Archive for October 18th, 2023

AFTER the heavy rain of the past couple of days, Met Eireann says we’re not out of the woods yet when it comes to wet weather. They have issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning to take effect from Thursday evening. Met Eireann says there will be heavy downpours with further […]

Lotto: Sponsored by Almas Takeaway, Milltown  The fortnightly club lotto draw took place on Monday, October 16th at the club grounds. There was no jackpot winner on this occasion. The numbers drawn were 1, 6, 14 and the bonus ball was 23. Congratulations to our match 3 winner (€200) : Seamus […]

A TRALEE woman was among the winners at the 16th Writers Guild of Ireland (WGI) Zebbie Awards on Tuesday night. The awards, which celebrate the best of Irish writing for stage, screen and radio,  took place at a packed house at The Sugar Club in Dublin. Katie McNeice won the Best Short […]

CLASSICAL music fans are in for a treat this weekend with the Irish Chamber Orchestra set to perform Beethoven’s epic Piano Concertos No’s 1 and 3 at Siamsa Tire this Saturday at 7.30pm with internationally renowned pianist Kristian Bezuidenhout. Kristian Bezuidenhout is one of today’s most notable and exciting keyboard artists, equally […]

By Principal Mairead Finucane At Presentation Tralee, we take immense pride in our tradition of educating young girls since 1809. Our stellar reputation of academic excellence surpasses national standards consistently producing top-performing students. Our incoming first-year students experience a one of a kind ‘Tus Maith’ induction week. Together with a […]

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle says there is great credit due to Minister Norma Foley for progressive exams’ reform as Kerry’s Junior Cycle candidates deliver superb results… Junior Cycle exam results were issued by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) on Wednesday to 70,727 candidates nationwide. Junior Cycle results are available to […]

TWO events run by Kerry groups have been shortlisted for National Heritage Week Awards which will be announced this Friday. Maharees Conservation Association is shortlisted for a National Heritage Week ‘Living Heritage’ Award while Tralee Bay Experience Fenit was also shortlisted in the ‘Water Heritage’ category. Members of the Heritage […]

A NEW RTÉ Documentary on One on RTÉ Radio 1 this Saturday will recall the dramatic events of an incident that took place in west Kerry back in October 1977. ‘Skyhope’ takes listeners back to a time when an incident involving a small fishing boat became a saga of fun, […]

ONCE again the Transition Year students at Mercy Mounthawk will don the latest designs at their annual fashion show next week. The theme of this years show is, rather topically, ‘Barbie & Ken’ so the audience can expect a lot of colour on the runway. The beneficiary charity this time is […]

KERRY Airport is reporting a 15% increase in passenger numbers for the main summer months from May to September 2023 compared to the same period in 2022. Combined inbound and outbound passenger figures on all Ryanair routes were up by nearly 27,000 for the five-month period with sun routes to […]