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Each Box Makes a huge Difference
Scoil Eoin Balloonagh took part in the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal once again this year. Team Hope is an Irish, Christian, International Development Charity working to help children affected by poverty in Eastern Europe and Africa.
Last year 270,000 boxes were collected and sent across the world to poor communities including Belarus, Eastern Europe and six countries across Africa.
Team Hope delivers the boxes straight into the hands of little boys and girls who are living in bleak conditions in orphanages, street shelters and homes.
The shoeboxes are a ‘box of love’ as such and are often the first present these children have ever received.
Every single box makes a huge difference. Each box is different because every child is different. Shoeboxes are given based on need alone and bring joy and excitement to these children living in difficult situations.
In Scoil Eoin the project was undertaken by the Student Council with the help of their coordinator Mrs. Carol Anne O’Donoghue.
They were overwhelmed with the response and generosity of all the parents and pupils of Scoil Eoin year in year out. Putting a box together is time consuming and expensive so all efforts are greatly appreciated. In total over 356 were collected.
In total boxes over 356 were collected.
Team Hope representatives
Mick O’Connell collected the boxes this morning. All boxes will shortly be en route to
Careers Night at Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School - Thursday 17th October 2019
In recent years, Mercy Mounthawk Parents’ Council has placed a special emphasis on supporting our senior-cycle students, as they make subject choices for Leaving Certificate and as they explore the array of third level education courses on offer, taking the next step forward in life.
Mercy Mounthawk Parents’ Council is delighted to host its’ annual Careers Night for our senior students on Thursday 17th October. It offers a unique opportunity for our students to gain real insight into a wide variety of careers. Over thirty career specialists have volunteered to speak with the students about the educational pathways, skills requirements, opportunities and challenges in their area of expertise. With an anticipated attendance of over 300 students from the 4th, 5th and
6th year classes a busy night at Mounthawk is expected . Making the wrong course selection is the single biggest reason for students dropping out of College, and this can be a source of great stress for students and their families.
“This Careers Initiative is our effort to support our young people in making informed decisions about third level education and careers. " said Kathleen Holmes, member of Mercy Mounthawk Parents’ Council.
John O’Roarke, Principal of Mercy Mounthawk commented
‘As an ongoing commitment by the Parents’ Council, in partnership with the Guidance Department in the school, Careers Night is proving to be a tremendous success. It responds to a clear need of the students with regard to identifying their career
path. Feedback received from all participants, both students and parents, comments on the value of first-hand conversations with professionals in careers
of interest to students. On behalf of the school, I want to thank everyone who puts so much energy and time into organising the event.’
these children in need. Well done to all involved
St Pats and Moyvane Under-10 teams who played a number of games in Blennerville on Sunday last
t Pats U12 team Winners of the St Brendan's Board U12 B Blitz in Caherslee last week
WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TRALEE
Photos by John Cleary
ABOVE: 'Rosary on the Coast for Life and Faith' at Fenit beach on Sunday with Fr Pat Crean-Lynch PP. Churchill, and The Spa and Fr. David O'Connor, Tralee.
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Kerry Presenter, Andrie O'Donoghue PRO. KHF and Ursula O'Connell KHF.
ABOVE: Staff at the Revenue Commissioners, Spa Road, Tralee, held a fundraising event for our local Kerry Hospice on Tuesday 8th October, and a cheque for 1,310.00 EURO was presented, proceeds of a Coffee Morning with delicious home baking by the talented colleagues together with a raffle for spot prizes. Fabulous hampers were provided by Sam McCauleys, CH Chemist and Foleys Spar, Tralee, and our own staff within the office. The cheque was presented by Kate Carmody and Mary Ashe, to Maura Sullivan Treasure Tralee Branch of the Kerry Hospice Foundation, Andria O'Donoghue PRO KHF and Margaret Crean KHF.
in pictures!
ABOVE: The launch of this years Christmas Cards by artist Jane Hillard in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foudation took place at the Palliative Care Unit at University Hospital Kerry on Monday night, Sitting from left Mairead Fernane Treasure KHF, Chairman KHF Joe Hennebery, Kerry All-Ireland Junior Camogie team Capt Niamh Leen, Artist Jane Hillard, Olivia Dineen, Ursula O'Connell KHF and Frank Hayes Corporate Affairs with Kerry Group PLC who sponsored the Christmas Cards, back from left James O'Connor KHF, Breda Barry KHF, Dan Galvin KHF, Patricia Diggin, Gerard O'Connor KHF, Liz Houlihan, Kerry Football Star David Moran, Julian O'Keeffe, Mr. Tom McCormack, Consultant UHK, Jackie Horgan, Jack Shanahan KHF and Andrie O'Donoghue PRO KHF.
: Debutantes from the Pobalscoil
Dhuibhne Dingle,
their Debs
ABOVE
Pictured at the launch of this years Christmas Cards in aid of the Pallliate Care Unit at University Hospital Kerry on Monday night, from left Ursula Barry KHF, Mary Shanahan, Sec KHF, Deirdre Walsh Radio
ABOVE
Chorca
enjoying
dinner dance at the Earl of Desmond Hotel on Saturday night, from left Sinead Stack, Dublin, Aoife Naessens, Brandon and Eileen McGovern, Annascaul.
ABOVE: Dingle debutantes enjoying the craic at the Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Dingle Debs dinner dance at the Earl of Desmond Hotel on Saturday night, from left Maeve Fitzgerald, Padraig Cahillane, Gearoid Lyne and Céití Long.
ABOVE: Tara Garvey and Ben Ashe, both from Dingle pictured at their Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Dingle Debs dinner dance at the Earl of Desmond Hotel on Saturday night.
ABOVE: Sarah Flannery and Nathan Durnin, both from Dingle photographed at their Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Dingle Debs dinner dance at the Earl of Desmond Hotel on Saturday night.
ABOVE: Clodagh Moriarty and Cathal Dorgan, both from Lispole, pictured at the Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Dingle Debs dinner dance at the Earl of Desmond Hotel on Saturday night.
ABOVE: Sadhbh Brosnan and Roaidhrí Begley, both from Dingle taken at the Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne Dingle Debs dinner dance at the Earl of Desmond Hotel on Saturday night.
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Gala B.E.S.T Award wins for Tralee Stores
Four Gala convenience stores from throughout County Kerry have been awarded the Gala B.E.S.T Award for excellence in retail at the 2019 Gala B.E.S.T Awards, which took place this week at The K Club in Co. Kildare.
Presented to stores that are deemed ‘outstanding’ following a comprehensive and independent assessment process under the Gala ‘Business Excellence Standards Tool’ (B.E.S.T) programme, the B.E.S.T. Awards recognise excellence in retailing throughout the Gala Group.
The four local stores that received Gala B.E.S.T Awards at the event were Daly’s Gala, Waterville; Gala Mounthawk, Tralee; Gala Oak Park, Tralee and O’Sheas’ Gala in Blennerville which also took home the Brand Champion
Award.
Speaking at the conference, Gala CEO, Gary Desmond, said: “The Gala B.E.S.T awards recognise excellence in retailing across the entire Gala Group of stores and we offer our congratulations to all of the Kerry stores who have been recognised as outstanding in the field of convenience retailing. Mr Desmond spoke about the success of the Gala Group’s multi award-winning partnership with Special Olympics Ireland; the forthcoming Gala Gifts for Schools campaign which will see Gala present €30,000 across three winning primary schools and the first everSunday Independent / Gala Retail Inspiration Awards, which seeks entries for 6 Categories. The Awards ceremony takes place in the
Kingdom Swimming Club making waves in Munster
After recent successes at the Summer Nationals and Division 2 Championships, Kingdom Swimming Club was again celebrating after 8 swimmers were selected on Munster Swimming Squads. The swimmers selected are: Rory Boyd, Jack Costello, Jack Doyle, Evelyn Fox, Kim McTigue, Aisling O’Connell, Grace Reidy & Joe Reidy. Head Coach – Ger McDonnell was delighted with their successes during the summer and their Munster selection. He said “it was a just reward for all the training, commitment and dedication to their sport”. The Short Course Swimming season kicked off in September and the swimmers are looking forward to the Munster Short Course Championships at mid-term followed Kingdom Swimming Clubs’ own Kingdom Invitational Gala in midNovember.
