Archive for September 24th, 2015

  THE 19 year old young man in a critical condition after a fall from a third-floor balcony in Galway, is from the Tralee area. The accident happened at the Dun na Coiribe apartment complex – mainly populated by students – on the Headford Road in Galway city late on Wednesday […]

THERE’s good news motorists as petrol prices fell in town for the third month in a row in the past month. Back in June the the lowest price in Tralee for a litre of petrol was €1.41.8, now you can fill up in Applegreen, Fairies Cross and Manor Village for […]

  A TRALEE shop is set to close its doors for the last time soon. ‘Stitch In Time’ on Maine Street is advising customers that the final date for collecting garments is this coming Saturday, September 26. Customers can contact Gerard on (087) 6781122 to arrange a collection, with any items not collected set […]

A TRALEE native, currently based in Galway, has been shortlisted for a world-renowned coaching accolade…but he needs your votes soon to win. Shane Fitzgibbon is the only finalist outside of North America to reach the top ten for the ‘Coach of the Year’ accolade awarded by the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA). […]

  THERE has been a tremendous response from Tralee and the wider area to the current refugee crisis across Europe. By the end of last weekend volunteers estimated that as much as two articulated lorries and a forty foot container filled with basic essentials from food and toiletries, to clothes and […]

ONE KERRY school this week saw the official opening of a new covered cycle shelter on their grounds, all as part of their pursuit of a 4th Green Flag along with helping to promote European Mobility Week. St Brendan’s National School in Fenit are this week taking the time to […]

A WHOLE host of Castleisland businesses are getting ready to host a very special event next month when they take part in the Autumn/Winter Fashion Show on Thursday October 8 in Nana Bea’s Coffee & Gift Shop. The details of the event were officially announced this week for the forthcoming show show […]

KERRY people’s involvement in the events leading up to and during the 1916 Rising is to be presented in a new book that is set to released next year to coincide with the State’s 1916 Centenary Commemorations. And the three co-editors working together on this project are looking for the public’s […]

Mike O’Halloran assesses both teams’ chances ahead of this Sunday’s Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final in Abbeydorney… Abbeydorney will host the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Final on Sunday, the second time the final will be held outside of Austin Stacks Park. St Brendan’s won that other final in 1990 […]

THREE award-winning speakers and presenters, Anthony Garvey, Sean Lyons and Justin McCarthy,  will deliver an 8-week Presentation and Public Speaking Course in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee next  month. The course will run from 10.00am to 12.00pm every Saturday morning beginning on October 3. “Many people get nervous presenting in front of an […]

NO it’s not a scene from Steven Spielberg’s ‘Shutter Island’, it’s fantastic drone footage which was sent into us that shows off Fenit and Tralee Bay from the sky. The footage highlights Fenit Island, the lighthouse, the harbour and the area around Tralee Bay like you’ve never seen it before. The […]