Archive for September, 2015

THERE’S no let up it seems with the rain, as yet another weather warning for  Munster has been issued this morning. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall alert for Munster and Galway with further heavy rain at times for the rest of today and early tonight with a […]

ONE Kerry man is certainly getting into the swing of things in the build up to the upcoming All Ireland Final after he penned quite a catchy ‘tune’ about what he predicts will happen in our showdown with the ‘mighty dubs’. Killorglin’s James Flynn recently put pen to paper on […]

THE Tralee Credit Union has opened an account in their branch through which donations can be made to help the Irish Red Cross with their work during the refugee crisis. “Over the last week we have seen in the media the devastation of thousands of people risking their lives to […]

THE Bon Secours Hospital Tralee has welcomed two new doctors to the hospital. Plastic Surgeon, Mr John Curran, a Donegal-native, commenced work at the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee in August and his clinic appointments are already quite busy. He previously practised as a Clinical Fellow in Aesthetic Surgery at The New […]

  TWO people are in hospital in Tralee after a road accident at Tonevane, near Blennerville, yesterday evening. The crash involved a car and a van at around 6pm. The man and woman in the car suffered injuries and were taken by ambulance to Kerry General Hospital. The woman’s injuries […]

KERRY-based designers were among those who wowed fashionistas during a special event for New York Fashion Week. The inaugural Ireland Fashion Showcase, supported by Irish Design 2015, was held in the Consulate General of Ireland, New York City on Thursday, September 10. The following 10 Irish designers showcased key pieces from their new Spring […]

A MAJOR water mains burst has left the town centre and surrounding area without water this afternoon. The water mains burst on the Dan Spring Road will take some time to fix and Kerry County Council hope to have the problem resolved by sometime this evening. The areas affected are the town […]

JUST when we thought we were out, they pull us back in. Having taken a battering of torrential rain on Friday, Met Eireann says we’re in for more of the same in the next 24 hours and have issued a Status Orange rainfall alert for the county. Unusually, it’s just for Kerry and […]

IT’S getting close. We’re coming into All-Ireland final week now so expect to see changes around the county in the next seven days. Fingernails will be gnawed shorter, animals will get a lick of paint and the mood will be a mixture of euphoria and dread as the days go by. […]

THE chance of rain didn’t put off  well over 100 brave souls who took part in the second annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle on Saturday morning. In fact, they were rewarded with their dedication with better weather than expected gracing the 75k and 45k routes around North Kerry. The cycle set off from […]

THERE was a great turnout at Tralee Bay Wetlands on Saturday for the #Walking4Families event in aid of the Ronald McDonald House Charities. About 200 people got into the spirit of the occasion for the fancy dress themed 5km family fun walk. There was a great atmosphere as families gathered in the, thankfully, […]

  THE Rock is set to, well, rock, like it’s the 80’s next weekend as the Austin Stacks Ladies Football Club have organised a fundraising disco to kickstart the All-Ireland final weekend. The event will take place in the Austin Stacks Club this Friday,  September 18 and  funds raised will go towards […]

  Stephen Brosnan talks to Robert O’Dowd about his time in John Mitchel’s GAA Club… Profile: Robert O’Dowd, Manager John Mitchel’s Junior Team; John Mitchel’s Senior Player From/To: 1982 – 1990 Player Position: Left Half Back Honours Won: Under 21 County Championship Title 1983 (Q): What has been one of your greatest accomplishment […]

  MIKEY Sheehy, the former Kerry footballing great, is a man worth listening to. I do not say this lightly. All we need do is to look at the facts – he has won an All-Ireland with Kerry on eight occasions while at the same time is very modest about his achievements. […]

SURE everyone knows the All-Blacks are the Kerry of the rugby world so it’s only natural that one of the all-time greats of the sport would come to the Kingdom. In an interview in today’s Irish Independent, Jonah Lomu, says he’s on his way to Kerry in the coming weeks during the World […]

