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REBECCA’S MAKEUP MASTERCLASS ‘BEAUTIFUL FAVOURITES’, A STYLISH AFFAIR! Makeup artist Rebecca Shortt helped the ladies of Tralee celebrate Womens Christmas in style last weekend as her Sell Out event ‘Beautiful Favourites’ made Benners Hotel the place to be . Orla Winters from Benners greeted the guests around 5pm with Prosecco and canapes(which flowed for the entire evening !) before Makeup Artist and Skin-Care expert Rebecca Shortt treated everybody to an informative , creative and entertaining masterclass in all things beauty . Rebeccas event was sponsored by International Brand Blank Canvas as well as local sponsorship from the Lancome and Clarins Counters at CH Chemists . House of Glamour and Patricks Hair Salon . What was highly unusual about this

event was Rebeccas ability to run Questions and Answers on all things related to Beauty and Skin care right through out the whole 3 and a half hour event while doing makeovers at the same time ! Everyone was treated to a High End Goody bag and there were prizes galore for the most interesting beauty /skin questions on the night . Rebecca who is based in Kerry as a Makeup artist, previously worked in the Industry in Dublin and London. “Had a fab night in Benners Hotel Saturday. Rebecca Shortt was fab, wonderfully organised, stunning atmosphere and amazing meal. Would highly recommend.”

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TRALEE... ROSE HOTEL GETS TOP WRITE-UP IN IMAGE MAGAZINE

“I Fell For The Charms of The Rose Hotel, Tralee“

The thing everyone thinks of when they think of the Kerry capital is the famous annual festival held in the town, inspired by William Pembroke Mulchinock’s ballad, “The Rose of Tralee”. And it’s true, even in a cold January there’s no escaping the week-long celebration as you wander around the market town and into The Rose Garden in the town park. However, The Rose Hotel, our home for the weekend, offers a sharp reminder of how far removed the eye-diddlyeye “lovely girls” competition is from the real festival experience. Bought by the parents of 2011 Washington Rose Dorothy Henggeler after her untimely death, the hotel a beautiful homage to some of their happiest memories as a family during the Rose of Tralee. In fact, the weekend of our visit, the Henggelers were over from the States to attend the wedding of the 2011 Texas Rose in the hotel. Now completely revamped, the hotel has a brand new spa, fine dining restaurant and bar, and has found the right balance of luxury and comfort. In the bar, aptly named Dot t‘s, we spent our first evening,

tucking into a delicious fish pie and chatting with arriving wedding guests and locals alike. Saturday arose, sluggish and grey, but some warming coffee and eggs set us right for a wander around the town. The rain held off long enough to get in some shopping and a visit to Siamsa Tíre. One of the busiest theatres in the country, Siamsa Tíre is also home of the National Folk Theatre, where it takes over for five months, from May to September, of productions and classes. Led by artistic director Jonathan Kelliher, this trope of full-time performers explores traditional art forms in music, song and dance. During the rest of the year, this the theatre welcomes plenty of national and international groups to the stage, from drama school productions to renowned comedy acts and musicians. The weather soon devolved into all-out storm status so we hot footed it back to the hotel, an Elemis Biotec facial awaits. After a blissful 45 minutes, we returned, fresh-faced to the lobby to relax by the fire before dinner. Between the bar menu and two restaurants, the Rose Hotel caters for every occasion. We opted for the

Rose Room, a small dining room filled with old world charm. I chose the scallops with cauliflower crisps, pea mousse and sweet golden raisins. My companion went for the Ashes white pudding with goat’s cheese and scorched orange and cucumber balsamic. Oddly, neither of us offered to share. For mains, my venison seemed to melt, helped no doubt by the beautifully caramelised quince. The dessert too was quite the finale, our lovely waiter seemed to get a bit giddy when I ordered the chocolate dome with honeycomb icecream, peanut butter and butterscotch. She practically skipped back to the kitchens. The reason for the excitement soon became evident as she arrived with a chocolate

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snowglobe on which she poured the hot butterscotch, melting away the globe to reveal the nutty ice-cream goodness inside. Almost too good to eat. Almost. Following dinner, we half walked half rolled back to the bar for a digestif or two. As with the night before, we weren’t long sitting before our neighbours struck up a conversation and we whiled away the hours chatting to a few American wedding guests and some of the local crew. It was a weekend of great chats, excellent food and a side of pampering and I left with an understanding of the pride and community that surrounds one of Ireland’s largest and long-running festivals.

