Archive for April, 2015

Gala Awards Ceremony For Kerry’s Women In Business

Gala Awards Ceremony For Kerry’s Women In Business

April 9, 2015 at 2:44 pm Comments are Disabled

THE inaugural Connect Kerry Lee Strand Women in Business Awards will take place in June and the organisers are looking for entries and nominations. A Black Tie Gala Ceremony will be held on Friday,June 5 in Ballyroe Heights Hotel where winners will be announced. Organised by Margaret Brick, Editor of Connect […]

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Fire Service In Appeal To Landowners After Busiest 24 Hours In Years

Fire Service In Appeal To Landowners After Busiest 24 Hours In Years

April 9, 2015 at 2:20 pm Comments are Disabled

  THE Kerry Fire and Rescue Service are appealing to land and commonage owners not engage in burning gorse after what they described as the busiest 24 hour period in recent years. Units of Kerry Fire and Rescue Service responded to 26 calls to wild-land fires (including gorse, bog, grass, […]

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VIDEO/PHOTOS: A First Look Inside Tralee’s Newest Hotel

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A First Look Inside Tralee’s Newest Hotel

April 9, 2015 at 1:35 pm 1 comment

TRALEE’S newest hotel opened its doors to the public today. The Ashe Hotel on Maine Street let us in for a look this morning and it’s mightily impressive. Formerly The Abbey Gate Hotel, the new business is creating up to 50 jobs in the town. On entering the doors, visitors are […]

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PHOTOS: Sister Act Is A Holy Show For Audiences In Siamsa

PHOTOS: Sister Act Is A Holy Show For Audiences In Siamsa

April 9, 2015 at 12:54 pm 1 comment

TRALEE Musical Society are in the middle of a run of dates performing a musical based on the much-loved 90s film ‘Sister Act’. The opening night was on Tuesday with performances set to continue all the way to Sunday. So far the Tralee Musical Society’s musical adaptation of Sister Act has been wowing […]

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PHOTOS: Sunny Delights In The Park, But The Fine Spell Could Be Over Soon

PHOTOS: Sunny Delights In The Park, But The Fine Spell Could Be Over Soon

April 9, 2015 at 12:30 pm Comments are Disabled

THE glorious sunshine has made a very welcome return over the past week and many people have been out and about making the most of it. With temperatures wandering into the high teens we have been hit with an unseasonable mini-heatwave, but unfortunately dark clouds are predicted to come on the […]

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Portman Travel To Create 16 New Jobs In Tralee This Year

Portman Travel To Create 16 New Jobs In Tralee This Year

April 9, 2015 at 11:22 am Comments are Disabled

PORTMAN Travel have created eight permanent new jobs at their European Centre of Excellence and have announced that another eight are planned to come on stream before the end of the year. The Travel Management Company that has been operating in Tralee from Monavalley Business Park since 1999 and employs over 50 staff. […]

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Push Yourself At The John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge

Push Yourself At The John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge

April 8, 2015 at 2:30 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY’s ultimate fitness challenge is coming to Ballymacelligott at the beginning of next month. ‘B-Wildered – The John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge’, sponsored by Lee Strand, will take place on Saturday, May 2, 11.00am in Glanageenty, Ballymac. Participants will test their fitness limits while being captivated by one of Ireland’s hidden […]

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Could A UK Retail Giant Be Coming To Tralee?

Could A UK Retail Giant Be Coming To Tralee?

April 8, 2015 at 1:08 pm Comments are Disabled

BRITISH frozen food giants Iceland could be close to opening up a new store in Tralee…but where? Speculation has been triggered after the job of Iceland Tralee Store Manager was advertised online recently, although at this point there has been no official confirmation from Iceland, who over the past six […]

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Mitchels Kids Get Planting At Flower Workshop

Mitchels Kids Get Planting At Flower Workshop

April 8, 2015 at 12:50 pm Comments are Disabled

CROILAR na Mhistealach Residents Committee held a Flower Planting Workshop for the estate’s children on Saturday. Last year, the committee bought 10 hanging flower baskets to display between houses and this spring they decided to reuse them and involve children in planting the flowers. “It was an educational and hands-on […]

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VIDEO: Great Clip Shows Public Dancing Their Support For ‘Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin’

VIDEO: Great Clip Shows Public Dancing Their Support For ‘Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin’

