Archive for September, 2019

THE Rose Hotel saw a large crowd gather in the Lee Suite for the annual Tidy Tralee Together Awards on Tuesday night. It was an occasion to honour residents of estates, businesspeople and those who keep their gardens looking exceptional during the year, thus contributing to helping Tralee retain its […]

A LOCAL writing group will launch their anthology of work this Friday to coincide with Culture Night. The Thursday Night Writers will also host an Open Mic evening in Tralee Library from 6pm to 8pm at the launch of ‘Thursday Night Tales’. There will also be raffles with prizes that […]

By Alan Cantwell GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors officially launched their 2019/2020 season in the Brandon Hotel in Tralee on Monday night. The reigning Super League champions took time out from their preparations for the season opener against UCD Marian in the Tralee Sports Complex on Saturday night to mark the start […]

KERRY Fianna Fáil Senator Mark Daly and member of the Oireachtas All Party Consultation Group on Commemorations, will attend the unveiling of a special plaque unveiling at the US Department of the Interior today (Wednesday). The bronze plaque includes a replica of the 1916 Rising Proclamation and refers to the […]

TRALEE Gardaí (aided by police dog Rex) have discovered drugs, cash and an imitation firearm during two searches in Tralee on Tuesday morning. Around 4 kg Cannabis Herb valued at approx €80,000, 250g Cannabis Resin valued at approx €2,000, €1,400 cash, an Imitation Firearm and Drugs Paraphernalia were seized at […]

THE family of a little girl who needs urgent treatment to battle an aggressive cancer have thanked a Kerry GAA legend for his kindness. On Thursday last, September 12, Kieran Donaghy paid a visit to the Cork home of little Chloe Jenkins who is currently battling Neuroblastoma, a rare and […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: It’s all systems go now for this season’s Co. Championship which gets underway on this week-end . Two of the eight round 1games go ahead on Saturday evening (21st Sept) with the remaining six games taking place on Sunday afternoon.  Our game, away to Dingle, is one of […]

Thank You to Peter Keane & The Kerry Senior Squad We are disappointed after the All Ireland Final and Congratulate Dublin on their super achievement of winning 5 in a row All Ireland Finals. Disappointed, yes, but not with our Peter Keane, his Management team & Players who gave us, […]

A PUPIL from a school in Ballyheigue has won an award for acting at a film festival in Georgia. Andrea Lynch won the Best Female Actress in the Tbilisi International Children and Youth Film Festival “Oqros Pepela” (“Golden Butterfly”) in Georgia for her role the short film ‘A Little Help’ made by her schoolmates in St. Joseph’s N.S. Bouleenshere. […]

TEACHER Olivia Dineen had some special guests at Mercy Mounthawk on Friday, when her teammates from the All-Ireland Junior winning Kerry Camogie team paid a visit. The first year students gathered in the Centenary Hall to welcome the ladies as well as members of the Kerry Under 14 side who […]

THE National Office of Clinical Audit (NOCA) has announced that University Hospital Kerry is the eighth hospital in Ireland to roll out the Irish National Orthopaedic Register (INOR). INOR is a national electronic register of patients receiving joint replacement surgery in Ireland. Elective orthopaedic hip and knee replacement records will […]

IT was a night of celebration and reflection as a much-loved teacher was joined by family and work colleagues at her retirement party. Taking place in Ballygarry House Hotel on Friday night, Catherine Sugrue was saying farewell to teaching after 37 years in Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh. Originally from Lohercannan, now […]

A VERY special event to recognise and reward Kerry’s brave little heroes who are dealing with cancer is being organised in Tralee on Sunday, September 29. Organised by cancer support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry, a special ‘Little Heroes’ Fun day will take place at John Mitchel’s GAA Grounds from 3-6pm […]

KERRY children are wanted to participate in a TG4 show called ‘Is Eolaí Mé’. The production company, Fíbín Media, is looking for children between the ages of 8-12 years of age for the show – chatty confident kids with Irish who have some interest in Science – kids that are […]

