Archive for May 16th, 2023

THERE was a large attendance in The Rose Hotel this morning for the latest Tralee Chamber Breakfast Briefing. This Breakfast Briefing, sponsored through SME Partnership with AIB, featured Oliver Mangan, AIB Chief Economist. He discussed a number of topics, including the Global Economy including Irish impacts; The Irish Economy and Outlook; Exchange […]

Lotto: Sponsored by Almas Takeaway, Milltown The fortnightly club lotto draw took place on Monday, May 15th at the club grounds. There was no jackpot or match 3 winner on this occasion. The numbers drawn were 4, 16, 22 and the bonus ball was 28. Lucky Dip winners were as follows: […]

Tralee Pitch and Putt hosting Munster Matchplay Championships Tralee Pitch and Putt Club is gearing up to host the highly anticipated 2023 Munster Matchplay Championships this weekend, the first provincial major of the year. This prestigious event will showcase the talents of some of the best pitch and putt players […]

THE lovely, intimate Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathass was the venue for a special event on Saturday morning. There were 24 girls and boys from Caherleaheen NS making their First Holy Communion. They has been preparing for months under Ms de Hóra and they all had a wonderful […]

THE countdown is on to the Tralee Food Festival this weekend and one of the great attractions is a highly anticipated cook-off event involving two well-known faces. Paschal Sheehy, renowned RTE News Journalist, and broadcaster, along with Maria Walsh MEP, will be taking part in a culinary showdown at 3pm on […]

FOURTEEN-year-old Samuel Garvey, a second-year student in Mounthawk Secondary School in Tralee, represented his county as Kerry’s sole finalist at the National Scratch Coding Competition. Scratch is a visual programming language that helps children to build key coding skills in a fun and interactive way. There were 280 entries this […]

KERRY County Councillor Jackie Healy Rae has been selected amongst 150 candidates from across the European Union to participate in the Young Elected Politician Programme (YEP) The programme which is overseen by the European Committee of the Regions (CoR) has also for the first time opened the doors for young local and regional representatives from […]

SPA National School was hive of excitement and anticipation at Spa NS on Monday as the 2023 ‘Donal Walsh Spa 6K Challenge’ was launched. This hugely popular event was first held in 2014 and has become a firm favourite on the community calendar in the Spa. This year’s event coincides […]

By Alan Cantwell St. Brendan’s Basketball Club held their Annual Awards last Friday night in the Kerry Suite at the Rose Hotel with a crowd of over 300 people in attendance. Teams from U11s up to Senior Men and Women received their KABB trophies and medals and MIP and MVP awards […]

CONTINUING the concert series where musicians perform in unique and historic buildings around Tralee, nonfaction is delighted to present a very special double bill of two original female artists in the contemporary music scene, the ethereal Japanese voice artist Hatis Noit and Scottish piper Brìghde Chaimbeul in St. John’s Church […]

THEY were blessed with the weather at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Saturday for the Listellick NS First Holy Communion Day. Second class teacher Ms Sexton had her 24 pupils well prepared to receive the sacrament and the families and they were joined by one pupil from St […]