A TRALEE couple took on a 110km trek in Sweden last month and ended up raising over €1,000 for charity…then they went and got engaged! Cathal Geary from Caherslee and Rachel Boyle from Alderwood Road decided to take in the Fjällräven Classic, a 110 km long hike in one of the world’s […]

A TRALEE man has been appointed as the Senior Brand and Shopper Marketing Manager for one of Ireland’s leading provider of high quality skin care products. Paddy Carmody from the Kerries area, a graduate of the IT Tralee, will now be responsible for all of the marketing operations here in Ireland […]

A report from the Dunloe Cup  2015/2016 Round 1 tie between CBS The Green V St Pat’s Castleisland at Caherslee (with photos by Adrienne McLoughlin)… CBS The Green 3-13 St Pats Castleisland 3-8 A strong team performance was required by The Green to get the better of St Pats Castleisland in […]

THE dates and some of the acts have been announced for the annual Christie Hennessy Celebration, which will take place in the Fels Point Hotel later this year. The ever popular music event will take place on October 30 and 31, with a whole host of various acts and musicians lined up […]

At The Movies: Legend THE Tralee Omniplex saw the first national screening/premiere of Tom Hardy’s latest film ‘Legend’ on Tuesday, in which he portrays both of the  infamous East London Kray Twins. TraleeToday.ie was lucky enough to be invited along to this showing of the gangster biopic about the lives of […]

  WE took an awful battering yesterday in Kerry with that torrential rain. It seemed like it was raining continuously for over 24 hours and inevitably it was going to cause severe flooding in parts of the county. Templenoe looks like it was particularly badly hit, judging by this photo […]

  THE Kerry Volunteer Centre is calling for the public for local nominations for the eighth annual Volunteer Ireland Awards. The Volunteer Ireland Awards are open to volunteers of all ages working in any part of Ireland and there are ten different award categories, along with the prestigious Christine Buckley Volunteer […]

  KERRY photographers are being actively encouraged to enter into a photography competition in which they will need to take their best possible photo of local monuments and then upload them to the competition page for judging. The ‘Wiki Loves Monuments’ competition is an international photo competition and is scheduled […]

  A WOMAN has told of her shock after a racist verbal attack in Tralee about her support for the Kerry team. Speaking on Radio Kerry’s ‘Kerry Today’ programme this morning, Beverly, who is originally from South Africa, was putting a Kerry flag on her car in Tralee when a passer-by told […]

THIS latest rainfall radar graph from Met Eireann doesn’t make for happy viewing, even if Kerry is bathed in the county colours. Kerry is stuck in the epicentre of a heavy downpour of rain that is set to continue for the rest of the afternoon. In fact Met Eireann issued […]

AS everyone knows there’s no love lost between Kerry and Dublin in football, but the same can be said for the Dubs when it comes to their closest neighbours in the Royal County. A photo of a car in Navan decked out in green and gold with ‘Up Kerry’ written […]

KERRY star Darran O’Sullivan has lent his support to a fundraiser where the prize is two tickets to the All-Ireland final next week. The Presentation Secondary School annual sports fund raffle was launched on Wednesday with the aim of raising as much money as possible for a vital part of the school programme. […]

TRALEE VTOS graduates enjoyed a celebration barbecue on Wednesday night before their annual awards ceremony on Wednesday night. VTOS, which facilitates a return to education for adult learners, held their awards night for both leaving cert and QQI level graduates who were presented with their certificates. Continued below… “Some of our students are […]

THE Tralee tourist information kiosk, which is now in its fourth year of operations, last week closed the door again until next summer, but not before it enjoyed one of its most fruitful seasons yet. The kiosk, located in the very heart of the town, was manned by 32 volunteers over the […]

THE Tralee Red Cross are set to go to the dogs this coming weekend as part of their fundraising activities for their new HQ building. The local branch of the organisation are hoping a big crows shows up at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium at 7pm this Saturday night September 12 where there will be […]