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THE GAA’s Management Committee has decided to suspend all GAA Club games ​at all levels with immediate effect ​and until further notice. A statement releasewdon the GAA.ie website reads; “The decision has been taken in the interest of public safety following a number of incidents that have been brought to our attention in recent […]

ALL games and training at all levels in GAA clubs throughout Kerry and the rest of the country will cease from midnight tonight. The statement on the GAA.ie website reads: “In light of this morning’s Government announcement, the GAA, An Cumann Camógaíochta and the Ladies Gaelic Football Association have decided […]

MERCY Mounthawk held its first ever Primary Schools’ GAA blitz recently. A dozen teams from the Tralee area competed for  the Buddy O’Grady Perpetual Cup. Buddy, who retired as caretaker in 2017, has been instrumental in the development of GAA teams at the School over the years and was present […]

THE Kerry Hospice Foundation has been announced as one of the GAA’s Official Charities for the year ahead. Five charities from around the country and representing a range of different causes were selected by the Association to be charity partners for this year. The charities were unveiled at a special photo […]

THE Munster Final is a glorious occasion for fans of Kerry and Cork fans and – let’s not be coy here – there’s a lot of socialising and carousing to be done before and after the game. So if you’re heading over to Killarney tonight or tomorrow, you could do […]

STAND OUT performances by young Kerins O’Rahillys players in the Senior County Championship have earned them a call up for Kerry sides. After impressing for O’Rahillys and the Kerry U21s this year, Jack Savage has been called into the Kerry senior training panel as they prepare for an All-Ireland quarter […]

THERE was some great football played at Na Gaeil GAA Grounds on Friday morning for the inaugural Community Policing Garda Blitz in association with Cumann na mBunscoil. Eleven primary schools from the Tralee area took to the field for a fantastic few hours of games organised in the main by Gardaí Aidan O’Mahony […]

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 […]

TWO Tralee GAA clubs are in with a great shout of winning a prestigious national sports club of the year awards run by The Irish Times.  Austin Stacks GAA and Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie Club are two of 20 shortlisted in the Best Sports Club in Ireland competition  which […]

TWO former All-Ireland minor winners have made a return from injury for the EirGrid Munster GAA Under 21 Football Championship Final at Austin Stack Park on this Thursday evening at 7:30pm. Dingle men Mark O’Connor and Matthew Flaherty come into a side with five personnel changes from the team that defeated […]

KERRY’s dual county status could be cemented following the announcement that Kingdom players have won both the GAA.ie Hurling and Football Player of the Week honours. Firing 1-9 for Kerry in the ten point beating of Laois on Saturday,  Shane Nolan, wins hurler of the week coming away with 51% […]

DONEGAL County Board will “definitely” appeal the €7,500 fine handed to both them and Kerry for the scenes that marred last weekend’s Allianz National League encounter in Austin Stack Park. It is expected that the Kerry County Board will also appeal the hefty fine dished out by the CCCC on Tuesday night. Speaking […]

SANDWICHED between a marathon day of Premier League soccer and Six Nations rugby, the Kerry hurlers still managed to get people talking with their remarkable seven point victory over Laois in the opening round of the Allianz National Hurling Division 1b in Portlaoise. It was the first time Kerry beat […]

Gavin O’Connor looks forward to the Kerry v Dublin Allianz National Football League clash this evening… LAST year’s league win over Dublin as All-Ireland champions may have given the impression Kerry had turned the tide on a poor record against the Dubs. 70 odd minutes in September reinforced the often […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Brosna to see John Mitchels grab an injury-time winner in the Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final Replay against Spa… John Mitchels 1-11 Spa 0-13 JOHN MITCHELS ended 13 years outside of Division 1 by overcoming Spa in a thrilling finale in Brosna on Sunday. It looked as […]

