Archive for February 18th, 2016

A LIMITED number of tickets for the Katie Taylor fight on Saturday have just gone on sale, but you better hurry and get them! The fight, where the Olympic champion takes on US boxer Queen Underwood, was reported to be a sellout earlier this week, but now there are some […]

WHEN you visit your local Peter Mark salon, you wouldn’t expect to see fancy dress parties, bake sales, and pyjama parties, but that was the case at two Kerry Peter Mark stores as they did their part in the€60,000 raised during the Petermarkathon in aid of Aware Ireland held last […]

CAMERAS from RTE will be at the Tralee Park Run this weekend. RTE’s ‘Operation Transformation’ show will join up with the weekly 5k run held in the town park on Saturday. The very popular health and fitness show that aims to help contestants lose weight, has been teaming up with […]

RED was the colour in Holy Family on Wednesday with the school showing their support for The Glowhearts4Crumlin ‘Wear Red’ campaign taking place this week, which raises funds for Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin. The campaign was started by Kerry mothers who each have a child born with a heart defect. […]

In the lead to Election 2016, we spoke to St Vincent de Paul’s Junior Locke, about the issues facing people struggling with poverty in Tralee… St Vincent de Paul, Tralee Area President, Junior Locke,  feels access to TDs, along with bin charges and rent allowance, are major issues for people facing poverty in town. “The […]

THE Tralee Library will host a photo exhibition, titled ‘The Faces of Fenit’, which will go on display from this Saturday, February 20. This is the second opportunity to catch the photographs on display, after Fenit Hall recently held a display of the photos taken by local man, Jim McCarthy […]

AN audio documentary has been recorded for the Kerry Cancer Support Group, which highlights the importance the Kerry – Cork Health Link Bus has to those affected by cancer in Kerry. The documentary was recorded by Tom McCarthy, a student on the Kerry ETB Media Techniques Radio Course, and Grainne McPolin, […]

YOU may have seen a photo that went viral on social media over the last day or so, showing a road marking gaffe purporting to have occurred in Killorglin, that indicates drivers to ‘turn left’ when an arrow is pointing right. As you can imagine, this photo was greeted with glee by those who […]

REMEMBER that sand art ‘election poster’ for Michael ‘Pixie’ O’Gorman which went viral earlier this week. Well the independent candidate on the Right2Change platform has just released a time-lapse video showing how it was done. The event took place on Monday at the beach in Pixie’s hometown of Ballybunion and garnered national […]

AS if we didn’t know already, we’re blessed here in Kerry with our beaches, especially close to Tralee. Now Tripadvisor has released the Top 10 beaches in Ireland and Kerry has no less than four entries with one within 15 minutes of town. Our beloved Banna comes in at No.6 while the highest […]

AWARD winning visual artist, Rory Conway, will host a character design workshop from 11am to 2pm on Saturday, February 20, at Siamsa Tire, Tralee. Rory currently works with Cartoon Saloon, the Oscar nominated studio behind the critically acclaimed ‘Song of the Sea’, and in 2015, his short film ‘Shoot’ won […]