Archive for August, 2015

TWO intrepid Tralee people are taking on a 110km trek this week to raise funds for the Bone Marrow for Leukaemia Trust. Rachel Boyle from Alderwood Road and Cathal Geary from Caherslee set off this Sunday morning on the gruelling journey which will take them four to five days. “The 110 km long hike […]

    EARLIER in the week we told you about the South Australia Rose and her connections to the Boherbee area of town (click here for story). Well James Hogan got in contact with TraleeToday.ie to tell us about Ballymac’s strong link to Sarah Hogan, who will be representing Boston New […]

  Stephen Brosnan has a Q&A session with John Mitchels Clubman, Declan Connolly, about his involvement in the club and his memories of playing… Declan Connolly Role: Manager, John Mitchel’s Under 10 Boy’s Playing Career: Juvenile Player to under 16. (Q): Which players/club personality did you look up to as a […]

SOUTHPAW is definitely a film that doesn’t hold back, with the film akin to going toe to toe for 12 rounds in the ring yourself such is the range of emotions on offer throughout the film. The plot to the film is a simple one; it follows the story of […]

  IN a previous article (here) I gave the best definition of stress from a working point of view that I have ever come across. It is as follows. If you ask the question ‘what is stress?’ the answer is ‘stress is being here and trying to be there’. Now […]

  A MITCHELS man captained Kerry to a 16th All-Ireland Junior title after they gave a masterclass of football in Croke Park this afternoon to beat Mayo by 2-18 to 0-10. Alan O’Donoghue, who had a stormer of a game for the Kingdom, lifted the cup to the cheers of […]

THE Presentation Tralee Students’ truly turned on the style at their Debs Ball in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Over 190 teenagers enjoyed a excellent night of food, fun and great music. Yesterday we brought you many images from the ball (click here for previous story) and now here’s some more glamour. Scroll down […]

MANY Tralee people will make their way out to Killorglin for Puck Fair when it gets underway on Monday. A YouTube clip of the ancient fair has recently surfaced, that harks back to the good old days of ‘Paddywhackery’ implied by our friends in dear Britannia. The British Movietone, Youtube channel […]

A Coffee morning event aims to brew up funds for Kerry Hospice Foundation next month. Tv and Radio broadcaster, Claire Byrne, helped launch Ireland’s Biggest Coffee Morning which takes place on Thursday, September 17. In 2014, €35,606 was raised from coffee mornings held across Kerry, this year the Kerry Hospice are […]

THE Kerry Islamic Outreach Society are currently gearing up to host their ‘Third Annual Islamic Cultural Exhibition’ here in town which will be held on August 22  at the Brandon hotel. The exhibition will from 11am till 5pm on the day and will feature a whole host of both entertainment and […]

PLANS for New Reconciliation Window in St. Johns Plans have been announced for a new stained glass window in St. John’s Catholic Church, Tralee which is renowned for its church art. It will be the first window to be installed in over 60 years. Story continued below… The new stained […]

  A STAND-OFF between gardaí and a woman wielding a knife, is continuing at a shop in Lower According to sources a woman carrying a knife entered a Yusuf Spice Halal shop on Castle Street this afternoon. Gardai were called to the scene and are now negotiating with the woman […]

THE buses of tourists arriving at Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night, must have thought  they were gatecrashing a glitzy awards ceremony such was the style at the Presentation Tralee Students’ Debs Ball. Over 190 ladies and gents looked elegant and dapper as they posed for photos outside the hotel as the rain actually stayed […]

THE Dublin Horse Show is a happy hunting ground for Carol Kennelly, as a woman wearing one of her creations won Most Creative Hat at Ladies Day yesterday. Linda Morrison from Dublin wore one of the Tralee designer’s pieces and won the first prize at the show. Linda picked up €1,000 worth of Great […]

THE Dome will be rocking next month when 12 couples battle it out for the ‘Austin Stacks Strictly Come Dancing 2015’ title. The 24 fleet-footed movers gathered for a photoshoot on Thursday night at the club’s base in Connolly Park and judging by the laughter and craic there, they’re having […]

