Archive for May 20th, 2016

JULETT Culloty was in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night for her last engagement as Kerry Rose 2015 and to hand over her sash to the new winner. We caught up with her at the hotel, which is hosting the Kerry Rose 2016 selection event tonight, to find out […]

Gavin O’Connor on the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football County Championship ‘Losers Round’ double-header at Austin Stack Park tomorrow… St Brendans v Rathmore 4pm – (extra time if necessary) It appears the Kerry hurlers gain is St Brendans loss as they face into a difficult encounter against a tough championship side like […]

THERE’S something new on the way for diners in Tralee this summer, as a restaurant hatches plans to combine culture and cuisine in a new upstairs venue. Il Forno Wood Fired Pizza and Italian Restaurant at Courthouse Lane hosted the first of many planned events with a night of comedy and […]

SOCCER fans will congregate in the Square this summer to cheer on the boys in green, as a big screen will be erected for the Republic Of Ireland’s clash with  Belgium in Euro 2016 on Saturday, June 18. It’s all part of the Tralee 800 celebrations in a festival which takes place […]

HUNDREDS of people gathered at the CBS The Green gym on Thursday night for the annual Graduation Night and Awards. Staff, students and parents were present for a Mass followed by the awards ceremony and an address by Principal Anne O’Callaghan. Awards were given for sports and academia with the […]

A TRALEE man has undergone a remarkable transformation that saw him go from being overweight to stepping on the podium and accepting a trophy at a bodybuilding competition in Cork City last weekend. Chris Shortt’s journey began when daughter Miah (9) asked Chris one day “why do you have a big fat belly”? […]

FOUR students from the IT Tralee have created a fascinating look at the 1916 Rising, featuring innovative technology and even a hologram of Padraig Pearse reading the Proclamation. Noel Nash, Jenny Plunkett, Liam McElligott and Aine Brennan spent the past working on ‘Media Rising’ as part of their final year […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn  are celebrating yet another win at the recent Féile Peile Gael Linn held in Béal Átha an Ghaorthaidh in the Muskerry Gaeltacht area of County Cork. In a repeat of last year’s final, the young Tralee footballers this time outscored their opponents,  a combined team from Corca Dhuibhne, Scoil […]