Archive for December 8th, 2016

A NEW business at Manor East has just opened creating 11 new full-time and part-time jobs. The Bookshelf Coffee House, located where The Streat (later known as Counter) cafe used to operate, started serving customers on Wednesday. The business is owned and run by the mother and son team of Anne […]

THERE was plenty Christmas cheer at the Brogue this morning for a local group of men. The St John of God Men’s Club got together for an early Christmas party at the famous hostelry. Around 25 clients and instructors attended from the Monavalley centre to relax and enjoy the food and hospitality. Scroll […]

Heather O’Sullivan of John Ross Jewellers, Castle Street, has some great gift suggestions to make the ladies very happy this Christmas… Christmas is definitely the time to treat the one you love and nothing will bring a sparkle to your Christmas morning faster than a gift of jewellery or a designer […]

A TRALEE woman who met her doppelgänger last year thanks to the twin strangers.com website, was reunited with her ‘twin’ for a Channel 4 documentary screened last night. Shannon Lonergan from Ballyrickard appeared on ‘Finding My Twin Stranger’ with her lookalike, Sara Nordstrom from Sweden and six other ‘twins’ for […]

A report from Tralee CBS on the Munster U18½ Corn Uí Mhuirí Group Game 3 in Rathmore on Wednesday… Tralee CBS 1-10 Colaiste Cholim 0-4 Tralee CBS advanced the quarter-final of the Corn Uí Mhuirí with an accomplished display in Rathmore in which they led from start to finish and […]

TRALEE Warriors have re-armed and are ready for battle again this weekend, after securing a new sponsor to help them in their quest for success in top flight basketball. The Club has enjoyed a most successful run to date in their first season in the National Men’s Superleague and Garveys Group this week […]

AN award-winning Tralee-based presenter and author Anthony Garvey has launched a new children’s book in time for Christmas. Aimed at 7-11 year olds, ‘Gravespeakers: Ruth’ is the second in a six-book series which will be released over the next 18 months. This book is set in Ballybunion and features competition […]

“THE Dawn”  –  the celebrated classic film shot and directed by Killarney film maker Tom Cooper in Killarney in 1936 is now restored with the help of a team from the Kerry ETB centre in Tralee and ready for public screening on this Friday  in Killarney Cinema. This film was […]

I HAVE finally arisen from the land of study and with the Christmas tests behind me, my writing career can finally resume. In the midst of all the study was a very unexpected surprise, one that was a lot more interesting and almost as nerve wrecking as my maths exam. […]