Archive for November 25th, 2015

IF you’re heading for a treat to McDonald’s in Tralee this Saturday, your guilt at tucking into that Big Mac might be assuaged by the fact your contributing to a very worthy cause. McHappy Day takes place at McDonald’s restaurants nationwide on Saturday, November 28 where €1 from every Big Mac […]

A TRALEE athlete who has enjoyed a stellar career in running was honoured at the Run The Kingdom Awards in the Fels Point Hotel last night. John Griffin received the Hall of Fame Award at the event which saw numerous awards handed out to participants. The 1988 and 1989 Dublin City Marathon […]

TRALEE was named the Best Large Tourism town in Ireland at the Fáilte Ireland Tourism Towns earlier today (see story here), so what impressed judges so much that we were awarded the honour? Here’s the judges’ comments on the town and it makes for great reading… • The impression and reality […]

IN fantastic news for the town, Tralee has won the top tourism town in Ireland at the Fáilte Ireland Tourism Towns awards. Tralee beat off neighbours Killarney and the two other nominees in the Best Large Town category to claim the prize. It’s an incredible boost to tourism and richly deserved considering the amount of effort […]

THERE are times in everyone’s life that they need a listening ear, be it due to stress, bereavement or indeed just life itself. Unfortunately there is still a stigma attached to the idea that anyone would need to see a counsellor. I don’t understand why, because counsellors are highly trained […]

IT Tralee students enjoyed a night at the races in The Greyhound Bar on Tuesday night, all for a great cause. It was organised by students from the Travel and Adventure Tourism Management course at the college as Marguerite O’Brien from Ballylongford explained. “As part of our events management module […]

FORMER Austin Stacks player, Liam Kearns, has been appointed as the new Tipperary senior team football manager. He will take over the reins from Peter Creedon in the Premier county that has been building a promising side over the last few years spurred by underage success. Kearns was in charge […]

AIB hosted a lunch event for women in business on Tuesday. The event in Ballyseede Castle shared findings from research the bank has undertaken on the barriers that women face when setting up a business and heard insights from the invited guests on how the bank could support women to set up and grow […]

TEN refugee families from Lebanon will be arriving in Tralee in the coming weeks as part of the national resettlement programme. Two more families will be housed in Killarney, while a further 17 families will arrive in Kerry early next year. The interagency team – comprising Kerry County Council, Tralee […]

GARDAÍ are seeking the public’s assistance in tracing a female driver involved in a hit and run incident just outside town on Monday. The driver is said to be a woman with blonde hair, aged in her 30s, driving a dark coloured Alfa Romeo vehicle. This vehicle was involved in a […]