April 8, 2015 at 12:15 pm Comments are Disabled

A GREAT new video featuring people from all over Kerry dancing in various locations has been uploaded to YouTube by the girls at Social Box TV. Politician Michael Healy Rae and Kerry footballer Aidan O’Mahony are just two well known faces in the video which raises awareness of an upcoming disco […]

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TraleeToday.ie Reaches A New High With Over 700,000 Pageviews In A Month

TraleeToday.ie Reaches A New High With Over 700,000 Pageviews In A Month

April 8, 2015 at 11:52 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEETODAY.IE reached a new milestone on Tuesday when we reached 700,000 page views in a 31 day period, for the first time. More importantly, this number was achieved by over 88,000 unique users of the website. The figures are verified by Google Analytics (see graphic below) which tracks activity on the […]

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Dance Academy Wins Big At International Competition

Dance Academy Wins Big At International Competition

April 8, 2015 at 11:14 am Comments are Disabled

A KERRY based dance group has came back with top awards from an international dance competition. The Academy of Dance under the directorship of Clarissa Michaux were selected to represent Ireland and competed in the International Dance Competitions in Barcelona over the Easter weekend. They were placed first overall for Artistic and Creative […]

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PHOTOS: Tralee Photographer’s New Book Of Images Shows Kerry’s Beauty

PHOTOS: Tralee Photographer’s New Book Of Images Shows Kerry’s Beauty

April 8, 2015 at 10:57 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE photographer  has a new book that will show the beauty of our county in a whole new light. Michael Diggin, who has his gallery/shop in 5 Lower Castle Street, has a new book out called ‘This Is Kerry’ which features a whole host of images capturing the beauty of the county. “This […]

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At the Kerins O’Rahillys Ladies 5K Family Fun Run were, from left: Maeve Maloney, Paddy Flynn, Aoife Flynn and Ellen Wallace. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.

PHOTOS: Great Turnout For Kerins O’Rahillys Ladies Club Family Fun Run

April 8, 2015 at 10:51 am Comments are Disabled

THANKFULLY the sun was beaming down for the Kerins O’Rahilly’s Ladies 5k Fun Run on Easter Monday. About 100 or so people of all ages made their way to the Strand Road clubhouse on Monday afternoon for what was a great opportunity to run off all the chocolate scoffed over […]

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St Pat’s GAA Club News

St Pat’s GAA Club News

April 7, 2015 at 11:18 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 08, 15, 22 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Jim Savage Curraheen, Rory Denn c/o Christy Murphy, Nora Williams c/o Rock St. PO, Carmel O Connor c/o Tony Casey […]

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VIDEO: Watch The Miss Kerry Contestants On The Catwalk

April 7, 2015 at 11:02 pm Comments are Disabled

WE brought you all the glamour from the Miss Kerry pageant on Saturday night and now you can watch the moment Mairead Breathnach was announced as the winner. The event drew a large crowd to the Killarney Plaza Hotel and videographer Lucas Machowski has uploaded a video showing the contestants on the catwalk and […]

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Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA Club News

Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA Club News

April 7, 2015 at 10:33 pm Comments are Disabled

Senior Football Lee Strand Tralee Town Board Final Kerins O’Rahillys 1-06 Austin Stacks 0-12 We contested the Tralee Town League final on Saturday last in Austin Stack Park against our neighbours Austin Stacks on a perfect evening for football. We opened brightly and registered the first score of the match with a point from Jack Savage from play after […]

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Austin Stacks, Shane O'Callaghan and Denis McElligott in action, with Wayne Guthrie in support. Photo by Adrienne McLaughlin.

PHOTOS: Stacks Beat Arch-Rivals To Win Town League

April 7, 2015 at 4:33 pm Comments are Disabled

  Town League Final, Austin Stack Park Austin Stacks 0-12 Kerins O’Rahillys 1-6  AUSTIN STACKS claimed another title as they beat Kerins O’Rahillys in the Town League final in Austin Stack Park on Saturday evening. There were glorious conditions for football as these two sides matched up again. Back in January, The […]

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Churchill GAA Club News

Churchill GAA Club News

April 7, 2015 at 4:14 pm Comments are Disabled

The seniors will play Lispole away in the third round of the County league on Sunday April 12th at 2pm. The lotto of jackpot 1450 euro was not won. The numbers drawn were 7, 19, 22, 28. The lucky dip winners were £50 David Rolls, £25 Sean Brick Barrow,Ellen Murphy […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

