Archive for November 26th, 2014

STAR WARS fans are getting excited at the news that the official trailer for ‘Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens’ will be out on Friday. However,  a fake teaser trailer appeared yesterday on YouTube and has garnered over 130,000 views, featuring Skellig Michael in it…for about a second! Regardless of […]

  THE Bank of Ireland building in Castle Street has been sold for  just over €3m this afternoon. The property, which had an asking price of €2.5m, was sold by agents Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean at a private auction in the Imperial Hotel. “There were 10 or 12 people there […]

THE Minister for Transport Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD announced today that he is to retain the Public Service Obligation (PSO) on the Kerry-Dublin route. The PSO is vital to the existence of the daily service to and from the capital. The current PSO contract expires in January and the […]

GAA stars of the past were on hand on Monday evening to help launch the Recovery Haven’s campaign to raise awareness of their services. Weeshie Fogarty’s ‘Terrace Talk’ programme was broadcast from the centre at Haig’s Terrace in Killerisk where Ogie Moran, Eoin Liston and Ger O’Keeffe were on hand […]

FOR people who work in offices, the urge to fly around the place in an office chair, can be almost unbearable at times. For long time sufferers, there is a fantastic opportunity to get it all out of your system next month, when the first ever ‘Christmas Office Chair Racing […]

TV STAR and celebrity chef, Rachel Allen will be in Tralee this Friday . The TV star will be in town to officially open John Griffin Butchers in the Horan centre this Friday at 1pm. This will be a chance to meet the culinary queen we are more accustomed to seeing […]

THE Austin Stacks graphic design department has been at it again over the weekend. Last time they corrupted the famous Lord Kitchener poster from World War 1 to rally the forces for the Ballincollig game, but this time they’ve adapted a more modern cultural landmark to entice people to head to the game. Kieran Donaghy […]

THIS Thursday a night of song music and dance will take place in Na Gaeil clubhouse with all proceeds going towards a local initiative called Inspired. The rambling house night will feature local traditional musicians and it all gets underway at 9pm. This is a free event with the hope that […]

IN Kerry GAA, sitting right up next to the teacher and top of the class for 2014 are Na Gaeil. On Monday night the senior side, picked up this year’s ‘Fair Play League Award’. Because of their good behavior the senior lads have earned their club a cool €1,000. Na Gaeil […]

THERE has been a two-car crash on the Tralee to Listowel road this morning at Mountcoal. Gardai and emergency services are at the scene and the road has been closed. Motorists are advised diversions are in place until 12 noon. It is understood minor injuries have been sustained by the occupants […]

Our teen columnist, Zoë O’Connor, on why she’s a feminist…an ‘equalist’…and a ‘menist’… THE other day, I came across a woman who ranted on about the behaviour of men in front of a bunch of teenage girls. You could just hope that she was joking and poking fun at men, but then she […]