Archive for December, 2015

THE lads from CBS The Green got all festive yesterday as they threw their annual Christmas party at St. Louis Nursing Home in Clonmore. The boys were decked in Christmas jumpers and Santa hats determined to give the residents a fun-filled afternoon. They greatly impressed with their carol singing but the […]

THOSE of you who fancy shaking off the cobwebs of a Sunday morning could do worse than a trip to Banna this weekend. They’re having their annual Christmas clean-up to have the beach looking great for anyone looking to head out for a stroll during the festive season. Last year there […]

A PACKED St Joseph’s Church Oratory played host to St Brendan’s NS Fenit’s highly entertaining Christmas show on Thursday night. Parents and family members enjoyed the two segments to the show. The packed audience first watched the younger pupils perform “The Wriggly Nativity”, before more senior pupils brought the house down with […]

EXCITEMENT was in the air at CBS Primary School on Thursday afternoon when school children took part in the annual Christmas concert. The audience was treated to a host of festive treats. Classes rehearsed for weeks, and the children eagerly awaiting their moment on stage in front of their families. Here’s […]

KERRY County Council say they are awaiting the written judgements on the Supreme Court ruling this morning, which decided that there should be a recount of votes in the Listowel Electoral Area election of May 2014. Earlier today, in a judgment which will have implications for the conduct of future elections, […]

AS darkness fell in Tralee on Wednesday evening, the pupils, families and staff of Caherleaheen NS gathered in St. John’s church as the pupils prepared to wow their families with their annual Christmas Carol Service. The Junior and Senior Infant classes started off the night with a beautiful Nativity play […]

PART of a retail park in Manor East has been sold for over €3 million at private auction. There were a number of bidders at the auction for the 10.23 acre site at Manor East held on Tuesday – overseen by Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean –  and the site went for above the […]

A TRALEE woman’s note to Australian customs officers is going viral at the moment. Jacinta O’Mahony sent a package to her son Brendan in Perth, Western Australia, containing goodies for Christmas and to sweeten up the customs officials, she left them a note. The note reads: “Customs in Perth. Happy Christmas […]

EXCITEMENT reigned at Ballygarry House Hotel on Wednesday night as pupils from Scoil Nuachabháil readied themselves for their Christmas concert. Hundreds of family members packed the ballroom area for the show, which took in a Nativity segment as well as performances from young musicians and top class singing of Christmas […]

IT’S being reported that The Station House in Blennerville is to reopen its doors next year. The landmark Blennerville pub and restaurant has been closed for business since the beginning of 2013. It is reported in Kerry’s Eye this morning that the businessman running Tomasíns in Castlegregory, Nick Wang, will take on the venture. When contacted by Traleetoday.ie, […]

LABOUR TD Arthur J Spring has called for an increase in free parking hours in Tralee after the recent weather conditions put shoppers off coming to town. Businesses are reporting a drop in footfall over the past couple of weeks due to heavy rainfall, high winds and weather alerts issued […]

THE new National Folk Theatre Choir will give their inaugural performance tonight (Thursday) at Siamsa Tíre. As part of the ongoing development of the National Folk Theatre of Ireland at Siamsa Tíre, a National Folk Theatre Choir was established at the end of September 2015. Tonight, the choir will present its […]

A TRALEE woman is the latest person to find their ‘Twin Stranger’ as part of experiment by Irish students. Student Shannon Lonergan was contacted by Sara from Sweden who found her on TwinStrangers.com after they both had signed up to the site. The website was set up by Castleisland native, Niamh Geaney and her […]

WITH the Christmas shopping period now in full swing two local primary schools went out and about to spread a bit of festive cheer for shoppers. Out caroling on Wednesday afternoon, were Scoil Eoin who went to Manor West, while Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn set themselves up in the Mall. “We’re just out entertaining […]

