Archive for November, 2016

THERE was a great turnout for a fashion show held in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night as IT Tralee students turned to modelling for a worthy cause. The event was organised by the IT Tralee St. Vincent De Paul Society and all the clothes modelled on the night were from St Vincent de […]

THE Tralee Imperials u18/u20 men have both reached the national cup quarter finals. This is historic for the basketball club as it is only their 4th year in the competitions and the 1st year they have reached both quarter finals. Both teams have been drawn against Neptune who are the power houses in the […]

A NEW electro-pop/indie/alternative mini-festival called ‘Future Sounds’ is coming to the INEC next February. All Tvvins, King Kong Company and Le Galaxie, up and coming duo Little Hours and Dancefloor giants John Gibbons and Dashka will all feature at the event on February 3. Continued below… In association with Spin South West, […]

A TRALEE woman who organised a coffee morning today  to mark World Prematurity Day was delighted with the event which, coupled with her online campaign, raised hundreds of euros for a charity. Organised by Jennifer Kissane, she wanted to raise awareness of the Irish Premature Babies Charity after the birth of her and husband […]

A SECOND year student from Killorglin Community College competed among the top young scientific minds at SciFest 2016 and was awarded an Excellence in STEM award, for her project “Does playing board games help people with dyslexia?” Natasha Myers was one of 58 students who went on to exhibit their 31 […]

TRALEE Musical Society members were back on the Siamsa Tíre stage this week for a special 30th anniversary show. After their massive sell-out success of ‘Joseph And His Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ just over a month ago, the crowds have rushed back to the venue for the three night run of […]

PUPILS all over town are taking part in Science Week events and they were really getting into the spirit of things in the county’s biggest primary school on Wednesday. There was more vinegar in the air than a Saturday night in The Green Rooster when we visited  the school gym […]

EXTRA chairs had to be produced to accommodate the number ladies who turned up for a special Shiseido special make-up and skincare event upstairs at CH Chemists last night. Award-winning make-up artist and blogger Danielle Mahon proved a big attraction, as did well known beauty expert, Mary O’Donnell who was MC for the […]

A NUMBER of people from Tralee have told their stories in a new book by a Kerry journalist to be launched next week. ‘Kerry Bravehearts’,  written by Con Dennehy, looks deep into the heart and soul of 42 inspirational Kerry people who have overcome, and in many cases continue to overcome adversity […]

THE fourth Tralee 5km Santa Fun Run takes place on Sunday, December 11 at 11am in memory of Fiona Moore with all proceeds this year in aid of Barretstown. Fiona’s parents Deirdre and Martin Moore joined the other  organisers at Tralee Bay Wetlands on Wednesday to launch the event. This year, the […]

A LOCAL student and TraleeToday.ie columnist has won an award at the prestigious .eu Web Awards for her website. Founder of teentimes.eu, Zoe O’Connor, is a leaving certificate student in Brookfield College in Tralee, a well known blogger and YouTuber and also writes a weekly column for TraleeToday.ie. Continued below… Teentimes.eu […]

FORMER Tralee RFC player, Zoe Grattage, will start for the Irish women’s rugby team in the second game of the November Series at the UCD Bowl on Saturday (kick-off 2pm). Ireland Women’s head coach Tom Tierney has made ten changes after the 12-10 defeat to England last Sunday, to face Canada at […]

THREE students from Mercy Mounthawk have shown great entrepreneurial spirit to come up with a Christmas product to help raise funds for a worthy cause. Katie Nagle from Ballyroe along with Caherslee girls Amy O’Mahony and Jenny Fox, are Transition Years who decided to enter the Young Entrepreneurs Programme under the name JAK Christmas […]

UNIVERSITY Hospital Kerry is reporting an increased level of activity and the hospital is advising that non-urgent patients may now experience significant delays. In a statement issued this afternoon, hospital management are requesting that, where appropriate, the public contact their GP in the first instance and explore all other options available […]

TRALEETODAY.IE has finally flown the nest. Just thought we’d let ye all know, that after two and a half years, over 8,600 stories posted and 17,365,805 page views on the website, we felt it was time to be grown up and make the move to the town centre from the suburbs. […]

