Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in November…

• STEPHEN Stack has announced he is stepping down as Austin Stacks boss.

The Listowel native was in charge of the Rockies senior team for four years and brought them their first county championship in 20 years and led them to Munster Club Championship glory in that memorable 2014 season.

During his tenure, the senior team reached 13 competition finals, winning nine of them.

Pat Flanagan was announced as his successor later in December.

• GLENDUFF House reopened under a new name and the owner has big plans for another venture in Kerry next year.

Glenduff House, a Victorian hunting lodge, was recently purchased by Dingle native Michael O’Malley for €465,000. He announced work will begin in early 2017 on a new five star hotel located at the site of Bridge House, John Street, Dingle.

• IT was revealed that this year has been the worst year for patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry since the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation began keeping records back in 2006.

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And this November was also by far the worst on record with 208 patients waiting, compared to 92 in the same month last year. Up to November, there has been 1,548 patients on trolleys up from 1,322 last year.

• IRISH Rugby International Ultan Dillane was in his hometown to launch a new book on international people living in Kerry.

‘Behind The Face’ is the remarkable and inspiring true life stories of 15 international people who have made Kerry their home.

The Tralee rugby star was on a break from training and returned home to launch the book at Siamsa Tire in Tralee.

• KERRY County Board announced the resignation of Ciarán Carey as manager of the Kerry Senior Hurling team in early December.

Two weeks later Fintan O’Connor was announced as his successor.

• KIERAN Donaghy’s ‘What Do You Think Of That’ won the Eir Sports Book Of The Year award.

Donaghy beat off competition from the likes of Paul O’Connell and Rob Heffernan to win the award which was announced in Dublin.  The winner receives a €1,500 cash prize, a specially commissioned trophy and €10,000 worth of TV advertising on eir Sport.

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• THERE was a slight drop in the number of people signing on at the Tralee social welfare office in November according to figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO).

Tralee’s Live Register figure for November fell by six to 4,439 which is a 12% drop on the same month in 2015. Countywide, the November figure was 10,172 people down 13% on the same time last year – a drop of 1,521.

• TRALEE Warriors secured a new sponsor to help them in their quest for success in top flight basketball.

The Club has enjoyed a most successful run to date in their first season in the National Men’s Superleague and Garveys Group were announced as the main sponsor for the rest of the season after Irish TV had to pull out.

• THE fourth Tralee 5km Santa Fun Run drew a massive crowd of runners in perfect conditions.

There was glorious sunshine at the start of the run at the Tralee Bay Wetlands where around 800 people registered, thus raising vital funds for the Barretstown charity.

• IT was revealed that Kerry GAA star Aidan O’Mahony will swap the football boots for dancing shoes next month as he has been announced as one of the participants in RTE’s Dancing With The Stars.

Amanda Byram and Nicky Byrne will present the first series of the show, which will air on RTÉ One for 12 weeks from 6.30pm on Sunday, January 8.

• CHRISTMAS came early to 40 members of Tralee Credit Union through their Members Car Draw.

Marion Galvin from Balloonagh Estate in Tralee won a brand new 171 Nissan Pulsar and 39 other members won a total of €23,500  between them in cash prizes.

• THE ladies from Tralee Failte Probus Club teamed up with the crew from StoryStock, a company based in the Kerry Technology Park, for a bit of fun recently.

Celine Slattery, Phil Daly, Mary O’Donnell and Marian Dillon faced the cameras to lip sync to Miley Cyrus’ hit ‘Wrecking Ball’ (below) and they made a damn fine job of it too.

• A FORMER Tralee Dynamos player, Shane Lowth signed for Cobh Ramblers. The League of Ireland Airtricity First Division side made the announcement on their website.

The Tralee man – son of Paul Lowth of The Huddle Bar and wife Linda – joined the Cork club from Limerick FC.

• THERE was damage caused to the Crib in the Square, for the second time in a month.

There was broken perspex, cut light cables and statues knocked over. Earlier that month there was damage caused to the lights under the Christmas tree.

• THE wind howled and the rain fell, but that didn’t deter the hundreds of dippers in Fenit and Banna on Christmas Day.

