Issues

September 27, 2016 at 2:19 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Mayor of Tralee has met with representatives of the Rose of Tralee Festival to discuss the positives and negatives of the event this year and dealing with issues in the future. Yesterday morning, at a meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors, Mayor Terry O’Brien said the Festival contributes enormously to the town and […]

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One Kerry Winner At Top Hospitality Awards In Dublin

One Kerry Winner At Top Hospitality Awards In Dublin

September 21, 2016 at 4:43 pm Comments are Disabled

JUST one Kerry establishment won at the 2017 Georgina Campbell Awards held today at Bord Bia in Dublin. The renowned Jack’s Coastguard Restaurant in Cromane won the Seafood Restaurant of the Year category in the annual food and hospitality awards, which are highly sought after. The award winners are selected based on the reports […]

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Mercy Mounthawk To Host Top Schools Basketball Action This Weekend

Mercy Mounthawk To Host Top Schools Basketball Action This Weekend

September 2, 2016 at 12:40 pm Comments are Disabled

MERCY Mounthawk will again host their annual invitational tournament this weekend. It is the seventh year running of the tournament where the best school teams from all over Ireland are invited down to battle in Mounthawk school gym. Mounthawk are defending champions from last year, but will face some stiff competition […]

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Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

August 8, 2016 at 11:48 am Comments are Disabled

  Senior County League Division 1 Kerins O’Rahillys 1-05 Austin Stacks 1-15 We made the short trip to Connolly Park on Sat night to play the locals in the rearranged round 5 fixture. The timing of this match could not have come at a worse time given the unavailability of […]

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Tralee First Responders Service To Go Live Next Week

Tralee First Responders Service To Go Live Next Week

August 3, 2016 at 4:01 pm Comments are Disabled

LIFE saving community first responders will go live in Tralee from next Monday, August 8. These voluntary members are trained to deal with early intervention of chest pain, stroke, choking and cardiac arrest. As of June there were 25 volunteers training to become first responders. It is proposed that the […]

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PHOTOS: Kerry Way Walk Raising Funds For Cancer Research

PHOTOS: Kerry Way Walk Raising Funds For Cancer Research

July 2, 2016 at 12:06 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Ring of Kerry cycle isn’t the only charity event taking place in that beautiful part of the county this weekend. The Kerry Way Cancer Research Walk , now in its 11th year, is also in full swing with over 100 people taking part from yesterday until Sunday. The route takes walkers around the […]

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Oakpark Woman Will Make History When She Pulls On The Green Jersey This Month

Oakpark Woman Will Make History When She Pulls On The Green Jersey This Month

July 2, 2016 at 10:10 am Comments are Disabled

AN Oakpark native will pull on the green jersey for Ireland at the World Fastpitch Championships in Canada this month. In doing so, Grace Kearney, will be the only member of the team from Kerry and the only Munster based player to have been selected for this tournament. Fastpitch is […]

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Mike Looks To Reunite Rescued Championship Medals With Owners

Mike Looks To Reunite Rescued Championship Medals With Owners

June 1, 2016 at 12:11 pm Comments are Disabled

A KILMOYLEY man, now living in Tralee, is looking to reunite Kerry hurling county championship medals which were thrown out and rescued from the dump. After a chance scroll though Facebook, Micheal McCarthy of Connolly Park came across GAA medals  for sale that were unwittingly advertised as running medals. The […]

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New Courses Added To Huge List Of Options At Kerry College Of Further Education

New Courses Added To Huge List Of Options At Kerry College Of Further Education

May 18, 2016 at 3:10 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY College of Further Education (KCFE) are delighted to announce the addition of several new courses to the college this coming September. The courses are in tourism, office management, law, mechatronic engineering and software development and add to the existing range of courses at KCFE at Clash, Tralee, which includes sports therapy, […]

