Archive for January 20th, 2016

THE  Department of Social Protection has confirmed that the Intreo Centre at Godfrey Place, Tralee will re-open for business tomorrow. The centre has been closed since January 8 as a result of a kerosene oil spillage at an adjacent business and work had been taking place to ensure a safe environment […]

FORMER Park FC player, Shane McLoughlin, was named in Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich squad for last night’s FA Cup third-round replay against Portsmouth. The 18-year-old from Castleisland didn’t get chance to make his first team debut in the 2-1 defeat, but his inclusion as a sub for the Championship side represents a […]

FORMER Tralee RFC player Ultan Dillane has today been named in Joe Schmidt’s 35 man squad for the upcoming Six Nations Championship. He is one of four uncapped players included in the squad where Rory Best takes on the captain’s role. It’s been a meteoric rise for 22 year old […]

  STUDENTS from Tralee and all over Kerry will once again participate at this year’s International Children’s Games and Cultural Festival, which will be held this year in New Taipei, Taiwan in July. In total 23 athletes will participate in what is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Games. […]

  I’VE said it before and I’ll say it again – the last few years have brought many developments in our society. People have a new way of thinking and although for the most part that is a very, very good thing, it has led to a new form of […]

A TRALEE IT student’s sometimes dark and often peculiar brand of humour has been gaining momentum online and from famous comedians (see videos below). On Facebook, Shane Clifford’s, short comedy videos on his site ‘Shanes Brilliant Page‘ have been watched a combined 359,953 times. The sketches have even earned the attention […]

A TRALEE hotel has been named in the Top Ten hotels in Ireland in the 2016 Tripadvisor Travellers’ Choice awards. Ballygarry House Hotel came in tenth position with the only other Kerry hotel in the top 10, The Brehon, one place above them in ninth. Ballygarry also finished 16th in the Best […]

AS part of long term plans to upgrade all facilities at Tralee’s Austin Stack Park, the second phase of renovations have commenced at the grounds over the last week or so according to the Kerry GAA website. The second phase of development involves the following… • The levelling and concreting […]

THE man who died in a car accident in Limerick on Tuesday was a Lixnaw native. Roibeárd Thornton was the only occupant of the car involved in the single car collision on the M7 Motorway on the northbound lane near Junction 28, Castletroy at about 10am. The crash occurred between Junction 28 and […]