Archive for March 3rd, 2015

REMEMBER that crazy thunder and lightning strike yesterday lunchtime near town which sounded like the end was nigh? Well Shane Doyle and Dylan Enright from Tralee were out walking at about 1.30pm when the bolt hit and they somehow managed to catch it on camera. No wonder they ran like hell […]

A STATEMENT released on the Kerry GAA website has announced that Paul Galvin has come out of retirement and returned to training with the Kerry senior football panel. Eamonn Fitzmaurice, confirmed the shock return of Paul Galvin in a short and sweet statement on the Kerry GAA website. “Paul Galvin […]

  DARREN Mullery, who made national news last year with his inspirational video showing him fighting cancer, lost his battle with the disease this morning. He died surrounded by his family at his home in Ardfert. Darren was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in late 2013, but battled with dignity and bravery […]

  Fiona Heaney, creative director and co-owner of Fee G, has been officially announced as the Kerry Fashion Week (KFW) Irish Fashion Business Person of the Year. She will be presented with her Award by Minister for State for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan TD, and Editor in Chief of Image […]

A CHELTENHAM preview night in aid of Enable Ireland, sponsored by Paddy Power took place in the Fels Point Hotel on Monday night. This is the second time Enable Ireland have put on the racing event where the public get to quiz a panel of well known faces in the […]

BALLYSEEDE Castle Hotel will appear on our televisions this Friday, March 6 as the hotel is investigated for any possible ‘paranormal activity’ taking place within its walls. We reported back in October that the hotel was named as one of the ‘Top 10 Haunted Hotels’ in the world according to TripAdvisor. We’ll […]

  THERE are 15 patients waiting on trolleys at Kerry General Hospital today according to INMO ‘Trolley Watch’ figures released this morning. It’s up on the 12 patients who were waiting on trolleys yesterday, while nationally today there are 520 patients waiting on trolleys in hospital around the country. Yesterday, the HSE appealed […]

RECENTLY there has been a bit of a change in the economy for the good and it is certainly welcomed by all. The retailers in Tralee who have weathered the storm deserve to be supported now and in the future. Independent retailers are the backbone of any town and they will […]

GARDAI are investigating the theft of catalytic converters from a business Clash Industrial Estate. A business in Clash Industrial Estate was broke into and 30 catalytic converters were stolen. The theft occurred overnight, sometime between Wednesday 8:10pm, February 25 and 7:20am, Thursday,  February 26. Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have […]

A TRALEE PR Consultant  has been selected to become the new President of Tralee Chamber Alliance until 2017. John Drummey, who has been the Communications Advisor to Tralee Chamber Alliance since its foundation in 2012, joined the 19-person Board in November 2014 and he was unanimously chosen to become its […]

A FATHER and son were lucky to escape serious injury or worse, when two large sandbags smashed into the windscreen of their truck and into the top of the cab, while travelling under the overpass on the Tralee/Killarney Road a few miles from Farranfore. The incident occurred at around 2am when a […]