THE Kerry team to play Clare in the Munster Senior Hurling League tonight in Sixmilebridge at 7:30pm, has been named. Kilmoyley’s Daniel Collins, will once again captain Kerry as they face Davy Fitzgerald’s, Clare, in the side’s third match of the competition. Though Kerry have lost their opening two games […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on the Senior Football County Championship Relegation Play-off game at Lewis Road, Killarney, on Sunday… Austin Stacks 2-10 (16) Laune Rangers 1-6 (9) IN the end, it was a comfortable seven point victory for Austin Stacks that guarantees them senior football in 2016, but the final score […]

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 […]

Austin Stacks 5-12 Finuge/St. Senans 3-10 This North Kerry Intermediate Shield final was a closely contested affair, with Austin Stacks leading at half time by three points, 3-6 to 3-3. Finuge/St. Senans piled on the pressure in the second half, but Austin Stacks ladies rose to the challenge and finished […]

Gavin O’Connor on Austin Stacks exit from the Garveys Super Valu Kerry Senior Football County Championship at the hands of Dr Crokes yesterday… Dr Crokes 1-11 Austin Stacks 1-10 WASTEFUL Rockies were left to rue a number of first half wides as they were dumped out of the championship by Dr Crokes […]

AUSTIN STACKS corner-forward, David Mannix, will miss this Sunday Garvey’s Super Valu Senior Football County Championship match against Dr Crokes. Story continued below… Mannix has been the club side’s main marksman in the forward line in 2015 and was in a rich vein of form for the Rockies earlier in the year […]

A report from the Dunloe Cup  2015/2016 Round 1 tie between CBS The Green V St Pat’s Castleisland at Caherslee (with photos by Adrienne McLoughlin)… CBS The Green 3-13 St Pats Castleisland 3-8 A strong team performance was required by The Green to get the better of St Pats Castleisland in […]

Gavin O’Connor on Kerry v Kildare in tomorrow’s All-Ireland Quarter-Final against Kildare at Croke Park… MORE often than not there is sense of a procession about quarter-finals with Kerry involved. The record is pretty good; Kerry have competed in the quarter-final every year since it came in back in 2001 […]

OVER 70 boys and girls are taking part in the Ballymacelligott GAA The Cúl Camp will run up until Friday. “It’s been a great week despite the weather,” said camp co-ordinator Denis Reen. “The numbers are great again this year in Ballymac, it’s a big camp, so the Kerry County […]

  JAMES O’Donoghue says Colm Cooper, will be back to his best in no time and that the Croke Park venue may well be the catalyst to ignite the Gooch’s season. “The Gooch is The Gooch. You just look forward to getting on the field with him. I am sure the Gooch’s form will […]

THE Munster Council have announced that there will be a reduction in ticket prices for the Kerry v Cork Munster Final replay in Killarney on July 18 at 7pm. Both terrace and stand tickets have been reduced by €5, meaning a terrace ticket is now €20 and a stand €30. […]

DUE to a clash of matches, there is a chance Saturday week’s Munster Final replay between Kerry and Cork in Killarney may not be televised. The Munster Council have announced a throw-in of 7pm, which is the same time Sky Sports are scheduled to show one of the Round 3B […]

SOME Kerry season ticket holders have been left dissatisfied with the seats they have been allocated for this Sunday’s Munster SFC Final in Killarney. Many of the fans, who are seen as the most loyal Kerry supporters, have been left with tickets on the fringes of the main stand in Fitzgerald […]

AN Austin Stacks side beat the best Munster had to offer at the weekend in an Under 15 blitz in Mallow. After qualifying comfortably from their Kerry group two weeks ago, an Austin Stacks Under 15 side headed to the Munster finals in Mallow’s Centre of Excellence on Saturday. Clubs from […]

  THE Rockies go marching on but the Strand Road men will have to advance the hard way, after the Garvey’s Kerry Senior Football Championship double header at Austin Stack Park this evening. Austin Stacks got past a game St Michael’s Foilmore side who came up short in the end, 1-13 to […]