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THE Spa-Fenit-Barrow-Kerries community gathered on Sunday in Ballyroe Heights Hotel to celebrate their community games achievements and honour Mark O’Brien, a driving force who kept the community games spirit alive in the area for many years as secretary. Mark O’Brien was one of the founding members of Spa/Fenit/Barrow Community Games […]

WORK on the Cockleshell Road to Spa Greenway is now anticipated to begin next year and not before the end of this year as expected. Fianna Fáil Cllr Johnnie Wall asked for an update on the project at the November meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. […]

WORK on the Cockleshell Road to Spa Greenway is scheduled to begin in the last three months of 2022. It’s believed workers will move from the Tralee-Fenit Greenway once it is completed at the end of September and begin construction on the 2.2km pathway which will link up with the […]

KERRY County Council is inviting public submissions regarding the proposed development of a greenway from Cockleshell Road along the coast to Ballygarran, Spa. The greenway will link with the already established route from Cockleshell to the Lock Gates and down to the Marina in town. The proposed development consists of […]

PLANS for a new walkway/cycleway from Cockleshell Road to the Spa will go to public consultation from next Thursday, October 14. The new walkway would link with the current tarmacademed route from Cockleshell, all the way down to the Marina, creating a scenic pedestrian and cycle friendly facility along the […]

FUNDS of €96,000 will go towards a new footpath to link the village safely to the Tralee Bay Coastal Amenity Trail. Kerry Fine Gael TD and Deputy Government Chief Whip, Brendan Griffin, this morning (Friday) It’s part of a Government funding injection of almost €700,000 for six Kerry towns and […]

ONCE again, the weather stayed fine and the crowds came out for the ‘Donal Walsh Spa 6K Challenge’ hosted by the local school on Sunday. The family fun day was organised by the school community in honour of Donal, their past pupil and saw hundreds take to the road for the […]

WHILE they missed out on the big prize, a Kerry hotel spa was among the winners at the Irish Tatler Spa Awards 2017, at a gala awards luncheon today at The Thomas Prior Hall, Ballsbridge. The Spa at Aghadoe Heights Hotel & Spa won Munster Spa of the Year. Meanwhile, the […]

  TRADITIONS and skills of the past will take centre stage in Churchill on Saturday week. Spa/Fenit Community Council will celebrate National Heritage week at the Old Forge, Churchill on Saturday, August 27. This is one of the most popular social events in the area which will again showcase many […]

  THE SPA/FENIT branch of the Kerry Hospice are joining forces with local artists to raise funds for those suffering with cancer in Kerry. ‘A Midsummer Art & Craft Fair’ takes place at Tralee Bay Sailing Club in Fenit on Sunday, June 19, between 3pm – 8pm. Admission is free. […]

OVER 200 people came to Siamsa Tire on Saturday night for a special screening of ‘Spa Fenit – A Journey Through Time’. The documentary, made by Jim McCarthy of Digimac Video Productions’, takes the viewer on a historical journey through time, recording the day-to-day life, history, experiences of local people […]

FOR the second year on the bounce the Churchill Drama Players theatre group will perform a ‘Springtime Variety Show’ for two nights in Siamsa Tire, but if you were hoping to get a ticket, you’re out of luck as they have all sold out! The show will feature a cast of 100 […]

Gavin O’Connor was at the Senior County League Division 1 Promotion Playoff Final in Brosna yesterday… John Mitchels 1-15 Spa 1-15 TWO unanswered points well into stoppage time in extra time by Spa, means both sides will have to go again for a place in this year’s Division 1 of […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses to what they describe as a “non-serious injury hit and run accident” in the Spa area. The incident happened on Monday, September 28 at around 7pm in the evening. The accident occurred between a cyclist and a vehicle. The vehicle left the scene after the collision. If you have any information […]

A BLACK-TIE ball held back in April in memory of a popular Spa man raised an incredible €42,161  for the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA). Tommy Brosnan, from The Spa, Tralee, passed away at the beginning of last summer after a five month battle with Motor Neurone Disease. Last April, […]

CHURCHILL Drama Players Group paid tribute to the late Tommy Brosnan on Friday and Saturday night. The Group,  celebrated their 25th anniversary, by bringing their “Springtime Variety Show” to Siamsa Tire and it was all in honour of Tommy, who was such a prominent member of the Group down the […]

CHURCHILL Drama Players Group will pay tribute to their great departed friend and colleague, the late Tommy Brosnan next weekend. The Group, which is celebrating their 25th anniversary, is bringing their “Springtime Variety Show” to Siamsa Tire on Friday, February 27 and Saturday, February 28 and it’s all in honour of Tommy, […]