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Mercy Secondary School Mounthawk Frequently been described as “The Perfect Musical” which includes some of the most memorable songs in musical history; Wouldn’t it be Lovely? I Could Have Danced all Night, Get Me To The Church On Time, and many more! Tickets: €16/14 Thurs 1st to Sat 3rd February

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Zyber Theatre Stalwarts of the Tralee drama scene, Zyber Theatre return to Siamsa with a comic masterpiece by John Fraher. Murders galore, one armed stranglers, bodies disappearing, body snatchers, people coming back from the dead, and other weird phenomena abound. Can Sherlock Holmes or Inspector Lestrade solve the mystery? Tickets: €19/17 Sun 4th February at 3pm

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ABOVE: Happiness is family and friends celebrating Women’s Christmas at the Brogue Inn on Saturday night, left Grainne, Deirdre and Siobhan Coffey, Tralee.

ABOVE: Tralee ladies celebrating Women’s Christmas at the Grand Hotel on Saturday night, left sitting Elaine O’Heria, Sandra O’Sullivan, Lauren Foley, and Caroline McEnery, back left Siobhan Sheehy, Monica Casey, Tina O’Connell, Siobhan Foley and Bríd Diggin.

ABOVE: Celebrating Women’s Christmas at the Grand Hotel on Saturday night, left Alison O’Sullivan, Erin Ronan, Pari Garcia and Fiona Flynn. ABOVE:Cheers: Celebrating Women’s Christmas at the Brogue Inn on Saturday night, left Sarah and Parrice O’Shea, both from Tralee, Josephine O’Sullivan, Tralee, and Helen Merritt, Limerick.

ABOVE: Cheers; Tralee ladies celebrating Women’s Christmas at the Grand Hotel on Saturday night, left Ann Tansley, and Kay Walsh.

ABOVE: Baby Ruby Nagle, from Castlemaine, was the second baby to be born on New Years day at University Hospital Kerry, 2018, at 11.32am and weighed 7 Lbs, 13ozs and is pictured with her parents Máiread and Kevin Nagle, Castlemaine.

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ABOVE: Baby Cleire Hillard, Keel, Castlemaine, was born at 3.55pm on New Years day 2018, and weighted 6lbs 2ozs at University Hospital Kerry, and is pictured with her mother Rachel Hillard, Keel, Castlemaine.

ABOVE: Baby Hannah Moore, from Killarney, was born at 8.19am on New Years day 2018, and weighted 6lbs at University Hospital Kerry, and is pictured with her mother Joanie Moore, Killarney

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ABOVE: Tralee ladies celebrating Women’s Christmas at the Grand Hotel on Saturday night, left Margaret, Theresa, and Mary Mahon.

ABOVE: Celebrating Women’s Christmas at the Brogue Inn on Saturday night, left happy trio Carolyn O’Sullivan, Susan Sugrue ans Sharon Walsh, Tralee.

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TRALEE... KERRY GROUP SUPPORTS IT TRALEE SPORTS ACADEMY WITH A COOL 1/2 MILLION! Kerry Group Contributes €500,000 to Kerry Sports Academy Project at IT TraleeKerry Group this week announced that the Group will contribute €500,000 to assist completion of the €16.5 million Kerry Sports Academy at the Institute of Technology Tralee, North Campus. The Kerry Sports Academy development is the largest educational capital project to be undertaken in Kerry in recent years.Scheduled to open in January 2019, the Kerry Sports Academy will be home to:• UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Physical Education, Sport Fitness, and Recreation;• National Centre for Adapted Physical Activity – CARA;• Health and Leisure Programmes at the IT Tralee;• Kerry GAA Centre of Excellence;• Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann – Traditional Irish Music Headquarters. Commenting on the announcement, Mr. Dick Spring, Chairman of the IT Tralee Foundation Board, said “The Foundation is extremely grateful to Kerry Group for their very generous support for the Kerry Sports Academy. The IT Tralee, which has over 3,000 students, employing 350 people plays a key role in the economic and social development of the county. The main objective of the Foundation is to raise funds for the future

development of the Institute, as it embarks on its ambitious five year strategic plan.”Frank Hayes, Director of Corporate Affairs at Kerry Group said, “Kerry Group is pleased to support IT Tralee with the development of the Kerry Sports Academy. The Institute has a proud record of fostering inclusion in sport and in shaping the future of adapted physical activity regionally, nationally and internationally. In addition, the Institute provides a financial contribution of circa €60 million annually to the local economy and Kerry Group supports its future development as it prepares to amalgamate with the Cork Institute of Technology and form the Munster Technological University.”Dr. Oliver Murphy, President of the IT Tralee, expressed his sincere thanks to Kerry Group for their vote of confidence in the project. “The Kerry Sports Academy is a very exciting project which will provide the Institute with facilities of an international standard, in addition to providing an excellent sporting resource for the county and the region. The IT Tralee has an esteemed international reputation for leadership in inclusion and adapted physical activity and is the only higher education provider globally to be awarded a UNESCO Chair in this area. This is testimony to the excellence of

the Institute’s work in including people with disabilities in physical education, sport, fitness and recreation. - Pictured L/R John Fox Vice President Corporate Affairs ITT , Dr. Oliver Murphy, President of the IT Tralee Frank Hayes, Director of Corporate Affairs at Kerry Group ,Dick Spring Chairman of the IT Tralee Foundation Board and Ogie Moran IT Tralee Foundation Director . today as Kerry Group contribute €500,000 to the Kerry Sports Academy at the Institute of Technology Tralee, North Campus. Kerry Group today announced

that the Group will contribute €500,000 to assist completion of the €16.5 million Kerry Sports Academy at the Institute of Technology Tralee, North Campus. The Kerry Sports Academy development is the largest educational capital project to be undertaken in Kerry in recent years. Photo By Domnick Walsh