Pictured with their coaches at Tralee Leisure & Sport Complex on Wednesday Tim O'Connell,Ger O'Donnell and Michael O'Connell Photo Joe Hanley
Marker Hotel in November. Gala was established in 1998 and there are now 200 stores in the Gala Retail Group, including Gala and Your Stop stores. Gala stores are locally
owned and are renowned for their commitment to the local communities in which they operate.
Incoming chairman of St Btrendan's Park Tom O'Brien with his committee seated l-r: Mary Spring, John O'Mahony, Richard O'Halloran (Sec), Tom O'Brien (Chairman), Helena Rusk (Secretary) and Brendan Walsh. with resident of the park at the St Brendan's Park AGM in St Brendan's Pastoral Centre on Tuesday evening Photo Joe Hanley
Attending the St Brendan's Park,Tralee AGM at St Brendan's Pastoral Centre Tralee on Tuesday evening,Margaret Fealy,Margaret O'Callaghan, Rose Bourke,Colette Houlihan and Fiona Walsh Photo Joe Hanley
What’s Happening In Tralee..
Guineys... Bigger Better Brighter New Store!
This weekend sees the last few days of Michael Guineys relocation Sale in their Abbeycourt upstairs premises . But dont worry , they're not going too far ...simply put, just to the other side of small Tesco . " We are really looking forward to our new premises , only a stones throw away " says Store Manager Eileen O Mahoney ...just beside the Underground car park, Its much much bigger and all on the ground floor so that allows our shop fitout to be low level which makes us far more accessible inside and out for our customers " All our departments will be expanding so you will see plenty new styles of Ladies Childrens and Menswear as well as bigger ranges in our Hardware
Bedding and Curtains areas . New employment will also be created as they are in the process of hiring additional staff . " We are proud of the fact that we used as much local service companies(electrical , building , plumbing ) as we could in our new store " says Eileen , as can be seen by the amount of commercial vehicles parked outside for the past few months now . The existing store will finish its Relocation sale this Sunday , with huge reductions instore and then in a little over a week , Guineys new store will open its doors " with a whole raft of Special Opening offers " says Eileen ...Watch this space ...
KBN Remote Working event in Ballygarry
On October 9th KBN (Kerry BusinessWomens Network ) in collaboration with Moving On brought Karen O'Reilly, founder of Employmum and one of Silicon Republic’s ten 'Future of Work' Influencers to Kerry to talk all things Flexible and Remote Working. Karen shared research conducted by her company Employmum which found that the availability of flexible work was listed as the most important factor by women when returning to work, more important than salary. “Flexibility is what people want in the workplace. They want to be treated as adults and trusted to get the job done…….It's time for women
to be able to say I really want to work, and I want to be there for my children too" said Karen O’Reilly.
“Let's hope Kerry businesses are listening and become leaders in the flexible work revolution by changing the landscape of flexible work in Ireland. Who doesn't want to attract top talent, retain staff, and end the gender pay gap by allowing female employees to grow their careers, rather than having to choose between work or family?” Elin Sorensen added.
According to Lisa O’Flaherty from Moving On “We have worked with 150 women over the last three years and 95% them are looking for part time
or flexible work so that they can balance work with caring and other responsibilities. We have found that employers who are willing to be a little flexible, are able to tap into the amazing talent pool of women returners”.
From her work with hundreds of businesses, Karen shared the pros of Flexible work for employers and employees and how companies can embrace Flexible and remote working. Following her Masterclass, Karen was joined by Lisa O’Flaherty of Moving On and Colette O’Connor of HQ Listowel for a panel discussion MC’d by Lisa Fingleton of Moving On, where they answered numerous audience questions from 'How to encourage your employer to implement a flexible work policy', to 'How do I properly
prep my CV having been out of the workplace for 10 years'. The morning was rounded off with a Networking session and the opportunity for attendees to speak privately with Karen. This event was provided by KBN in collaboration with Moving on who are co-funded by the Irish Government and the ESF (PEIL 2014-2020) NEXT KBN EVENT
KBN are holding another of their special After Hours Networking Nights in Reidy’s Killarney on Tuesday 12th of November.
Tickets: KBN Members: €10, Non-members €20 Eventbrite
https://afterhourskillarney. eventbrite.ie Or kbn.ie
Guineys Store in North Earl st Dublin
Insurance Costs threatening the future of small Businesses
• Business insurance costs have risen by an average of 204%
• 63% of businesses have been hit with increased excesses or new exclusions to their policies
• A Quarter of businesses say that insurance costs are threatening the security of jobs
*Source: Alliance for Insurance Reform
With Insurance costs crippling small businesses, Tralee Chamber Alliance in association with Bank of Ireland are hosting an event entitled ‘Business Insurance – where to from here?’ on Monday 21st of October next from 6pm in the Bank Of Ireland on Castle Street in Tralee.
The event will hear from representatives across all sectors who will advise the audience on key measures being implemented from a legal, insurance reform and political perspective in Ireland. The audience will also hear from Kieran Ruttledge of the Aquadome, Tralee on measures they have had to implement to maintain insurance cover.
The event will include a panel made up of John Brassil TD; Mike Stack Solicitor; Gerry O’Shea Insurance Broker and Kieran Ruttledge of the Aquadome outlining key measures that businesses can put in place now to reduce their insurance costs. There will also be an opportunity from business owners to field their questions to the panel on concerns relating to claims and insurance issues affecting their businesses.
Free Tickets for businesses owners to the event are
available on EventBrite on the following link:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/ business-insurance-whereto-from-here-tickets73787074125?aff=Media
For more details contact Ken Tobin in Tralee Chamber Alliance on 066 7121472 or email ken@tralee.ie.
IT Tralee Parents Information Evening and Open Day
In anticipation of CAO applications opening in November, IT Tralee will host its annual Parents Information Evening and Open Day on October 24th & 25th to assist students and their families as they consider college options for September 2020. On Thursday 24th October at 7pm IT Tralee will be joined by Psychotherapist, Media Contributor and Bestselling author, Stella O’Malley who will host a session on the best way to support children through the Leaving Certificate and prepare for the transition to third level education. Also on the evening, IT Tralee Admissions experts will be available to give practical advice on making a CAO application and accessing student support services. Commenting on the upcoming events Bríd McElligott, Vice President Research, Development and External Engagement at the Institute said, “This annual information evening has become a staple event at IT Tralee in response to the growing number of queries from parents and family members regarding the
move from second to third level, and the opportunities and challenges this presents for the students concerned. We are delighted to have Stella O’Malley join us on the evening given her vast experience in this area.”
The following day, on Friday 25th of October, the Institute will welcome potential students and their families to its annual Open Day. This ever-popular event will be held from 9.30am to 1.30pm at IT Tralee’s North Campus and will attract over 1,000 potential students from across the county and beyond. Open Day is structured to help potential students to get the most from their visit to IT Tralee with a full schedule of talks, tours and events. “Open Day is one of the most important days in the Institute’s calendar of events. It provides potential students with the opportunity to visit the Institute, as well as giving students and their families a chance to meet with lecturers, current students and support staff. Current IT Tralee students will lead this year’s campus tours, which will include a guided walkthrough
the newly opened Kerry Sports Academy.”In addition to having an opportunity to speak with academic staff and students from all programme areas, representatives from Student Services and Admissions will also be on hand to provide information to students regarding the CAO application process, the costs of going to college, accommodation and adapting to student
life. Tailored workshops will also be delivered for mature students and students with learning difference. Both events are free of charge and open to the public.
