Archive for September 28th, 2018

Siamsa Tíre, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, invites young people aged 15 – 20 to get dramatic as it launches its tenth season of the Free Radicals Youth Theatre (FRYT). A Taster Session will take place on this Saturday, September from 4 – 6pm and new members are welcome […]

SO what are you doing next Wednesday night. Flopping in front of the telly with a cup of tea and biscuits watching the soaps? Well for the next four Wednesdays, you can get out of the house and head down to The Grand Hotel to meet new people, have fun, […]

SHE’S a busy woman these days. Presidential candidate, Liadh Ní Riada, was pressing the flesh today as she walked around Tralee town centre. The Sinn Féin MEP met and chatted to people in the Square and the Mall as she appealed to the people of Kerry to give her their […]

A FORMER Garda Chief Superintendent living in Blennerville hit the jackpot recently when he won a GAA lotto draw. Pat Sullivan and his wife Maura went to Killarney to accept the cheque of €15,600 he won in the Dr Crokes GAA lotto. Pat, who served in the top job in […]

THERE were three Tralee area properties sold at the BidX1 online auction last week, while the next one in two weeks time sees one house locally up for sale. A semi detached three bedroom house at 72 Rahoonane in Tralee has a reserve not to exceed €70,000. It extends to […]

A COMPANY has applied for planning for a new garden centre at Manor West. The application from Ashman Developments Ltd is for a development consisting of four retail warehouse units, a garden centre and 330 on-grade car parking spaces, including 7,222 sq. m. of retail space at ground floor and […]

KERRY’S architectural heritage will be the focus of the inaugural Architecture Kerry festival this weekend and Tralee venues will host events and tours of buildings. The event, which will showcase and celebrate the best of the county’s architectural heritage, will take place from Friday to Sunday and will feature talks, […]

Sport dominates the weekend and many in town will be torn between two venues. Elsewhere there’s architecture and a fun run… Friday 1. Discover architecture… There’s loads of events planned in Tralee for the weekend as part of the inaugural Architecture Kerry Festival. The event, which will showcase and celebrate […]

THE Kerry branch of the Samaritans are looking to recruit new volunteers and are holding an information night in Tralee on Friday, October 5 at 7.30pm. Back in July the local branch revealed that to that date in 2018, they have received 14,700 contacts. These contacts include telephone calls, SMS  […]

CREATIVE people in Kerry are being invited to enter a competition which could win them a trip to Barcelona and see their winning entry sold in shops all around the country. This October will see the One4all Design a Gift Card competition return, and the 2018 judging panel is on […]