There was a huge crowd at the beach in Fenit, despite the bad weather and spirits were high as they sang ‘Jingle Bells’ just prior to the dash. And dash they did to the ocean, three times to keep up the tradition.

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in November…

• THERE was sad news in early November when the body of 70-year-old Jim Keane from Lixnaw was recovered from the River Feale during the search for .

Mr Keane, a local farmer, had been missing for a number of days. after his tractor was sighted on  in the River Brick near his farmland. It was thought that his tractor slid into the river.

• A PERIOD house in Barrow was sold at auction in Cork and it went for well above the minimum asking price.

Barrow House went to auction at The Imperial Hotel, Cork, with an AMV of €275,000. However the property which overlooks Tralee Bay eventually sold for €355,000 at the DNG auction.

• Kerry picked up just the one GAA/GPA All-Star as, Paul Geaney, got the nod for his first award.

The Dingle man and three other Kerry players – Killian Young and Paul Murphy and Shane Enright – were nominated for the All-Stars.

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• DESCENDANTS of two families that dominated the history of Tralee – the Fitzgeralds and the Dennys – were present at a two-day conference at Siamsa Tíre.

Former Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dick Spring officially opened the Tralee 800 Conference and gave the keynote address.

Tom Denny of the Denny family and Anthony Fitzgerald, a descendant of the Munster Geraldines spoke at the conference in The Rose Hotel.

• A ST Brendan’s Park woman collected a national award for her work on Radio Kerry’s agricultural show, Agritime.

Aisling O’Brien, who presents the show, collected the Best Radio Programme or Story category award in the 2016 Agricultural Journalism Awards.

• THERE was good news for shoppers when it was revealed the annual free parking period for Christmas was returning. It was to take effect from 1pm daily from December 5 to January 7.

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• A LOCAL business made a presentation to Tralee Municipal District councillors which could see the canal area become the focus of a major tourism centre.

An ‘Urban Beach’, kayaking, seafood trails, raft racing and much more were suggested as possibilities for development, by Michaela and John Edwards, who run a local adventure activity business, Wild Water Adventures.

• TRALEE’S Ultan Dillane made his first start for Ireland against Canada and he was awesome. So much so, that he was awarded Man Of The Match in the game which finished 52-21 to the home team.

Ultan managed to get a second-half try during the evening and was taken off in the 73rd minute in a superb performance.

• THE National Circus of Ireland Festival was another great success in town.

Organiser Con Horgan was delighted with the festival and the attendances at workshops.

“It was our most successful year ever. We had really high numbers at the events. The Falcon show on Saturday night in the Square was beautiful with acrobats and fire-breathing. The four-day convention was also well attended and we had a new space in the Tralee Gymnastics Hall which was incredible,” said Con.

• KERRY County Council commenced works on the provision of new traffic signals at the junction of Denny Street and The Mall in Tralee, as well as upgrading the signals at the junction of Ivy Terrace and Prince’s Quay near the Dominican church.

The works were scheduled to be completed by the end of November in advance of the busy Christmas shopping period.

• A LOCAL student and TraleeToday.ie columnist won an award at the prestigious .eu Web Awards for her website.

Founder of teentimes.eu, Zoe O’Connor, is a leaving certificate student in Brookfield College in Tralee, a well known blogger and YouTuber and also writes a weekly column for TraleeToday.ie.

Her website was awarded the Special Commendation Award on the night.

• A COMPANY based in the Spa  won an E-Commerce Award at the inaugural Realex Payments E-Commerce Awards held at the RDS in Dublin.

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Purchase.ie based in the Spa, Tralee was one of 11 companies shortlisted as a finalist as best Micro E-Commerce Business in Ireland and won the award.

Purchase.ie who specialise largely in the sale of products aimed at helping customers reduce energy bills and other domestic charges was selected as winner of the award.

• IT was announced Austin Stack Park will host two Allianz National League football clashes involving Kerry next spring, including the glamour tie with the All-Ireland champs.