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Kerry Autism Action News

Kerry Autism Action News

April 12, 2016 at 8:12 pm Comments are Disabled

Kerry Autism Action Research: Autism and Epilepsy KAA have been asked to circulate the following information from a Psychology student at NUI Galway who is currently conducting research with The Irish Centre for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Research (ICAN). She is seeking parents’ responses to help understand more about the day […]

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Stacks, Na Gaeil And Ballymac Players On Kerry Minor Team To Face Waterford

Stacks, Na Gaeil And Ballymac Players On Kerry Minor Team To Face Waterford

April 11, 2016 at 12:48 pm Comments are Disabled

AUSTIN Stacks, Ballymac and Na Gaeil GAA clubs will have representatives playing for Kerry against Waterford in the Electric Ireland Munster GAA Football Minor Championship in Dungarvan on Wednesday next. Micheál Reidy from Ballymac is corner back, Na Gaeil’s Diarmaid O’Connor lines out in the half forwards, while Ferdia O’Brien from […]

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Job done. John Griffin and Tommy Casey after the final whistle.

REPORT/PHOTOS: A Kerry Hurling Team We Should Be Proud Of And Shout About

April 3, 2016 at 11:54 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran was in Austin Stack Park yesterday for another fantastic victory for the Kerry hurlers… Kerry 2-27 Laois 1-19 The boys and girls of Tralee Parnells Hurling club were the exhibition game at half time in this Division 1B play off game. What a game they chose to show […]

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Tralee Woman’s Design Wins Major International Architecture Award

Tralee Woman’s Design Wins Major International Architecture Award

March 13, 2016 at 10:45 am 1 comment

A TRALEE woman who worked on the design of a library in Dun Laoghaire has seen the project win two major awards last week. Louise Cotter, originally from St Brendan’s Park, of architects Carr, Cotter & Naessens Ltd, worked on the dlr LexIcon which received the Selwyn Goldsmith Award for International Design and the […]

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Tralee Retail Group Wins Eight Categories At National Awards

Tralee Retail Group Wins Eight Categories At National Awards

March 9, 2016 at 10:55 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE has won big at national retail awards. Byrnes Spar shops with outlets in Oakpark, Monavlley & Caherslee Tralee have won eight national awards for their excellence in retailing, customer service and food safety/hygiene. “To be independently audited using the most stringent criteria in the industry and to come away […]

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Storm Imogen Passes But Yellow Status Wind Warning Remains Until Tonight

Storm Imogen Passes But Yellow Status Wind Warning Remains Until Tonight

February 8, 2016 at 3:38 pm Comments are Disabled

THE worst of Storm Imogen has passed but there is still a Yellow Status wind warning in place until this evening. Westerly winds of mean speeds 50-65 km/h will gust 85-100 km/h this afternoon and evening in southern parts of Munster and Leinster. The warning  remains in place until 8pm […]

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Kilmoyley Community News

Kilmoyley Community News

February 2, 2016 at 6:35 pm Comments are Disabled

Catholic Schools Week Catholic Schools Week is an all-Ireland annual event which invites Catholic schools to give expression in a special way to the ethos of Catholic education. This year’s theme is: “Challenged to Proclaim God’s Mercy”. The pupils in Kilmoyley National School celebrated Catholic Schools Week by honouring Saint […]

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Tralee Boy To Appear in RTE’s ‘1916 Children’

Tralee Boy To Appear in RTE’s ‘1916 Children’

January 30, 2016 at 11:30 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE boy was selected from hundreds of young people to appear in an RTE documentary in connection with the 1916 rising commemorations in the coming months. Nine-year-old Ben Sharp, a pupil at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, was selected from hundreds of youngsters to  be one of the six child actors in the programme, […]

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 The Minister for Development, Trade Promotion and North South Co-operation Seán Sherlock TD is calling on all primary school students to get involved in the 2016 Our World Irish Aid Awards. 
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- Awards seek to help children in Ireland understand global development issues 

and Ireland’s role in fighting poverty worldwide –

The Awards invite pupils across Ireland to create projects, in any medium, through which 

they learn about the lives of children in developing countries and the work of Irish Aid, the 

Government’s programme for overseas development. The projects will highlight the 

challenges facing children in developing countries and the progress which is being achieved 

by Ireland and other countries through the global effort to fight poverty. 