Booking is requested for the Parents Information Evening. Please call 066 7191704 or email
mary.reid@staff.ittralee.ie
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Ugly Noses at the Outlet Centre – and that’s just for starters
BE afraid. Be very afraid, particularly if you should happen to find yourself in the vicinity of Killarney Outlet Centre on Sunday, October 27 where things might go bump – not in the night but in broad daylight.
The floors have been creaking under the weight of the goblins and ghosts, witches, and weirdos that are descending, in strange spooky swarms, on the Killarney Outlet Centre as the Halloween season rapidly approaches.
It’s far from being a terrifying zombie takeover, however, as it will be a much more cheerful event with the centre playing host to its annual Halloween Fancy Dress Parade, with fantastic prizes and free fun
activities for the whole family, from 2pm to 6pm.
The lucky winners of the fancy dress parade will receive some super prizes with Flicker A3 Air Scooters for the best dressed boy and girl, both sponsored by World of Wonder. The best dressed family, in association with Select Hotels of Ireland, will win a fabulous family break in the Celtic Ross Hotel in Rosscarbery with two nights’ bed and breakfast and one dinner for two adults and two children under 12.Every child will be given a goodie bag and there’s even a treat in store for the adults, as everyone who comes along to the party will receive a voucher from Select Hotels of Ireland offering a free second night’s stay when one night is booked at any Select Hotel nationwide.
There will be bouncy castles with A Time to Party, free Halloween face painting to put the finishing touch to your outfit and a chance to get creative at the free Halloween Ugly Noses workshops.
There will be free children’s entertainment with spooky storytelling sessions on board the Killarney Ghost Bus –which will be parked outside the centre adjacent to the bus station – Punch and Judy puppet shows in the Yurt from 2pm to 4pm and watch out for the now famous magic shows with Tony Wonder. Ireland’s premier Outlet Centre will also host a bespoke Arts, Crafts and Food Fair
on the ground floor on that Saturday and Sunday
Paul Sherry, General Manager at Killarney Outlet Centre, said he can’t wait for the mayhem and madness to kick off.
“Halloween is a great time for the kids to be kids and I know families are really looking forward to our fancy dress party and all the free fun activities, to which all are welcome,” he said.
Check out our website at www.killarneyoutletcentre.com for more information
Surprise party at Radleys in Rock St for Aka!
Thursday October 24th
7pm – 9pm
Business & Information Technology Building IT Tralee, North Campus
IT Tralee will host its annual Information Evening for parents and guardians of students intending to progress to Third Level in September 2020.
IT Tralee will be joined by guest speaker Stella O’Malley Psychotherapist, Media Contributor and Bestselling author of ‘Cotton Wool Kids’ and ‘Bully-Proof Kids who will host a session on the best way to support children through the Leaving Certificate process and prepare for college.
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PARENTS INFORMATION EVENING OPEN DAY
Considering your college choices for 2020? Come and see us at our Open Day where staff and students will be available to talk about programmes, facilities and campus life
- Course Talks - Campus Tours - Demonstrations
Also on the evening, IT Tralee Admissions experts will be available to give practical advice on making a CAO application and accessing student support services.
This event is FREE but booking is essential. Please call 066 7191704 or email mary.reid@staff.ittralee.ie
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What’s Happening In Tralee..
Robin sees the Power of the Tralee Advertiser!
Robin O Donnell of Hibernian Antiques seen here organising all the 'Special Discount ' tokens that he received at his recent Kerry Antiques Fair in Ballygarry House Hotel .Robin placed an advert with The Tralee Advertiser to promote his Fair last Sunday and Chris had the Advertiser design team insert a discount voucher as part of the advert to boost attendance . " We got a great reaction from our Voucher advert , we always do when we run in the Tralee Advertiser . A huge amount of vouchers were used last Sunday and these were from people all over Kerry . Listowel , Dingle , Killorglin , Killarney , Ardfert , and Tralee to name a few . It just shows you the power of Clever advertising " says Robin . Robins next Antiques fair is in Limerick in early November in the South Court Hotel .We'll probably use the Tralee Advertiser again for this as a lot of our clients travel from Kerry to the show ."
Exclusive Coding Institute Offers 14 'Free' Places To Kerry Students
Newly established Kerry College of Further Education and Training is collaborating again with Code Institute to offer an intensive classroombased delivery of their online coding boot camp to train 14 local candidates to become
junior software developers in just 15 weeks.
In a first for Kerry, the accelerated bootcamp programme is the only classroom version of the highly acclaimed course run outside of Dublin and employment prospects are high with 86 per cent of Code Institute graduates finding full time work within six months of qualification.
Students can come from any background as the course is designed to take people from little or no knowledge of
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coding to job ready software developer. The ideal student will have attempted one of the free coding course online tools, like Udemy or Code Academy.
Tuition fees are normally €8,900 per student but the 14 places available on this course are free of charge. Recruitment has started and the course begins on December 2 in Tralee. Successful applicants will complete a 5-Day Coding Challenge and Recruitment Interview. Places are being
filled on a first come, first served basis.
The Code Institute team will visit the Kerry College’s Monavalley Campus on Wednesday 23 October at 6pm – to deliver a course briefing which outlines the course, success stories and the career paths possible from this qualification. This is a free event – but attendees must pre-register: codeinstitute.net/ code-institute-open-evening/ kerry/
There was great excitement at the Austin Stack Club on Sunday last when The Rock club U16 boys defeated an unlucky Ballymacelligott in the Town League Final. This town team has now won the Town, Central and County Leagues for 2019. Éacht agus mórghaisce! The Rock team: Ben Quilter, Donnacha Fox, Ruairí O'Connell, Kevin Barry, Evan Foley, Joey Nagle, Joshua Lynch, Armin Heinrich, Conor Horan, John Feely, Shane Bastible (capt), Enda Cahill, James Charles, Jordan Kissane, Cian Dillane, Jack Doyle, Colm Brown, Togor Silong, John Duggan, Jack Murphy, Noah Townsend, Cillian Litchfield, Donnacha Sayers, Darragh Moriarty, Gavin Slattery, Dean Rusk. Mentors: Denis Sayers, Pat Slattery, Armin Heinrich, Eamon Scanlon, Ed O'Connor. Photos Adrienne McLoughlin
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Happening In Tralee..
Students, Teachers, of Presentation Secondary School Tralee Con O'Connor (Pieta House) and David Moran(Kerry Footballer) who were invited to raise the Amber Flag in conjunction with Mental Health Week on Thursday.Photo Joe Hanley
Students of CBS The Green Tralee who were presented with their First Class Honours Certificates and medals in Effective Communication at a special ceremony in CBS The Green on Monday from Anne O'Callaghan (Principal) and Elaine McGillicuddy on behalf of Leinster School of Music & Drama Griffith College Dublin Photo Joe
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At the Comfort for Chemo Fashion show at Paco's The Mall Tralee on Friday Carol Dooley (Paco's), Cora Walsh (Comfort for Chemo), Deputy Mayor Sammy Locke and Eileen Whelan (Organiser/Paco's ) Photo Joe Hanley
Taken part in the 10 & 5K Ballymacelligott GAA Club Fundraiser Run on Sunday Ross Galagher, Declan Sheehan, Jackie Treanor, Catherine Cunningham, Vichy McCarthy and Gerry Treanor Photo Joe Hanley
Running in the Ballymacelligott GAA Club Fundraiser 5K on Sunday morning from Hallway Shop Ballymacelligott ,Niamh Rice, Rachel Creedon, Aoibhinn Broderick and Máire Culloty Photo Joe Hanley
Tralee First Responders who launched their fundraising Charity night 'Ballad and Folk' evening in The Ashe Hotel Tralee on Friday evening, the event will take place on the 6th December 2019 in the Ashe Hotel,Tralee. L-r: Dan Quirke (Tralee First Responders) Willie Kelly (musician) Padraig Hanrahan (Ashe Hotel), Joe O'Connor (musician) and Mary Lynch. Photo Joe Hanley
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Cara Credit Unions & Killarney Credit Union Introduce A New Full-Service Current Account
The new Current Account includes the globally accepted Mastercard Debit Card with Contactless Payments, Standing Orders, Direct Debits, and the option of an Overdraft facility.
