Archive for October 5th, 2016

  THE two elderly brothers found dead in their home in Dublin on Tuesday evening were originally from west Kerry. Dan and William McCarthy, both aged in their seventies, were discovered in the house in the Bluebell area of west Dublin. Gardaí said foul play is not suspected in relation to the deaths. […]

THAT legend of Irish comedy, Brendan Grace, is coming back to Tralee to perform in The Rose Hotel. It’s not long since he visited these parts, as during July he unveiled a plaque to the late harvey Nedeen Kelliher out in Blennerville to delight of locals. His new show, ‘It’s A Funny […]

WHEN you were born, your parents gave you a name. Something that you will be known as for the rest of your life. However, although this may be your official title, as you go through life a little tagline or slogan usually gets added on. This is what people consider to […]

THE first trailer of a feature film ‘CON’ which, shot and conceived in Tralee, has been released to the public. CON was written, directed and produced by Tralee filmmaker, Bertie Brosnan and judging by this sneak peak, it’s looking pretty interesting. The independent feature length film, follows fictional filmmaker and actor, […]

BUDDING local artists are invited to submit entries for this year’s Credit Union National Art Competition, especially after the success of Tralee entrants in February. Siobhan Donnelly, Marketing and Development, Tralee Credit Union said “ We are extremely proud to have two national winners in 2016, Enable Ireland Tralee and Elisha […]

THE acting CEO of Siamsa Tíre, Catriona Fallon, has been officially appointed to the position on a full-time basis. Meanwhile, Michelle Murphy has also been appointed to a new role as Marketing and PR Manager for the organisation. Catríona Fallon, a native of West Wicklow, moved to Kerry many years ago. She lives, with […]

OVER the course of the month we have seen a slight rise in petrol and diesel prices at the 13 petrol stations around town. Prices had dropped at the beginning of last month but since then there has been a fractional increase in fuel costs. €1.23.8 was the best value last month, […]

TRANSTION Kerry is inviting people to a free event this evening (Wednesday) focusing on how climate change is having visible affects both locally and globally. Taking place in St John’s Parish Centre, there will be a film screening of The Burning Question, Trocaire’s most recent short film which shows how climate change is affecting […]

THE Kerry Hospice Foundation launched its Christmas Card fundraiser on Monday night. This annual fundraiser, sponsored by Kerry Group, hopes to raise tens of thousands towards the continued development and provision of care in the Palliative Care Centre at University Hospital Kerry, which is currently being built. The Kerry Hospice Foundation has […]

THE rain is gone thankfully, but it had its effect yesterday with road closures, especially in south Kerry. It appears that part of the county was hit worst of all, according to Valentia Observatory. The weather station recorded its highest level of rainfall on a single day since records began there […]

KERRY Cancer Support Group, in conjunction with The Marie Keating Foundation, will be holding a free breast cancer seminar in the The Rose Hotel this Thursday from 6.30pm to 9pm. The event is open to the general public and will explore how to prevent, detect and survive breast cancer, which is the […]