MOUNTHAWK STUDENTS KEEP IN STEP WITH MY FAIR LADY MUSICAL Mounthawk students are set to wow audiences in their production of My Fair Lady in Siamsa Tíre later this month from Wednesday 24th until Saturday 27th January. This classic piece of theatre brings some great musical pieces to the stage performed by a cast which draws from all the year groups in the school. With rehearsals running for months the pupils are eager to take to the stage! Tickets are available through the Siamsa Tíre box office and book early to avoid disappointment! Director Tony Behan has great praise for the cast. “These young people always amaze 10

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me with their talents. Acting, singing and dancing are all tough things to master and these students have these talents in spades”. Behan continues “This is sure to be a production of My Fair Lady not to be missed”. Originally based on George Bernard Shaw’s renowned text Pygmalion, it’s maiden run on Broadway set a record as the longest running musical of the time. The piece was subsequently transformed into a hit London production, countless revivals and even a film (coincidentally ranked as one of the greatest American Friday 12th January 2018

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TRALEE... LENDERS IN KERRY AMONG MOST SUPPORTIVE OF LOCAL BUSINESSES – LINKED FINANCE Kerry lenders are among the most supportive of businesses in their own county, according to research by Linked Finance, Ireland’s leading P2P (Peerto-Peer) lending platform. Linked Finance reviewed all loans made by its users and publishes a league table of the most loyal lenders to their county. Lenders in Cork came out top of the table, with Kerry third, with the desire to lend locally also high in Galway and Waterford. The lowest level of local support was found in counties Monaghan, Leitrim, Longford and Roscommon, although this is likely in part due to the smaller choice of loans available in these counties. The Linked Finance platform has supported fantastic Kerry businesses including Skellig’s Chocolates, Murphy’s Ice Cream and Spa Seafoods, raising over €1.1m to fund business growth. Niall Dorrian, CEO of Linked Finance said: “The data reveals that lenders in Kerry are dedicated to

supporting local businesses. Wherever our users choose to lend their money they can do so in the knowledge that they will earn a good return while supporting the growth ambitions of entrepreneurial Irish businesses. There are borrowers and lenders on Linked Finance from every corner of Ireland and 2017 was a record year of growth for the business, with new lending up nearly 200% in the first 9 months. Having recently raised over €2m in new funding, we are well set to invest in driving further growth in 2018.” Kieran Murphy, Owner of Murphy’s Ice Cream, comments: ‘Making ice cream that puts a smile on people’s faces excites me much more than raising finance. That being said, we need finance to grow, and the process with Linked Finance was straightforward and hassle-free. We raised €75,000 in less than 2 days, and we were very happy with the experience.’ Linked Finance has now

provided more than 1,200 loans for Irish SMEs since its launch in 2013, with more than €3 million in interest already repaid to Linked Finance lenders. Companies that have been supported by Linked Finance loans include Viking Splash Tours, Lolly & Cooks, Murphy’s Ice Cream, Iconic Offices and the Irish Fairy Door Company.

market-leading platform has demonstrated that there is a real appetite among Irish SMEs for new and innovative paths to funding. Lending on the site has effectively doubled each year and 2017 has been a transformational year for the business, with total loans in the first 9 months of the year up 192%.

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KERRY SCHOOLS CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS WILL TAKE PLACE NEXT WEEK

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be presented to the first 6 individuals and the first 3 teams (4 to score). Shields will be presented to the Best Overall School in girls and boys events. Entry Fee:€3 per athlete. Please fill in the entry forms and hand them to the Secretary along with the correct fee, before the first event. Note:Qualification for Munster Schools Cross-Country Championships is through regional qualifiers at North or South Munster Championships. The following are forthcoming fixtures:

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The Kerry Schools CrossCountry Championships will be held on Thursday, 18th January, 2018 at The Demesne, Killarney. The first race will begin at 11.30 am. The following are the age groups and race distances. Minor (born on/after 1st July 2004) Girls 1500m Boys 2000m Junior (born on/after 1st July 2003) Girls 2000m Boys 2500m

