Archive for September, 2017

IT was a blustery and showery afternoon west of the bridge on Sunday, but a group of around 40 people still turned up for St Pat’s GAA Club annual fundraising walk. Held in aid of Palliative Care Unit and in memory of the late Tony O’Donoghue, a great stalwart of […]

THE weather wasn’t ideal but that didn’t put off over 85 hardy souls for the fourth annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle. Held to raise funds for Ardfert NS, the leisure cycle had two routes, 32km and 70km, providing a challenge for both the novice and experienced cyclist. The rain threatened all morning […]

COMEDIAN, author and cycling enthusiast, David O’Doherty is coming back to Tralee this winter for a stand-up show. Self-styled as the Aldi Bublé, the Ryanair Enya, he will present an evening of his latest jokes and songs in Siamsa Tíre on December 1. Tickets are €18 / €16 plus €1 […]

Mike O’Halloran was in Semple Stadium Thurles to see Kerry win the Under 21 Hurling All Ireland B Final yesterday… Kerry 2-12  Wicklow 2-8 I had said in my preview that there would be bonfires in Lixnaw on Saturday night and that Kerry to bring home the Richie McElligott Cup […]

A BALLYHEIGUE man will be coming home this September to celebrate his 40th birthday and he’s bringing an exhibition and some friends with him. Jack O’Regan, son of well-known community activist Joan O’Regan, who lives in the Castlemorris area of Tralee, is the Chairperson of the Irish Kenyan Society in […]

NOT bad for a month’s work. While it’s not uncommon for us to hit 800,000 and 900,000 hits in a 31 day period, yesterday TraleeToday.ie went past the 1,000,000 page views a month mark on the website for the first time. Our many stories on the Rose of Tralee Festival and […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I’ve applied for a student grant to start a college course this year but I didn’t get the grant I was expecting. What can I do? Answer: Applications for the […]

Mike O’Halloran watched the Kerry Junior Hurling Championship Final on Friday night in Abbeydorney… Lady’s Walk 3-17 Duagh 0-4 In the final of the Kerry Junior Hurling Championship Lady’s Walk overcame a never say die Duagh team in a one sided game played in Abbeydorney. In fairness the scoreboard dose […]

‘Detroit’ is an emotional and gut-wrenching movie from one of Hollywood’s finest directors says our movie critic, John McCann… The latest feature from Kathryn Bigelow – the Academy Award winning director with a rich back catalogue which includes ‘The Hurt Locker’ and ‘Zero Dark Thirty’ – tells the gripping true […]

AT least it’s not rain. Met Eireann are giving us plenty of notice for some windy weather on the way as the weekend comes to a close. A Yellow Status Wind Warning has  been issued Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Clare and Cork, valid from Sunday at 6pm to Monday 9am. Some very strong […]

TRALEE people will feature prominently in a new TV series next month about finding that perfect dress. The people from Waddell Media had their cameras in town over the summer months at a number of events, following Kerry Rose contestant Amy Lynch and Danny Leane of Annburys Boutique for the […]

A FEATURE film will be made in Tralee this October and the makers are looking for local people to volunteer their services in its production in a number of ways, in return for shares in a co-op. They are looking to cast for actors for speaking parts, as well as […]

THERE was a phenomenal response this morning when tickets for Jenny Greene and RTÉ Concert Orchestra in the INEC Killarney on December 15th sold out in just one minute! The collaboration has been selling out shows all over the country and will perform their last show of 2017 at Ireland’s biggest […]

HUNDREDS of students donned their caps and gowns at the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre on Thursday evening for the annual Kerry College of Further Education graduation ceremony. There were 625 students enrolled in the past year at the college. Awards conferred on graduates are nationally and internationally recognised at Level 5 and Level […]

Cycles, colour runs, big time basketball and family fun days. There’s a few things to get up to this weekend… Friday 1. Quiz time… A fundraising Fun Quiz will be held in Na Gaeil GAA Club at 8.30pm on Friday to help defray costs for a special event later this month […]