Garvey’s Supervalu Co Senior Football Championship Round 1 Preview Football supporters in the Kingdom will receive a quick antidote to the pain inflicted by the Dubs in Saturday’s replayed All Ireland final when the Co Senior Championship gets underway in earnest next weekend.  O’Rahillys take the field in Austin Stack […]

All Ireland Final Replay   It was great to see Diarmuid O’Connor lining out in his first senior All Ireland Final with Kerry in Croke Park on Saturday joining his Na Gaeil club mate Jack Barry. A very proud day for everyone involved in our club to see two of our […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 08, 16, 28 & 29. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Eileen Walsh Tralee, Yvonne Doherty Curraheen, Patrick Dillane Clahane, Tommy Lynch Curragraigue and John Bowler Blennerville. Next week’s Lotto will have a […]

Tralee Parnells Family Fun Fair 2019: A family friendly fundraising night in Caherslee. Friday the 27th, the final night in Caherslee for many of the younger panels. Arm bands will be on sale to allow participation. On the gravel, there will be a hospitality area with a Bake Sale and […]

PROSPECTIVE employers will make their way to Institute of Technology Tralee for their annual Careers Fair taking take place on Wednesday, September 25, in the North Campus’ BIT building from 11am to 2pm. Graduates, students and job seekers from Kerry are urged to attend and connect in-person with potential employers in […]

  GAVIN James plus very special guests will play Gleneagle INEC Arena this December. The Irish singer-songwriter is no stranger to the venue having played concerts there over the past few years, including one in late December last year. Now he’s set to return to Killarney for a New Year’s Eve […]

GARDAI in Tralee are looking for the public’s assistance with their investigations into two assaults in the town over the past week. On Tuesday night last, September 10, a man was assaulted and sustained minor injuries on Strand Street sometime between 10pm and 10.30pm. If anyone witnessed the incident or […]

NEW Wave Adventure Therapy, based in Camp, has been named ‘National Winner’ in the 2019 European Business Awards. It was chosen from 2,753 businesses named as ‘Ones to Watch’ in a list of business excellence published in July and selected as a National Winner by a panel of independent judges […]

WE’LL be back…and soon! If one thing was clear from Kerry’s season it’s that we can look forward to more All-Ireland finals over the next few years. This young team will only improve and the experience of two All-Ireland final days will stand to them next year. That was the […]

SO it was not to be. This Monday morning was all the more bleak when waking up again to the realisation that Kerry are not All-Ireland champions. The mood was altogether different on Saturday afternoon in Dublin where thousands of Kerry fans thronged the main streets of the capital. Cautious […]

 Gardai In Tralee are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred at Aughacasla, Castlegregory, this morning Sunday 15th September at approximately 2.30a.m. A male pedestrian, aged in his 50s, was fatally injured when he was struck by a car.  The driver of the car, a man in his mid 20s […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda  Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by Manor West Retail Park… SO it’s all over for another year and what a week was had at Listowel Races. It’ll be different next year as the Races move back two weeks, starting on Saturday, […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda  Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by Manor West Retail Park… IT’S been some weekend on the sporting front with Listowel Races on Friday and the All-Ireland Final replay last night. But hands down the style was better in Listowel with thousands […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda  Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by Manor West Retail Park… THEY came from all over the country and beyond to enjoy exciting racing and sensational style at Ladies Day in Listowel yesterday. Tens of thousands are estimated to have passed through […]

MANOR West Shopping Centre and Retail Park will welcome a host of Kerry’s local community organisations for its ‘Community on Your Doorstep’ exhibition next weekend. Taking place on Saturday, September 21, the event will showcase a wide variety of organisations, clubs and services which are right on the doorstep of […]

While tens of thousands of Kerry fans will be in Croke Park on Saturday evening, those who can’t make it will be looking for somewhere with a bit of atmosphere in town (besides the Square of course!). Every pub is bound to be buzzing but here’s some suggestions to where […]