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We’ve all heard of Blue Monday. It can be one of the most difficult days of the year for a host of reasons. Anyone can feel overwhelmed this time of year-Christmas is over, many New Years resolutions are already broken, our bank accounts are empty, the days are dark wet and cold with nothing to look forward to to name a few. The good people in the Kerry branch of the Samaritans have decided to turn this on its head by calling the 3rd Monday in January Brew Monday. But they need your help to make this day a little easier for everyone! The Samaritans are asking you to join others by getting together with friends, family or work colleagues for a free cuppa and a chat and maybe even have a bit of craic at their free coffee morning in Tralee International Resource Centre, 13-14 St Patrick’s bungalows. Boherbee, Tralee next Monday 15th of January from 10am-1pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and have a cuppa and a catch up. There will also be a donation box on the day to help cover the cost if anyone wishes to donate to the Kerry branch of the Samaritans. The Samaritans free phone number is available to anyone 24/7 on 116123 or email jo@samaritans.org

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Give yourself a Winter Boost with Soup! With the cold snap upon us, many are feeling under the weather, So here are two easy soups that are not only tasty but boost the immune system also.

GINGERY SWEET POTATO SOUP INGREDIENTS • • • • •

1 litre water 1 small onion, coarsely chopped 2 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 1 tablespoon coarsely chopped peeled fresh ginger 1 stalk of fresh lemongrass, thinly sliced crosswise

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1 1/2-pound sweet potato, peeled and cut into 2-inch cubes 1/2 teaspoon sambal oelek or other Asian hot sauce Salt 1/2 tablespoon chopped coriander Lime wedge, for serving

METHOD In a saucepan, bring the water to a boil with the onion, garlic, ginger, lemongrass and sweet potato. Cover and simmer for 25 minutes until the potato is tender. Transfer the sweet potato to a blender. Strain the broth; add 1 cup to the blender and reserve the rest for another use. Puree the sweet potato soup. Return the soup to the saucepan. Stir in the sambal oelek, season with salt and simmer until heated through. Pour the soup into a bowl, top with the coriander and serve with the lime wedge.

SPINACH SOUP WITH HORSERADISH GRANITÉ INGREDIENTS • • • • • • • •

1 pint chicken stock 2 cups milk 2 large thyme sprigs 2 bay leaves 3 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 pound potatoes, peeled and thinly sliced 2 large leeks, white and tender green parts only, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced Salt

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5 ounces spinach leaves (10 cups) Freshly ground pepper Horseradish Granité, for serving Eight slices of baguette, toasted

METHOD In a saucepan, combine the stock with the milk, thyme and bay leaves. Cover and bring to a simmer over low heat. In a large saucepan, heat the vegetable oil. Add the potatoes and leeks and season lightly with salt. Cover and cook over moderately low heat until the vegetables are softened, about 7 minutes. Pour the stock mixture over the potatoes and leeks, cover and simmer over moderately low heat until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Discard the thyme and bay leaves. Bring the soup to a boil. Add the spinach and wilt over moderately high heat, 1 minute. Working in batches, puree the soup in a blender. Return the soup to the saucepan and season with salt and pepper. Ladle the soup into bowls. Scoop a rounded tablespoon of the Horseradish Granité onto each toast. Float the toasts in the soup and serve right away. HORSERADISH GRANITE

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1/2 cup milk 2 tablespoons prepared horseradish, drained Salt

In a blender, puree the milk with the horseradish. Transfer to a small glass baking dish and season with salt. Freeze for about 1 hour, until firm. Using a fork, scrape the granité until snow-like. Serve right away.

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Woman: Yeah we were good together tonight . We’re laying next to each other. He’s looking at the ceiling, thinking. I’m a bit worried. What’s he thinking about? I’m sure it’s about our relationship. He’s frowning, but he doesn’t say a thing, he’s just starting up. He’s probably calculating, thinking that we’re in a relationship for a bit over two years now. He probably noticed that I’ve gained some weight. Ooh, he’s pursing his lips now, he must’ve come to a decision. But he’s silent, just starting at the ceiling with an angry expression on his face. Man: That fly up there. It’s crawling around. Why the hell doesn’t it fall down!?

AN OLD MAN WAS LAYING ON HIS DEATH BED

With only hours to live, he suddenly noticed the scent of chocolate chip cookies coming from the kitchen. With his last bit of energy, the old man pulled himself out from his bed, across the floor to the stairs, and down the stairs to the kitchen. There, the old man’s wife was baking chocolate chip cookies. With his last ounce of energy, the old man reached for a cookie. His wife, however, quickly smacked him across the back of his hand, and exclaimed, “Leave them alone, they’re for the funeral!”

I ONCE GAVE MY HUSBAND THE SILENT TREATMENT FOR AN ENTIRE WEEK... At the end of which he declared, “Hey, we’re getting along pretty great lately!”

