Archive for June 3rd, 2016

Career Guidance Counsellor and freelance writer, Billy Ryle, offers some last minute tips for the upcoming State Exams which begin next Wednesday…  Self-Maintenance • Concentrate on subjects being examined in the first week • Complete major revision by Sunday night • In a relaxed study session on Monday concentrate on […]

A NEW Lidl store destined for the old Heiton-Buckley premises on Edward Street was granted planning by Kerry County Council, but conditions set by the authority will now be appealed by the German supermarket giant. Back in August, the site – which was on the market at a €650,000 guide price from the […]

IT might be time to make plans for the outdoors over the next few days as it looks like it will be a scorcher of a weekend. However, rain clouds could appear where they’re not wanted for a brief spell on Sunday and bank holiday Monday. On Saturday, Met Eireann are predicting the […]

WORK on the two-way Denny Street plan in Tralee town centre will not commence until the Council are finished deliberating on traders’ areas of concern. Around 60 traders and members of the public attended the second ‘Save Tralee’ meeting in as many weeks in the Grand Hotel on Thursday night. […]

WITH the Rose of Tralee International Festival just two and a half months away, things are already hotting up in terms of ticket sales for one particular event. With 66 Roses coming to the Festival this year, the demand for Rose Ball tickets is high and 25% extra tables will […]

THE public toilets at Ladies’ Beach in Ballybunion have undergone an upgrade worth €60,000 following an investment by Kerry County Council. Ahead of the traditionally busy tourist season, the toilets have had a significant facelift. There are also plans in train to upgrade the main public toilets on the main road […]

PROCEEDS from the sale of a book on the old Blennerville school and community, were donated to the new school on Thursday afternoon. The book, ‘Blennerville National School And Community – A Story Worth Telling’ is a compilation of stories, photos and a history of the area which went on sale last […]

THE Square will take over from the Denny Street stage to host ticket-only concerts for this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival. And a new canopy-type structure will partially cover the 2,000 capacity space to keep punters dry in case of rain. The details of the concerts were revealed at the Tralee Chamber Alliance […]

THE Rose of Tralee won’t have a permanent ‘Dome’ building until at least 2018, said Rose of Tralee International Festival Chief Executive, Anthony O’Gara, this morning. Mr O’Gara was speaking at a Tralee Chamber Alliance Business Breakfast meeting at the Rose Hotel where details of the festival’s street entertainment were revealed. […]