Archive for March 10th, 2016

  THE 32 year old man discovered at an apartment complex on Upper High Street, Killarney, County Kerry on  Sunday March 6 with serious injuries, was pronounced dead at Cork University Hospital this afternoon. Gardaí also discovered the body of an 11-month-old baby boy, Karol Rozycki, after being called to an incident at the apartment […]

ANOTHER KFW is over, and I am equally relieved, delighted and a little sad. The relief and delight stem from the fact that it was a hugely successful event with beautiful creations walking both on and off the runway. The sadness of course is a bit of a given because […]

VISITORS to two education centres in town were impressed by the facilities at open days on Wednesday. Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn and Kerry College of Further Education both opened their doors to potential would-be pupils and students at opposite ends of their journey through education. In the Gaelscoil, parents and children were given a […]

HOMES in a part of Banna are facing evacuation within years if nothing is done to counteract the effects of coastal erosion in the area according to local residents. Due to a number of factors the sand dunes which act as a barrier between the coast and residents at Carrahane are […]

ULTAN Dillane will have to wait a little longer for his first start in a Six Nations game as he has been named on the bench for the clash with Italy on Saturday. The 22 year old former Tralee RFC player impressed with his 15 minutes game time against the English two weeks […]

THE Healy-Rae bandwagon rolled up to Kildare Street this morning and there was a hooley on the street for the supporters (see video below). But before Michael headed up to the capital, he was in Ballyroe last night to strut his stuff on the catwalk to help raise funds for […]

OVER 200 people turned up at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night for the  Kerry Ladies Gaelic Football night of Fashion and Fun. Some of the ladies footballers of Kerry took to the catwalk to showcase the best of Spring Summer 2016 from top shops all over the county and to raise much needed funds […]

TRALEE has new All-Ireland champions after CBS The Green’s Under 14 team won yesterday in Gormanstown College in Co Meath. Having won the county and provincial championships over the past few months, the team of Sean Kennedy, Kevin Griffin, Seamus Bradley, David Smith along with team managers; Aine Knightly and […]

DIVING into freezing ice cold Russian waters inside the Arctic Circle wouldn’t be most people’s idea of a holiday, but Caherslee woman, Mags O’Sullivan will do exactly that when she heads east for adventure on Friday. She will be part of a group of eight Irish divers who will hold […]

TRAVEL Management Company Portman Travel, welcomed eight new full-time employees this week and there’s more jobs on the way for the town to bring a total of 24 new positions in two years by early 2017. The new employees graduated from their in-house Academy training programme at their European Centre of Excellence in Monavalley, Tralee, where […]

AH! Young love. Here’s a story that will either warm the cockles of your heart or leave you thinking ‘what a cheek!’ A young couple who met and fell in love in Dingle last autumn, have launched a GoFundMe appeal to help keep their romance alive. Eighteen year old American, Madeleine Walsh met […]