Archive for August, 2017

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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival was brought to you by AIB Tralee… IF she was tired after the night before, Jennifer Byrne wasn’t showing it when she turned up in the Town Park for the traditional photoshoot in the Rose Garden. The tall (5ft 11″) 23-year-old […]

THE National Council For The Blind Of Ireland (NCBI) is holding a public meeting in Tralee on September 6 in a bid to engage with people who are directly affected with sight loss. The meetings are being held to  focus attention on the difficulties people who are blind or vision impaired encounter […]

FUNDS from an Ironman challenge and an event where people took a rowing machine on top of a mountain benefitted a worthy organisation recently. The rescue service provided by the volunteer crew of Fenit RNLI was shown great appreciation once again at the presentation of funds raised by the two […]

THE man who was detained at Mayfield Garda Station in relation to the murder of a Tralee woman earlier this year, is scheduled to appear before a sitting of Cork District Court today charged in relation to the investigation. Gardaí investigating the murder of Nicola Collins on March 27 at […]

STAFF at Woodie’s Tralee raised nearly €6,000 for four children’s charities over the last four weeks. A very successful Charity Soccer Tournament, a Monster Draw in-store and table quiz all helped the Tralee team to smash their €4,000 target. Continued  below… On Monday a team of 16 cyclists from Woodie’s […]

KERRY ETB has announced the new senior management team in Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí. Ruairí Ó Cinnéide has been appointed as Principal of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí, taking over from Austin Ó Seachnasaigh who recently retired from the role. Conall Ó Cruadhlaoich has been appointed Deputy Principal. A native Irish speaker hailing from Dingle, […]

THE Crotta O’Neills hurling club will head en masse to the dogs this weekend for a major fundraiser. Their 2017 family fundraising Night at the Dogs is on Saturday night in The Kingdom Greyhound Stadium, Tralee. There will be 12 races with the first race at 7:50 pm; there may […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… MICHAEL ‘Pixie’ O’Gorman brought us some amazing footage of the Rose of Tralee parade a few days ago which showed the town lit up by fireworks. Well he was also had cameras on the ground […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE new Rose of Tralee thought her heart was going to jump out of her chest when she heard her name called out by Daithi O Se last night. Jennifer Byrne, a doctor from […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… OFFALY Rose, Jennifer Byrne is Rose of Tralee 2017, the first win for the county. She was in shock after hearing her name called out in the Dome tonight and was immediately surrounded and […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE Kerry Rose took to the stage tonight and looked relaxed as she chatted away with host Dáithí. Breda O’Mahony from Rathmore looked beautiful and elegant in her dress and spoke about her career in food, […]

Saturday 19th August  fourball sponsored by DCS Group 1st: Tim Healy (6) & Chris McNamara (13) 47 Points 2nd: Conor Stack (14) & Seamus MacGearilt (16) 44 Points 3rd: Sean Corcoran (11) &Brendan Brosnan (21) 43 Points 4th: Stephen Barter (17) & Harry Dawson (13) 43 Points 5th: Sean McCarthy (9) […]

DANCING: Our club’s ‘Dancing Through the Decades’ will take place in the Festival Dome next Saturday (26th). Have you your ticket? We urge all to support this enjoyable fundraiser. Costas ticéid: €20. Even if you yourself cannot attend, you could offer a ticket to a friend! We expect this ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ presentation […]

ST. BRENDAN’S PARK CLUB NOTES Under 11 (2007) Our under 11A have nailed down their squad for the coming season following a number of trial games. Well done to all those who took part. Training for our u11A will continue this Tuesday. Our u11B will reconvene with the new management […]

Senior B: Churchill B team are in Championship action this Thursday evening in Churchill. Throw in versus St Senans is at 7pm. Academy: After a break last weekend, Academy training resumes as normal at 11am on Sunday morning. Don’t forget to bring water, gum shield and €2. U11:On Monday evening […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… YESTERDAY we brought you the style from ladies attending the Rose of Tralee Fashion Show on Sunday night (click here if you missed it). Hundreds were in the Dome for the event and the […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE Texas Rose is the hot favourite to win the Rose of Tralee title according to the bookies this afternoon. Lydian Lawler Lopez was 11/10 at 3.10pm today at Paddy Power and Boylesports to […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… TEAMS of six battled it out in the Town Park on Sunday for a new festival event, the ‘It’s a Knockout’ Challenge. The showery weather proved no deterrent to either the teams, or the […]

GARDAI investigating the murder of Tralee woman Nicola Collins on March 27 this year at Pophams Road, Cork city, have arrested a man in his 40s. The man was arrested today and is currently detained at Mayfield Garda Station under Section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act 1984. The body of Nicola […]

TWO local beauty and fashion experts will be on our TV screens every morning on a new style programme. Well known beauty expert Mary O’Donnell from Tralee and fashionista Orla Diffily, based in Firies, will each have a slot on ‘Life N Style’ which will air every morning from Monday, […]

THERE were over 100 cyclists taking part in the Cycle Against Suicide Spinoff on Saturday afternoon and the support of the local community both in Tralee and Ballyheigue was inspiring say organisers. The cyclists set off from Austin Stacks GAA Club in Connolly Park at around 2.30pm making their way […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… SATURDAY was a chance for the Roses to get out and about and visit their ‘Pub Twins’. Every year a pub or hotel is paired up with a number of Roses and between 1pm […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the Bord Gais Energy GAA Hurling All Ireland U21B Semi-Final on Saturday in Semple Stadium to see Kerry take on Meath… Kerry 1-23 Meath 1-9 Kerry ran out easy winners in the end on the scoreline of Kerry 1-23 Meath 1-9, but for a short period at […]

A MEMORIAL stone to commemorate babies who have died before, during or after birth will be unveiled and blessed at Rath Cemetery, Tralee on Saturday next, August 26 at 11am. The memorial is being put in place by Kerry County Council in association with the Miscarriage Association of Ireland. The Association […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… It’s the final day of the festival but why not see it off in style. Here’s a few things to get up to today… 1. Family time… Family Town is still in full swing […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THOMAS Lynch, a business consultant from Castleisland, topped the poll among Roses and Rose Escorts to become the 2017 Rose Escort of the Year at the Rose of Tralee International Festival. Dáithí Ó Sé […]