TWO Kerry minors paid a quick visit to their old alma mater this week with a few trophies in hand of course, to the obvious delight of staff and pupils. Footballer Mícheál Reidy and hurler Tomás O’Connor stopped off in their former stomping ground of O’Brennan NS in Kielduff with the […]

IT was a tough day for Strand Road fans in Killarney yesterday, but one thing it proved was how once again Tralee clubs bring the big crowds to championship games. Kerins O’Rahillys went down by three points to the Legion, but their fans certainly made a lot of noise. The championship will be […]

TODAY is arguably the biggest day in years for Irish sports fans, with the rugby and soccer teams playing vital games. Many of you will be heading down town on Sunday afternoon to sample the atmosphere in the pubs showing the matches on the big screen. It’ll be a long evening, so here’s […]

THE girls from the Castleisland Presentation Secondary school  Class of  95 are preparing to hold its reunion and the call has gone out to former classmates who might want to attend. Continued below… As it will the 20th anniversary of the girls’ graduation this year, the reunion is set to be a […]

KERRY primary school puils are being asked to submit ‘One Good Idea’ to combat climate change in a competition which could win their school a cash prize. The ‘One Good Idea’ competition, was launched last week and Ardfert pupils were on hand to help give it some publicity. They were […]

IT was a momentous day for Ardfert village on Friday when a significant portion of the Fair Green was transferred into the ownership of the local community council. It came about thanks to a very generous gesture from Trevor Giles of Giles Auctioneers in Tralee, whose family has owned the […]

ACCEPTANCE is one of the most powerful tools that you can have in your psychological welfare arsenal. I discovered this many years ago and I regularly use phrases like ‘it is as it is’ or the infamous teenage phrase of ‘whatever’ much to the chagrin of my family and friends. The […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on Kerins O’Rahillys exit from the Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry SFC at the hands of Killarney Legion on Saturday, plus loads of action photos below… Legion 4-9 (21) Kerins O’Rahilly’s 1-15 (18) HELPED by a hat-trick from James O’Donoghue, Legion knocked Kerins O’Rahilly’s out of the county championship in Fitzgerald […]

FOR the second week in a row, a Tralee team has been knocked out of the championship by a Killarney side. Kerins O’Rahillys were on the receiving end of a first half blitz of goals from the Legion which ultimately proved the difference in Fitzgerald Stadium. James O’Donoghue netted three […]

IF THERE’S ONE Tralee man that seemingly can’t stay out of the news recently, it’s Randall Wharton. The well known runner who was recently interviewed and profiled in the hugely popular ‘Runners World’ magazine (see previous article here) has now seen his blog ‘RandRuns’ nominated for the best blog award […]

ANOTHER representative of Tralee RFC will join the ranks of players from the club called up to the Ireland Women’s squad over the last few years. Zoe Grattage, has travelled to Belfast to take part in an Ireland training session today (Saturday) to hopefully stake her claim for a place in the […]

A PROJECT started by Castleisland woman Niamh Geaney and her friends has reached one of the highest echelons of TV coverage after it recently teamed up with the hugely popular US TV programme, ‘The Today Show’ on NBC. Niamh Geaney, Harry English and Terence Manzanga are the three friends behind the […]

THERE was another great turnout for the Tralee Parnells annual cookery demonstration last night in the Meadowlands Hotel. Mark Doe of Just Cooking cookery school in Firies cooked up some treats and gave his expert tips on the culinary arts. The evening also featured a guest speaker on preventative strategies regarding […]

MERCY MOUNTHAWK are getting set to host their huge fundraising activity this coming Sunday as they look to raise money for a state of the art extension to the school. The ‘Monster Bingo’ fundraiser will take place in the school’s gym at 3pm where it is expected that there will be […]

  INCH BEACH is getting set to host a a very different type of activity later this month when the ‘Inch by Inch Toddleathon’ takes place to help raise funds for UNICEF Ireland. It will be taking place at 1pm sharp at Inch Beach on October 18 and will cost €10 […]

THE people at Kingdom Care held an information and coffee morning at their Tralee base on the Mart Grounds in Caherslee on Friday. The event was to raise awareness of the services they offer to people in need and to showcase the clothes and goods on sale at the shop. […]

