Archive for October 28th, 2016

AS we reported earlier (click here for previous coverage), Thursday saw students from the School of Health and Social Sciences conferred with degrees at the Brandon Conference Centre. They were some of the close on 1,000 IT Tralee students attending graduation ceremonies on Thursday and Friday. The graduation was a special occasion for the […]

AN Taoiseach Enda Kenny has launched a new service from the Federation for Victim Assistance,  a group co-founded by a Tralee woman. Former Tralee Town Councillor, Mairead Fernane, joint-president of the organisation, was in Dublin for the launch of the new confidential freephone number 1800 277 477 which has been established to provide free […]

The weekend is upon us and it’s a long one. Yippee! Here’s a few things you can head out to in town and beyond… Saturday 1. Go to the dogs… A night at the dogs at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in aid of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House Kerry is on Saturday. This […]

FORMER Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh was one of the guest speakers at an evening of fashion, fun and awareness in Benners Hotel on Thursday night. ‘Think Pink, Think Positive’, in aid of Breast Cancer Research, was an evening for ladies, by ladies with some inspirational speakers, including Daily Diva Diary founder Helen Quealy-Murphy and […]

SATURDAY should be a very special day in The Meadowlands Hotel, when ladies who completed their leaving certificate in Presentation Tralee back in 1966 meet again. Anne Kelliher is the main organisers of the event and is looking forward to meeting old friends. Anne lived in nearby Moyderwell/Upper Castle Street and remembered her […]

THURSDAY saw the first of three sessions of conferrings for almost 1,000 students who are graduating from IT Tralee. The Brandon Conference Centre was the venue yesterday afternoon for students from the School of Health and Social Sciences. Hundreds donned the caps and gowns to receive their hard-earned qualifications and Dr Oliver […]

IF you haven’t got your ticket for the  the inaugural John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event this weekend then you’re out of luck. The organisers have announced that the Sunday night event is a sell-out success with 700 tickets sold at €20 a head. The Boherbee faithful really stepped […]