Archive for April 1st, 2021

THERE were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this afternoon. When the number is less than five, the exact figure is revealed the following day on the COVID data hub on gov.ie. There were 18 additional deaths and 761 more cases reported nationally. Of the deaths […]

LISA Fingleton is Kerry County Council’s first Visual Artist in Residence. The residency is funded by Creative Ireland with support from Kerry’s Arts Office. Lisa is no stranger to working with the Arts Office, having been Filmmaker in Residence from 2006-2008 and in 2015, on her Municipal District Project “The […]

A LOCAL fitness/strength and conditioning coach is encouraging people to get out and about during the Easter weekend for a great cause. Michelle Greaney is organising the Jemma O’Shea Memorial 5km & 10km Run/Walk in aid of the Palliative Care Unit at UHK between April 1-4 and with the weather […]

MUNSTER Technological University (MTU) have announced the establishment of a university-wide initiative in their campuses in Tralee and Cork to support students who are care leavers. The term ‘care leaver’ is used to refer to any adult who spent time in out-of-home care as a child e.g. in foster care, […]

TWO Tralee buildings are among 14 in the county to benefit from €72,000 under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme. Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, TD, today announced that 477 heritage projects across every county in the country will benefit from a total of €3m under […]

A LOCAL business has decided to raise funds for two cancer charities by staff taking part in a ‘Shave Or Dye’ challenge. Kellihers Crash Repair at Rathass in Tralee wanted to raise much needed funds for Recovery Haven and Comfort for Chemo and so far they have raised over €2,000. “We […]

KERRY COLLEGE of Further Education And Training (Kerry College) has announced an innovative Media Graduate Internship which is scheduled to run on-campus in Tralee starting on Monday, June 14. This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working as part of a media production team throughout the summer months […]