Archive for July 22nd, 2015

  FORMER Tralee Tigers coach, Mark Bernsen, has returned to Ireland to become Director of Basketball Operations with Tralee Imperials. The name of Mark Bernsen will be well known to many who follow the sport of basketball in the county, as he has previously coached in Tralee when he was with Tigers […]

  MOTHERCARE Ireland, who have a store in Tralee, have been placed into interim examinership by the High Court. Ten staff are employed at in the Manor Retail Park, Kerry’s only Mothercare outlet. The British retailer which specialises in products for expectant mothers and general merchandise for children have given assurances […]

THE Gardaí and ambulance services were called to a private house on the outskirts of Tralee last night, where an estimated 200 teenagers had gathered at party which had spiralled out of control. A parent of one of the teenagers attending, told Radio Kerry news that when he called to the house […]

X-FACTOR favourites Only The Young (OTY) will replace ‘Stereo Kicks’ at the Rose of Tralee Festival this year following the recent break-up announcement from the eight piece boy-band. Only The Young will now be scheduled to play on the Sunday, August 16 on Denny Street with gates opening at 6.30pm. Stereo Kicks […]

LOCAL musician, Gary Keane, and his Cork based band of ‘funkateers’ need a bit of help to get them on one of the stages at the Electric Picnic music festival in September. With only two days left of voting, Gary and his band ‘White Boys’ need your votes to get […]

  I HAVE always been aware of fad diets. I have often heard people talk about how they were only allowed to eat a certain amount of calories in a day and some people even swear by a certain super food that has recently been discovered in some foreign rainforest. I have […]

ALL roads in the Pitch & Putt world will lead to the Cunnigar club in Dungarvan, Waterford at the weekend for the National Championships. The Tralee club is well represented at this event with four players bidding for glory namely Jason O’Regan and Tony Blake (Senior), Alan Hobbert (Intermediate) and David […]

JAMES O’DONOGHUE has come out in defence of Kerry over allegations that he and his teammates attempt to sway refereeing decisions during games. Speaking at the GAA All-Ireland series launch in O’Donoghue’s home patch of Legion GAA yesterday, the 2014 Player Of The Year has described articles in the national […]

ONE wristband is all that’s needed to see Nathan Carter, Hometown, Hudson Taylor, Riptide Movement, Sharon Shannon, Damien Dempsey, the Kilfenora Céilí Band and others live on Denny Street during the Rose of Tralee International Festival. And now X Factor favourites ‘Only The Young’ have been added to the bill […]

THE Glowhearts 4 Crumlin moms travelled to Dublin yesterday to present cheques to the children’s heart centre in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin and the Ronald McDonald House. The Glowhearts4Crumlin campaign – started by Kerry mothers who have children born with a heart defect – generated a fantastic €18,000 which […]