Archive for May, 2019

PHOTOS: Spectacular ‘Star Wars’ Festival In Kerry Villages

PHOTOS: Spectacular ‘Star Wars’ Festival In Kerry Villages

May 5, 2019 at 12:10 pm Comments are Disabled

THEY really went all out with this. The ‘May the 4th Be With You’ festival is taking place this weekend in Portmagee, Valentia Island and Ballyferriter with people dressing up as their favourite characters. May the 4th, is the day when fans across the globe commemorate the Star Wars universe. This year’s […]

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Cathal Foley Joins Sinn Féin Ticket For Local Elections

Cathal Foley Joins Sinn Féin Ticket For Local Elections

May 5, 2019 at 11:10 am Comments are Disabled

FORMER Tralee Town Councillor Cathal Foley has joined the Sinn Féin election ticket for the Tralee Electoral Area. He was nominated by Cllr Toiréasa Ferris at county buildings in Tralee this morning. Sinn Féin will now have three candidates running in the Tralee area with sitting councillors Pa Daly and Toireasa […]

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Roger Harty: A Formula For Living

Roger Harty: A Formula For Living

May 5, 2019 at 10:56 am 1 comment

I DISCOVERED this by accident a few years ago when I came across a sheet of paper with the formula written on it. The funny thing about it is that the formula was never explained to me and that fact I now believe is part of its beauty. It explains […]

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Hugh Maguire accepts first place (adult category) from Paul Ruane (judge) at the Donal Walsh LiveLife Film Awards at the Tralee Omniplex. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Ardfert Man Among Prizewinners At Donal Walsh LiveLife Film Awards

May 5, 2019 at 10:30 am Comments are Disabled

THE Tralee Omniplex was the venue on Friday afternoon for the 6th annual Donal Walsh Live Life Secondary School and Adult Film Awards. This year saw the competition screen the shortlisted movies at the IMax Cinema and the experience was magical according to organiser, Mary Lucey. With an audience of […]

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English Choir To Perform In Tralee And Ardfert In Aid Of Down Syndrome Kerry

English Choir To Perform In Tralee And Ardfert In Aid Of Down Syndrome Kerry

May 5, 2019 at 10:29 am Comments are Disabled

A CHOIR from England will come to Tralee to perform three concerts next weekend with proceeds going to Down Syndrome Kerry. The Gledholt Male Voice Choir from Huddersfield in Yorkshire, which numbers 32 members, is travelling from England to sing in Tralee. They  will be performing three concerts in total, […]

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Manor West Retail Park Looks Forward To Hosting Food And Craft Fair

Manor West Retail Park Looks Forward To Hosting Food And Craft Fair

May 5, 2019 at 10:28 am Comments are Disabled

AFTER all the fun of the Tralee Food Festival has finished, Manor West Shopping Centre and Retail Park is set to welcome the return of its ever popular Food and Craft Fair series on Saturday, May 11th from 11am to 5pm. On the day, Manor West will welcome a host […]

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Three Days Of Racing In Killarney This May

Three Days Of Racing In Killarney This May

May 5, 2019 at 10:27 am Comments are Disabled

THE white flag is being unfurled as the spectacular Ross Road track in Killarney – acknowledged as the most scenic in the country – prepares to host three days of top quality racing. The action will get underway on Sunday, May 12 which has been designated a special family day […]

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Kerry Participants Wanted For ‘Ireland’s Fittest Family’ TV Show

Kerry Participants Wanted For ‘Ireland’s Fittest Family’ TV Show

May 5, 2019 at 10:26 am Comments are Disabled

THE popular TV show, ‘Ireland’s Fittest Family’ is looking for Kerry participants to enter this year. It’s a reality show where families from all over the country compete against each other for the chance to win €15,000 and the title of ‘Ireland’s Fittest Family’, all the while being mentored by a […]

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At the coffee fundraiser for a new Chemotherapy Day Unit at UHK were Bracker O'Regan, Bridget O'Connor, Evelyn O'Regan, Mikey Sheehy, Mary O'Regan, Darren O'Sullivan and Mary Fitzgerald at Carraig Donn on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: People Give Generously At Carraig Donn Coffee Morning For Chemotherapy Unit

May 4, 2019 at 9:21 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was a fantastic response to a fundraiser in a Tralee shop on Friday morning/afternoon. Carraig Donn on Bridge Street hosted a coffee morning event to raise funds for a new Chemotherapy Day Unit at University Hospital Kerry. The crowds attending were boosted thanks to the store offering a 25% discount […]

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Xavier Murray, Therese Keating, Emma Murray, Jack Murray, Alan Murphy and John Murray at the table quiz in Kerins O'Rahillys GAA Club for the Kerry Ladies Football Academy's trip to Boston. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Table Quiz At Kerins O’Rahillys To Help Send Kerry Girls To Boston

May 4, 2019 at 9:20 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was a big turnout at Kerins O’Rahillys Clubhouse last night for a table quiz organised by Kerry Ladies Gaelic Football Association. It’s planned to send about 65 girls from the Under 15 and Under 17 squads to Boston to play games in late August. To partly finance this, the […]