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An emotional farewell for David Hain last week as he heads back to Australia. David was staying with his Nan and family (The Goodalls ) in Kerins Park, Tralee

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A woman has been threatened with court action after being fined for parking her car outside her own house - because she used her parking permit in a visitor bay. Jo Hind, 57, was slapped with a £40 fine after she used the space while her own was being taken up by a plumber working at her house. And it later emerged she wouldn’t have been fined at all if she had left her dashboard empty, rather than displaying her own resident’s permit while using the bay. UK Car Park Management has now threatened Jo, from Shoreham, West Sussex, with court action after she refused to pay the fine. She said: “I am worried that I am risking paying hundreds on court fees. “It’s escalated beyond reasonable proportion.” Finance manager Jo used the space in January after a plumber took her own space while she was at work. She said she even contacted the parking company to ask if it would be an issue. She added: “People who come to my house for dinner just park in the visitor’s bay. “But because I was aware the parking regulations were stringent I thought the best thing to do was contact the parking authority just to alert them that that would be happening.”The company failed to get back to her and Jo was then hit with the £40 fine. Jo said: “It had a photograph of my car parked in a visitor bay with my resident’s permit displayed in the window. At the time I did not even understand what I had done. “Had the plumber used the space there would not have been a visitor’s space for a fortnight.” UK Car Park Management has been approached for a comment.

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Irish motorists have fallen out of love with diesel. The switch to petrol is happening at a much faster rate than the motor industry or market analysts predicted, according to the head of one of the major motor importers. James McCarthy, CEO of Nissan Ireland, said more urban drivers are now choosing petrol models, with UK diesel sales dipping by 30pc, in Germany by 11pc and France by 6pc. In Dublin, diesel sales for last year, compared with pre-sales figures for 2018, are down from 49pc to 24pc and in Cork from 68pc to 42pc. The industry forecast is that in 2018, sales of diesel models will drop from 65pc to 50pc with petrol models rising from 31pc to 44pc. And the forecast for 2021 is that petrol cars will account for 55pc of sales with diesel models at 25pc and EV (electric vehicles) and others at 20pc. “The diesel crown is eroding and the prediction is that petrol car sales are increasing faster than anticipated,” Mr McCarthy said. The trend has emerged from pre-sales figures for 181 registrations. Nissan is Ireland’s number one selling petrol car brand. The number of new car buyers who have opted to buy the Nissan Qashqai petrol model has increased from 29pc in 2017 to 54pc for 2018. The numbers buying the diesel model have fallen from 71pc to 46pc, while the Qashqai mix outside of the cities has doubled from 21pc to 40pc. “Sales of the Qashqai provide a very accurate barometer of what is happening in the market and our 181 pre-sales figures have swung in favour of petrol for the first time, indicating a return to the natural market position of a 70/30pc share.” Mr McCarthy also hit out at the import of dirty diesel models from the UK. He said the Government’s open-door policy was contributing to harmful emission levels going up here and this could result in penalties of between €3bn to €4bn for breach of our agreement to reduce levels. 32

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WHAT’S HAPPENING IN TRALEE... CELEBRATING WOMENS CHRISTMAS IN TRALEE !

Having a greeat night on Womens Christmas in The Rose Hotel,Tralee, Breda O’Neill,Eilish Kirby and Angela Shaughnessy

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TALKING SPORT WITH THE TRALEE ADVERTISER born on or after July 1st 2003 with girls racing over 2000m and boys over 2500m. Intermediate runners must be born on or after July 1st 2001 and here the girls will race over 2500m and the boys over 4000m while the seniors qualify under the same age terms in 1999. The Senior girls race will be over 2500m and the Boys over 5000m.

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FAI NATIONAl P.R.O. OF THE YEAR DOUBLE HEADERS ANOTHER GOOD MOVE FOR THE LADIES GAA: There is no doubt that one of the most progressive governing bodies in sport at the moment is that of the Ladies Gaelic Football Association. Their signing of the LIDL sponsorship and the work done of their big day in Corke Park are just some of the initiatives. Over 30,000 attended the Ladies All Ireland final this year. The one question still to be answered is if all the improvements are filtering down to each County squad? As an aside it has never been a better time to be an elite lady in sport at the Republic of Ireland senior ladies team is unbeaten in its present qualifying campaign and could be on line for qualification for the first time for a major tournament. The u17 and u19 Women’s National League are also due to begin supporting the Women’s National League. Now for the new League the LGFA has announced a number of double headers with the Ladies games being played before the men’s equivalent. This will certainly increase the profile of the ladies game. Those going to the men’s game will hopefully head along early and catch the ladies in action and cheer on their own county. Many might be pleasantly surprised by the standards of the ladies games. The Kerry Ladies will certainly be looking forward to their double headers which will be against Monaghan on February 11th and then a hugely exciting trip to Croke Park. This will see the Ladies Munster and All Ireland Ladies face off before another Kerry / Dublin clash. These games are on March 3rd. It is disappointing that none of the home games are double-headers but hopefully going forward these will take place. The rest of the Ladies League games start with the opener on January 28th at home to reigning champions Cork. They host Mayo a week on a weekend where the Kerry men are away to Mayo! Maybe in time these anomalies will be sorted where all games involving the same counties can be play in the home county. Taking the weather and pitches into consideration if a double header at the same pitch was not possible