Members of Killarney Credit Union and Cara Credit Unions can open a Current Account online or in their local Credit Union offices. This is good news for Credit Union members and for consumers in general who have limited choice at present. Credit Unions are seen to offer something different to the major banks in terms of their personal touch and are considered trustworthy.
The new Current Account has simple and transparent pricing. A low monthly fee of €4.00 applies and that covers unlimited euro point of sale and contactless transactions, unlimited mobile and online banking and unlimited standing orders and direct debit processing and up to
five euro ATM withdrawals per month. Full details of fees and charges are available on Killarney Credit Union and Cara Credit Unions Websites.
Speaking at the launch, Pa Laide, CEO of Cara Credit Union said:
“This is a watershed moment in the credit unions history. It means credit union members with savings and loans will now be able to get a competitive Current Account from their trusted Credit Union, and they will no longer need to go to a bank to get this service. For the first time, we will be able to provide our members with a real choice for their day-to-day financial needs. And this service, which will be accessible globally and digitally, will enable us to become even more relevant to our members in the everincreasing digital world.
Speaking to Mark Murphy, CEO of Killarney Credit Union “credit unions have been voted
the 'most trusted financial institution' for many years, and just recently they became the first in the world to receive the coveted the national ‘CX Award for Best Customer Experience in Ireland’ for a record-breaking five years in a row. This trusted position is one we want to build on with this new service launch. We envisage many members switching their day to day banking to the Credit
Union because we are now a community owned viable alternative”.
Information on the new Current Account are available from Killarney Credit Union in Killarney, Kenmare and Cahersiveen and Cara Credit Union in Tralee, Castleisland and Killorglin and on their websites.
Kerins O’ Rahilly’s U16 Town League. Division 2 winners pictured here with their coaches John O’ Connor, Oliver Molly and C.J. Sheehy
Ryan Nix and Ben Pierce Kerins O’ Rahilly’s U10 ‘Players of the Week’
What’s Happening In Tralee..
Halloween Children's Origami workshops at Syphon
Local origami artist Rebecca Lyons will be holding origami workshops for children aged 8 to 16 on Saturday 26th and Wednesday 30th of October.
The classes will take place at Syphon coffee bar and lounge on Courthouse Lane , Tralee
The 20 euro fee includes a 2 hour workshop, all materials and a hot chocolate or homemade lemonade.
Rebecca has held classes at the Cruinniú na nÓg in Tralee , writers week Listowel and Cruthú Arts festival in Longford. "Children find the classes exciting, entertaining and beneficial to their mental health " said Rebecca.
Places are limited so give Rebecca a call on 086 8690322
Connolly Park In The Sunshine:
There was great excitement at the Austin Stack Club, Connolly Park, on Sunday last where The Rock club youngsters hosted Killarney Legion and also had a Bake Sale. So, there was football and fun in the sun! Sea, ambaiste, togha na peile agus rogha na bacála!
Photos ; Adrienne McLoughlin
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Eddie Barrys in Rock ST 80'S
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Tralee youth rugby team
Mental Health Week at Presentation School Tralee
Students, Teachers, of Presentation Secondary School Tralee Con O'Connor (Pieta House) and David Moran(Kerry Footballer) who were invited to raise the Amber Flag in conjunction with Mental Health Week on Thursday.Photo Joe Hanley
KNOW YOUR RIGHTS: SMALL CLAIMS PROCEDURE
Question
I am unhappy with the repair work a builder has done to my house, he hasn’t fixed the issue and he refuses to put it right. Do I have any rights in this situation?
Answer
If your builder is unwilling to compensate you, you may be able to make a claim against them using the small claims procedure. The aim of this procedure is to provide an inexpensive, fast and easy way for consumers to resolve disputes without a solicitor. The maximum amount you can claim for under the small claims procedure is €2,000. The small claims procedure is provided through local District Court offices.
If you have purchased goods or services for private use from someone selling them in the course of business, you can make a claim using the small claims procedure. You can make claims for bad workmanship, minor damage to property, faulty goods and for the non-return of rent deposits for certain kinds of rented properties, for example, a holiday home. Businesses can also use this procedure to make claims against other businesses about contracts for goods or services purchased. To make a claim, you need to complete the application form and submit it and a fee of €25 to the Small Claims Registrar. You can do this online at the Courts Service Online website, csol.ie. Alternatively, you can download the application form from courts.ie or get a copy from the Small Claims Registrar at the District Court office. Make sure you include the correct name and address of the company or person you are claiming against. You can double-check this information on the Companies Registration Office website at cro.ie. The Registrar sends a copy of your application to the person you are making the claim against. If the other person does not reply within 15 days of receiving your application, your claim will be automatically treated as undisputed. Then the court will make an order in your favour for the amount claimed, and direct that it be paid within a specific period of time. If your claim is disputed, the Registrar will give you a copy of the reasons why the other person is disputing your claim. The Registrar will try to negotiate a settlement to the dispute. If no settlement can be reached, the matter is set for a court hearing in the District Court.
Kerry Footballer Gets Selected To Appear On Winning Streak on Same Night as Vital Quarter Final Clash
Thursday 17th October 2019:
The sister of a footballer from Co. Kerry will fly into Ireland this weekend to go on the National Lottery’s Winning Streak TV game show on RTÉ One this Saturday (19th October) after his name was selected to appear on the show on the very same day he had to play an important game.
When Michael Foley from Killarney, Co. Kerry got the call to say his name had been pulled out to appear on Winning Streak, last Saturday, he was overcome with excitement. The next morning another call came through which put a spanner in the works. He discovered that his club’s Kerry Senior Football Championship quarter-final had been scheduled for the same day! Michael (22) had a big decision to make – play in his big match for East Kerry versus Dingle or go on Winning Streak.
After a bit of thought, cornerforward Michael was never going to let his side down and will line out for East Kerry for the big game, which will be broadcast on the same time as Winning Streak. Michael’s older sister Melissa will be flying in from London to take his place in the Winning Streak hot seat!
The first thing Melissa (28) did last Saturday evening, when she found out that Michael was going to be on the hit game show, was to book a flight to Ireland so she could cheer him on from the studio audience. Now she is going to do her brother a good turn and play the game in his place. It will be a Foley sibling takeover on RTÉ as RTÉ Two will broadcast the game live, while at the same time Winning Streak will be on RTÉ One. It will certainly be a flying visit for Melissa who will fly over on Friday evening and will return to London on Sunday
afternoon. She has lived in London for the past four and a half years, since she moved over with her boyfriend Shane, since she left Killarney after college. She works as a Cancer Nurse Specialist in St. George’s Hospital in London. While Michael, who also works at Lee Strand Milk Co-op in Tralee will be busy preparing for his game and is happy to leave the Winning Streak focus on his sister. Melissa will be supported in the audience by their parents Helen and Mike (Snr) and other members of the family and close friends.
As for plans with his winnings from the show, Michael said: “To be honest, I haven’t given it a single thought as I am focusing on the big game. I know Melissa will do the family proud and I’m grateful for her stepping in in my hour of need! Regardless we will have a celebration on Saturday after the show and game is done.”
