Archive for February, 2016

  I MUST admit that having lived on this planet for over half a century, I have experienced many different things in my life but I don’t think anything has intrigued or surprised me more than discovering The Power of Now. First of all let me also admit that it is […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are seeking the public’s help in finding a vehicle involved in a hit and run incident last night. At 10.35pm on Friday night, a silver SUV, possibly a Hyundai, exited the Garvey’s Supervalu car park turning left onto Matt Talbot Road. The vehicle failed to make the […]

IT’S going to be some night next month when the Ardfert community converges on Ballyroe to watch 12 couple take the dance floor for a special fundraiser. The Ardfert National School Parents Association is holding a Strictly Come Dancing fundraiser on Saturday, March 26 in Ballyroe Heights Hotel. “The response to […]

The Roast House Denny Street IT’S been a while. We ran an ‘Out To Lunch’ review for over a year on the website but, of course, eventually we ran out of places to write about. Well since starting the column almost two years ago, we decided it was time to […]

THE Kerry School of Music hosted a table quiz in the Brogue Inn on Friday night in aid of funds for the school. A great turn out was there on the night with the mic in the capable hands of school director, Aidan O’Carroll who tested the knowledge of the […]

STUDENTS at Presentation Secondary Tralee, have been participating in the #itsyourmove launched by Operation Transformation (OT) as part of their PE fitness programme. OT launched a brand new dance fitness campaign #itsyourmove, designed especially for teenage girls by Hip Hop sensations, Raw Edge Crew. Each week over the past month a […]

Mike O’Halloran looks forward to the Kerry hurlers beginning their journey in Division 1B Allianz National Hurling League with a trip to O’Moore Park on Sunday to take on Laois… I spoke to Ciaran Carey a few weeks ago in Fitzgerald Stadium Killarney and he was offering no hostages to fortune […]

  KERRY projects are being urged to apply for the 2016 Heritage Management Grant, which has a deadline of 5pm, on Monday, March 7 2016. The Heritage Council recently announced it will allocate €700,000 to heritage projects under its grant scheme. The grants are aimed at supporting projects that apply good […]

HUNDREDS turned out in the Brandon Hotel on Friday afternoon, for the unveiling of two restored anchors from the Aud, the ship forever linked with the events in Banna in 1916. The unveiling of the anchors this year, marks the centenary of Roger Casement’s ultimately doomed plan to support the cause of Irish […]

A TRALEE businessman has presented a special handcrafted Proclamation of Independence to Kerry County Council. The presentation was made last Tuesday, February 9, in the Council chamber to Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Pat McCarthy, by Tony O’Shea of the Tralee-based company, Ambrí Boards. The proclamation – carved from […]

THE Tralee branch of Library will host a lecture on Austin Stack as part of a number of  events due to take place on their February programme. The lecture will take place in the Tralee Library at 7pm, on February 23, and will be given by Rev. J. Anthony Gaughan. Other events […]

THERE’LL be some familiar faces from the hospitality industry in Tralee on your TV screens this Valentine’s Day. Ballygarry House Hotel & Spa will feature on this week’s episode of Francis Brennan’s “At Your Service”, which will air on RTE 1, on February 14, at 8:30pm. In this week’s episode, Francis enlists […]

THE Ashe Hotel, Tralee, has received two awards recently, from the IASI (Irish Accommodation Services Institute) and from worldwide hotel sales agent Booking.com. The first of the awards is the Gold Medal Award for Accommodation Excellence. Accommodation Manager, Kathleen Dollard, and Accommodation Supervisor, Anna Kaczamarcyk, were presented the award by […]

A VERY popular cycling club is looking for some new recruits and will be mentoring them in a new programme. The Chain Gang Cycling Club based in Tralee has been bringing leisure cyclists together since 2008, and is one of the busiest cycling clubs in the county. Now the club is […]

THE 2016 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Tralee will be the most celebrated in the town’s history as the theme will be based around Tralee 800 – a celebration of the birthday of Kerry’s county capital. The Grand Marshall this year will be Special Olympics Gold Medal Winner, Brendan O’Connell, from Tralee. “We’re […]