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then play them as close together as possible with staggered throw in times. Back to the fixture list and after the double headers the ladies will see Galway coming to Kerry on February 25th while they will round off their campaign making the long trip to Donegal on March 25th. KERRY SPORTS ACADEMY WELL ON TRACK: The e16.5 million Kerry Sports Academy has received a donation of e500,000 from Kerry Group as this very important development for the town and county continues towards its completion. The Kerry Sports Academy development is the largest educational capital project to be undertaken in Kerry in recent years. Scheduled to open in January 2019, the Kerry Sports Academy will be home to a number of very important programmes at the IT including The UNESCO Chair in Inclusive Physical Education, Sport Fitness, and Recreation, the National Centre for Adapted Physical Activity – CARA, the Health and Leisure Programmes and the Kerry GAA Centre of Excellence. On the cultural side the Academy will also house the new headquarters of Comhaltas Ceoltoiri Eireann, the traditional music organisation. Speaking at the handing over of the donation Mr. Dick Spring, Chairman of the IT Tralee Foundation Board, said; “The Foundation is extremely grateful to Kerry Group for their very generous support for the Kerry Sports Academy. The IT Tralee, which has over 3,000 students, employing 350 people plays a key role in the economic and social development of the county. The main objective of the Foundation is to raise funds for the future development of the Institute, as it embarks on its ambitious five year strategic plan.” Frank Hayes, Director of Corporate Affairs at Kerry Group said; “Kerry Group is pleased to support IT Tralee with the development of the Kerry Sports Academy. The Institute has a proud record of fostering inclusion in sport and in shaping the future of adapted physical activity regionally, nationally and internationally. In addition, the Institute provides

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a financial contribution of circa €60 million annually to the local economy and Kerry Group supports its future development as it prepares to amalgamate with the Cork Institute of Technology and form the Munster Technological University.” Dr. Oliver Murphy, President of the IT Tralee, expressed his sincere thanks to Kerry Group for their vote of confidence in the project. “The Kerry Sports Academy is a very exciting project which will provide the Institute with facilities of an international standard, in addition to providing an excellent sporting resource for the county and the region. The IT Tralee has an esteemed international reputation for leadership in inclusion and adapted physical activity and is the only higher education provider globally to be awarded a UNESCO Chair in this area. This is testimony to the excellence of the Institute’s work in including people with disabilities in physical education, sport, fitness and recreation.” TRALEE BOXER HONOURED IN HOME TOWN: The Tralee Municipal District Awards take place this Friday night and they will honour those who have made a significant contribution to the local community and for their achievements. Tralee boxing club’s Patrick McCarthy will pick up an award for winning the All Ireland Boxing Championships in the 48kg class. This was a huge achievement for both the boxer and the club and Patrick is one of those who have been earmarked for future success. The awards are given out annually and will take place at the Kerry County Council buildings at 5pm today, Friday January 12th. KERRY SCHOOLS CROSS-COUNTRY 2018: The Kerry Schools Cross-Country Championships will be held on Thursday, 18th January, 2018 at The Demesne, Killarney. The first race will begin at 11.30 am. The following are the age groups and race distances and athletes can only race in their correct age group. Minors are for athletes born on or after July 1st 2004 and the races will be over 1500m for Girls and 2000 for boys. Juniors must be

Prizes: Kerry School’s medals will be presented to the first 6 individuals and the first 3 teams (4 to score). Shields will be presented to the Best Overall School in girls and boys events. The entry fee is e3 per athlete and entry forms must be filled in and given to the Secretary before the first race. Dates for the Diary: The South Munster Schools Cross Country competition takes place in Pallaskenry, Co. Limerick on Thursday January 25th with the Munster Schools on Friday February 23rd at Waterford IT and the All Ireland’s in the same venue on March 3rd. BUSY PERIOD FOR THE TRALEE BAY SWIMMING CLUB: The Tralee Bay Swimming Club is passing on its thanks to all those who help in any way to make the Christmas Day Swim another great success. Once again there were huge crowds in the water and watching on and there was great generosity shown in the collection for the Fenit Lifeboat. For the Tralee Bay Winter Swimmers it was also the first day of the 12 swims of Christmas, where there was a swim every day up to the 5th January. Over the 12 days we had 47 individual swimmers completing 235 individual swims and 6 swimmers completed the challenge of all 12 days. These were Bridget Moore, Helena Creagh , Elaine Burrows Dillane , Mags OSullivan , Rose Collins and Kevin Williams .The swimmers braved the 6c water temps along with hail , sleet and snow and Storms Dylan and Eleanor . Regular winter swimming has resumed every Sunday Morning at 11. TUESDAY’S BACK AT THE TRACK: Racing has recommenced at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Tuesdays with the first race off around 6.58pm each week. Racing is also taking place tonight, Friday night, with the first race away from traps at 7.42pm. The 2018 GMHD Juvenile Classic begins on the night. The Saturday morning SIS meetings have been changed to the afternoon and gets underway at 2.12 with the weight in from 1pm to 1.30pm. There is no racing this Saturday night. LAST CHANCE TO GET THAT GOLDEN TICKET: For Kerry dogs that have not yet qualified for the National Coursing Finals in Clonmel there are still a few opportunities left. Kerry owners will be heading to

