Post Tagged with: "Halloween"

AN Garda Siochana in Tralee are rolling out an initiative to enable every house enjoy the spooky season in a safe and non-intrusive manner. Each year thousands of homes welcome trick or treaters to their door for the annual ritual, but for a variety of reasons, residents in many houses are unable […]

AS people prepare to celebrate Halloween, An Garda Síochána is reminding the public that it is an offence to possess fireworks without a licence. It is an offence to throw an ignited firework at any person or property. The offence carries a fine of €10,000 and or a term of 5 years […]

A LOCAL man has come up with something spooky for the Halloween weekend to view at home. Mark Flanagan from Ballyard has created ‘Silent Screams’, a short film made up of four poems which has been posted to YouTube. “These poems are acted out by myself and three talented actors — […]

IT was a dry, crisp morning for the Tralee Parkrun on Saturday, but there was a twist to proceedings this weekend. Runners were encouraged to come in fancy dress to mark Halloween, so there were some ghoulish characters on the route with witches and pirates the preferred option for costumes. […]

It’s Halloween weekend and with the weather mixed (Saturday = dry, Sunday = disaster) there’s a few things to do indoors and outdoors to keep you occupied… Friday 1. Huddle Horror… The Huddle Bar on Strand Street is holding a fancy dress party tonight, offering a free cocktail to anyone […]

THE Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is urging the Kerry public, especially parents and guardians to be extremely vigilant to the dangers of inadvertent consumption, particularly by children, of cannabis edibles, products such as jelly sweets containing the psychoactive cannabis component known as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). There is growing availability […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to parents to be responsible in ensuring their children do not possess illegal fireworks. In the run up to Halloween, the Gardaí are conducting Operation Tombola, a nationwide policing plan focused on the prevention and detection of the sale of fireworks and associated public order and […]

GARDAI in Tralee are encouraging parents to have a discussion with their children to explain why they can’t go out trick or treating this weekend, while extra gardaí will be on patrol this Saturday night to curb any anti-social behaviour. Community Policing Officer, Garda Mary Gardiner, acknowledged that young children […]

GARDAI are asking parents to be aware of where their children are on Halloween as they prepare for what is usually their busiest night of the year. Speaking on Radio Kerry’s ‘Talkabout’ programme on Tuesday afternoon, Garda Cathy Murphy said hundreds of youths congregating at Caherslee and Mounthawk is a […]

SCOIL Eoin, Balloonagh, held a Halloween Fancy Dress Day on Thursday, October 25 to raise funds for ‘Recovery Haven’. Children came to school wearing amazing creative Halloween costumes on the day (which you can see by clicking here) and brought in a donation of €2 each. On Monday morning, the […]

SO it’s the mid-term break and you’re wondering how to entertain the kids tomorrow. Well Tralee Library is holding a fun event where they are inviting children to come along to and help them to design a Spooky Street! It’s free of charge and will go on through out the […]

GHOULS, vampires and zombies invaded Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh on Thursday as the school held a Halloween Fancy Dress Day. This year the fun day was to raise funds for Recovery Haven and children duly obliged wearing Halloween costumes where each child was asked to bring a donation of €2 […]

HE’S already given the Welsh fans nightmares and hopefully Irish soccer player James McClean will do the same in a couple of weeks against Denmark. For the season that’s in it, a Churchill man decided to capture the Derry man’s image in a pumpkin. Shane Kenny, who is now based […]

THERE were some dangerous looking types in the Abbey Inn last night but it was all for a great cause. Terence Crean and Manus Leane organised a charity Fancy Dress Rock Night in the bar and some people really made the effort for the occasion. The two charities benefitting were […]

PUPILS had a great start to the mid-term break when the school dressed up for a Halloween party on Friday. Vampires, zombies, witches and superheroes walked the corridors of the school as each class got a chance to enjoy party games and fun in the school hall. A fun time then […]

THERE were vampires, witches and ghouls aplenty in Blennerville on Sunday afternoon as youngsters enjoyed a party at the local GAA club. The people at St Pats GAA Club decided to get a headstart on the Halloween fun by hosting a fancy dress party for the younger members. There was […]

RESIDENTS in the Caherslee area have expressed safety concerns for next weekend, after huge groups of teenagers congregated in the area last Halloween drinking alcohol and throwing firecrackers at each other. Speaking on Radio Kerry’s Talkabout programme this afternoon, resident Padraig Foley, told host Deirdre Walsh about what happened last year and […]

IT was a colourful morning at St Vincent de Paul on Saturday as they hosted a fun event for kids to mark Halloween. Everyone was invited to come along and enjoy the sweets, cakes and refreshments at a face-painting and storytelling morning at their shop in Friary Lane, one of a […]

SO did you have fun yesterday? It certainly looks like it! You sent us in a few photos of your dressing up efforts from yesterday and it looks like ye went all out for Halloween. We also stole a few photos from Twitter. A lot of fun was had…(feel free to […]

WITCHES, zombies and even the Grim Reaper are getting health conscious these days as they turned up for the Halloween Fancy Dress Park Run on Saturday. Setting off at 9.30am, even a few vampires braved the daylight to do the three circuits of the Park where people walked and ran […]

EVERYONE likes a good scary story. It’s the time of year when people become obsessed with ghosts, vampires, zombies, demons and, of course, haunted houses. Well, with Halloween almost upon us, one Tralee writer has penned her own childhood memories of strange occurrences in her family home in Cloonbeg and had […]

Well lo and behold, it’s the weekend again. It’s set to be a great one too with Halloween upon us, so there’s bound to be loads to get up to. Here’s a few suggestions… Friday 1. Watch some great live music The annual Celebration of Christie Hennessy takes place this […]

FRIDAY was a fun day at Blennerville NS with pupils (and many teachers) really getting into the spirit of Halloween. Fancy dress was the order of the day, as pupils donned all sort of costumes and enjoyed traditional Halloween games like apple-bobbing, before breaking up for the mid-term break. Everyone had great […]

THERE was a great atmosphere in Tralee schools on Friday as pupils (and teachers no doubt!) looked forward to a well-earned mid term break. Of course, with it being Halloween next Saturday, children in the primary schools donned all sorts of costumes creating an army of witches and zombies across town. CBS […]

  IT’S almost time to grab the make up kits, dust off your capes and rustle up something delightfully ghoulish to wear this Halloween with the ‘Tralee Fancy Dress Park Run’ edging ever closer on our calendars. With the infamous night of October 31 happening to fall on a Saturday this […]

THERE were witches, ghouls and vampires aplenty in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Halloween night for the annual Ballyroe/Clogherbrien Community Association Fancy Dress kids party. Children and parents from all over the area converged on the venue for a party night replete with bouncy castles, games with Sean Lyons, spot […]

GARDAI seized fireworks, believed to be en route to Tralee, last Friday when a van was searched in Farranfore. A vehicle was stopped and searched and and €350 worth of fireworks were seized. A file has been sent to the DPP and a prosecution is foreseen according to a Garda source. […]

MONSTERS, ghosts and ghouls were let loose in the town park on Wednesday when around 120 children took part in a free Halloween themed fun-run. The event called the ‘Halloween Fancy Dress Fun Run and Inflatable Disco Dome’ was  organised by the Tralee Chamber Alliance and the Born To Run running […]

THERE was frightening shenanigans in the Scout Hall on Matt Talbot Road on Friday as the pupils of Blennerville NS enjoyed their annual Christmas party. “It’s something we do every year in the school. It’s a bit of treat for them really,” said Raphael Crowley of the Parents Council. “We […]