Michael has only returned to Ireland in May this year after two years of travelling around Australia. He played football when he was in Australia and played for Penrith Gaels in Sydney and Garryowen in Melbourne while he was living away from home.
TY Students of Mercy Mounthawk Sec School on Friday launched the Roaring Twenties Fashion Show for Oct 24th at their school launching the fashion show on Friday, Favor Itsede, Hugh Emerson, Emily O'Brien, Alison Lane and Eabha Murphy Photo Joe Hanley
Students of CBS The Green with their teacher Sean Og O Ciardabháin who was presented with footballs and Bips at CBS The green from sponsor Lorraine Scanlon on Friday. Photo Joe Hanley
On Saturday at the Rose Hotel, Tralee Rapp, Kieran Donaghy and Fergal O'Sullivan at the announcement of the for coming 25th Year celebration of St Brendan Basketball Club which will be held in the Rose Hotel, Tralee on the 15th Nov 2019
Photo Joe Hanley
All the way from Zimbabwe Chloe Payne, Ashley Pozzo and Jaimee Maidwell who took part in the Ballymacelligott GAA Club fundraiser half marathon on Sunday morning. Photo Joe Hanley
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HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE!
I hope you’re having an amazing week!
This week on Instagram, I asked my followers what beauty products they would buy if they could buy anything. So I said I’d share my own makeup wishlist with you. Being a makeup artist in the industry there’s obviously a lot of products launching constantly so always keep a list of products that I’d like to purchase in my notes.
Anastasia Beverly Hills Norvina Pro Pigment Palette: I’ve actually never tried an eyeshadow palette from ABH & this one created by Norvina looks AMAZING. There’s actually 3 palettes in the range, Volume 1 is my favourite.
Ole Henriksen
Phat Glow Facial
Mask
Skindinavia Bridal Setting Spray
I love setting spray and I recently came across this one online and was very intrigued. Surely a bridal setting spray would keep your makeup on lock for the day? I need to try it and see how it compares with my ride or die setting sprays!
Kevyn Aucoin Sensual Skin Enhancer
If you follow me on Instagram you know that my big thing when it comes to makeup is skin. This is one of the most talked about skin products and I’ve heard great things.
Fenty Beauty Hydrating Foundation: I tried the first Fenty foundation but it was just too matte and drying on my skin. I didn’t like it. But the new one is hydrating, and, as I always sayHYDRATION IS KEY.
I am a BIG fan of Ole Henriksen, The Banana Bright Primer is probably the first ever primer I have fully used up, I cannot do my makeup without it. Anyway, I have been dying to try out this face mask. It seems like it’s right up my street.
BEXBLAHFITNESS!
WEIGHT TRAINING
I hope you’re all having a great week.
So this week I'll be talking about common gym mistakes everyone makes.
1. SETTING UNREALISTIC GOALS:
Tackling an insane goal all at once leads to failure: you’ll exhaust your time, willpower, and energy. You’ll also frustrate yourself because it takes so long to achieve. This can then lead to giving up before you've even started.
2. NOT TRACKING YOURSELF:
Record everything in your workout: what exercises you did, what weight you used, how many reps you did, etc.
You should also track your body by taking photos and measuring your bodyweight, inches and body fat percentage. This will highlight your successes and failures so you can adjust your exercise program and diet to get the results you want!
3. NOT HAVING A PLAN:
Without a plan, you'll end up wandering the gym looking for something to do.
You'll never build a great body doing that. There’s no system and you’ll prevent yourself from mastering exercises, waste time, and miss out on great results.
With so many great beginner programs available, pick one, get started, and stick to it. Don't forget to change it up when it's not challenging you!
4. SKIPPING WORKOUTS:
Some people skip a workout because they're feeling tired, sore, or lazy. They forget that the secret to building an amazing body is simple, consistency.
Honor the commitments you make to yourself. If you decide to workout on Mondays and Thursdays and Saturdays, schedule it in and get it done. If that’s too hard, cut your routine down to suit your body, but never skip it. There's a difference!
5. OVER DOING IT:
There are beginners who live in the gym, workout six times a week, burn themselves out or get injured and then quit.
Unless you’re an elite athlete or a high-level bodybuilder, avoid working out too often at the beginning. Doing too much, too soon will slow your progress because of the constant fatigue and lead to overtraining.
Rebecca
For most beginners, 3-5 times a week is perfect depending on your body type and goals etc. You need to give your muscles, ligaments, and tendons time between each workout to recover, grow, and get stronger.
Remember 3 or 4 good quality sessions are better than 6 or 7 forced ones.
Its Pumpkin Time!
This time of year Pumpkin is in much demand and is usually used to make scary faces and little else! But... its lovely to eat, tastes lovely and can be used in many ways... soup, pie and what about cookies!!!
PUMPKIN BISCUITS
Makes 10 biscuits
INGREDIENTS
• 2/3 cup pumpkin puree
• 3/4 cup milk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 4 tsp. baking powder
• 1 tsp. baking soda
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
• 4 ounces COLD butter, cut into small cube
METHOD
Preheat oven to 160 degrees . Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat.
In a small bowl or measuring cup, whisk together pumpkin puree and milk until you have a smooth mixture. Set aside.
In a large bowl, stir together flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
Add cold cubed butter to flour mixture and cut it into the mix with your hands or a biscuit cutter until the
mixture is coarse and resembles cornmeal. (If you’re unfamiliar with this process, you basically just quickly rub the butter into the flour with your hands until the mixture is coarse and the butter has been broken up into small pieces).
Add milk and pumpkin mixture to flour and stir until everything is just combined. The dough shouldn’t be completely smooth – we want to keep lots of butter pieces in there so the biscuits will be nice and flaky.
Turn biscuit dough out onto a floured surface. If the dough is too sticky, gently fold in a tablespoon or two
of flour. I like to gently fold my dough over on itself several times, so I have lots of butter layers working for maximum flakiness.
Roll or pat dough to about 2/3" thickness and cut biscuit rounds with a 2" biscuit cutter.Place biscuit rounds on your parchment-lined baking sheet and bake at 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes until lightly browned. Serve immediately with butter and honey.
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Tralee by Night...
40EATING OUT IN TRALEE
Noel and the Croi team take the gongs at Yes Chef Awards
It just keeps happening for our contributing Chef , Noel Keane who runs Croi restaurant in Tralee . Not only taking the Best Sustainable restaurant award at the Yes Chef awards during the week but Noels restaurant has recently made into the McKenna Top 100 Restaurants in Ireland 2019 . Not bad for a place thats only 2 years old ! (#takingonthebigboys)
Cups against Breast Cancer Coffee Morning at O’ Sullivan’s Pharmacy Centrepoint Tralee.
On Friday Oct 11th we hosted a Cups Against Cancer Coffee morning.
It was a huge success with a big crowd and lots of support from the local community. It was great to see people out supporting such a worthy cause. We raised a massive €652.00!
Lots of beautiful spot prizes given away on the morning. A big thank you to Lidl, Super Value, Kingdom Food & wine, Dunnes Stores & Benner’s Hotel for their sponsorship for this event.
Attached are some photos from our Coffee Morning.
EATING OUT IN TRALEE
IT’S ONLY A JOKE
A POLISH MAN WAS GETTING HIS EYESIGHT TESTED
The optician brings out a card with the letters
C R W I N O K S T A Z "Can you read the letters" asks the optician.
The Polish man:"Read it? I know the guy."
I LOOKED ACROSS THE MUSEUM HALL AND SPOTTED MY EX GIRLFRIEND, BUT I WAS TOO SELF CONSCIOUS TO SAY HELLO. There was just too much history between us.
I AM SICK AND TIRED OF MILLENIALS AND THEIR ENTITLED ATTITUDE
Always walking around like they rent the place.
WHAT DO YOU CALL A NOSE WITH NO BODY?
