Archive for April, 2017

THE bad weather didn’t deter locals from taking part in the Spa/Fenit Good Friday Walk yesterday. The Spa/Fenit branch of Kerry Hospice held the 10k scenic route walk in memory of the late Jerry O’Sullivan, whose brother took part in the walk on the day. Participants took off from The Tankard, […]

TOP Irish DJ Welshy is playing Fabrik Nightclub in Tralee on Easter Sunday night. Welshy is one of Ireland’s fastest growing DJ’s with some groundbreaking remixes. The young producer from Kilkenny has garnered over 20 million hits on his remixes. From humble beginnings playing to 10 people in his local bar to […]

THE staff at Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services had a treat on Friday when they received a free fish and chips lunch. Every Good Friday, Quinlan’s Fish runs a competition in association with Radio Kerry to give a fish and chips lunch to a workplace. They receive a number of […]

QUIZ buffs gathered in The Greyhound Bar on Thursday night for the the Tralee branch of the Irish Wheelchair Association table quiz fundraiser. Well known entertainer Mark Leen, the Emerald Elvis, was MC for the night and was in his element for the two music rounds of the quiz. Spot prizes […]

KERRY College of Further Education (KCFE) at Clash, Tralee, is delighted to announce the introduction of a new course delivered by a renowned Kerry GAA coach. Supported by the Kerry County GAA Board, this Post Leaving Certificate Coaching and Sports Development Course at QQI Level 5 course will be coordinated and delivered by […]

TRALEE women are encouraged to prepare for the VHI Women’s Mini Marathon by getting down to their local parkrun and kick start their training on April 22. Parkrun, in partnership with VHI, are extending a warm welcome to women training for the Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon with just over six weeks to go […]

A DUBLIN company is to start drilling for oil off the coast of Kerry in June. Providence Resources is on course to drill in the southern Porcupine Basin, about 220km off the south-west coast of Ireland. They have two projects, ‘Druid’ and ‘Drombeg’ and say there could be billions of barrels of oil at […]

It’s the Easter weekend and there’s shedloads to do over the next couple of days. Here’s just a few suggestions… Saturday 1. Tír na nÓg fun… The Tír na nÓg children’s Easter festival is on this weekend and there’s some great events for the kids. From 1pm to 3pm there’s […]

The Kerry Under 21 Team to play Galway in the All Ireland Under 21 Championship Semi Final in Cusack Park, Ennis on Saturday evening 4:30pm has two changes in from the side that defeated Cork in the Munster Final. Injured captain Brian Sugrue misses the game; Tom O’Sullivan goes back […]

DON’T forget the Kerry Hospice Good Friday Walk will set off from The Grand Hotel tomorrow morning at 10am. It is the 20th Good Friday Walk organised by Kerry Hospice which started in 1998 and was the brainchild of Chairman of the Kerry Hospice, Ted Moynihan. The route will take participants out by Lohercannon to Blennerville, across by […]

A FARMERS market, cooking demonstrations, workshops, panel discussions and much more will take place at the IT Tralee later this month at a special culinary event. The ‘Food For Thought’ showcase is a must for anyone interested in food and the culinary arts and takes place on Wednesday, April 26. […]

WOMEN in Media, the annual celebration of the most influential women working in the public eye, is set to take place again at Kilcooly’s Country House Hotel, Ballybunion, from April 21 to 23. Women in Media is in its fifth year and aims to provide a forum for women to […]

THE Council and Sinn Féin will, as always, hold separate Easter Rising Commemoration events in Tralee on Easter Sunday. The Kerry County Council event will begin at 11am with the  formal raising of the National Flag at Páirc An Phiarsaigh, Denny Street, by Mayor Terry O’Brien and a reading of the […]

A YOUTH theatre group will tread the boards with their end of year production next week in Siamsa Tíre. On Easter Monday, April 17 at 8pm, Free Radicals will present ‘All Things’ by Neil Flynn. Free Radicals Youth Theatre is Siamsa Tire’s official youth theatre and is for young people […]

A TRALEE resident has made it to the final 14 in the AIB Start Up Academy Competition with his innovative product. Over 700 hopefuls were whittled down to just 14 finalists, who will compete for a wide range of prizes from AIB in the Light House Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin, on Thursday, April […]

