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KERRY'S EYE THIS WEEK - Published 26th January 2012
‘It should have been called off’
‘It should have been called off’
Football brawl leaves GAA Supporters reeling
Dromid Pearses issued a strongly-worded statement on Wednesday evening outlining their disappointment at the brawl that broke out during the All-Ireland Junior Football semi-final on Sunday, and highlighting the reasons the club is pressing ahead on the issue with the GAA.
As the GAA’s CCCC begins its investigation into the incident, Dromid Pearses said that “the fact that so many people were placed in danger cannot be left unnoticed”.
In the statement, issued to Kerry’s Eye on Wednesday, Dromid Pearses said that failure to highlight the incident is no longer an option.
“Piarsaigh na Dromoda’s management and players... stand by the fact that…
Gardaí stop six-year-old driver
In what must be a record for the youngest driver ever to come to the attention of the authorities in Kerry, a six-year-old driving a quad bike through a Killarney estate was stopped by gardaí last year, leading to an insurance charge for his father.
At Killarney District Court on Tuesday, the father of a child faced charges of not having insurance as owner of the vehicle, after his six-year-old son had been found driving around Ballyspillane on the quad.
Garda Michael Milner said that he responded to a call that the boy was driving on the road in the estate at 5.45pm on May 27 last year.
The child’s father came out of the house when the gardaí arrived and he spoke to him. Garda Milner asked…
High hopes for new Tralee group
Hopes are high this week that a new body to promote, market and support Tralee can provide a new kickstart to the town and repeat the successes achieved by the Tralee Task Force in the early 1990s.
The new grouping, currently known as the Tralee Chamber of Commerce, Tourism and Industry (CCTI), is expected to be officially be up and running from a permanent home in Denny Street by mid-February.
A 16-person management committee has been put in place and will meet for the first time on February 7th, when the group will be officially set up. Kieran Ruttlege of the Aqua Dome is expected to be seconded to the group as CEO.
The members of the management committee include appointees from previous…
THE FEEL OF THE FEALE
Big surprise for Angela’s milestone
It was the surprise of a lifetime for Angela Moroney when she arrived at the New Kingdom Bar in Listowel on Saturday night last. The Greenville native was met with her friends and family who had gathered to mark Angela’s 50th birthday.
“We went out for dinner to Fitzgeralds on Market St and then decided to bring mom to John B’s, and then to the Harp and Lion.
“When we went to the New Kingdom afterwards, she got the shock of her life to see all of her friends and family there waiting for her.
“It was worth it all see the shock on her face, she was delighted,” according to her daughter Louise.
Angela, who works part time in Allo’s in Listowel, was…
THE VIEW FROM KILLARNEY With Breda Joy
Kilcummin surprise for Humphrey’s 50th
There are surprises and surprises but, for Humphrey Kerins of Kerins Crash Repairs, Tralee Road, being ambushed in the Village Inn, Kilcummin, last Saturday night was an experience of total and utter shock.
That said, once he gathered himself again, he enjoyed the night hugely in the company of about 150 relatives and friends.
His wife, Helen, and their children, Tracey, Ashley, Sean and Daminen, organised the surprise party. Planning the party for a date weeks ahead of his birthday on February 16th was a key part of their strategy.
In actual fact, Humphrey was led to believe that he had the job of getting his friend, Ger Lynch, to the Village Inn…
From the Editor's desk By Colin Lacey
Who got all the money?
The Irish government on Wednesday paid €1.25 billion to unsecured and unguaranteed bondholders in what was Anglo Irish Bank. Did they do the right thing on our behalf, or will January 25th become known as Black Wednesday, when we poured yet another fortune into the black hole of bank debt that has been foisted upon us? Rightly or wrongly, and whatever the majority believe is the right course of action, Michael Noonan signed the cheques and the bond will be paid by the IBRC. That’s the company chaired by Alan Dukes, formed from a merger of Anglo Irish and Irish Nationwide. But there’s a big question not being asked here. Who exactly is being paid? Who are the…This Week in Kerry Business
Killarney’s Grand Hotel raises the bar
The Killarney Grand is the first pub in Kerry to receive the Fáilte Ireland Pub Accreditation and one of the few pubs in Ireland to attain this prestigious status.
The Failte Ireland recognition is awarded to pubs which meet a set of national requirements centred on the recommended customer experience.
These include helping to ensure a continued high standard and paying particular attention to customer service, cleanliness, hygiene and business operation.
The Grand is a family business run by husband and wife team, Patsy and Helen Sheehan.
“We are delighted to attain the award and to be recognised by Failte Ireland for providing a high calibre of…
EYE ON TRALEE By Anne Pullen
Breda’s fab at fifty
Breda Nolan from Carrigeendaniel has certainly dipped into the fountain of youth - it’s hard to believe that the very glamorous Breda actually reached her 50th birthday last week. On Saturday, 25 socialite ladies sat down for a meal at Stokers Lodge to welcome the Fab at Fifty lady Breda.
Her two longtime friends, Ann Condon and Margaret O’Shea (who with Breda, jokingly call themselves the Golden Girls), were among the gang and after the meal family, neighbours and friends joined the group to continue the celebrations.
Breda has two children, Emma and Paul, who were also there, as were her brothers Denis and Terence Culloty, and their wives Gena and Martina, from…
KERRY DEATHS
BAMBURY Tom, Rose Cottage, Kenmare (Retired Principal of Kenmare Vocational School) on Jan. 24. Removal took place on Wednesday from O’Connor’s Funeral Home, Kenmare to Holy Cross Church. Requiem Mass today (Thursday) at 11o’c. Burial afterwards in Holy Cross Cemetery.
CLIFFORD Kathleen (nee Shanahan), Shanakill and formerly of Rathanny, Tralee. Removal took place on Tuesday from Hogan’s Funeral Home to St. Our Lady & St. Brendan’s Church. Burial took place on Wednesday in Old Rath Cemetery.
CONWAY Eileen, Knockmoyle and formerly of Stack’s Villas, Tralee on Jan. 19. Requiem Mass took place on Saturday in St. John’s Church. Burial afterwards in New Rath Cemetery.
COURTNEY Catherine (Kitty),…
SPORTS
Dromid knocked out
GAA to probe violent brawl at All-Ireland semi-final
“I thought they were some of the most disgraceful scenes that I ever saw in my life at a football game. For me, the GAA has to investigate these incidents big time.
“We play it hard and we play it tough, but I think when outside forces can jump onto a field and cause a melee or a fracas, then it’s time to shout stop.”
These were the words of Dromid Pearses selector Diarmuid O Sé after the frightening scenes that took place late in the first half of their match against Derrytresk.
The Tyrone club’s substitutes and some of their management team raced down from their places in the stand, leapt over the barriers and…