Archive for October 29th, 2022

Gardaí are investigating a fatal single vehicle road traffic collision that occurred at approximately 5:15pm on Saturday, at Derrymore East, Tralee. The front seat passenger of the only car involved, a female youth in her teens, was pronounced dead at the scene. The male driver, aged in his 40s, was […]

MOTORISTS around Tralee are being advised to plan their journeys on Sunday as the town and surrounding areas are hosting several major events. Kerry Motor Club’s annual Winter Rally is taking place on roads all over north Kerry. Roads near the villages of Abbeydorney, Ardfert and Killflynn will be closed all […]

AUSTIN Quilter of AQ Foods was awarded the prestigious 2022 Listowel Food Fair Listowel Food Hero Award. The award was initiated to acknowledge the rich culinary traditions of Listowel and North Kerry. Austin Quilter was presented with the award by the Food Fair Chairperson Jimmy Deenihan — in recognition of his […]

THE ‘Class of 2022’ received their graduation awards at Munster Technological University’s Conferring of Awards Ceremonies on Friday. It was a day to congratulate graduates, their families and friends and recognise the hard work and dedication that led to this moment. This year’s graduating classes included students from the School […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) welcomed Norma Foley TD, Minister for Education, to officially open Scoil an Ghleanna Community National School (CNS) on Friday. Scoil an Ghleanna, located near Ballinskelligs, transferred from Catholic to multidenominational patronage in 2019, becoming Kerry ETB’s second Community National School. Uniquely Scoil an […]

TRALEE won its 10th Tidy Towns Gold Medal in a row yesterday and in doing so upped their points tally on last year. They were awarded 347 points, up nine on 2021’s total of 338 with an increase in almost every category (see table below). Meanwhile, The Spa, Tralee received an […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, on some movies on the box on Saturday… “In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines”… So begins Ludwig Bemelmans’ first book about Madeline (Saturday 1pm RTE2), who is one of those twelve little […]