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TALKING SPORT WITH THE TRALEE ADVERTISER Clonakilty and Sevenhouses as well as Tubbercurry this weekend. The final qualifier of the season will be at Macroom next week with all roads leading to Powerstown Park for the big meeting that gets underway on Saturday, February 12th. The connections of Spin The Whip don’t have to worry about travelling around for their ticket as the Lixnaw owned dog booked his ticket at Millstreet last weekend.

League. Next up this Sunday is a trip to Moycullen this Sunday with a 7pm tip-off. The Warriors are in second place in the SuperLeague but have played more games than the teams around them. All those in Tralee basketball are wishing Keane’s Supervalu Killorglin and St Mary’s Castleisland plus Fr Mathews coach James Fleming and Glanmire’s Aine McKenna all the best in their Cup finals.

TRALEE TEAMS SOCCER RESULTS: In the Kerry District League Denny Youth League the Tralee derby was a tight affair with The Park beating Tralee Dynamos 1-0 with the away side wondering how did not take at least a point back across the car park as they has a number of chances.

TRALEE RUGBY PROGRESS AT BALLYARD: In the first round of the Munster Junior Cup Tralee rugby club had a very impressive 47-23 point home win over Thomand. The Tralee tries came from Mike Lyne, Fearghal O’Nuallain, Danny Cournane and Nessan Crean, Eoin O’Carroll and Jeaic O’Suilleabhain and Jack Quilter was in good form with the boot. Tralee will be hoping for a good run and this was certainly a good start. Tralee are away to Clonakilty this Sunday. In the Munster u16 Cup Group 1Tralee defeated Thurles 22-7. Tralee started well and led 12-0 and when they got another try early in the second half there was no way back for the visitors. This weekend Tralee are at home in the Munster u14 League Plate against Killorglin.

In Denny Premier B CSKA Tralee went down to Killorglin while Tralee Celtic and Mitchels Avenue drew 1-1. In Denny Premier 1B The Park defeated Listowel Celtic B 1-0 while Windmill United lost on the same score-line going down to Castlegregory Celtic. Ballymac Celtic were involved in another draw sharing the points with Ballybunion FC IN Division 2A while in 2B Spa Road went down 1-2 to CS Clochain Breanainn. In the VITHIT Kerry Schoolboys Girls League in the JK Sports 12 Premier The Park got the better of Tralee Dynamos 3-2. While in the Quills Woollen Mills 14 Premier The Park won but Dynamos went down to Killarney Celtic. The Park just lost out to Ballyhar Dynamos in the Tralee Trophy World 16 Premier. Subway Inter League: This Sunday the KSGBL 12’s and 13’s teams are in Inter League action when they travel to UL in Limerick to take on Limerick District. Both sides are at the top of their Groups and will looking to continue their progress to a Munster decider. TRALEE DYNAMOS: The Tralee Dynamos Academy is back this Friday evening, January 12th at the IT College astro pitch from 6 to 7pm. Players are asked to bring e2 to cover the pitch and lights hire and to wrap up well due to the cold weather. U-12 League Report - Our youthful side went down 3-2 to our near neighbours Park in an entertaining encounter last Saturday. Our scorers were Shayne Stack and Adam Evans. Having gone two down by half time it was a battling performance in the second half which brought the game back to 2 all. Park nicked it at the death with a last minute winner. This was a great performance by the lads. The club is delighted for Luke Horgan who was named in the Kerry Schoolboys Girls Team of the Week. WARRIORS LEAGUE AMBITIONS: With no Tralee interest in the Cup finals in Tallaght at the end of the month all the attention of Garvey’s Tralee Warriors is now on the

HARRIERS BRING HOME THE GOODS: The athletics seasons certainly kicked off with a bang for Tralee Harriers AC and they brought home 13 medals from the Munster Junior / u23 Indoor championships and the Munster Indoor Juvenile and Youth Combined events. This weekend it’s the Senior and Munster Indoor Competitions and the Junior Triple Jump champions with all the action taking place in Nenagh. Kerry Development Squads are also back in action this Sunday at An Riocht from 11am. BALLYMACELLIGOTT HANDBALL CLUB: The Ballymacelligott Handball Club AGM was held recently and the following officers were elected. Presidents: Murty McEllistrim & Pat Slattery. Chairman Dermot Casey, Secretary Danny Riordan, Pro Eddie Riordan and Trainers Pat Keane & John Mc Keown There will be a special meeting called in the coming weeks to fill the treasurers position. Membership forms are now available and all members are requested to complete by January 19th with payment, family membership remaining at €60. At the meeting congratulations were offered to Fionnan Fitzgerald on his election as Assistant Secretary with Kerry Co Board. All players and any new ones that might be interested in joining are reminded that training will take place as usual every Monday night 7.30 to 8.30. HURLERS BACK HOME: The Kerry hurlers will take some positives from their game against

