Archive for December, 2018

GARDAI are asking people to beware of people standing outside shops or in carparks selling knives in Tralee. Gardaí believe this is a distraction technique by thieves whose real intention is to steal wallets. They are telling people not to engage with them. Gardai are also warning customers to be […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information regarding an assault in Tralee on Sunday evening. A man suffered a suspected broken nose and facial injuries after he was assaulted by another male at Ivy Terrace at approximately 7.15pm. Gardaí say a number of people were in the area at […]

  A NUMBER of primary schools in Tralee and north Kerry, in collaboration with IT Tralee, have secured funding under the Department of Education and Skills’ School Excellence Fund, to implement an innovative virtual reality teaching programme. The four participating schools are Ardfert National School, Abbeydorney National School, Tralee Educate […]

A TRALEE man has been named a VHI Parkrun Hero as he picked up the award for November. Pat Sheehy is a core member of the Tralee parkrun team and has volunteered 250+ times for both parkrun and junior parkruns that take place on Saturday and Sunday mornings. The monthly […]

TRALEE received some good news this morning as 100 jobs have been announced for the IDA advanced manufacturing facility in Dromtacker. Pharmaceutical company, Central Pharma, are to move into the facility and will create the jobs over a five year period. Central Pharma is based in the UK and CEO […]

  FOR a morning that started off with driving rain, the participants in the Santa 5k Run were blessed with the weather come 11am on Sunday, as they went off from the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre. Hundreds of people took part in the run which, this year, was for Our Lady’s […]

WHILE there’s another weekend to go before Christmas, the past two nights saw the last big weekend of Christmas parties take place around town and there was a fantastic atmosphere around. One of the biggest parties was in the Meadowlands Hotel, where around 90 Lee Strand employees enjoyed a Casino […]

ST Vincent de Paul is incredibly busy this time of the trying to help out families in need and they received a little help from a childcare centre on Friday. The staff and children from Sunflowers Childcare at Balloonagh have been helping SVP every Christmas for the past 11 years. […]

PARTY season continues and it’s a boom time for hotels, restaurants and bars with hundreds of revellers hitting the town on Saturday night. In The Ashe Hotel there was a special celebration for one man which double up as a Christmas party. Brendan McMahon has been a teacher at CBS […]

A GARDA in Killarney has won an ‘Emergency Services Award’ at the RSA’s ‘Leading Lights’ awards. Sergeant Dermot O’Connell, Sergeant In Charge at Killarney Garda Station, was honoured by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) for his road safety initiative ‘Operation Páistí’ which addressed the serious lack of awareness among motorists […]

AS I embark to write about this title, I cannot but ask myself how ridiculous the title is and how on earth am I going to get a full article out of it without boring people to death. The mind boggles and truly my mind is ‘boggling right now’, but […]

AH, the 1980s! The days when Kerry bate all round them, Liverpool dominated English football, Madonna, Prince and Michael Jackson ruled the charts and Top Of The Pops was the talk of the schoolyard every Friday morning. It was also the heyday of discos in Tralee with Horan’s and Spirals […]

WITH Christmas approaching fast, this weekend is party central in Tralee as work colleagues who have worked hard all year come together for a well-deserved night out. It’s boom time for the hotels, restaurants and bars in the town and they are certainly giving value for money with their party […]

THERE were no scrubs or white coats in sight on Friday night in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel as staff from University Hospital Kerry enjoyed their Christmas party. There were around 330 people from many departments attending where they enjoyed a mulled wine reception before a delicious four course meal and […]

IT’S been another busy week at CBS The Green with students taking part in two separate events involving great causes. First of all, last Friday saw students don their Christmas Jumpers for the Radio Kerry St Vincent de Paul appeal. Many of the students took part – along with some […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I am getting a social welfare payment. Will I get a Christmas Bonus this year? Answer: The Christmas Bonus is paid to people getting a long-term social welfare payment. This […]

John McCann says Jason Momoa is in top form in a surprisingly good effort and deserving of a trip to the Omniplex… This week saw another DC Comics adaptation hit Tralee Omniplex with Warner Brothers Studios hoping that Aquaman follows in Wonder Woman’s successful footsteps after previous disastrous attempts with ‘Justice League’ […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Tralee CBS and Mercy Mounthawk clash in the Munster Under 19 ‘E’ Schools Final played at IT Tralee on Friday afternoon… CBS The Green 3-15 Mercy Mounthawk 3-4 TRALEE CBS are the Munster U19 E Schools Hurling champions after defeating Mercy Mounthawk on a scoreline of 3-14 […]

TIS the season of goodwill and the employees at one company in Tralee certainly displayed that by helping out local children in town. Organised by the newly-formed charity committee at JRI America, the company teamed up with St Vincent de Paul and donated over €2,000 in toys and vouchers so […]

THERE were wall-to-wall angels and shepherds at Moyderwell Mercy Primary School on Thursday as the little ones put on the Christmas concert this year. Parents packed the school hall to see the preschool, junior infants and senior infants classes take to the stage and perform what they have spent the […]

A BIT of winter snow would have been preferable to the torrential rain outside Kerry College of Further Education on Thursday, but there was a great festive atmosphere as students enjoyed ‘Christmas On Campus’. McHales Catering who operate the canteen at KCFE kindly subsidised a Christmas lunch of turkey and […]

ROUNDY’S Bar is used to hosting artistic events and on Saturday the place will be full of handmade items which would make ideal Christmas presents. A group of local artists are having a pop-up Christmas craft fair at the bar from 1pm to 6pm. The artists are Rebecca Lyons origami, […]

THE horrible weather is due to have passed by the time hundreds of people decked in red converge on Tralee Bay Wetlands centre for the annual  Santa 5k Fun Run and there’s still time to register. Now in its sixth year this event has gone from strength to strength as families […]

Just two shopping weekends to go until Christmas so the town and Manor will be packed. The weather, however, is threatening to spoil Saturday, but if you venture out over the weekend, bear these events in mind… Friday 1. Forever young… Here’s something that’s running on Friday and Saturday to […]

A NICE early Christmas present was handed over to a local woman who is the latest winner in the Nolan’s Londis Christmas TV Giveaway. Catherine Kearns from The Belfry — but originally from St John’s Park across the road from Nolan’s on North Circular Road — was presented with her new 49″ […]

‘EmPowerMe’ a Kerry Education and Training Board event to celebrate young women in modern Ireland and the 100 years of the Women’s vote was held in The Rose Hotel on Thursday. February 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of Irish women’s right to vote and Kerry ETB acknowledged that this was a huge […]

THE Irish Red Cross Seniors Christmas Tea Party will take place this Sunday, from 2pm to 6pm in the Ashe Hotel. This annual event is always a highlight for the branch in Tralee and is always a great community gathering. There will be light refreshments (sandwiches and hot finger food) as […]

A FRESH morning in the Town Park provided ideal conditions for a healthy and enjoyable fundraiser involving Moyderwell Mercy Primary School pupils. The ‘Jingle Bell Jog’ saw excited pupils, with many donning Santa hats and Christmas jumpers, do a circuit of the Park. “The Jingle Bell Jog is a festive […]

THE wind was howling and the rain teeming down outside, but the excitement was palpable inside Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn for the first night of their Christmas concerts. From Junior Infants to Sixth Class, the pupils have been rehearsing for weeks with their hard-working teachers and the fruits of their labour […]

GARDAI investigating a burglary incident at a hotel yesterday, have charged two men in the late teens. They are due to appear before the courts at a later date. Gardaí arrested the two men following the burglary at the hotel on the outskirts of Tralee in the early hours of […]