Archive for March, 2018

STYLE and glamour abounded in The Rose Hotel as around 160 members of the Kerry Foxhounds Hunt Club gathered on Friday night for their annual social. The club, which was formed in 2010, draws its members — numbering around 70 — from Kerry and Cork and they enjoyed a wonderful […]

‘Tomb Raider’ will not live long in the memory says our movie guy, John McCann… Historically, the area of video game adaptation to big screen blockbuster has been one of scant success, with the transition from console to cinema one that has not always run smoothly. One of the few […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: My partner and I have been unable to get a mortgage to buy our own home. Will we be eligible for the new Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan? Answer: The new […]

THE Kerry Camogie Panel who will travel to Healy Park, Omagh to face Tyrone on Sunday at 1.15pm has been announced. The game will serve as a curtain raiser to the Tyrone v Kerry senior football game. The panel is as follows; 1. Alannah Maunsell 2. Liz Houlihan 3. Niamh Leen […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in the early hours of this morning. At approximately 3.20 am Gardaí and emergency services were called to the scene of a single car collision on the Tralee to Fenit road. Two men traveling in the car at the […]

THE Kerry team to face Tyrone on Sunday in Omagh features wholesale changes from the team named to face Kildare in Tralee last weekend. Brian Kelly is back in goals in place of Shane Murphy while Tom O’Sullivan is in for Ronan Shanahan in corner back. In the half-back line, […]

  THE mural at Milk Market Lane currently being completed by Kerry College of Further Education students is just part of bigger plans for that area of town to recognise its historical importance. As we reported earlier this week, the laneway has received a facelift through an initiative led by […]

Alan Cantwell on a great win for Garvey’s Tralee Warriors in last night’s Champions Trophy semi-final… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors will take on Black Amber Templeogue in the Champions Trophy final in a repeat of last year’s decider after they overcame Super League champions UCD Marian by 82-78 in a pulsating […]

Coláiste Gleann Lí presented its current fifth year cohort with their Junior Certificate Profile of Achievement on Friday. This is a historic event for the school and the town as they are the first cohort of students in an English-medium school to receive the certificates. The school organised a BBQ […]

A PROTEST rally is to take place tomorrow (Saturday) in Tralee about the housing crisis in Ireland. The ‘Housing is a Human Right’ protest, organised by the National Homeless and Housing Coalition, will see people gather at The Horan Centre at 1pm followed by a march to The Square.   […]

AFTER having their big day postponed three weeks ago, the pupils of Scoil Eoin Balloonagh finally received their Confirmation at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Wednesday. Due to weather warnings about the cold snap the pupils had to wait a few weeks more, but there were no such […]

SPRING is definitely in the air at Presentation Tralee as the students prepare for the Easter holidays. In the courtyard in the school, the trees have suddenly become more colourful with the introduction of some painted eggs. German teacher, Marian Cronin, explained the reasons behind it. “It’s an old German […]

THE lads from Croí Restaurant in Tralee gave a cookery demo last night, fresh from their win at the Irish Restaurant Awards regional finals in Cork on Wednesday. In the guise of the Tralee Culinary Gangsters, Noel Keane and Kevin O’Connor were joined by Massimiliano Bagaglini from Once Upon A Cheese […]

  FILMMAKING in Kerry is set to receive a boost with the recent announcement of a new short film bursary by Kerry County Council and The Arts Council. The Film Bursary Award is set as a grant valued at €15,000 for 2018 and aims to foster talent, creativity and activity […]

A TRALEE mother is part of an Autism Awareness campaign to be officially launched next Monday on Snapchat. Lisa Curran, who has a young son with autism, is asking people to support the ‘Through Their Eyes’ campaign which has seen a promo video with a song written by Killarney man […]

TWO Tralee businesses have made the shortlist in the prestigious Image Magazine Business Of Beauty Awards. Nádúr Spa at Ballygarry House Hotel and Expose Beauty Lounge, Tralee are both in the shortlist for the awards which take place next month. Nádúr Spa is in the Best Spa category while Expose […]

THE Transition Year students at Tralee CBS  took to the stage for their production of the John B Keane classic ‘Sive’ last night in front of a packed hall at the school. Directed by Ellen McGillycuddy, the students had been preparing for months and thankfully all those rehearsals paid off […]

THE cast of ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ took to the stage for the opening performance of a four night run at Siamsa Tire last night. Recognised as one of the all-time great comedy musicals, the production is presented by the multi-award-winning Light Opera Society of Tralee (LOST), and directed by […]

THE feats of the U16 basketball team at Presentation were acknowledged at the school on Wednesday with a presentation from the Board of Management. The girls won the league and Cup All-Ireland double in the space of five weeks back in January/February at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, which […]

THERE were two local winners at the regional finals in this year’s Irish Restaurant Awards which took place in the Radisson Blu, Little Island, Cork, last night. Croí Restaurant in The Square won Best Kerry Newcomer while Jim McGrath of The Oyster Tavern in the Spa won Best Restaurant Manager in Kerry […]

A DELEGATION from Tralee met with Brendan Ryan, Courts Services CEO, in Dublin today in an effort to keep court services in Tralee town centre. Sinn Féin Councillor and local solicitor Pa Daly attended the meeting along with Aidan Kelly from the Tralee Chamber Alliance and Kerry TDs Martin Ferris […]

THERE is something special happening in the town centre these days as students from Kerry College of Further Education paint a mural in historical laneway. Milk Market Lane has been transformed over the past couple of weeks as Tidy Tralee Together received funding from Tralee Municipal District councillors to give […]

  KERRY people who are blind or vision impaired will be able to use the brand new tactile ballot template in the upcoming referendum this year, meaning they can now cast their votes in secret for the first time. Up to now, people with sight loss had to rely on […]

AFTER a great turnout on Easter Sunday morning last year, a dawn mass will once again be held in Annagh Burial Ground at 6am on April 1. Organised by the Curraheen Liturgy Group, it is the second time a dawn mass will ever have been held in the area. There […]

A FUNDRAISER will be held this Friday to help towards buying two defibrillators after a woman almost died in the town centre earlier this year. Therese O’Brien was in Tralee in early January when she suddenly felt unwell just outside Lloyd’s Pharmacy in Ashe Street. The 48 year old married […]

MEMBERS of the Fire Service in Tralee raised thousands for two organisations just before Christmas. Pieta House Tralee and ADAPT Kerry both received cheques of €3,069 each after the members collected money from the public on the two Sundays before Christmas. “We pick two charities every year and this time […]

WELL-known local musician Noel Hartnett and his wife Sheila are inviting music and dancing fans to come along to The Earl of Desmond Hotel next Tuesday, March 27, for a night of music and dance in aid of the Recovery Haven Cancer Support House. Noel and Sheila have enlisted the […]

EASTER is just around the corner and Manor West Shopping Centre and Retail Park is celebrating with some of Kerry’s finest food producers and craftspeople at its Spring Food and Craft Fair on Saturday, March 31 from 11am to 5pm. The fair tells the story of Kerry’s vibrant food and craft […]

  CATHERINE Young’s new dance piece ‘State of Exception’ comes to Siamsa Tíre, Tralee on this Sunday at 8pm. Catherine has been working in Kerry for many years with dance professionals, community groups, schools and most recently with refugees and asylum seekers. Her dance piece ‘Welcoming the Stranger’ in 2016 […]

The refixed Kerry doubles championships for both ladies and men for divisions 2&4 took place last Monday night in the Killarney Sports Arena. For a Bank Holiday night there was certainly a great turnout and the many onlookers were certainly treated to all that is good in the game of badminton. Results as […]