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Limerick in the second round of the Co-Op Superstores Munster senior hurling League. Kerry fans will be looking forward to Sunday when they play their first home game against Cork at Austin Stack Park. The game throws in a 2pm and while the John Meyler managed side will be firm favourites Kerry will be looking to build on the 1-12 they scored in the second half last weekend. DOUBLE DELIGHT AT SCOR: There were big celebrations at the Scor nOg Munster Finals in Ovens when Na Gaeil were crowned Munster Leiriu Champions completing a double for Kerry as reigning champions Spa Killarney won the Set competition once again. The Leiriu (which used to be the Novelty Act section but is now much expanded to be a short play) group from Na Gaeil, representing the Tralee / St Brendan’s Board were – Barry Sugrue, Dearbhala Quirke, Joshua Roche, Liam Og Kingston, Emily Crowe, Aine O’Sullivan and Aoife O’Sullivan. There was hard luck for Dearbhala Quirke who put in a great effort to complete a double in the Recitation but just came up short. TRALEE CBS THROUGH IN CORN UI MHUIRI: Tralee CBS have qualified for the quarter finals of the Corn Ui Mhuiri but had to wait for other results to go their way. They now face a tough game against St Flannans from Ennis who have knocked out a number of Kerry sides over the last few years. If the CBS can get past the Ennis school they will face either Hamilton High School from Bandon or Colaiste Cholm from Ballincolling in the semi-finals. In the Corn Ui Mhurchu Gaelcolaiste Chiarrai from Tralee will take on Presentation College Mardyke in their quarter final. In the quarter final stages of the Frewen Cup on January 24th Mercy Mounthawk will play St Flannans. RULE CHANGE: All the GAA clubs this week have mentioned the New Rule that has come into force. The Rule is that from January 1st, a rule change has been introduced to Gaelic Football: The ball shall travel not less than 13m and outside the 20m line before being played by another player on the defending team. The penalty for breaching this rule is that the kick-out will be cancelled and the ball thrown-in on the defending teams 20m line in front of the scoring space. It will be interesting to see what the players and referees make of the new rule. ST PAT’S NEWS: There was no winner of the Lotto from the numbers drawn 3,9,14 and 26 and the next Jackpot will be e5,700 with the draw on Sunday night in Skelper Quane’s. Juvenile Academy: The u6/u8’s and u10’s will be back from their Christmas break this Sunday from 11am. The training will take place

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in Cumann Iosaef Hall and all are welcome. Following the AGM the committee under President Christy Murphy and Chairman Jimmy Mulligan are all set for the new season ahead. Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle will take place this Saturday January 13th starting at 11am from the St Pat’s GAA club. Due to increased organisational costs such as insurance and first aid services a few of e5 per person and e15 per family has been introduced. Refreshments will be served on return to Blennerville. The celebrations will continue on Saturday night with anniversary Mass in Curraheen at 8pm, a music session in Quanes Bar, where food & refreshments will be served. Keep the date free & come out to celebrate the memory of local man Jimmy Duffy. All are welcome. BALLYMAC STRICTLY LOVE DANCING 2018: The biggest fundraiser for the Ballymac GAA club, the Strictly Love Dancing, is only a few weeks away. Ballygarry House is the venue for the big night on February 3rd and those taking part are working very hard in rehearsals. Tickets are on sale from local outlets and the hotel. KERINS O’RAHILLYS NEWS: Seniors: The senior team and management have been busy for past couple of weeks planning for the year ahead with a number of pitch and indoor sessions having taken place. Though conditions are far from ideal, players have been relishing the opportunity to shake off the winter cobwebs and getting back to handling ball again. The Coiste Trá Lí board have been quick out of the blocks with a full round of fixtures planned for end of January and right through February. The club will be first into the fray on Friday night 26th with a trip across town to take on John Mitchels under lights at 8pm. Annual 10k Run: The annual 10K run will take place on Sunday January 28th starting at 11am from the club house. The event is sponsored by Pro-Plan Property Management Ltd and honours local man John Griffin - a two time Dublin City Marathon winner. Registration can be done on line or the day before the event from 2 to 8pm. Lotto: They was no winner of the Lotto from the numbers drawn 2,6,23 and 25 and the next jackpot will be e2,200. Friends of Strand Road: The FOSR committee are busy with their Project 300 which aims to increase membership of FOSR from current numbers to 300 by end of this year. Further details on this will be forthcoming shortly.

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