LESS than ten days until Santa comes knocking and I, along with a lot of others, am thinking about New Year’s. I have said it before and I will say it again, I don’t see the hype around New Year’s. This whole “New Year, New You” idea is nothing more than […]

TUI members in Institutes of Technology, including IT Tralee, have voted by a margin of 92% to engage in a campaign of industrial action in order to tackle a number of  issues in their sector. In a vote with a 56% turnout of members, announced yesterday, the Union said strike […]

AN asbestos type tile will be removed during work on the refurbishment of two wards at Kerry General Hospital. The HSE South Estates Department obtained the services of a competent asbestos surveying company to undertake a survey of Valentia and Reask wards which are being prepared for refurbishment. This identified an […]

IT’S set to be a great afternoon of fun in The Mall on Saturday at the second Annual Christmas Office Chair Racing Competition in aid of St Vincent de Paul. Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural event, the event gets underway from 3pm and you can expect the action to be fierce […]

THERE was great excitement for pupils and staff from St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville last night as they put on their annual Christmas Concert in St John’s Church. Hundreds of family members came to the church to hear the pupils sing Christmas classics and some well known modern festive songs as well. […]

A FAMILY is fighting against time to find a home before Christmas after their home was damaged when their dishwater burst into flames and pumped noxious black smoke around the house. Two weeks ago, Geraldine Whelan, was sitting in her living room in Lios Rua when her dishwater caught fire. She […]

NA GAEIL is getting set to celebrate Christmas in style with a huge hamper worth over €500 up for grabs in a raffle at their bingo night next Monday. The hamper worth €500 contains a huge range of Christmas food, drink, Lidl, Peter Marks, Boots and meat vouchers and the draw for it will […]

THE Tralee Credit Union AGM was held last night in the Fels Point Hotel and members heard about the healthy state of the financial institution. It was the first AGM since Killorglin Credit Union was integrated with Tralee and the Union now has assets of €185m. Killorglin brought an additional €30m […]

THE people at Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre had a treat on Monday when they enjoyed entertainment courtesy of the pupils from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. Two busloads of children arrived at the centre in Caherslee with their musical instruments and in full voice for the morning. “Our school choir paid their annual […]

SO it’s nearly here, the big day that every child in the country has waited for, Christmas. The letters to the big man himself have been posted and now the wait begins to see if you are on the naughty or nice list. There is such a lovely buzz around […]

A TRALEE woman will be re-connecting with RTE 2 audiences on Thursday night when a show she appeared in returns for a one-off special. Alanna Diggin, originally from Alderwood Road, appeared last year in ‘Connected’, an RTE 2 reality show which covered the lives of six Irish women from all […]

KERRY legend Declan O’Sullivan has announced he will no longer be playing football. After undergoing knee surgery this morning the three-time All-Star made the announcement on Twitter, stating “After my op this morning sadly my football journey is over”. The five time All-Ireland winner hung up his boots with Kerry […]

THERE’S a photo that’s causing a bit of a stir online this morning. Sent in by ‘Mark’ to the Radio Kerry Facebook page, it’s an image taken at St John’s Church of one of the statues there. However, when he posted the photo online, many people said they can make out […]

THE corridors and halls of Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh came alive with colour and festive spirit this week as pupils put their talent on display for the annual Christmas Concert. For weeks now the children of Scoil Eoin guided by their teachers and music co-ordinator Triona Daly have been rehearsing for this […]

  IT’S going to be a wet one tomorrow, apparently. We got off relatively lightly at the weekend, considering the Orange rainfall alert for Saturday, but the rain hasn’t gone away you know. Met Eireann tonight has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford with rainfall totals […]

  Kerins O’Rahillys 10K 1916 Commemorative Run The Kerins O’Rahillys 10K 1916 Commemorative Run will take place on Sunday the 31st of January 2016 at 10.00am at the Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club which is based in Strand Road, Tralee, Co. Kerry. The 10K route will start and finish outside the […]