Archive for July 14th, 2022

KERRY County Council has appealed to members of the public to take care and to act responsibly during the period of extremely warm weather which is forecast for Ireland over the coming days. Met Éireann has issued a High Temperature Advisory with day-time temperatures expected to reach the high twenties […]

THE Road Safety Authority (RSA), is asking road users to exercise caution while using the roads from Sunday to Tuesday in the wake of Met Eireann issuing a weather advisory for High Temperatures. Kerry and indeed the rest of Ireland will experience a hot spell over the weekend and into […]

THE Kerry premiere of ‘Joyride’, filmed at locations around the county last summer, will take place in Killarney at the end of the month, ‘Joyride’, starring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman, recently had its world premiere at Galway Film Fleadh, but the film will have its first screening in Kerry […]

MAHEREES Conservation Association members have just launched a free mobile accessible self-guided tour of the Maharees Heritage Trail. Funded through a Heritage Council community grant and developed over the last year by members of Maharees Conservation Association, historian and author Martin Lynch and multimedia artist Vincent Hyland of Wild Derrynane, the […]

By Sean Moriarty A VISUALLY-IMPAIRED Tralee woman experienced the joy of driving a car for only the third time in her life this week. Mairead O’Mahony, 39, has been visually-impaired all her life. In her younger years, she convinced her brother to allow her to drive a Jeep around fields […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance wants the town to go green and gold over the coming week to show support for the Kerry team. With the Kerry senior footballers in the All-Ireland final and the ladies in the semi-final at the weekend, football fever is gripping the town and the county. Tralee […]

A YOUNG Tralee woman will represent Kerry at the at the 75th Miss Ireland, competition next month. Kasey McCormack (18) is one of 37 finalists vying for the Miss Ireland 2022 title in Castlebar on August 20. Kasey has recently just completed her leaving cert and hopes to pursue a […]

KERRY Rose Édaein O’Connell was joined by a number of fellow Rose of Tralee contestants and escorts for an evening at the Races yesterday. Killarney Races is in full swing this week with the highlight for many being Ladies Day on Friday when thousands are expected on the course in […]

WITH Ireland set to see soaring temperatures over the weekend, Met.ie is forecasting temperatures in the high 20s while they may even reach 30°c in the Tralee area on Monday. Met Éireann has issued a weather advisory for Ireland for Sunday with further heat warnings likely to follow in the […]