Archive for September 29th, 2016

THE National Learning Network Tralee has been shortlisted to the final 14 of the KBC Bright Ideas Awards winning €4,200 for their efforts. But now they are looking for public votes from the local community for Una Flynn’s idea, Body & Mind, a project which aims to build an outdoor gym for the students […]

THE Kerry Film Festival (KFF) has just announced its programme for the upcoming festival from October 19-23 which promises a wealth of film treats for film fans and film professionals alike. Details of the 17th edition of the festival were launched at the cinema in Killarney on Wednesday night followed by drinks in Scott’s […]

A LEGENDARY Tralee footballer’s medal collection has been sold for €40,000 at auction yesterday. Kerry and Austin Stacks footballer, Joe Barrett’s GAA medal collection went under the hammer at an auction in the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel with a guide price of between €30,000 and €40,000. It is not known who bought the […]

AFTER the excitement of the Kerry county hurling championship, the standout performers are set to be honoured next month at what has become an annual event in north Kerry. The Kerry Hurling All-Stars is a not-for-profit event, organised to honour the hurlers who participate in the County Senior Hurling Championship for […]

THERE is speculation that Ultan Dillane could be on his way back to his home province, according to a report in the Irish Independent today. The former Tralee RFC player has been linked with a return to Munster and is believed to be open to the idea according the article. The […]

THE Light Opera Society of Tralee are in the midst of a five-day run of their production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s, ‘Phantom of the Opera’ in Siamsa Tire. Theatregoers were in early on Wednesday evening to catch the second performance of the classic musical about a beautiful soprano who becomes […]

THERE has been amazing interest in the revived Tralee Inter-Firm soccer blitz, particularly in the over 35s competition. Inter-firm soccer was hugely popular from the 60s right through to the late 1990s, when the Low Field would be packed with spectators watching the action on summer evenings. “We have teams travelling from Cork […]

ARDFERT Central National School and Scoil Phobail Sliabh Luachra pupils helped the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) officially launch this year’s One Good Idea competition. Ardfert are no strangers to success in the competition. Having won the first ever Primary Schools category in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland’s (SEAI) One Good Idea […]

A MAN who has been driving around Tralee for the past 25 years, was honoured for his service to the town on Monday. Mike Culloty of the Tralee People’s Bus Service, received special recognition at the beginning of the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors where he was praised for providing […]

THE Council is to consider a motion that a heritage trail be developed around Tralee. Sinn Féin Cllr Pa Daly brought the motion at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors on Monday. He said their was huge scope for developing a Heritage Trail around the town with Scotia’s Glen, […]