Archive for August 24th, 2017

The Kerry Islamic Cultural Exhibition on Saturday in the Brandon Hotel. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry Islamic Outreach Society To Host Exhibition This Saturday

August 24, 2017 at 3:46 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry Islamic Outreach Society will host their fifth annual Islamic Cultural Exhibition this Saturday, August 26, at the Brandon Hotel. The exhibition will be from 11am until 5pm on the day and will feature a whole host of entertainment and informative pieces for all that attend. There will be several […]

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Poshey Completes Town2Town Challenge From Dundalk To Tralee For Charities

Poshey Completes Town2Town Challenge From Dundalk To Tralee For Charities

August 24, 2017 at 2:36 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE man has thanked everyone who donated to a marathon cycle he took part in last weekend in aid of three charities. Colin ‘Poshey’ Aherne took part in the Town2Town Challenge, a three day event, raising money for Make A Wish Ireland, Friends of A & Donal Walsh #LiveLife. He […]

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Former IRA Member And Informer Sean O’Callaghan Has Died

Former IRA Member And Informer Sean O’Callaghan Has Died

August 24, 2017 at 1:15 pm Comments are Disabled

Sean O’Callaghan, the Tralee native who became an informer for the gardaí against the IRA, has died at the age of 62. It’s understood Mr O’Callaghan passed away while a visiting a relative in Jamaica earlier this week. He was rercruited at the age of 17 by the IRA and […]

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WATCH: Stacks Doing A Good Job Promoting Strictly This Saturday

WATCH: Stacks Doing A Good Job Promoting Strictly This Saturday

August 24, 2017 at 11:49 am Comments are Disabled

FINAL preparations are being made for the biggest night of the year for Austin Stacks GAA Club and their marketing machine has produced some great promo videos in the run up to the event. The theme of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing event is ‘Dancing Through The Decades’ to reflect […]

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Vote For Your Favourite Local Takeaway In National Awards

Vote For Your Favourite Local Takeaway In National Awards

August 24, 2017 at 11:05 am 4 comments

WHETHER it’s a late night feast after a feed of pints or an alternative to cooking on any given evening, Tralee’s takeaways have been expanding our waistlines and raising our cholesterol for decades now. Now, Just Eat, Ireland’s leading online food ordering app, has called on the people of Tralee to […]

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IT Tralee Sees 25% Increase In CAO Offers For Level 8 Courses

IT Tralee Sees 25% Increase In CAO Offers For Level 8 Courses

August 24, 2017 at 9:24 am Comments are Disabled

THE Institute of Technology Tralee will register over 1,500 new learners this September seeing an increase of 25% in level 8 CAO offers on this time last year. New students will enter the Institute from the CAO, Springboard, FETAC linked/advanced progression routes and international markets. Dr Brendan O’Donnell, Vice-President, Academic […]

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SPONSORED: Credit Union Survey Reveals Optimism For Future Among Students

SPONSORED: Credit Union Survey Reveals Optimism For Future Among Students

August 24, 2017 at 9:24 am Comments are Disabled

  AS Leaving Certificate students mull over their CAO offers, they can take heart that the majority of third level students are now highly optimistic about their future job prospects. A new survey, commissioned by the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU), has examined the attitudes and concerns of 474 […]

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Over 1.5m Viewers Tuned Into Rose Of Tralee TV Shows This Year

Over 1.5m Viewers Tuned Into Rose Of Tralee TV Shows This Year

August 24, 2017 at 9:21 am Comments are Disabled

THE net number of viewers who tuned into the Rose of Tralee TV shows over Monday and Tuesday night exceeded 1.5m. According to RTE, a peak audience of over 700,000 tuned in on Tuesday night to see Offaly Rose Jennifer Byrne crowned the Rose of Tralee. The announcement by host […]

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