TRALEE and Irish team athlete Shona Heaslip was present on Thursday to help launch the CBS The Green annual 5k/3K timed fun run which takes place next month. The secondary school is busy preparing for the run which takes place on Sunday,  October 1 at 1pm. Both routes are fast and […]

Mike O’Halloran can’t see anything other than a Kerry win this weekend as the team to face Wicklow in the All-Ireland Under 21B final… The Kerry U21 hurling team take on Wicklow in the final of The All Ireland Under 21 B Hurling on Saturday at 1pm in Thurles and […]

IT’S one of the biggest talk shows on the world but that didn’t faze the Flemings from Ballymac after they appeared on the Jimmy Kimmel Show last night. Tadhg, Derry and Maureen Fleming appeared via Skype on the enormously successful US TV talk show to talk about the success of […]

TRALEE Warriors return to action this weekend and that means the crowds will be back in Tralee Sports and Leisure Centre in their hundreds. They host a pre-season tournament over Saturday and Sunday with Neptune, Ballincollig and St Paul’s teams also taking part. On Saturday at 6pm, St Pauls take […]

THIS one will just fly! While Tadhg Fleming’s ‘Bat Dad’ video has now gone way over the 30 million views territory — 20 million on ‘Ladbible’ and 10 million views on ‘Unilad’ Facebook pages alone — it was only natural that the lads from renowned t-shirt makers ‘Hairy Baby’ would […]

KERRY County Council are to look into installing an adult exercise facility in Tralee Town Park. Mayor of Tralee, Norma Foley, asked the local authority to investigate the potential of installing the facility. The Council said it would investigate the feasibility of the request and they would look at possible […]

COUNCILLORS have asked that the Council consider the return of diving boards to Fenit, which proved so popular with swimmers in years gone by. A motion was put forward by Sinn Féin Cllr Pa Daly at the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District on Monday morning that the diving boards […]

AN Garda Síochána has confirmed to Tralee Municipal District councillors that there are 24 CCTV cameras in operation at the moment in the town. The information was supplied in reply to a motion by Cllr Norma Foley, asking the Council to carry out an evaluation of CCTV cameras in conjunction […]

FIVE members of Tralee Triathlon Club will be wearing the Irish colours as they head to Rotterdam to represent Ireland and Kerry at the ITU World Triathlon Championships in Rotterdam next week. Eight triathletes from the county are representing Ireland and Kerry and their club on the International field. The […]

EARLIER this week, Tralee received some disheartening news about it’s placing in the latest Irish Business Against Litter league placing, dropping to 33rd place and being deemed ‘moderately littered’, despite the huge efforts of Tidy Towns volunteers. Councillors rightly said people had to step up and take responsibility for their […]

WITH just over a week to go to ladies day at Listowel Races, stylish women might be interested in a new category in the prizes where they can walk off with a much coveted fashion item. The winner of the Most Iconic Lady at the McElligotts Honda Ladies Day at […]

KERRY County Council hosted a major national tourism conference in Listowel today, Wednesday with a focus on growing and enhancing the Wild Atlantic Way. The event at the Listowel Arms Hotel heard from a wide range of tourism experts and aims to strengthen the links and networks which have been […]

A FINAL call has gone out for photos of the Boherbee/Mitchels area, for their 10th anniversary calendar. The people from the Mitchels Regeneration Project are looking for old photographs of the area; its people, work places, buildings and landmarks. They are asking people to root through their collection of photographs and […]

DAYS before Kerry took on Mayo in the All-Ireland semi-final replay, Jill Harrington and John Ryle from Tralee asked the people of the town to give their support to the lads in a video they made. Well as a follow-up, Jill and John took to the streets and Austin Stack […]

THE annual Austin Stacks Lee Strand Invitational tournament takes place this weekend and this year the cup will be dedicated to the memory of a great Stacks man. Denis ‘Dinny’ O’Connor’s died in March of this year and to remember him, a new base has been fitted to the cup […]