A HOLOCAUST survivor is set to give a talk on Tuesday, March 8, at Ballygarry House Hotel and Spa, Tralee.  The event will run from 6pm-9.30pm. Eva Schloss, who is an acclaimed author and the stepsister of Anne Frank, will give the talk as part of the International Women’s Day […]

NINE of the side who beat Derry in the Christy Ring Cup final back in June will start Kerry’s  Division 1B Allianz Hurling League Round 1 game against Laois on Sunday. Jack Goulding, a member of the All Ireland winning minor football panel last year makes his League debut at corner forward […]

KERRY County Council is to launch the Kerry Arts Strategy (2016-2021),  at 5pm, on February 23, at the Tralee Library. The Arts Office at Kerry County Council will build on the accomplishments of the previous Arts Plan and continue to facilitate the provision of aid to support professional artists, in particular through […]

TECHNICALLY, winter is over. You wouldn’t know it considering that we are going through the storm alphabet like there is no tomorrow. When we got to Gertrude I decided that I want the job of choosing those names. All I am saying is that if we ever get to Z, it […]

A KERRY actress is set to appear in the programme ‘EIPIC’, which will air tonight, February 11, at 10pm on TG4. Roisin Ní Cheillachair from Dunquin will be the main star of Thursday’s episode which, although contemporary, tells a story that echoes past events as five rural teenagers take over […]

THE Healy Rae’s are known for having a trick or two up their sleeve at election time. Today they caught the public by surprise with the last minute inclusion of Danny Healy Rae as a candidate. Have they sprung an ace or will they be left holding a joker? The […]

TWO Tralee business received Tidy Towns business awards at a Tralee Chamber Alliance event on Thursday morning. The new Tidy Towns Monthly Business Awards scheme was launched last month by Tralee Chamber Alliance in association with Tralee Tidy Towns Group to help get Tralee into the best possible shape for success in this […]

DEPUTY Tom Fleming pulling out of the General Election race was the catalyst for a second Healy Rae candidate to join the ticket. Speaking to Traleetoday.ie on Thursday afternoon at the Courts Services office in Tralee, where he was handing in his election papers, Cllr Danny Healy Rae said “we’re confident we’ll […]

  THE Fels Point Hotel Tralee won a Gold Award at the IASI (Irish Accommodation Services Institute) Awards on January 30. In order to achieve an IASI Gold Award Fels Point Hotel had to achieve a minimum score of 97% during the inspection which inspects guest bedrooms, public areas and bathrooms. In addition to receiving […]

DANNY Healy Rae has declared himself as a candidate in the next general election. In a move which will shock the political world, the brother of Michael Healy Rae, who is strongly tipped to top to poll in Kerry, will bid to get two seats for the Healy Rae clan. The independent […]

IF the election went by the votes cast by those present at a Tralee Chamber Alliance event this morning, Arthur Spring wouldn’t have much to worry about in two weeks time. Many of Kerry’s candidates in the forthcoming General Election gave their views on a number of local and national issues at a […]

THE awards presentation for the Donal Walsh LiveLife Film Competition took place at the ‘Live Life Love’ day on Wednesday, at the Brandon Conference Centre, in Tralee. The event, which is now in its third year, had over 700 attendees, and was in honour of Donal, a special teenager who […]

  A WEBSITE has popped up that could give undecided General Election 2016 voters a helping hand figuring out who to give their vote to. Smartvote.ie is an app and website that asks 30 questions ranging from health, immigration, Job Bridge and abortion. Users can rank each issue by level of […]

A GROUP of students at Mercy Mounthawk are trying to raise funds for a monument to show Tralee’s inclusivity when it comes to all cultures and religions. The Youth Social Innovators group is called ‘Generation I’ and their aim is to make other cultures feel welcome in Ireladand. This week […]

IT Tralee was one of 13 food businesses to have been commended at the Food Safety Professionals Association awards in Dublin. These organisations were recognised for their excellence in food safety across a number of criteria including structural and operational hygiene, food safety and protection, personal hygiene and staff facilities as well […]