The ‘One World, One Future’ theme of the 2016 Awards asks that pupils imagine how their 

world might look in 2030 and to learn about the newly agreed United Nations Global Goals 

for Sustainable Development which seek to address the root causes of poverty worldwide.

Over 1,000 primary schools throughout Ireland participated in the Our World Irish Aid 

Awards in 2015. Registration for the programme is now open and the deadline for entries is 

Friday, March 11th 2016. 

This year, for the first time, will see the inaugural Our World Irish Aid Awards Teacher of the 

Year Award. This teacher will receive an award, and will be invited to act as an ambassador 

for the Awards for the 2016-2017 programme.

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For further information:

Aileen Murray, Press Officer, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

01 408 2032 

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Kerry Primary School Pupils Wanted To Take Part In National Awards

January 23, 2016 at 10:29 am Comments are Disabled

  ALL Kerry primary school pupils from 3rd to 6th class are being called upon to take part in the 2016 Our World Irish Aid Awards. The awards seek to help children in Ireland understand global development issues and Ireland’s role in fighting poverty worldwide. Through the Awards, pupils learn about the lives […]

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Funding of €1.5m For Work On The Square And Denny Site

Funding of €1.5m For Work On The Square And Denny Site

January 19, 2016 at 10:16 am Comments are Disabled

FUNDING of €1.5m has been made available for work on two projects in Tralee town centre. The money will be used for the regeneration of the Denny Site and for work on the Square. The funding is part of a €40m national announcement under the European Regional Development Fund and Kerry […]

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Tralee Imperials Basketball Club News

Tralee Imperials Basketball Club News

December 7, 2015 at 2:33 pm Comments are Disabled

  Little to report this week due to bad weather. ACADEMY GIRLS Lost 21 v 30 to Glenbeigh U14 GIRlS Div 2 After a losing streak in away matches v st Bridget, st Annes and st Josephs we had our 1st home game on 3rd Dec,v TK Cougars and came […]

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Tralee Woman’s Marathon Effort Sees €30,000 Handed Over To Hospital

December 5, 2015 at 9:48 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE woman who ran 12 marathons in eight months presented a cheque for €30,000 to the Mercy University Hospital in Cork recently. Brenda Doody presented the funds, raised through her Mercy Marathon Challenge, to Sandra Daly, CEO, Mercy University Hospital Cork, at the inaugural Mercy Christmas Wishes Cancer Ball on […]

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Cormac Cofffey, bursts passed, Mikey Collins, Shane O'Callaghan and Shane Guthrie. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

October 26, 2015 at 6:27 pm Comments are Disabled

Kerins O’Rahillys Notes Senior Football Lee Strand Town Championship Final Kerins O’Rahillys 0-9 Austin Stacks 1-9 We played old rivals Austin Stacks in the Town Championship Final last Sunday at the Ballymac pitch and went under on a scoreline of Austin Stacks 1-9 to Kerins O’Rahillys 0-9. A game that never rose to great heights […]

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David McLoughlin, gets at the Milltown defense. Photo by Dermot Crean.

PREVIEW: O’Rahilly’s Suffering Injuries But Have The Grit For The Battle

October 2, 2015 at 12:39 pm Comments are Disabled

Can Kerins O’Rahillys overcome injury worries and get the better of East Kerry in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC clash tomorrow on their home turf? Gavin O’Connor assesses their chances… DESPITE getting the show back on the road with a win against Milltown/Castlemaine last Sunday, Kerins O’Rahillys’ preparation for Saturday’s test against […]

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