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Parents Learn How To Support Children’s Literacy Skills With Library Programme

Parents Learn How To Support Children’s Literacy Skills With Library Programme

July 26, 2016 at 2:48 pm Comments are Disabled

  A FAMILY project which aimed to aimed to equip parents with the tools to support their child’s literacy development is coming to an end this week at Tralee Library. ‘Let’s Read Together’ is a Family Learning Programme organised by the Library. It is part of a national initiative to support families […]

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PHOTOS: Pony Riders Have A Great Day At Blennerville Gymkhana

PHOTOS: Pony Riders Have A Great Day At Blennerville Gymkhana

July 26, 2016 at 12:30 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry Pony Society hosted its annual Gymkhana in Blennerville on Sunday and as always was a huge hit with competitors and families. The event was a great family day out featuring competitions for animals of all kinds along with the headline pony events. There was plenty of fun for all the family with […]

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Blennerville/Ballyard Youngsters Prepare For National Community Games

Blennerville/Ballyard Youngsters Prepare For National Community Games

July 26, 2016 at 12:19 pm Comments are Disabled

TEN young people will represent Blennerville/Ballyyard in this year’s National Community Games in Athlone. The games will take place at Athlone IT over two weekends – August 12 to 14 and from August 19 to 21. Competitors from the group are drawn from a huge area that stretches from Derrynane to Ballyard and […]

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Tree Planting Event Planned For Irish Descendants Coming Home For Rose Festival

Tree Planting Event Planned For Irish Descendants Coming Home For Rose Festival

July 26, 2016 at 12:11 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Tralee Community Garden project are holding an event coming up during the Rose of Tralee Festival inviting visiting diaspora and Irish descendants to plant a tree to remind them of their roots. ‘Planting Community Roots’ is part of the Community Tourism Diaspora initiative on August 20 from 10am to 2pm. Irish descendants abroad […]

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Colm Cooper in action against Clare in this years Munster SFC semi-final in Fitzgerald Stadium. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

Cooper And Two Other Kerry Players Out For Clare Quarter-Final

July 26, 2016 at 10:37 am Comments are Disabled

COLM Cooper, Johnny Buckley and Mikey Geaney have all been ruled out of the Kerry v Clare All-Ireland SFC quarter-final in Croke Park this Sunday. There is good news however, as Peter Crowley will return to the match day panel after he was ruled out of the Munster Final because […]

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If You’re Going To The Matches On Sunday, Here’s The Ticket News

If You’re Going To The Matches On Sunday, Here’s The Ticket News

July 26, 2016 at 10:07 am Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry minors and seniors are in action next Sunday in Croke Park and the ticket prices and arrangements have been announced. It’s not the most attractive of line-ups to entice fans to headquarters as Kerry face Clare for the second time in two months in the championship at 2pm. […]

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Forpadydeplasterer (Joanne Quirke) Racehorse to Riding Horse class Dublin Horse Show RDS Photo: Patrick McCann 23.07.2016

A Horse Popular With Tralee Punters Is Still Winning After All These Years

July 25, 2016 at 5:15 pm Comments are Disabled

A FORMER racing favourite with Tralee punters – thanks to his connection to trainer Tom Cooper – is still winning accolades…but not on the racecourse. Forpadytheplasterer and Joanne Quirke won the Irish Thoroughbred Marketing (ITM) Racehorse To Riding Horse class at the Dublin Horse Show for the third consecutive year […]

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Discount Voucher Book To Be Delivered To 11,000 Tralee Homes Next Week

Discount Voucher Book To Be Delivered To 11,000 Tralee Homes Next Week

July 25, 2016 at 4:32 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Chamber Alliance is celebrating the upcoming extended Rose of Tralee International Festival with the publication of a Discount Voucher Booklet which will be distributed to nearly 11,000 homes in Tralee during the first week of August. Launched by the Rose of Tralee, Elysha Brennan, the booklet features 30 pages […]

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Gardaí Seek Public’s Help With Theft Incident And Finding Owner Of Ring

Gardaí Seek Public’s Help With Theft Incident And Finding Owner Of Ring

July 25, 2016 at 3:17 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are asking for the public’s help after a theft in a Tralee estate and finding the owner of a ring found in town. Light fittings and the bulbs were taken from the gardens outside three separate houses in Connolly Park on Thursday night (July 21) into the early hours of […]

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Vandals Break Front Windows At Two Tralee Bars/Restaurants

Vandals Break Front Windows At Two Tralee Bars/Restaurants

July 25, 2016 at 2:59 pm 1 comment

GARDAI are looking for the public’s help after windows were broken at two Tralee pubs/restaurants. The first incident took place on Wednesday, July 20 between 12.30am and 4am at Kirby’s Brogue Inn on Rock Street. Windows were smashed in the front of the premises. The second incident took place at No.4 […]

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Michael Mercer, left, Captain of Castlegregory Golf Club presenting his captain's prize to overall winner Tommy King at Castlegregory Golf Club.