THE Down Syndrome Kerry (DSK) organisation received some great publicity last night when a report was aired on the RTE News. The 3-2-1 shop on High Street received a visit recently from Sean Mac an tSíthigh and crew and he discovered what goes on there. Continued below… Adults with Down […]

THE TRALEE man who was instrumental in breaking the international ‘Panama Papers’ story, of how the world’s rich and powerful allegedly were involved in complex financial arrangements to hide their assets from taxes, was part of a group awarded the Pulitzer Prize this week. Gerard Ryle is at the helm of the International Consortium of […]

WANT to be the next superstar on The Voice UK? Well the show is looking for contestants from all over Ireland and Britain to take part and they are sending a team to Tralee next month. The show is a big hit in the UK with judges Tom Jones, Will […]

GOOD Friday is unofficially national fish day and to mark this, the people at Ballygarry House Hotel are planning a special evening. Their famous Seafood Speciality night returns and will be held in the sumptuous surroundings of the newly opened Restaurant 58 and is a must for foodies — or ‘seafoodies’ in […]

IT was a beautiful day for the beginning of this year’s season with the Tralee Community Garden Project in the Town Park. Participants helped out as part of the KWD County Clean Up that began last weekend. The project is collecting plastic bottles for the new recycled plastic bottle greenhouse being built this year, […]

THE Basketball Ireland 2017 All Stars and Players of the Year have been revealed and a member of the Garveys Tralee Warriors side has scooped the top honour. In the Men’s Super League, Garvey’s Tralee Warriors’ guard, Trae Pemberton won his first All Star and secured the title of Player of the Year after […]

SINN Féin Cllr for South & West Kerry Damian Quigg has stated that the recent comments, in relation to drink driving, of Danny Healy Rae TD are totally irresponsible. Deputy Danny Healy Rae made comments last week saying “two glasses or three glasses of Guinness did not cause an accident for anybody.” […]

Well-known photographer John Cleary’s book, ‘Through The Lens’, is a treasure trove of memories for the people of Tralee and Kerry. Here’s just a few images from the book – which covers events from the 1970s and 80s – where you might see some familiar faces… We’ll have more great […]

THERE was a big crowd in Siamsa Tíre last night for Bryan Carr School of performing Arts production of Beauty and the Beast. With a cast of over a hundred, aged from 5 years to 18 years, this Menken, Ashman and Rice Musical was produced and directed by Bryan Carr and ran […]

A DELEGATION from a Chinese city visited Tralee yesterday with tentative plans to twin with the town. The delegation was hosted by Kieran Ruttledge, CEO of Tralee Chamber Alliance and John Griffin of Kerry County Council and visited a number of the town’s attractions. The delegation from the city of Taizhou were here to explore […]

TRALEE RFC is hosting the Women’s Rugby World Cup trophy on Saturday, April 22 from 10am–1pm and the club is having a fun day to celebrate ladies and girls rugby. They are inviting everyone to come up and have a selfie with the trophy. Some past and present Tralee ladies players including Siobhan Fleming the current […]

  THE Chairman of the Kerry County Board and Kerry senior football manager have both paid tribute to Vincent Linnane who passed away this afternoon. Mr Linnane was caretaker in Austin Stack Park and kit-man for the Kerry senior team and was in Croke Park on Sunday with the team […]

NA GAEIL’s Andrew Barry  has been selected as the EirGrid GAA U21 Player of the Province for Munster after his performances for Kerry during this year’s championship. Andrew was named Man of the Match in the recent Munster final victory over Cork. This is the first year of the EirGrid GAA […]

By Donie Jack Griffin Patrick McCarthy is an All Ireland Champion. This young fella refused to stop knocking on the door of the National Stadium and last Saturday morning he boxed his way through it and punched it down to become Kerrys only Champion of 2017. Patrick was very unlucky […]

  Park Fc Easter Camp  We will once again hold a soccer Easter camp at Christy Leahy Park from Moday April 17th until Friday April 21st from 10am-2pm each day. Fee for the week is €40 per child with extra sibling €10 . Or you can just pay by the […]