Archive for March 24th, 2015

  KERRY has ranked amongst the lowest in the country for drivers with penalty points according to an Irish Times report. Kerry ranks number 23 out of the 26 counties in terms of the percentage of points gathered by drivers, but is also ranked among the highest mortality rates on the roads in the […]

IF you were driving from south Kerry yesterday, you may have passed a couple of gentlemen dressed in full medieval armoury, hitchhiking on the road. No, you weren’t hallucinating, it was two lads from Medieval Armoured Combat Ireland who are raising awareness of their efforts to head to Poland next month as part […]

SATURDAY was a suitable day for the Kerry launch of a new book containing 90 photos of children with Down Syndrome. March 21 was World Down Syndrome Day and there was a great turnout at the Manor West Retail Park for the event, where some of the photos from ‘Here I Am’ were […]

THERE was a Tralee connection to the Irish women’s fantastic Six Nations win on Sunday. Ruth O’Reilly, originally from Ballyroe, but now living in Galway, plays in the prop and made a great contribution to their emphatic 73 to 3 away win over Scotland which clinched the title. In fact, she’s been […]

Mike McCarthy gives the latest news the Kerry darts scene… Week 4 Tralee and District League sponsored by Specsavers In section 1 we saw The Huddle, Tralee get edged out by Toomey’s Abbeydorney 4-3 in Abbeydorney. Great games played in a very sporting manner and credit is due to all. Also […]

  TRALEE Chamber Alliance have teamed up with the Kerry Association in London (KAL) to create more commercial links between Kerry and the UK capital to help create jobs at home and reach more customers. Over 20 representatives of the KAL and Tralee Chamber Alliance met at an informal networking […]

TRALEE has been named in TripAdvisor’s ‘Top Ten’ destinations to visit in Ireland according to the annual Travellers’ Choice Awards. Tralee came in at No.10 with both Killarney and Dingle making their way into the top three on the list. Killarney usurped Dublin to take the No.1 Irish destination with Dingle in […]

SO after last week’s moan about people who inconsiderately park in disabled spaces, I am on a bit of a roll in the pet hates department. This week my target is people who think it is quite acceptable to throw litter or dump their rubbish in the countryside. Only yesterday […]

GARDAI have seized an estimated €10,000 worth of heroin in the Shanakill area of town. The discovery was by the Kerry Garda Division Drugs Unit at a house on Sunday night and man and a woman were arrested at the scene. They are being held at Tralee Garda Station under sections 3 and […]