Archive for December 19th, 2015

  KERINS O’Rahilly’s senior football team has a new management team tonight. Earlier this evening, Morgan Nix and Micheál Quirke were named the new bosses whose task is to try to bring a first senior championship title in 14 years to the club. They take over from Barry O’Shea who had […]

IT looks like Michael Healy Rae and Martin Ferris formed some sort of pact at the Office Chair Racing  event on The Mall this afternoon. The lighthearted fun, organised by Tralee Chamber Alliance in aid of St Vincent de Paul, was lit up by a ‘coalition’ between the two Kerry […]

By Guest Editor, Ebenezer McScrooge And so this is Christmas. And what have you done? No, seriously what have you done with your Christmas jumper and big ’12 Pubs of Christmas’ head on ya?! So how well do you know festive behaviour in Tralee? Here’s some conversations we overheard in town […]

THERE was a great turnout for the National Folk Theatre Choir’s inaugural performance on Thursday night at Siamsa Tíre. Ceilúradh na Nollag, under the direction of Choral Mistress, Geraldine Hurley, featured traditional Irish Christmas songs as well as the popular carols loved by many. The choir of almost 30 were joined by the young students […]

IT’S the weekend before Christmas so it’s fairly bedlam around town. The fashion boutiques have been near-emptied and beauticians are booming as literally thousands of people are enjoy party-time between this weekend and Christmas Eve in the many hotels, restaurants and pubs around town and beyond. We gave a spin around to some of the […]

AT the moment, St Vincent de Paul are busy delivering Christmas hampers for families who need them in the Tralee area. “We are seeing a big increase on last year, we’re definitely up 10% on last year,” said Junior Locke of St Vincent de Paul. “At present we have in the […]

HOLY Family School held its annual Celebration of Christmas on Wednesday evening in Our Lady and St. Brendan’s Church. All classes performed to a packed church and a most enjoyable evening was had by all.  A variety of sets conveyed the message of Christmas in song, rhyme and music. Mr. Ed O’Brien, […]

THE audience at Moyderwell Mercy Primary School were enthralled on Tuesday when pupils took to the stage for their annual Christmas concert. Proud parents and family members looked on as Junior Infants under Ms. Katie Dillane and Joanne Ryan and Senior Infants under Múinteoir Aisling and Brenda Coughlan, performed a Musical Christmas Concert. They […]