HUNDREDS of people are expected to turn up for the CH Chemists Customer Night this Friday signalling the real start to the shopping season. The annual event is always a huge hit, with customers from near and far converging on the Tralee institution. There is going to be great discounts on the night […]

TRALEE Warriors are looking for a new main sponsor after financial problems with Irish TV caused them to pull funding. The hugely successful new team in the Men’s Superleague has been enjoying massive crowds at their matches and they are searching for a company to come in to have their name and […]

KERRY County Council has commenced works on the provision of new traffic signals at the junction of Denny Street and The Mall in Tralee as well as upgrading the signals at the junction of Ivy Terrace and Prince’s Quay near the Dominican church. The works are scheduled to be completed by […]

THE West End Bar in Fenit is hosting an evening of trad music on this Sunday, November 20 to raise funds for the Palliative Care Unit of Kerry General Hospital. The Spa Fenit branch of Kerry Hospice Foundation will be launching their 2017 Calendar on the night. There will be lots […]

FOURTH year BSc in Health and Leisure Studies students are busy preparing for their upcoming event, ’The Fitness Face Off’, taking place at John Mitchel’s Sport Complex on Sunday, December 4. “We are looking for 16 teams of 4 (2 males, 2 females) from local gyms and sports clubs in the Tralee […]

MANOR West is getting ready to welcome the ‘Taste of Tralee Food Fair’ to the shopping centre on Saturday and Sunday, November 26-27 from 12-6pm. The food fair will host numerous local artisan food producers offering fantastic handmade products from the heart of Kerry. As well as Santa and his friends, Kingdom […]

PIETA House will host a “Misneach – Nourishing Hope” in Tralee towards the end of the month. Coinciding with four similar events in Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Cork, this reflective event will take place on Sunday, November 27, on the cusp between the months of November (traditionally a month of remembrance, honour […]

  CISPHEIL FAOI 11/12: All boys welcome to our BASKETBALL sessions in the Moyderwell Gym, Bóthar Buí, at 6pm on Thursdays. As ‘Star’ would tell us, basketball skills are very useful in Croke Park….or even in Connolly Park! SCÓR NA nÓG: Our young Scór representatives performed well in the Kerry […]

Our Academy is now in full swing in Cumann Iosaef every Saturday morning and the training times are as follows Boys 7, 8  and 9    9-15 to 10-15 Boys and Girls 4, 5 and 6     10-30 to 11-15 Girls 7, 8 and 9         […]

Men’s Results: McCarthy Insurance Singles 13th November 1st: James (Jim) O’Connor (18) 46 Points 2nd: Bob Dillon (19) 42 Points 3rd: Niall Lucey (18) 41 Points CSS: 37 Points Fixtures: 15th Nov: Tuesday Singles 19th Nov: Casual Golf & Junior Golf 20th Nov: Club Singles 22nd Nov: Tuesday Singles 26th […]

  BOYS AND GIRLS U10S The St. Brendan’s Boys and Girls U10s hosted the Ballybunion Wildcats in a very entertaining and enjoyable evening of basketball in Moyderwell last Friday. First up were the Boys under their coach Joanne Walsh who took on the visitors in a very good contest with […]

By Club PRO Tommy Naughton FAI National Draw , Park Fc Club Results ; Pat Keane and David Scanlon have both won 2 tickets each to the Rep of Ireland v Iceland game at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday 28th March 2017 . Craig Hobbart and Conor Kerins have both […]

A MERCY Mounthawk student was among the winners at the regional finals of the Rotary International Youth Leadership competition announced this afternoon. Darragh Clark from Leith, a fifth year student, was among the seven finalists in the competition, nominated by Rotary Clubs in Kerry and Cork, with three selected as winners. “I’m ecstatic […]

TWELVE potential venues which could be used if Ireland’s bid for the 2023 Rugby World Cup is successful were announced on Tuesday and a Kerry stadium has been included. The  grounds were revealed as Ireland’s entry into the ’Candidate Phase,’ was announced by chairman of the 2023 bid oversight board, Dick Spring. […]

TRALEE Lions Club, FoodCloud and Tesco Ireland are asking shoppers to support families in need by donating a food item during a two-day Christmas Food Appeal next week. The appeal will take place on on Friday and Saturday, November 25-26 between 11am – 7.30pm in four Tesco stores in Kerry including Tesco Killarney, Tralee Manor, Killarney […]