Tommy Is King Of The Course For Castlegregory Golf Club Captain’s Prize

July 25, 2016 at 2:07 pm Comments are Disabled

By Mike Mercer ALL the invocations that were called upon last weekend for the Captain’s Prize (Mike Mercer) worked well with Apollo, the God of Sunlight, coming out on top for the duration of the competition. With close to 100 competitors, sponsors, guests and not forgetting the Mna, the course was […]

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PHOTOS: Austin Stacks Beat John Mitchels In A Close League Contest

PHOTOS: Austin Stacks Beat John Mitchels In A Close League Contest

July 25, 2016 at 12:14 pm Comments are Disabled

THE first county league meeting of Austin Stacks and John Mitchels in 13 years ended with one point win for The Rock in Ballyseedy by 1-9 to 0-11. The wind played a significant factor in the game with Austin Stacks benefiting from the gusts in the first half. Shane O’Callaghan […]

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Kilymoyley's Shane Conway shoots at goal, followed by John Buckley of Lixnaw. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

REPORT/PHOTOS: Kilmoyley Advance At The Expense Of Lixnaw

July 25, 2016 at 11:31 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran says champions Kilmoyley did enough to overcome Lixnaw in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC quarter-final in Austin Stack Park yesterday… Kilmoyley 1-19 Lixnaw 1-16 My preview said that Lixnaw would win if Daniel Collins didn’t play, well he did and his goal was the difference at the end. […]

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Ballyduff's Mikey Boyle makes a clearance. Photo by Gavin O'Connor

REPORT/PHOTOS: Early Goal Blitz Sets Foundation For Ballyduff Win

July 25, 2016 at 11:08 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran watched Ballyduff net a volley of early goals which Causeway could never recover from in the Garveys Supervaly Kerry SHC quarter-final in Austin Stack Park yesterday… Ballyduff 5-16 Causeway 1-15 The Boyles brothers blitzed Causeway and brought the boys from Ballyduff into the semi-final yesterday. In my preview of […]

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VIDEO: Watch Banna Beach Light Up At Féile Fáilte

VIDEO: Watch Banna Beach Light Up At Féile Fáilte

July 25, 2016 at 10:19 am Comments are Disabled

  IN case you missed our coverage yesterday, there was a great celebration dance on Banna Beach on Saturday where hundreds of people came throughout the day and night to Féile Fáilte. Beginning at 3pm and concluding around midnight, the event was part of the Casement Project and saw performers both […]

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Susan O'Gara and Rebecca Kemp at the Feile Failte at Banna Beach on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Fantastic Dance Event Draws Hundreds To Banna Beach

July 24, 2016 at 1:57 pm Comments are Disabled

HUNDREDS of people made their way to Banna Beach on Saturday for a fantastic celebration of culture and dance at Féile Fáilte. The day-long event had everything from a ceili to a disco with local and global styles mixing on stage making for a hugely enjoyable experience for performers and the audience. […]

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Sarah Flynn, Orla Slattery, Maeve Foley and Christine Lynch at the Jamie Wrenn Walk on Saturday morning from the Aqua Dome. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: A Walk Out West To Help Out Recovery Haven

July 24, 2016 at 11:54 am Comments are Disabled

THE annual Jamie Wrenn walk was another great fun day out with 81 registering at the Aqua Dome on Saturday morning. They had a misty start to proceedings but it was mostly a dry day for it, with walkers taking a few stops in O’Sheas in Curraheen,The Junction Bar, Camp […]

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PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Youngsters Take Part In John Mitchels GAA Blitz

PHOTOS: Hundreds Of Youngsters Take Part In John Mitchels GAA Blitz

July 24, 2016 at 11:15 am Comments are Disabled

JOHN Mitchels GAA club hosted their annual Juvenile Football Tournament for the U-8 and U-10 age groups on Saturday and it was another enormous success. Held at the club grounds in Ballyseedy, this was the 16th year of the tournament which has become one of the most popular in the county. Continued below… Around 400 children […]

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Roger Harty: Fear (Continued)

Roger Harty: Fear (Continued)

July 24, 2016 at 9:59 am 1 comment

LAST week I wrote an article about Fear (click here). The essence of the article was that psychological fear wasn’t real i.e. that there is no imminent danger. Thus I expressed that type of fear using the acronym F alse E xpectations A ppearing R eal As the expectations are false (not real) […]

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Kerry Juniors Cruise Into All-Ireland Final