A TRALEE school is celebrating after benefitting from the latest ‘Sports Capital Programme’ grants allocation. The Clash-based Coláiste Gleann Lí post-primary school received €90,000  and means that it is the only school-based application in the entire country to receive a grant. This new influx of money will now be used by the school to help build […]

Gavin O’Connor previews the Super Valu Kerry SFC quarter-final clash between Kerins O’Rahilly’s and Killarney Legion at Fitzgerald Stadium, Saturday 4:30pm… WE’RE down to the last eight in this year’s county championship and battle-scarred Kerins O’Rahillys will be on a high after last week’s 17 points trouncing of East Kerry, which caught everyone by surprise. Their […]

  MANOR WEST Retail Park will hold a fire safety demonstration this coming weekend as part of the ‘National Fire Safety Week’ campaign taking place all this week. The Kerry Fire and Rescue Service will be on the main premises this coming Sunday, October 11 from 2pm-4pm. They will be […]

TWO of the town’s centres of education received a visit from the Minister for Education and Skills, Jan O’Sullivan, on Thursday afternoon. The Minister received a tour of the new extension of the building Kerry College of Further Education in Clash before heading to the new Kerry Education and Training Board […]

NOW, we’re not condoning the defacement of signs on public roads, but… Whoever wrote on this sign in Camp is getting across a laid back approach to bringing your car to halt (and they’re no doubt fans of Sminky Shorts), a ‘H’ between the ‘S’ and the ‘T’ would make […]

JACINTA Hobbart from Tralee, is packing her suitcases as she prepares to jet off on her dream holiday to New York with her sister Mary. The busy mum burst into tears of joy when she received news that she’d won the National Lottery’s Bigger Better Lotto Dream Holiday Competition, currently […]

A GREAT fundraiser was held in Mercy Mounthawk on Friday morning to raise funds for a worthy cause. First year students sat down in the canteen area to enjoy a bowl of cereal thanks to an idea from Tori Lonergan, an LCA 2 student. “The event is to raise awareness about Childline and […]

THE Console Centre has named two new counselling rooms after the late Donal Walsh. Funding for the rooms in the Balloonagh centre came from the Donal Walsh Foundation which has held a large number of fundraising activities since Donal’s passing back in May of 2013. One of the rooms will be […]

THE website MyVehicle.ie has released data revealing there are 2,585 untaxed Kerry vehicles on Irish roads.   The car history check service  has published statistics on second-hand cars to highlight the importance of conducting a thorough background check before purchasing a second-hand car. MyVehicle.ie’s statistics reveal that nearly 2,585 vehicles with […]

  SEVEN Tralee sports clubs will receive Sports Capital Grants totalling €245,000. Labour TD, Arthur J. Spring has welcomed the government’s announcement which covers clubs in a diverse range of sports. The clubs to benefit are: • Austin Stacks Hurling & Football Club €65,000 • County Kerry Cricket Club €9,000 • […]

KERINS O’RAHILLY’S are facing a race against time to get five of their regular starters fit ahead of their championship quarter final against Legion this Sunday. David Moran (hamstring), Barry John Keane (ankle), Jack Savage (hamstring), Shane Brosnan (thumb), are players Strand Road are sweating on, while Giles O’Grady (back) is […]

HOTELS and guesthouses in Kerry have reported an upturn in business during the first nine months of 2015 according to the latest quarterly barometer from the Irish Hotels Federation (IHF). With overseas visitors to Ireland up 12% year to date, local hoteliers are reporting an increase in business from key […]

TWO local lads decided to fling themselves down Short Mountain in drift trikes, as you do. The video on Youtube shows two men flying down Short Mountain, twisting and turning around its bends at what seems a fair old speed. For the uninitiated, ‘Drift Trikes’ are tricycles that are designed to […]

SCOIL Nuachabháil and Flemby NS both received tricolours from the army to mark the 100 year commemoration of the 1916 rising next year. Gunner Sean Murphy and Lieutenant Denis Sheahan of the Irish Army, delivered tricolurs and a copy of the proclamation of independence to pupils from both school. Over the next […]