Tralee will also be the venue for a clash with the All-Ireland finalists Mayo in February. They will welcome Dublin on March 18 which is sure to make  for a busy St Patricks weekend in the county capital.

• THERE was a massive crowd in the Square for the traditional switching on of the Christmas lights.

After all the excitement of the CH parade, there was still a huge crowd around in the Square as Andrew Morrissey of Radio Kerry got the crowd in festive mood before Kieran Donaghy and his daughter Lola Rose were on hand to switch the lights on.

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in August…

• IT was announced that a new restaurant would create up to 10 full-time and part-time jobs when it opens in town.

Le Rustique serves French cuisine and is located at a premises on Princes Street, where a number of restaurants have operated in the past.

The lease was taken on by a couple from the French/German border, who have recently moved to Killorglin.

• LIFE saving community first responders went live in Tralee in August.

The voluntary members are trained to deal with early intervention of chest pain, stroke, choking and cardiac arrest.

It is proposed that the Tralee Community Responders will cover a 5km radius. It extends as far north as Leith West, as south as Farmers Bridge, west out to Blennerville and heading east passed Chute Hall.

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• We reported on an incident of extreme cruelty to two kittens witnessed on the main road between Ballyduff and Tralee.

Shocked motorist, Polly Hartney and her husband Tony were witness to two kittens thrown out of a car, as it travelled along a straight stretch of road near Ballincrossig going towards Tralee from Ballyduff.

• KERRY won back to back All-Ireland titles when the juniors beat Mayo in Croke Park. Stephen Wallace’s charges won by 2-18 to 2-11 to cap off another great year for the side.

• THE Kerry County Museum featured in a New York Times article where a travel writer retraces the footsteps of Roger Casement taking in visits to Banna and Tralee.

Rosie Schaap also found time to stop off for a pint in Bettys Bar on Strand Street, where she wrote it is “a wonderfully cozy spot with a fireplace, a shelf packed with books, weekly traditional music sessions and a dedicated crew of regulars”.

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• KERRY’S newest rowing club Fenit were in the medals in three categories in the All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships in Ballyshannon.

Fenit were rowing in a brand new boat, which was built in Tralee and it accommodated medal-winning teams in various categories.

In the pre-veteran mixed, Paula Moloney, Edel O’Sullivan, Pat O’Connor, Kevin Crowley and Colm Lynch Cox captured bronze medals. The pre-veteran ladies won silver and the intermediate ladies won gold. In these two categories Fenit had the same team of Paula Moloney, Edel O’Sullivan, Brid O’Driscoll, Tara O’Halloran and Cox, Deirdre Leahy.

• A KERRY and Austin Stacks legend received the honour of being inducted into the Hall of Fame at the GAA Museum in Croke Park.

John O’Keeffe was a member of the Kerry senior team from 1969 until 1984 and is regarded as one of the most stylish and accomplished full-backs in Gaelic football history. He joins other Kerry legends, Joe Keohane, Dan O’Keeffe, Sean Murphy, Mick O’Connell, Pat Spillane, Mikey Sheey and Mick O’Dwyer in the illustrious Hall of Fame.

• Chicago Rose, Maggie McEldowney (27) looked delighted and shocked when her name was announced as the new Rose of Tralee on August 23 by Daithi O Sé. She is the first Chicago Rose to win since 1987.

• GARDAI in Listowel appealed to the public  for information on a man who went missing.

Gardaí said 53-year-old William Mulvihill of Ozanam Villas in Ballybunion, was last seen in Tralee during the Rose of Tralee festival on Sunday evening, August 21.

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• A GROUP of workers from TLI Group in Abbeydorney came in for praise, when they came to the aid of a stricken animal who was stuck in a mud-filled ditch.

They were out doing contract work for the ESB near Tarbert when they heard an animal in distress. They followed the cries until they came across a horse who was almost buried in a muddy ditch.

The workers set about rescuing the animal by managing to get a harness and rope around it and after a while they were able to haul it to safety.

• A TRALEE shop was named Best Family-Run Shop in Ireland in the prestigious Irish Times Best Shops in Ireland 2016 competition.