Nobody nose
I GOT MY GIRLFRIEND A “GET BETTER SOON” CARD. She’s not ill or anything, but she could definitely get better.
MY WIFE ASKED ME WHY I WAS SPEAKING SO SOFTLY INSIDE THE HOUSE
I told her it was because I felt like someone was listening to us. She laughed... I laughed....
Alexa laughed....
Disclaimer: please
THE WIFE AND I DECIDED WE DON'T WANT CHILDREN
We're telling them tomorrow
A KID ASKS HIS MOTHER WHY SHE HAS SO MANY GREY HAIRS...
The mother says "It's because you are so naughty."
The kid replies "Well, you must have been a right villan altogether ; have you seen grandma?!"
GENIE: I SHALL GRANT YOU 3 WISHES
Me: I wish for a world without lawyers Genie: Done, you have no more wishes Me: But you said 3!
Genie: Sue me
STATISTICS SHOW THAT 1 OUT OF 3 PEOPLE IN A RELATIONSHIP ARE CHEATING...
I just need to figure out if it's my wife or girlfriend
A CHICKEN CAN JUMP HIGHER THAN EMPIRE STATE BUILDING...
It's true because buildings can't jump.
A MARRIED COUPLE WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION
Honey, what do you prefer? A beautiful woman or an intelligent woman?
-Neither one nor the other. You know that I only have eyes for you.
KERRY WARDROBES
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TORQUING CARS!
NEW CODE OF CONDUCT FOR CLAMPERS
Clampers must avoid using "aggressive or threatening" language or engaging in "predatory activities" under a new code of practice for the industry.Where a motorist is being "unreasonable or aggressive", the clamper should try to reduce the tension, but if this is not possible, they should leave the scene and call gardaí.The new code, which has been devised by the National Transport Authority (NTA), aims to establish standards in relation to behaviour, performance of duties and conduct.It says clampers should avoid using "tactics that appear overenthusiastic or aggressive to motorists"."In particular, activities which could be construed as predatory may not be carried out," it says. Among a raft of recommendations contained in the new code is that a clamp must be released if it has not been locked by the time a motorist returns to their car.It also says clampers must release all vehicles if their online or phone payment facilities are not working and that at no time should a clamper escort a motorist to an ATM to withdraw money to pay for a clamp to be released.The code also says if clampers use hand-held card readers that rely on an internet connection and coverage is poor in the area where the clamping has taken place, clampers cannot ask a motorist to go somewhere else with better coverage to make a payment.Motorists currently have a 10-minute "grace period" from parking their car to buying a parking ticket.However, the NTA recommends that clampers wait 11 minutes from the time of detection before fixing the clamp "to eliminate unnecessary disputes".In the case of park-bytext services, the NTA says while it is up to motorists to ensure they have entered the correct car registration, it says technology used by parking controllers should be able to recognise invalid year or county formats.
NEW SKODA SUPERB JUST KEEPS GETTING CLASSIER !
SKODA continues its move upmarket with the latest revamp of its large family/fleet Superb liftback and estate. It is no longer a cheap car, in two senses of the word: it costs more than before, but it is also that bit classier.A lot of what's new may appear small in the overall scheme of things, but it is the series of minor changes that upgrade the entirety. Prices are up in some cases by around €1,200, but several models have €2,200 extra in spec. It works the other way for some, too, Skoda admit.Diesel prices start from €33,325 for the 120bhp 1.6-litre and €34,100 for the 2-litre Liftback (estates from €34,825). Petrols start from €30,750 (Liftback) and €32,250 (estate).Diesels are the big sellers (94pc of sales) but the 150bhp 1.5-litre petrol might narrow the gap.Most buyers (77pc) are private customers, with 23pc fleet purchases. The car goes on sale this weekend.It has two main sets of rivals: younger German premium used imports and the likes of the Volkswagen Passat, Ford Mondeo, Opel Insignia, Hyundai i40, Mazda 6, Peugeot 508, KIA Optima. All are under attack from SUVs, with sales hit hard; yet the Superb gets to No. 2 behind the Passat.The first Superb arrived in 2001; more than 18,000 are now on our roads.
3 REASONS WHY I WONT BE GOING ELECTRIC YET!
(great article written by Indo Technology editor Adrain Wreckler )
For almost a decade, I have wanted to permanently switch to an electric car. I have driven several of them.The positives are appealing. They have high spec interiors, incredible acceleration power and give you the feeling of being more environmentally friendly.But three things have stopped me: the price, the poor distance range and the lack of public charging points.The price has come down to a reasonable level - you can now get a new model for under €30,000, which is manageable if you have a model to trade-in in decent condition.But the range for any of these sub-€30,000 electric cars is still really weak. It's typically around 150km. I can't drive from Dublin to north Mayo in one without running out of juice half way.And the lack of charging points remains chronic. On that drive to Mayo, there are only a few individual 'slow charging' spots to recharge west of the Shannon. If I'm lucky and the spot isn't occupied, it will take me between two and four hours to recharge while I look for something to do, or just sit in my car.So a four-hour drive becomes a seven-hour drive, at a minimum. In Ireland, there are 800 public charging points for electric cars. Most are in or around cities. But over 90pc of these are 'slow charging' facilities.In other words, they're almost useless. For example, the last time I used one was when driving an eGolf (€38,000 new, even after all the available grants, so out of my budget range anyway). I was stuck for power so I plugged one in at a Dublin suburb. After an hour sitting in Abrakebabra across the road, I returned to find that it was just over a quarter charged. That was enough to get me around for the day, but not if I wanted to travel out to one or two retail parks on the outskirts of the city.
The Government's paltry €6m in last week's Budget for public charging infrastructure will do very little to remedy this.It's such a shame. Electric cars are the future, without question.But every time I consider switching to one, I'm reminded of why hardly anyone - including government ministers - actually buys one. You can't safely rely on getting somewhere beyond a few kilometres away without possibly being stranded. Yes, a Tesla will give you a range of over 300km. But at over €60,000, that is not a realistic option for all but a tiny handful of people.
EVERYTHING’S COMING UP ROSES! TALKING SPORT WITH THE TRALEE ADVERTISER
FAI NATIONAl P.R.O. OF THE YEAR
GARVEY’S AND TEMPLEOGUE SET FOR ANOTHER CRACKER:
day for Kerry soccer. On the field the boys were unlucky that half time came when it did as they were on top for the last 20 minutes of the first half and levelled the game at 1-1 after going behind in the 20th minute.
tribute to all four teams on brilliant displays of camogie.
ST BRENDAN’S WIN:
One of the big games of the season will take place in the Tralee Sports Complex on Saturday night when Griffith College Templeogue comes to Town. These two sides have served up a number of cracking games over the last few seasons with Garvey’s leading 5-4 on wins in recent times. Tip off in Tralee on Saturday night is at 7.30pm. Garvey’s go into the game in good form having overpowered DCU Saints last weekend away in Carrickmacross last weekend. The Tralee side led at the end of all four quarters taking the win 104 -60. With Paul Dick and Rap Buivydas back in action this was a much better display by the Tralee side. The Warriors led by 12 early on and were 26-12 up after the first ten minutes. And they certainly were no feeling any effects of the long journey as in a breath-taking second quarter they added 32 points from 9 different scorers in the quarter to almost have the game wrapped up by the half leading 62-25.
Lawton has been very impressive in his first few games for the Warriors and he hit four huge scores in the third quarter to open up the lead and it was 87-38 with only the last quarter to play. The home side to their credit kept going and in the end were on 60 but by that time the Warriors had breached the 100 coming from a Jokubaitis three. The same player wrapped the scoring to see the Warriors notch up a 44 point win.