Kerry Juniors Cruise Into All-Ireland Final

July 23, 2016 at 3:45 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY are back in another All-Ireland final after the Juniors easily dispatched Lancashire in Manchester this afternoon by 4-17 to 3-10. Stephen Wallace’s side will defend their title against Mayo after the Connacht side beat Wexford today by 2-10 to 0-10. Kerry didn’t have it all their own way though, […]

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PHOTOS: Fun And Skills At The Forefront Of Park FC Summer Camp

PHOTOS: Fun And Skills At The Forefront Of Park FC Summer Camp

July 23, 2016 at 10:57 am Comments are Disabled

PARK FC held their annual summer camp this week at their grounds in Christy Leahy Park. About 70 or so boys and girls attended the camp this week which focused on fun and the skills of the game. The camp began on Monday and ran right through until Friday with kids […]

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Out To Lunch: A Majestic Munch In Manor West

Out To Lunch: A Majestic Munch In Manor West

July 23, 2016 at 10:57 am Comments are Disabled

The Mercantile Bar Manor West Hotel THE last time I was in the Mercantile Bar for a bite to eat was in November 2014. The bar was packed with hungry shoppers refuelling for the afternoon ahead and the lunch of chowder and open flat bread with tomato tapenade, hummus, black olives, […]

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A group enjoying refreshments at the Tralee International Resource Centre's Family Intercultural Evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: An Evening Of Culture, Food And Music At Tralee International Resource Centre

July 23, 2016 at 10:57 am Comments are Disabled

ALL nationalities led to Tralee International Resource Centre on Friday for a  free family intercultural evening of music and food at their centre in Boherbee. According to TIRC’s Co-ordinator, Mary Carroll; “We are delighted to be hosting this event to bring different cultures and nationalities together.  TIRC’s aim is to support […]

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A Historical Building On Ashe Street Has Been Sold

A Historical Building On Ashe Street Has Been Sold

July 23, 2016 at 10:56 am 1 comment

THE Kerry Protestant Hall building on Ashe Street has been sold. The KPH building, located directly across the street from the Courthouse, was built in the 1860s. One of the structure’s most eye-catching features is the clock that hangs over the entrance. The sale went through in recent months to a Cork businessman. Just last week, […]

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PHOTOS: Mitchels Stars Of The Future Enjoy Annual Summer Camp

PHOTOS: Mitchels Stars Of The Future Enjoy Annual Summer Camp

July 23, 2016 at 10:55 am Comments are Disabled

OVER 70 kids participated in the John Mitchels Summer Camp this week. The camp was mainly centred around Gaelic football but kids also took part in other activities, such as basketball and dodgeball. The state of the art facilities in Ballyseedy allowed organisers to be creative with activities and they […]

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Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s Words Were A Comfort To Waterford Hurling Boss After Hammering

Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s Words Were A Comfort To Waterford Hurling Boss After Hammering

July 22, 2016 at 4:15 pm Comments are Disabled

IF YOU’RE in need of a shoulder to cry on, it seems Eamonn is your man. Waterford hurling manager, Derek McGrath, received a supportive phone call from the Kerry boss after the Deise lost by 21 points to Tipperary two weeks ago in the Munster Final. “I got a lovely call […]

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Former Tralee Resident Arrested In Connection With Paedophile Network

Former Tralee Resident Arrested In Connection With Paedophile Network

July 22, 2016 at 3:55 pm Comments are Disabled

  A POLISH national, who spent a number of years living and working in Tralee, has been arrested in connection with an international network of paedophiles. The man  was arrested along with 15 other men in Poland suspected to be part of a network of more than 750 paedophiles who shared […]

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Kerry Association London Looks For Kerry Person Of The Year Nominations

Kerry Association London Looks For Kerry Person Of The Year Nominations

July 22, 2016 at 1:46 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry Association London have opened nominations to the public to select the 2016 Kerry Person of the Year. The committee selected London-based business man and Ballyduff native, Gerry Rochford, as last year’s winner. The committee are looking for nominations for people who have made a massive contribution to their […]

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Star Of ‘The Wire’ To Go Into Hotel Management In Glin Castle

Star Of ‘The Wire’ To Go Into Hotel Management In Glin Castle

July 22, 2016 at 1:18 pm Comments are Disabled

THE star of hit TV series The Wire and The Affair is to go into a new career as a hotel manager in Glin, just over the Kerry border. Dominic West and his wife Catherine Lynch are turning Glin Castle, the ancestral home of the Knights of Glin through the […]

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Council To Unveil Details Of Denny Site Plans Next Week

Council To Unveil Details Of Denny Site Plans Next Week

July 22, 2016 at 1:04 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY County Council will launch the first phase of public consultation on the future use of the former Denny Bacon Factory site  next week. EU funding of €1.5m has been sanctioned for the redevelopment of the 2.3 acre site which is now in the ownership of Kerry County Council after it was […]

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