Archive for March 8th, 2023

TRALEE Boxing Club got a little taste of Hollywood last weekend, as Saint Francis Special School in Beaufort turned our humble gym into a big screen movie set to film their uniquely Irish interpretation of the movie ‘Rocky’. A number of our talented boxers and coaches got to showcase their […]

THE issue of the return of the steam train between Tralee and Blennerville was raised again at the meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Wednesday morning. Fianna Fáil Cllr. Johnnie Wall asked that the Council organise a feasibility study in relation to the return of the […]

KERRY County Council are to look at the possibility of installing solar lighting at Rath Cemetery. Independent Councillor Sam Locke brought a motion to the Tralee Municipal District meeting of the Council on Wednesday that the local authority considers the introduction of solar lights at the cemetery. In reply, the […]

KINGDOM Pride in Kerry 2023 (KPINK) has announced that Killarney will be the capital town of the 2023 Pride Festival. Taking place over a full week, from July 10-16, across Kerry, the festival will be celebrating the LGBTQI+ community of Kerry. A broad range of family-friendly events will be taking […]

DESPITE a warning, the ice and freezing temperatures didn’t materialise in the Tralee area overnight and this morning, but yet another weather alert has been announced. Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow Snow-Ice and Low Temperature warnings for Ireland taking effect tomorrow and into Friday. According to Met Éireann, there’ll […]

THE fourth class pupils at St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville have put together an impressive project on the birds of Blennerville. The Greenschool committee in Ms Olivia O’Shea’s 4th class are in their 2nd year of the Biodiversity flag programme. The children went bird watching and did the project under […]