April 7, 2015 at 3:56 pm Comments are Disabled

​​LOTTO The lotto was held in O Riadas Bar on 30th March 2015 for a jackpot of €5900.  The numbers drawn were 7,16,20,23.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. John Rice, Gortshanavalla 2. Blake Leen, Chuethall 3. Joe Leen, Chutehall 4. Joe Butler, Kielduff 5. Tony O Callaghan, Blennerville. […]

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John Mitchels GAA Club News

John Mitchels GAA Club News

April 7, 2015 at 3:48 pm Comments are Disabled

SENIORS: St. Brendan’s League Final 2015: We played St. Pats in the Final of St Brendan’s Final last Friday in Caherslee on a dry but cold and windy evening. The first half was a dogged affair with both sides showing great intensity and scores were hard to come by. We […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Club News

Austin Stacks GAA Club News

April 7, 2015 at 3:40 pm Comments are Disabled

TEDDY BRICK: It was with great sadness that we learned of the death of former Club Footballer, Teddy Brick. Teddy, who passed away peacefully early on Good Friday morning, had fought his illness over the past few years, and in particular over the past few months, with the same bravery and […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

April 7, 2015 at 3:34 pm Comments are Disabled

NA GAEIL U14: The U14 team started their 2015 County League campaign with a home game against Churchill last Wednesday evening. Adam Burke opened the scoring with a point in the opening minutes; however Churchill immediately struck back with an equalisingpoint before getting the first goal of the match and another point to open an […]

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Spate Of Car Break-Ins On Easter Sunday In Tralee Area

Spate Of Car Break-Ins On Easter Sunday In Tralee Area

April 7, 2015 at 2:46 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE were three break-ins to vehicles in Tralee on Easter Sunday, two of which occurred very close to the Garda Station. On Easter Sunday between 1pm and 2pm a silver Toyota Hilux was broken into on High Street. The car was parked in front of Tru-Care Dry Cleaners, just yards from the […]

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PHOTOS: Rockies Step Out In Style At Annual Social

PHOTOS: Rockies Step Out In Style At Annual Social

April 7, 2015 at 2:18 pm Comments are Disabled

  AUSTIN Stacks held their annual social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday night and it was a resounding success. Yesterday we brought you photos from the event (click here) which was attended by over 350 of the Rockie faithful and we now have many more photos below. After  the […]

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Paul Galvin’s New Job Is A Dunne Deal

Paul Galvin’s New Job Is A Dunne Deal

April 7, 2015 at 12:16 pm Comments are Disabled

NOT long after announcing himself back on the inter-county scene, Paul Galvin, has reportedly bagged himself a new job designing an exclusive range of clothing for Dunnes Stores. Following in the footsteps of golfer, Padraig Harrington, Paul Galvin has designed a new line of clobber for Dunnes which is expected […]

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Kerry Autism Action To Host One-Day Conference At IT Tralee

Kerry Autism Action To Host One-Day Conference At IT Tralee

April 7, 2015 at 12:02 pm Comments are Disabled

  KERRY Autism Action will host a One Day Autism Conference on Saturday, April 25 in the Solas Building, Institute of Technology Tralee, North Campus, Tralee. Registration will be from 9.30am with the conference beginning at 10am and finishing at 4pm. Guest speakers include: • Adam Harris from AsIam.ie (most recently […]

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Ita Cracks The Code To Win €2,000 On RTE Show

Ita Cracks The Code To Win €2,000 On RTE Show

April 7, 2015 at 11:46 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE woman came away from Dublin €2,000 richer on Saturday night. Ita Neligan from Tralee won €2,000 in the Crack the Code game on the National Lottery’s The Million Euro Challenge game show on RTE . She entered a supplementary lottery game, Crack The Code, for the chance to appear on the show and win […]

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Orlagh Winters: Blood Is Boiling At Shocking Attack On Autistic Boy

Orlagh Winters: Blood Is Boiling At Shocking Attack On Autistic Boy

April 7, 2015 at 11:18 am Comments are Disabled

IT is seldom when I read something these days that I am shocked, but by God I was more than shocked when I read about the autistic boy in Carrigaline that was attacked by a group of teenagers. Twigs were shoved down his throat and he was forced to expose […]

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Ashe Hotel To Create 50 New Jobs

Ashe Hotel To Create 50 New Jobs

April 7, 2015 at 10:49 am Comments are Disabled

THE Ashe Hotel, Tralee’s newest hotel, will open its doors for the first time on Thursday, April 9 in the heart of the town, leading to the creation of up to 50 jobs. “The arrival and opening of the Ashe Hotel is an exciting addition to the tourism sector in […]

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