CH Chemists had been included in the shortlist in the Best Family-Run Shop category in the awards which seek to reward independent shop owners who are getting it right according to the customer.

• It was defeat to the Dubs again for Kerry as injury time points by Eoghan O’Gara and Diarmuid Connolly saw the blues win the All-Ireland senior football semi-final in front of a capacity crowd at Croke Park.

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in July…

• Drink-driving figures revealed at a meeting of the Joint Policing Committee on July 1, showed an increase in intoxicated while driving incidents from 134 in the first half of 2015 to 151 in the first six months of 2016.

It showed 51 of these cases were detected in people aged 21-30,  46 of whom were male. The Chief Supt said the figures were disappointing and debunks the myth that young people are being more responsible than the older generation when it comes to drink driving and that the message is not getting through to them. Only 17 out of the 151 detected were female.

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• THE Kerry minors retained their Munster title in a sun-drenched Fitzgerald Stadium in early July beating Cork by 3-14 to 3-8 with David Clifford the star of the show, netting one and setting up goals for Bryan Sweeney and Sean O’Shea.

In the senior game, Kerry beat Tipperary to win another Munster title by 3-17 to 2-10.

• AN American satellite-based technology company announced it was creating more than 30 specialised  jobs over the course of five years in a new premises in Killarney, where it has moved to from its Tralee office.

In 2014, the US based company bought out Altobridge, which was based in Kerry Technology Park, Tralee and established an office at Liber House in Monavalley.

However, the company moved out of that Tralee office to set up their new home in Killarney.

• There was good news for the town when it was announced that 20 jobs were to be created with a new restaurant  in Tralee town centre.

Lana Asian Street Food had plans to open at a premises in Ashe Street which was previously The Dragon Inn and later the Royal Palace Chinese restaurants.

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• A FORMER Park FC player signed a professional contract with an English Championship side.

Shane McLoughlin joined five other young players in signing one year deals at Ipswich town at the weekend. The contract also has an option of a further 12 month stay at Portman Road.

• THE achievements of a young man from Tralee were recognised by Kerry County Council  with a civic reception to recognise his sporting achievements.

Jockey Bryan Cooper was joined by his family at Council Chambers where he was feted for his achievement of winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Don Cossack earlier this year.

• IT was a good month for students in the Kerry ETB/Radio Kerry training course.

Dan Kearney from Castleisland received a City and Guilds Global Gold Medal of Excellence in London against global competition for his outstanding work during his training course in radio production techniques at Kerry ETB Training Centre.

He also received the Further Education Learner of the Year Award. This is reserved for learners in the UK and Ireland and he was the overall winner.

Another student of the course also won a major international award.

Tralee woman Gráinne McPolin, a student of radio broadcasting at the Kerry ETB Training Centre won the 2016 Clarion International Radio Award for a documentary about her experience of working in Saudi Arabia – ‘Saudi Dreams of a Camper Van.’

• Comedian Brendan Grace arrived by horse and trap to Blennerville to unveil a plaque dedicated to the memory of Tralee character, Nedeen Kelliher.

Nedeen, ‘Tralee’s last jarvey’ was a great friend of Brendan Grace and was wonderful fodder for the funnyman’s standup routines.

• PLANS for two way traffic to return on Denny Street received the go ahead along with a number of other changes to Tralee town centre at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Tuesday.

There had been considerable opposition over the loss of 66 car spaces on Denny Street and the effect it will have on business in the town centre. After a consultation period with traders and taxi drivers, a number of amendments were made to the original plans.

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• A TRALEE lady  won the Best Dressed Lady at the Dublin Horse Show.

Claire Murphy was wearing a Carol Kennelly (Tralee) Millinery headpiece and a Tina Griffin (Killorglin) designed dress making her dressed head to toe in Kerry designs.

Claire won a €10,000 Dundrum Town Centre voucher that can be redeemed anywhere in the centre for her troubles.

• HUNDREDS of people made their way to Banna Beach in late July 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.

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in June…

•  A BALLYROE man has raised €10,870 for Enable Ireland after completing a cycling tour of Provence in the South of France.

