The RTÉ news website has announced the death of the Brosna born international athlete and commentator, Jerry Kiernan at the age of 67. He represented Ireland at the 1984 Olympics and later became one of our foremost commentators on athletics on RTÉ radio and television. “A long-distance runner, the Listowel native represented Ireland at the 1984…
A new walking guide for the North Kerry Way between Tralee and Ballyheigue has been designed, produced and launched by Kerry County Council. Realisation of Objective The guide focuses on the attractions of the popular walking route and represents the realisation of an objective in the County Kerry Tourism Strategy and Action Plan. The guidebook,…
One of Kerry’s and Ireland’s best-loved and most popular beaches has picked up a national award, coming out tops in the Irish Independent Travel Awards for 2018. The beach, which was hailed by readers of the newspaper as ‘Heaven on Earth’ was chosen as the country’s favourite. Praised the Work The award was accepted by…
The organisers of last weekend’s three-day Kerry tourism promotional visit to Berlin have hailed it an outstanding success. The 35-strong group, led by Minister Brendan Griffin TD and Mayor of Kerry, Cllr John Sheahan, held a series of engagements with tourism trade, media and consumer groups. They also held a high level political meeting with…
Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council and Ballymacelligott native, Cllr. Pat McCarthy is in the United States promoting Kerry during the course of the St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. On Sunday he attended Mass in St. Patrick’s Church and then joined Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney in the Philadelphia Parade which was watched by in excess of 200,000…
Twenty new jobs will be created here in Kerry following the launch today of Irish TV’s new Munster regional hub in Tralee. The posts will be in a range of skilled media disciplines as the channel expands its range of locally-produced programming from the six Munster counties through its new regional office. The jobs were…
The third annual An Ríocht AC / Lee Strand 10 Mile and 5k Road Race will be held on this Sunday, May 11th starting at 11am. Last year’s event was a huge success when seven hundred took part, creating an unrivalled atmosphere from start to finish with a great buzz as all participants finished on the…
Two of the main fund-raising events, which support the work of the Castleisland based Oileán Beó, are dedicated to members now gone to their eternal reward. That the families of both men would go to the trouble of engaging in such organisational feats is surely a testament to the value of the service their dearly…
