Archive for August 11th, 2016

TO find a Cork hurling or football teams among the favourites isn’t as common as it once was, but it’s a Cork Rose who’s carrying their hopes for international glory this year and is currently the shortest odds to win the Rose of Tralee. Denise Collins from Knocknagree is the 11/2 to be […]

THE man who died after a crash near Dingle yesterday afternoon has been named locally. Fifty-two-year-old Kevin Griffin, from the Dingle area, was driving a minibus which left the road at Ballintaggart and hit a ditch at 3.20pm. Four passengers in the minibus were not injured. Mr Griffin was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Kerry where he […]

CYCLISTS are being invited to Ardfert next month, to take part in a great cycle in aid of the local national school. The annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle takes place on Saturday, September 10, and it looks like a great day is planned. There is a choice of a 75km or […]

TASTE Kerry are organising a mouth-watering events in the Dome and the Square to highlight the best the county has to offer when it comes to cuisine during the Festival. Organised as part of this years Rose of Tralee International Festival, visitors will have the opportunity to taste and sample a […]

  THE ‘Travelling Tea-Party’ taking place this weekend, is the first in a series of artist-led, socially-engaged events by artist Tricia O’Connor. The aim of this series of tea-parties is to promote dialogue around the Repeal of the 8th Amendment and Abortion Rights in Ireland. Both Pro-Life and Pro-Choice views are […]

THE International Business Women’s Conference to be held in conjunction with the Rose of Tralee international Festival will take place on Monday, August 22 in the Brandon Hotel and there is still time to register. Rose of Tralee, Elysha Brennan, called to sponsors AIB at their Castle Street branch to help promote the event […]

  WOODIE’S in Manor West Retail Park, Tralee has launched its 2016 Heroes Campaign, as part of a nationwide campaign to raise much needed funds for Ireland’s major children’s charities. Each Saturday for the month of August, Woodie’s employees in Manor West Retail Park Tralee will team-up and take turns […]

THE memory of an Abbeydorney native who shared a bond with Rose of Tralee Elysha Brennan, will be honoured, along with others who have passed away from cancer, during the festival. The outgoing Rose wanted to do something special for Hellen O’Connor Roche, whom she met on a visit to the Palliative […]