Tommy Sheehy, who is originally from Castleisland, climbed Mount Ventoux in aid of Enable Ireland. The challenge covered Lyon to Nice over the rugged French countryside.

• COURTENAY Cox and Bear Grylls were  in the Kingdom filming in June.

The show was called ‘Running Wild’ and Grylls and Cox stayed in the Europe Hotel and Resort while filming in south and west Kerry .

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• THERE were poignant scenes at Ballymullen in early June at the unveiling of two new plaques, which honour Tralee’s World War I dead, at the monument to the Munster Fusiliers.

The plaques – one with the 101 names of members of the Munster Fusiliers and the other inscribed with 125 names of soldiers from other regiments – were unveiled by Mayor of Kerry Pat McCarthy and Cllr Sam Locke who had a relative who fought with the Munster Fusiliers during the war and was the driving force behind getting the plaques.

• AROUND 200 people gathered outside the Castle Bar and along Rock Street for the annual One Furlong Dash on Rock Street.

Dominic O’Brien won the charity event, where representatives from Rock Street watering holes, raced from Galvin’s Shop to the Castle Bar for the honour of winning the One Furlong Dash perpetual trophy.

• A  lifestyle website, Lovin.ie, declared the Brogue Inn the best place in Kerry to get breakfast.

“Greased to perfection, this fry is one of the finest around,” is how they described the feed you get at Kirby’s Brogue Inn. “Complete with warm buttered brown bread and the cup o’ tae – perf.  Perch yourself for the afternoon in this typical Irish eatin’ house,” read the description in the story posted on the popular website.

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• TRALEE Musical Society won two awards at the Association of Irish Musical Society Awards (AIMS).

They received five nominations in all for their production of ‘The Beautiful Game’ which wowed audiences in Siamsa Tire back in March.

Des Hurley won for Best Stage Management and Gary Murphy was a winner in the Best Actor category.

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in May…

• LARGE crowds turned out for the official opening of the Tralee Rowing Club Boathouse in early May.

The boathouse is dedicated to the memory of the club’s good friend John O’Shea, where they unveiled a plaque in his honour.

Minister Jimmy Deenihan officially opened the facility in front of representatives from Rowing Ireland, members of Kerry County Council, Mayor of Tralee Municipal district Tom McEllistrim, Michael Healy Rae T.D., Martin Ferris T.D., Councillor Sam Locke and former and present members and friends of Tralee Rowing Club.

• MERCY Mounthawk celebrated a fantastic two successes in the 2016 Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards on Thursday in early May.

In what was an amazing achievement for the students, the school took home the top prize in the Best Set category for its set design in the school’s production ‘Les Misérables’ and then the big one – Best Overall School Play for the school’s production of ‘The Plough and the Stars’.

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•  THE first Darkness Into Light Tralee event, held in the early hours of Saturday May 7, was an emotional celebration of all that is good about the people in our community.

They turned up in their thousands at CBS The Green for the fundraiser in aid of Pieta House and to highlight the vital message that there is help and support out there for people suffering from mental health issues.

• THE Council announced it hoped to move towards introducing another activity at Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre and is looked at developing the windmill, the steam train rail line and the Wetlands as a “Lee Valley attraction”.

Director of Economic Development and Community Services, Michael Scannell, said the he saw “the Wetlands, the steam train and the windmill as a single attraction and should be marketed as a Lee Valley attraction.”

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• A MAN who helped raise €11 Million over 27 years for a cancer charity in Kerry was honoured with a civic reception.

Ted Moynihan of the Kerry Hospice Foundation was given the civic reception by the Tralee Municipal District at Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass.

• THE new extension in Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School was officially opened on Monday.

The ‘Centenary Building’ contains seven classrooms, a number of special needs rooms and these rooms wrap around a large hall which contains a stage for school performances.

The €1.6 million development was officially opened by Jimmy Deenihan who, while Minister for Arts and The Gaeltacht, turned the sod of the development back in December 2014.

• THERE was tragic news in mid May when a motorcyclist died in a road accident near Ballyheigue.

Aidan Kennelly, of Heirhill, Ballyheigue who was in his early 30s, died in the single vehicle crash.

