Archive for October 15th, 2016

THERE were 800 tickets sold for the Ballyduff Lip Sync Battle in the Brandon Hotel tonight. The event is a fundraiser for the local hurling club and it was worth the admission price for this opening dance/mime. Those lads and lasses are some movers as you can see below. It’s worth […]

A NEW concept which has seen a number of businesses set up in the town centre was officially launched on Friday. HQ Tralee, set up by Ken Tobin and Tom O’Leary, provides a workspace for new and existing businesses on three floors above The Abbey Inn. There are 34 people working in […]

TWO Presentation Tralee students have been selected to participate in the International  Junior Science Olympiad qualifiers. Michelle Doody, Ballybeggan, Tralee  and Ciara Boyd, The Spa, Tralee  of Transition year have been selected based on their excellent Junior Cert results in Science and Maths. Continued below… The International Junior Science Olympiad is a […]

FOUR more Kerry properties have been added to the next Allsop Online Auction which takes place next month. A pub in Cahersiveen and three holiday homes in Banna join a Tralee property on Pembroke Street which is open to bidding on the Allsop Auction website from 8am on Thursday, November […]

THE latest production from Tralee Musical Society has been another fantastic success. By opening night on Wednesday, ‘Joseph And The Technicolour Dreamcoat’ was a sell-out and an extra show had to be added for Saturday afternoon. With the cast made up entirely of younger members of the society, it just shows […]

A BARITONE from Tralee is set to perform as part of the world renowned Wexford Festival Opera this month. Cormac Lawlor from Tralee will perform with the chorus in two of the main stage operas, ‘Herculanum’ and ‘Vanessa’. The 65th Wexford Festival Opera will take place over 12 days from October 26 to  November 6. This […]

TWO Kerry filmmakers are highlighting the effects of domestic abuse in a new short film to be premiered next week at the Kerry Film Festival. The work of writer and director, Mark Riordan from Killorglin and producer Aaron O’Neill from Cromane, ‘The Black’ focuses on how domestic abuse could affect […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at Na Gaeil v Glenbeigh/Glencar in the Kerry Junior Football Championship Final, Fitzgerald Stadium, Sunday 1:30pm… GIVEN the success of Kerry teams in the All-Ireland Junior Championship in recent years, the winners here could start to build something special come February. Before Na Gaeil can they even think […]