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PHOTOS: A Stylish Start To The Food Festival At ‘The Enclosure’ In Benners

PHOTOS: A Stylish Start To The Food Festival At ‘The Enclosure’ In Benners

May 4, 2019 at 9:17 am Comments are Disabled

APART from a slight chill in the air, the sun shone and there was a real summer feel at a party to truly kick off the Tralee Food Festival yesterday evening. Held in the open space of the courtyard of Benner’s Hotel, ‘The Enclosure’ was the official private festival ppening party […]

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Sod Turned On New Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Development At Ballymullen Site

Sod Turned On New Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Development At Ballymullen Site

May 4, 2019 at 9:17 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Education and Training Board and the staff and students of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí were delighted to welcome the Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh TD, to turn the sod for the site enabling works at the site of the Gaelcholaiste Chairraí’s Campas Nua in Ballymullen in Tralee on Thursday. […]

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Know Your Rights: Applying For A Student Grant

Know Your Rights: Applying For A Student Grant

May 4, 2019 at 9:16 am Comments are Disabled

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I will be sitting my Leaving Certificate this year and plan to go to college in the autumn. How do I apply for a student grant? Answer: Student Universal Support […]

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McCann At The Movies: Avengers Endgame Is A Fitting Finale To A Fantastic Franchise

McCann At The Movies: Avengers Endgame Is A Fitting Finale To A Fantastic Franchise

May 4, 2019 at 9:15 am Comments are Disabled

John McCann says Avengers Endgame is a film worthy of it’s place in the rich Marvel catalogue… With a world record-breaking opening weekend box office haul of over $1 billion worldwide, and cinemas up and down the country full to capacity over the last week, I made my way to Tralee […]

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Georgina Maher makes a presentation to Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh during his visit to the KCFE Denny Street Campus on Thursday. Also included is Cllr Terry O'Brien, Kerry ETB Education Officer Anne O'Dwyer, Chairman of Kerry ETB Board of Management Cllr Jim Finucane, Principal of KCFE Mary Lucey, Kerry ETB Director of FET Owen O'Donnell and CEO of Kerry ETB Colm McEvoy. Photo by Dermot Crean

Minister Officially Opens Kerry College of Further Education Denny Street Campus

May 3, 2019 at 4:12 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry College of Further Education (KCFE) Denny Street Campus was officially opened on Thursday by the Minister for Education and Skills, Joe McHugh TD, with hundreds of guests, staff and students in attendance. The official opening firmly embeds KCFE into Tralee Town Centre where students have already breathed life […]

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Fiona Leahy of Kerry LEO, Fallon Moore of Blas na hÉirean and Clíodhna Foley of Sol y Sombra at 'The Business Of Food' event at Bank of Ireland Tralee on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Discussing ‘The Business Of Food’ At Forum In Bank Of Ireland

May 3, 2019 at 3:35 pm Comments are Disabled

BANK of Ireland on Castle Street was the venue for the opening event of the Tralee Food Festival this afternoon. Experts and local producers were in attendance for ‘The Business Of Food’, held as part of the Taste Kerry Food Series in association with Bank of Ireland Workbench. There were […]

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Kerry Winners Announced In National Lottery Good Causes Awards

Kerry Winners Announced In National Lottery Good Causes Awards

May 3, 2019 at 2:07 pm Comments are Disabled

FINUGE Freewheelers Cycling Club, the Kerry branch of Arthritis Ireland, the Kerry County Museum, Social Action Group Rathmore and Kerry Diocesan Youth Service are the five Kerry clubs, community projects and organisations announced today as county winners in the National Lottery Good Causes Awards 2019. The awards were created to […]

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Launching the Tralee Food Festival were, in front;  and Paul Ruane. At back; Tadhg Fleming, Noel Keane and David Scott. In front; Pat Carmody, Jean Foley, Orlagh Winters and Paul Ruane. Photo by Dermot Crean

The Tralee Food Festival Is Going To Be A Great One This Weekend

May 3, 2019 at 10:47 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Food Festival is starting today (Friday) and there’s a fantastic line-up of event all weekend to please all palates. The new-look Tralee Food Festival, organised by Tralee Chamber Alliance and supported by Kerry County Council, has an extended Taste Trail, Live Demos, a Food and Family Day and much […]

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Elma Walsh joined staff and pupils at Spa NS on Thursday morning to launch the 2019 Donal Walsh Spa 6k Challenge.