For the Warriors Jonathan Lawton ended with 40, Eoin Quigley 14 and Keith Jumper ending with 13 while Michael Bonaparte was the top Saints scorer on 29. Head Coach Pat Price said afterwards that this was as good a performance as he has seen since joining the Tralee side. “My players were unselfish, feisty and eager to bounce back from a tough week showing great focus with wonderful leadership from O’Sullivan and Donaghy.
WARRIOR’S U20’S OPEN LEAGUE: The new u20 League is played on one Sunday each month with the Kerry sides in a group of 5. This Sunday in the Complex at 11.30 KCYMS Killorglin take on Fr Mathews followed by the Warriors against UCC Demons while Gneeveguilla are few this round.
TRALEE TO HOST BASKETBALL’S CHAMPIONS TROPHY AND LEAGUE CUP FINALS:
The National League basketball season will come to an end in Tralee on March 28th and 29th. These will take place in the Tralee Sports Complex. Garvey Tralee Warriors won the Champions Trophy two years in a row before Templeogue took the title last season. The James Fleming coached Fr Mathews from Cork will be looking to retain the Women’s trophy.
Basketball Ireland National League Manager Sheena Hubbard said that they were delighted with Tralee as the venue. “We are excited at bringing the Champions Trophy and League Cup finals to Kerry and Tralee in particular. With so much excitement in Kerry around basketball at the moment it should make for some games in front of the hugely passionate Kerry crowds.”
TRALEE SCHOOLS GO DOWN IN FUTSAL SEMI-FINALS:
The county final of the Munster 1st Years Girls Futsal took place in the wonderful new venue of the Tralee Sports Campus. Presentation Tralee and Mercy Mounthawk Tralee reached the semi- finals but were beaten by St Brigids The Pres Killarney and Pobail Scoil Inbhear Sceine who contested a very tight final in the tournament ran under the leadership of Kerry RDO Darren Aherne.
In the end it was the Killarney girls, led by Player of the Tournament Leah McMahon that took the win and prevented the Kenmare school completing a 4-in-a-row. The Pres will now go on to represent Kerry in the Munster finals in the W IT Arena on November 19th. The first year boy’s tournament will take place at the same venue on October 25tyh with Mercy Mounthawk aiming to retain their title.
DEFEAT BUT LOTS OF POSITIVES FROM MARK FARRAN FINAL DAY:
By now you will have seen that Kerry lost out to Shelbourne in the Mark Farran Cup final but there were a huge amount of positives on the
However the Shels (who are linked with top Schoolboys club the DDSL St Kevin’s) were obviously given the ‘hairdryer treatment’ in the dressing room and the scored two quick goals in the first ten minutes of the second half. Kerry tried hard to get back into the game but to be fair to the Dublin side they were physically very strong and prevented Kerry from playing their fast flowing football. But while the players and management were disappointed this was a huge step up for Kerry soccer and a sign of many more good days.
Off the field the huge crowd proved that there is an appetite for football at this level in the county and while you would not get all these people for an Airtricity League Division 1 game if you could get up to 350 to 400 at home games this would be a viable proposition.
Mounthawk Park once again proved to be a top quality facility and drew great praise from those who were attending a game there for the first time. This does not happen without a lot of hard work by the KDL members.
Back on the field and while the season is over for the 13’s, 15’s and 19’s the 17’s are still in the Shield and have a quarter final away to Cobh Ramblers on Sunday. So they are just two game away to another national final and if Billy Dennehy and James Sugrue can get the player mind sets right for the game – and they will they could be looking forward to a semi-final in two weeks.
BALLYHEIGUE FC TRAIN IN BANNA
The underage section of Ballyheigue Athletic train every Tuesday evening at the Banna Astroturf starting with the u11 boys from 6 to 7pm, the u13 girls from 7 to 8pm and the u12 boys start at 8pm until 9pm. New players from all areas are welcome and all players will be allowed a 2 week trial before committing to register. Come along for a great opportunity for fun, new skills, exercise and a competitive team sport and contact Margaret on 087 9509886 for more information.
CAMOGIE NEWS: CAUSEWAY GOES DOWN IN THE TOM HEALY FINAL:
The Tom Healy Junior Tournament final took place in Tralee with all teams enjoyed the event. The Cup final saw Tournafulla coming out on top defeating Causseway while in the Shield IT Tralee were the winners against the neighbours from Parnells. Presentations were made by Kerry Camogie PRO Risteárd Ó Fuaráin who paid
Ballyheigue met St. Brendan's in the North Kerry U16 Hurling Final (Thomas 'Son' O'Sullivan Memorial Shield) at Crotta on Sunday. St. Brendan's held a 2-6 to 0-5 halftime lead and won a score line of 4-9 to 1-9. Congratulations to the Ardfert Boys and hard luck to the Ballyheigue team and management. A minute's silence was held prior to the game in memory of St. Brendan's Club President John Stack of Banna, uncle of selector Joe, and Ballyheigue GAA express their condolences on the passing of John. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam.
PARNELLS NEWS
There was a very good turn-out for the Annual Camogie Review which was both an end of season and a preseason planning session. The club will start the 2020 season with 119 juvenile and 14 adult players and like all clubs is calling for volunteer to share the workload.
The club is delighted for the players and management of the u15’s who are the runners up in the Plate Final of the Tom Healy Memorial Tournament.
The club wishes the Clanmaurice team all the best when they face Tramore in the Munster Junior Club Camogie semi-final at WIT this weekend.
Awards Night / AGM – The Parnells Awards and Monster Raffle night is on the 8TH of November with the club AGM on November 15th with the time and venue details to be confirmed.
KERINS O’RAHILLYS NEWS:
The club is calling on all members to help win the opportunity to have the exclusive rights to sell the Lotto tickets in the Rock Street Post Office from April 2020. Every transaction nominated for the club will add points to the total to try and see off other clubs who are also looking for these exclusive rights.
The u6 girls and boys were delighted to visit Na Gaeil last Sunday for a great morning’s football. The club thanks everyone at Na Gaeil for welcoming the young players.
The u8 and u10 boys and girls were back training as normal last Sunday with great numbers on the training ground. The u10 Boys Players of the Week were Ryan Nix and Ben Pierce.
This Sunday is the final Academy session of the year and all the players are invited to attend as the club is hoping to get plenty pictures for the 2020 calendar that they are producing.
Excitement is building for the Halloween Party at Sandy Feet Form on Saturday October 28th and bookings have now closed. There will be a fundraising walk along the canal ahead of the Halloween celebrations.
The u18 boys took on John
with “The Voice” Pat Harnett
TALKING SPORT WITH THE TRALEE ADVERTISER
Mitchels in the Town League Final
Division 2 and got a great win in a tight game 0-17 to 2-08. The boys were ahead by double scores at the break 0-08 to 0-04. The Player of the Match was Danny Hennessy who ended with 7 points.
In the Ladies section training for the 12’s continues this weekend while the u14’s are preparing for their Shield final against Abbeydorney.
The u16 girls played Na Gaeil in tough conditions and the girls were 3-03 to 0-04 up at half time including a lovely two step penalty from Aoibhin McCarthy. Na Gaeil tried to close the gap but in the end the girls held on to win 4-07 to 2-08.They are now starting the build -up to the final in two weeks.
ST PAT’S NEWS:
There was no winner of the Lotto from the numbers drawn 5,10,15 and 17 and the next jackpot will be e2300 with the draw in O’Dwyer’s Bar.
In the Academy there was a great turn-out at u6’s with Zayd being named as the Player of the Week. After training this Sunday there will be a party with lots of Halloween trearts.
The u8’s and u10’s hosted Moyvane and there was great number of players and parents in attendance. The club thanks all the volunteers who were involved in getting the pitch sorted and supplying the treats afterwards including a cake from the Turner family.
Next Sunday the 20th October will be the last session for 2019 and it would be great if all of the Under-10 squad were present for the end of this season of the Academy. The u12’s boys won the St Brendan’s Board u12 Blitz defeating Churchill and Ardfert on their way to the title.