TWO Tralee hotels are in the running for  prestigious 2015 Hotel & Catering Review Gold Medal awards. Ballyseede Castle Hotel and Ballygarry House Hotel are nominated in the Ireland’s Country House and Guest House and the Ireland’s Four Star Hotel categories respectively. Running for more than two decades, the Hotel & Catering Review Gold […]

  The Kerry Junior Football Team that will face Mayo in the All Ireland Junior Football final in Croke Park on Saturday at 2pm has been named. There team, which will be led out by captain Alan O’Donoghue of John Mitchels , shows three changes from the side that started in […]

  THREE pilot whales were left stranded on a Brandon Bay beach this morning. Thankfully though, due to the rescue work carried out by a group of locals and tourists, the whales were returned to the sea safely. There is concern however that the whales are beginning to come ashore once […]

ONE Tralee woman is going all out to help raise awareness of an illness, which has personally affected her own life, but which is not very well known amongst the general public. Paula Walsh, originally from the Connolly Park area, will be holding a coffee and cake morning from 10.30am-12.30pm […]

  THE number of patients waiting on trolleys at Kerry General Hospital last month, was up 38% on the 2014 figure according to the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO). The 98 patients is the highest number for July since records began 2006 – the year when the INMO began recording the information – and 300% […]

WE know who the people of Boherbee will be supporting in the upcoming Rose of Tralee competition. Mitchels woman, Claire Connolly, got in touch with us to tell us about this year’s South Australia Rose, Chelsea Thursby-Milovanovic’s connections to Tralee. She takes up the story… “Chelsea’s granddad, Paddy Connolly, was born […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre’s, Tara O’Halloran, will be in Brazil next week showcasing her beauty therapy expertise as part of the 43rd World Skills Competition held in Sao Paulo. The competition under way next Monday, August 11 and will run for the entire week up until Sunday. Tara is a beauty […]

AN IT Tralee lecturer will see his documentary on an Irish doctor who survived the bombing of Nagasaki, released nationally tomorrow in selected cinemas throughout Ireland. Bob Jackson – who has been lecturing at the IT Tralee for nine years since 2006 – shot and created a film called ‘A Doctor’s Sword’. The documentary […]

RADIO Kerry has produced an excellently made video, voiced by Weeshie Fogarty describing what ‘Kerry is…’ featuring stunning images, including some from TraleeToday.ie. The short two minute clip, made by  Murt Mulcahy, was uploaded to Facebook before the match last Sunday and shows the Kingdom in a wonderful light as Weeshie describes his […]

THE global food producer Kerry Group with its headquarters in Tralee has recorded revenues of €3bn in the first half of this year. This translates as a revenue profit increase of 4.7% and they are expecting growth for the year to be between 6-9 per cent. Trading profit also increased by […]

KERRY North/West Limerick Labour Deputy Arthur Spring is encouraging parents in Kerry to give their views on how best to reform the childcare system, all as part of the new Labour Party campaign. Deputy Spring is asking people to partake in a short online questionnaire and submit their thoughts on […]

MAY God have mercy on our souls! The now world-famous giant Minion that worked its way loose last week and attacked traffic in Santry is currently getting patched up and is all set to make an appearance at this year’s Rose of Tralee Festival. According to a spokesman from Funderland quoted in the Irish […]

  I HAVE always been proud to be who I am. I have always been proud to be a  part of my family. I have held my family name since I have been born; and forevermore, whether you like it or not you are associated with your family name. You will […]

YOU may have noticed the weather has been particularly bad this summer. Well, Met Eireann have gone and confirmed it by declaring July “cold, wet and windy everywhere” and the worst in 22 years. There was precious time to work on a colour in this part of the country with […]

A FORMER Tralee Dynamos FC player has been chosen to take the next step in his sporting and academic career with a top ranking American college soccer team. Annascaul native, Cian Kennedy, is joining one of the top ranked National Collegiate Athletic Associations (NCAA) Division 1 Men’s Soccer teams, the University of San Diego’s […]