Archive for September 4th, 2014

The following is the full open letter from the Chief Executive of the Rose of Tralee International Festival, Anthony O’Gara addressing unfair criticism of the Festival… “It’s time to correct some misconceptions about the Rose of Tralee International Festival that are foisted on the unsuspecting public annually by some zealous, angry, if perhaps, […]

THE Chief Executive of the Rose of Tralee International Festival has hit out at critics of the event in a strongly worded open letter. Anthony O’Gara defended the festival and the Roses from what he sees as “zealous, angry, if perhaps, misguided social commentators” and said our festival is “by a […]

WE just passed 4,000 likes for our Facebook page, so thanks to all of you for choosing to keep up with the happenings around town on TraleeToday.ie. With 222,000 pageviews during the month of August, from 24,000 unique users (figures from Google Analytics), we had our best month yet! To date we’ve had 690,000 […]

THE KDL pitch in Mounthawk recently saw a bicycle kick goal that could grace the Bernabeu or Nou Camp from the boot of new Dynamos player Gintaras Paketuras. “It was something I’ve managed to do many times in training. I’ve always thought why haven’t I been able to do it in […]

BRIEF news from the monthly Tralee Municipal District meeting at Kerry County Council buildings on Monday. • THE contract to replace lead water pipes in St Brendan’s Park is to be awarded in the next two weeks. At the Tralee Municipal District meeting, councillors heard the tendering process by Irish Water is […]

  DATES have been announced for this year’s ‘A Celebration of Christie Hennessy’ Festival. It will be take place at the Fels Point Hotel on Friday and Saturday, November 21-22. The popular ‘Troubadour Club’ will take place on the first night of the festival. Ten artists from Tralee and further afield […]

IT was all smooth sailing in Fenit and Caherleaheen national schools as pupils started their schooldays in the past week. “We have ten junior infants this year, there were no tears from them on Thursday and there have been no been no tears since,” said St Brendan’s Fenit, school principal, Aisling […]

THE new President of Tralee Lions Club, Michael Higgins, officially received his chain of office this week from outgoing President Mark Boyle. Michael is an accountant with Ardfert Quarries and is originally from The Kerries, now living in Blennerville. A member of the Lions Club for the past three years, Michael lived […]

Our fitness expert, Siobhan Sentry of Advanced Fitness Education, says downloading the right app can be like having a personal trainer in your pocket… As some of you know I did some work for a fairly big computer company for a while, one of the projects I worked on was making […]

ALMOST €2m has been spent in Kerry on 96 works carried out under the Home Renovation Scheme since its inception. The scheme, introduced in last year’s Budget, provides tax relief to homeowners who undertake renovation and improvement to their property, using tax compliant tradespeople. “In a great boost to the […]