• IT was reported that new lighting would be installed on the canal walkway, but it will be turned off every night at 11pm thanks to otters in the area.

Work was underway along the canal walkway where motion-activated lights were being installed, a resurfacing of the walkway, a shared cycleway/walkway and landscaping.

However, these lights will switch off at 11pm and be activated once again at dusk the following day in consideration for otters and other wildlife in the area.

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• THE new Kerry Rose was revealed as Danielle O’Sullivan from Killarney.

Danielle was shocked when host Daithi O Se called out her name on stage at the Kerry Rose selection 2016 at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel in late May.

• A GROUP of Presentation Secondary School students came second in a national competition and won €3,000 for their school.

The girls took part in the AIB Build a Bank Challenge which offers transition and 5th year students a chance to run their own School Bank.

• THE Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, said the State had identified a location for a new Courthouse in Tralee back in May.

The site, which is in State ownership, will not be at the court’s current location on Ashe Street and the Courts Service was assessing the site to establish whether it’s suitable for a courthouse.

• THERE was great sadness after the death of a man in a road accident at Ballyroe.

Michael ‘Mikey’ Martin was killed when he was struck by a car while walking on the road near the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on May 31.

Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in April…

• ACTOR Dominic West was in Ballybunion in April for a special 1916 commemoration event.

The star of The Wire and The Affair was there to read the 1916 Proclamation at the event in Scoil Iosagain which honoured three north Kerry men the O’Rahilly, Michael Mulvihill and Paddy Shortis – who died during the Rising.

• KERRY had a good day in Austin Stack Park as they beat old foes Cork in their National League encounter by 0-20 to 1-12.

Cork were relegated and Kerry headed for the semis in Croke Park where they beat Roscommon to set up a final with champions Dublin.

• A TRALEE man was instrumental in breaking the international ‘Panama Papers’ story, of how the world’s rich and powerful allegedly were involved in complex financial arrangements to hide their assets from taxes.

Gerard Ryle is at the helm of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), which headed up the research and reported on offshore account holders. The documents from a Panamanian law firm were leaked to the (ICIJ) and more than 100 other news organisations.

The story made headlines all over the world and the names mentioned in the documents included Russian Premier Vladimir Putin.

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• THE new look Rose Hotel in Tralee was unveiled to much fanfare in April.

After months of work, owners Dick and Eibhlin Henggeler cut the tape on a new era in the hotel.

Around 200 invited guests got to see the results 0n April 9 of the refurbishments and all agreed the place looked absolutely stunning.

• KEEPING up a long tradition, a Kerryman made it on to our screens for the US Masters.

The man was from Carrigeen, just outside Killarney. Golf-mad Alan MacSweeney got a ticket from a friend of his whom he met while working in America on the J1 Visa last year.

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• THE Top Gear team were in Kerry and supported a local cause while here. Matt Le Blanc and Chris Evans were in Killarney and Dingle during a weekend in April to film for the TV show.

The duo waxed lyrical about the area and supported the ‘Darkness Into Light’ campaign.

• A MUCH loved Tralee publican celebrated 60 years behind the bar in April with a get together of family and friends.

In 1956, Eugene ‘Eugie’ Creagh took over The Ballymac Bar in Boherbee and has been in business on the street ever since.

Surrounded by family and friends on Thursday, Eugie celebrated his diamond jubilee of pulling pints and serving punters.

• IT was a memorable day in Banna on April 21 for the State commemoration to mark the role of Roger Casement, Robert Monteith and Daniel Bailey in the Easter Rising.

President Michael D Higgins gave the keynote address at the ceremony attended by thousands looking on from seating and up in the sand dunes. It was the only State commemoration for the 1916 Rising held outside Dublin attended by the President.

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• Kerry suffered a heavy defeat to Dublin in the National League final on April 24. They lost by 2-18 to 0-13 at Croke Park in front of over 80,000 fans.

• IT was confirmed that Tommy Walsh had left the Kerry senior football panel in late April.

The 28-year-old had, according to reports, grown frustrated at the lack of game time he has seen since returning to the Kerry panel after five years in Australia.