A Wonderful Family Day Awaits At The Donal Walsh Spa 6k Challenge

May 3, 2019 at 10:35 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was a real buzz of excitement and anticipation at Spa N.S. this week as the 2019 ‘Donal Walsh Spa 6K Challenge’ was launched. This will be the sixth year of the event and the whole school community is busy organising an amzing family fun day in honour of Donal, […]

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Kieran Harty, Ballyheigue holding his Class 2 winning bull, Ocean Madam Flame and being presented with the Dairymaster Cup by Noel Scanlon with show judge, Mike Maunsell, Stephen Harty and Dylan Godley at the 44th annual Kerry Holstein Friesian Breeders Show and Sale at Gortatlea Mart. Photoghaph: John Reidy

PHOTOS: Holstein Friesian Breeders Club 44th Annual Show and Sale

May 3, 2019 at 10:05 am Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry Holstein Friesian Breeders Club held its 44th annual show and sale at Gortatlea Mart, Ballymacelligott recently. Weather conditions greatly facilitated the enjoyment of the day and the use of the spacious grounds for showing, judging and the presentation of prizes. The Harty and Goulding families from Ballyheigue and […]

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Gradam Gnó Chiarraí To Encourage Businesses To Use Irish

Gradam Gnó Chiarraí To Encourage Businesses To Use Irish

May 2, 2019 at 3:38 pm Comments are Disabled

GRADAM Gnó Chiarraí is now into its second year in 2019, commencing with a photo-shoot in Áras an Chontae. The categories have changed this year to give new businesses an opportunity to take part in the awards while allowing for greater development in those areas of business where use of […]

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The Forge Cross Roundabout as it looks now.

Is It Time To Remember The Forge At Forge Cross?

May 2, 2019 at 3:19 pm 3 comments

  YOU may have noticed that the roundabout at the Forge Cross has seen a bit of landscaping in the past couple of weeks. New shrubs and plants have been set in the small stones there and in time we hope these will grow to make the roundabout look more […]

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Fashion And Fun In Listowel For June Bank Holiday Racing

Fashion And Fun In Listowel For June Bank Holiday Racing

May 2, 2019 at 12:42 pm Comments are Disabled

LISTOWEL Race Company this week officially launched their popular June Bank Holiday Race Meeting which will take place on the scenic course on Sunday, June 2nd and Monday, June 3. Top fashion blogger, Helen Quealy Murphy, aka Daily Diva Diary, will judge the Listowel Races Ladies Day on the Sunday […]

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JRI America To Create 100 New Jobs At Tralee Centre

JRI America To Create 100 New Jobs At Tralee Centre

May 2, 2019 at 12:26 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE-BASED software development company, JRI America, is to further expand and create 100 new jobs over the next five years at its centre in Kerry Technology Park. Since 2011, when JRI America, Inc. established in Ireland, it has grown its team in Tralee to 100 staff. JRI America, Inc. now plans […]

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Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council Norma Foley cut the tape to officially open the Boherbee Mitchels Regeneration Walkway on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean

New Mitchels Regeneration Walkway To Help Get People Active

May 2, 2019 at 8:37 am Comments are Disabled

A NEW walkway which aims to get people active and learn more about an historical part of Tralee, was officially opened by Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Norma Foley, on Wednesday across from Tralee Library. The new Mitchels Boherbee Regeneration Walkway starts at Moyderwell and leads down Cloonbeg Terrace, […]

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Sponsored: A Sweet Way To Spend An Afternoon At The Rose Hotel

Sponsored: A Sweet Way To Spend An Afternoon At The Rose Hotel

May 2, 2019 at 8:36 am Comments are Disabled

SWEETEN up in the heart of Tralee with the new Summer Afternoon Tea from The Rose Hotel. Inspired by the busy bees working away in their rooftop hives, the new honey-themed Summer Afternoon Tea is the perfect way to spend a relaxing afternoon catching up with friends and family. Take a […]

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Churchill Community To Get Together For Variety Show

Churchill Community To Get Together For Variety Show

May 2, 2019 at 8:36 am Comments are Disabled

A GREAT night out and an opportunity to meet the neighbours is guaranteed this Sunday as Churchill GAA hosts a ‘Summer Variety Show’ in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. This is the third major fundraising event they’ve had in as many years after hosting a Strictly in 2017, a Lip Sing […]

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Participants Wanted For Annual Fenit RNLI Cycle

Participants Wanted For Annual Fenit RNLI Cycle

May 2, 2019 at 8:34 am Comments are Disabled

FENIT RNLI are asking cycling enthusiasts to come out and support them on Saturday, May 11. That’s the day they will hold their 16th annual cycle. This year’s event has two options for cyclists. There will be the traditional 50km route and a new 80km route. Both options will start […]

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Tralee Educate Together Pupils Hold ‘Dancers For Cancer’ Fundraiser

Tralee Educate Together Pupils Hold ‘Dancers For Cancer’ Fundraiser

May 1, 2019 at 3:29 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Educate Together took a break from class on Tuesday to take part in a nationwide event to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society. Organised by Today FM, they asked people around the country to ‘Be A Dancer For Cancer’ on April 30 as part of their Dare to […]

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Artists Avail Of Mentoring Sessions At Kerry County Council

Artists Avail Of Mentoring Sessions At Kerry County Council

May 1, 2019 at 2:17 pm Comments are Disabled

MENTORING sessions for visual artists in Kerry have been taking place this week at County Buildings in Tralee. Developed by Creative Ireland Kerry and Local Enterprise Office Kerry, the high level of demand from artists for the initiative has resulted in the original offer of meetings over a two-day period, […]

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