The club wishes Seamus Murphy and the St Brendan’s Board Senior Football panel all the best for the Garvey’s Senior Football Championship quarter final clash againt the Legion this Saturday. The game throws in at 5.15pm at Austin Stacks Park and is also on television.
AUSTIN STACK’S NEWS
The club thanks all those who supported the fundraising Cake Sale last weekend. The u6’s last outdoor session is this Sunday when the players will take part in an blitz amongst themselves. The last Sunday morning for the u7’s and 8’s will feature the final of the Kevin Barry, Bracker Regan and Jimmy Barry competitions. The u9’s and 10’s have the John Galvin, Garry Fernane and Paddy Drummond competitions and on October 26th will be playing in the 5th annual John Lynch Memorial tournament which will see over 520 players playing n 16 pitches at 2 venues. The organisers are still looking for volunteers to help on the day.
The u15’s Super-Touch competitions continue every Thursday evening. The u16’s took on Ballymac in the Town League final winning easily on a 4-14 to 1-06 score line. This gave them a
clean sweep of the County, Central and Town titles.
COLLEGE FOOTBALL:
On the colleges front The Greens advanced to the Dunloe Cup semi-final after defeating Mercy Mounthawk. In the O’Sullivan Cup The Green went out to Rathmore but Mercy Mounthawk progressed to the semi-final against ISK Killorglin.
Both schools will begin their Corn Ui Mhuiri colleges championship at the end of nexst month. Scor – the club is still looking for all the various competitions that will begin over the next few weeks. For those who go all the way the All Ireland final this year is in the INEC in Killarney.
KERRY LADIES SET TO CELEBRATE THEIR SEASON:
The Kerry LGFA Annual Awards will take place at the Dromhall Hotel Killarney on November 9th when medal will be presented to the various clubs that have won county titles while the Player of the Match from finals will also be presented. Tickets cost e30 and clubs are asked to let the County Board know by the next meeting on the 22nd of this month as to how many tickets they want.
TRALEE RUGBY CLUB NEWS: Defeat for the Senior Men:
The Senior Men’s team went down 17-12 away to Fermoy in the third round of the Munster Junior League Division 2.
U14 Boys win away: The u14 Boys travelled to Abbeyfeale for their West Munster League clash played at the Grove. Paddy Lane put the Tralee biys 3-0 up before Dillon Corcoran ran from the half way line to touch down for the first try of the game. The home side hit back with a try of their own but the Tralee boys again upped the pace and hit three unanswered tries in the second half to record a 24-7 win.
U18’s also win away: The Tralee/ Listowel combination at u18’s were also on the road and they defeated Killarney thanks to tries from Jerry Finnegan, Sean Pullen Stack and Scott Ryan while Seamus Lyne hit two conversions for an 19-12 win.
they fill and to enter please call the Racing Office on 061 448057.
WINTER SERIES OF SWIMS BEGINS: Having just completed the Word Series of summer swims the Winter Swims begins in the run up to the biggest swim of the year on Christmas Day. This Sunday is the first of the Turkey Series. This is the 6th year of the traditional winter swims – togs only (!) and the numbers have been growing each year. Swimmers only have to put e2 in each week to be eligible for the big turkey, hams, wines and chocolates draw in time for the Festive season. These swims are open to everyone.
200m Medley Relay and Boys 14-16 200m Freestyle Relay teams finishing 5th. Rory Boyd, Anu Hayes, Cian Mason, Kim McTigue, Sara Lucid, Ava Gannon and Grace Reidy all reached the finals of their various events.
ON THE GREENS – PITCH & PUTT
KINGDOM SWIMMING CLUB MAKING WAVES IN MUNSTER:
After recent successes at the Summer Nationals and Division 2 Championships, Kingdom Swimming Club was again celebrating after 8 swimmers were selected on Munster Swimming Squads. The swimmers selected are: Rory Boyd, Jack Costello, Jack Doyle, Evelyn Fox, Kim McTigue, Aisling O’Connell, Grace Reidy & Joe Reidy. Head Coach – Ger McDonnell was delighted with their successes during the summer and their Munster selection. He said “it was a just reward for all the training, commitment and dedication to their sport”. The Short Course Swimming season kicked off in September and the swimmers are looking forward to the Munster Short Course Championships at mid-term followed Kingdom Swimming Clubs’ own Kingdom Invitational Gala in mid-November.
MERCY MOUNTHAWK ENJOY GOOD DAY IN THE POOL AT THE MUNSTER SENIOR SCHOOLS GALA:
At the Munster Senior Schools Gala held in the UL Pool Mercy Mounthawk had 22 swimmers in individual events and 6 relay teams taking part.
Tralee Pitch and Putt Club’s Scratch Gents team have reached the semifinal of the National Inter-Club had come through a tough encounter against St Anne’s of Cork on the Lakeside Templemore. The squad will now be back in action this weekend with the semi-finals taking place at the same venue with Fermoy the opponents. Tralee got the semi-final off to the perfect start with Jamie Blake and Alan Hobbart. Both Jason Cregan and Padraig Hobbart and Jason Cregan went down narrowly ahead of their games with singles to come. Jamie Blake won as did Jason O’Regan and Jason Cregan but when Alan and Padraig Hobbart were beaten the match was tied at 4-4.
Tony Blake was on the tee course for Tralee and he led Ray Murphy going 3 up before the Cork player drew level. Blake then holed a great five foot put on the 17th and got the half he needed to wrap up the win for Tralee. This meant there would be a Kerry side in action on finals day for the fourth year in a row following on from Deerpark who were in the Scratch semi-finals in 2016 and the Nett semis in 2017 and 2018.
ACTION ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AT THE TRACK: At the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium racing is back with a 10 race program. On Saturday night there is a fundraiser for Feale Rangers GAA with the final of the ON525 yards also on the card.
The track is currently taking entries for the KGOBA sponsored confined 570 yards stake from A1 to A4 inclusive. These stakes will run as
Sara Lucid took the win in the Girls 15-16 100m breaststroke while Evelyn Fox and Joe Reidy were runners up in the Girls 15-16 100m breaststroke and Boys 17-19 100m backstroke respectively. Also getting on the podium were Alex Perez who was 3rd in the Girls 1516 Butterfly with Joe Reidy taking the same place in the Boys 17-19 200m Individual Medley. Two relay teams took wins – in the Girls 14-16 200m Medley Relay with Sara Lucid, Evelyn Fox, Alex Perez and Grace Reidy on the team and in the Girls 14-16 200m Freestyle Relay where three of the same swimmers were again winners. Ava Gannon replaced Evelyn Fox on this team.
The Girls 12-14 200m Freestyle Relay were second – Kim McTigue, Jessica McGibney, Aoife O’Brien and Labhraidh Costello. The Girls 12-14 200m Medley Relay were 4th with both the Boys 14-16
Should Tralee get over the defending champions in the Last 4 encounter on Saturday morning they will play either Larkspur Park or Collinstown of Westmeath in the afternoons final. We all join the County Board in wishing the 5 Tralee players all the best.
ON THE GREENS – GOLF: In the Master Classic final sponsored by the Kerryman newspaper Michael Sheehy was the winner from Eamon Fitzgerald with David Fitzgerald in third and Patrick Stack fourth. The Best Gross went to Eoghan O’Donnell. In the Club Singles the winners was Michael Davis O’Donnell. Peter Naughton was second and Anton O’Callaghan third.
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Lady of Medjugorje and angel guardian for favours received. L.G.
ABOVE: Coffee Morning at the Brogue Inn on Saturday in aid of the Irish Cancer Society, from left Peggy King, Chairperson Tralee, Irish Cancer Society, and John O'Connor. Photo: John Cleary.
