Archive for August 31st, 2022

  THE new amphitheatre at the Island of Geese site will be the venue for one of town’s events during Culture Night next month. ‘Firestorm’, a new and innovative fire show, takes place at  Island of Geese Amphitheatre on Friday, September 23. Meanwhile, 30 events will take place in September […]

YET again this year, this month was a record-breaker for the number of patients waiting on trolleys in University Hospital Kerry. There were 343 people waiting on trolleys at UHK in August, an increase of 16 on the previous record for August last year when there were 327 patients on […]

WHILE junior infants entered the classrooms for the first time at Listellick National School this week, they’ll have to get used to new surroundings again later in the year. This is the last time a set of new arrivals are starting their education at the old school on the hill […]

THE Munster Regional finals of the 2022 Irish Restaurant Awards were held last night. Dubbed the Irish Food Oscars, the awards were held in the Radisson Blu Hotel Little Island, Co. Cork. Award winners from each county were announced in a number of different categories. Local winners included Craig Lynch of […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance will host its next Breakfast Briefing to take place on Thursday September 8 at The Rose Hotel. The briefing, sponsored through SME Partnership with AIB, will be focused on the theme of ‘Resilience’ and will begin at 7:30am, with arrival from 7:15am. The lead speaker on the morning will […]

THE Diocese of Kerry will join dioceses across Ireland and Christian churches globally in marking the ‘Season of Creation’  from September 1st to October 4th. This is a time when Christian churches around the world focus on prayer and action to protect the natural world or creation. It closes on the […]

SINN Féin Councillor Deirdre Ferris is calling on the Dept of Education act immediately to resolve the ongoing problems with school transport. In recent weeks the councillor for the Tralee Municipal District of the Council has been contacted by numerous families looking for assistance as they cannot get a placement […]

GARDAI are advising people to be wary of rental scams, particularly at a time of year when students are preparing  to return to college. There has been an increase of 30% in accommodation fraud in 2022, in comparison with 2019 (February–July 2022 v February-July 2019 (pandemic restriction years omitted). €1300 […]