Archive for October, 2023

WITH three shows down, the audiences are lapping up the Tralee Musical Society’s latest production of ‘That’s Entertainment’ at Siamsa Tire. Thursday’s performance was a sold-out success with over 100 performers putting on a fantastic show for all ages. Friday’s performance is already sold out, while there’s only a handful left […]

THERE were numerous Tralee winners at the Best Of Kerry 2023 awards announced last night at the Dúchas Comhaltas Centre at the Kerry Sports Academy, Tralee. This is the second year of the awards which are organised by Radio Kerry and sponsored by Lee Strand. Tralee businesses dominated the awards […]

NETWORK Ireland Kerry hosted its October event on Wednesday in the Killarney Plaza Hotel, to a packed audience from Kerry’s business community. The event was hosted in partnership with AIB and theme of the evening was ‘Practical Tips to Live & Work Sustainably in Kerry’. The keynote speaker on the […]

A TRALEE family is among 14 farms who has reached the finals of the 2023 National Dairy Council (NDC) and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards. Representing Lee Strand, the Mason family from Ballinduganig, Tralee has been shortlisted for the award, dubbed the ‘Oscars of the Dairy World’. Representing seven counties and […]

KERRY County Council Local Enterprise Office in association with Peevers Slye Cotter (PSC Taxation Services)  presented a Budget 2024 Briefing in The Rose Hotel on Thursday morning. The briefing summarised the main points arising from the Budget announced on Tuesday with a particular emphasis on the tax changes announced, including changes in tax rates, withdrawal of any […]

A NEW residential development has been given the go ahead at the site of the CBS Monastery at Castlecountess in Tralee. Kerry County Council granted permission to the applicants Nailun Limited for the development, subject to 19 conditions. The existing two-storey building — which is located adjacent to CBS The […]

CASTLEMAINE Fair Day in memory of John O’ Donoghue will take place on this Sunday, October with funds raised in aid of The Palliative Care Unit in UHK. After a very successful revival of the old fair day in Castlemaine in 2021, over the last two years the farming community, […]

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 […]

TOURISTS and locals alike will now be able to explore and discover over 20 specific points of historical interest in Killorglin with the addition of a Digital Heritage Trail. They can access the information on each building’s history and the people who lived there via plaques placed on the buildings. […]

TRALEE Meals on Wheels were delighted to receive a cheque for €15,000 on Wednesday morning, which will help greatly with their new premises at Rock Street. Paddy Kevane, Vice-Chairman of Tralee Meals on Wheels, welcomed Ben Keohane, CEO and Founder of Snap4Meals, a new loyalty technology company based in Cork, which […]

AFTER the huge success of last year’s event, the National Circus Festival of Ireland with support from Kerry County Council, Creative Ireland, Tralee Chamber Alliance and Tralee Vintners will light up the night skies with a free fireworks show and parade fun between 6:30pm and 7:30pm on Friday, November 3. The Tralee […]

TRALEE Tidy Towns is still celebrating its success in the national competition — the results of which were released last Friday — but are calling for more people to get involved. All involved in the Tralee Tidy Towns effort were delighted to retain the gold medal for the town in […]

HORAN’S Healthstores has announced they will be holding their third Health & Wellness Expo on Saturday the 21st and Sunday the 22nd of October in Tralee at The Meadowlands Hotel from 10am until 5pm each day. “Having attended several exhibitions throughout Europe, UK and USA I decided it was time […]

KERRY College held a special event to mark World Mental Health Day on Tuesday. An animation student, Trevor Leen, created a display with special messages from students with thought provoking messages just inside the entrance to the Clash Campus. “We’re also distributing green ribbons from seachange.ie to raise awareness of […]

KERRY College has congratulated Digital Journalism, Podcasting & Radio graduate David Nelligan on winning the prestigious Gay Byrne Newcomer of the Year Award at the IMRO Radio Awards, held at the Lyrath Estate on Friday night. David Nelligan’s achievement was particularly significant as the award category is highly competitive, featuring […]

FAILTE Ireland’s held a Local Experts Programme workshop, this week in the Listowel Arms Hotel. The Local Experts Programme is part of an initiative by Fáilte Ireland to develop a network of local tourism and hospitality experts in Listowel and the North Kerry area. The programme has been developed to […]

A STATUS Yellow Rain warning has been issued for Kerry and Cork to take effect from midnight tonight. However the long-term forecast looks good for Kerry over the next week but there will be a sharp drop in temperatures by the weekend. Met Éireann says rain will turn heavy at […]

2023 Golfer of the Year – Jim O’ Donovan 395 points Master Classic Top 36 Results, Sponsor The Kerryman 1 Ger Power 41 pts (12) Overall Winner 2 William Goulding 38 pts (11) Overall Runner-Up Last Nine Holes 3 Maurice M O’Connor 38 pts (10) Overall 3rd Last Nine Holes […]

A FATHER and daughter representing Tralee Manor West Bicycle Club won silver and gold medals respectively at the Cycling Ireland Hill Climb Championships at the weekend, while another club member captured a bronze. The Abbeyfeale Cycling Club played host to 60 of Ireland’s most skilled hill climb specialists, taking on […]

Under 6s  Boys and Girls  We had a tremendous turn out foot training on Sunday morning.  Training was again indoors due to the weather but thankfully this is not sun issue. The boys and girls trained with great enthusiasm.  Skills for the day included the solo arms the kick pass. Game […]

KINGDOM Pride in Kerry won the Community Organisation of the Year Award (Volunteer Staff) at the GALAS Awards. From a longlist of 48 volunteer-run organisations, Kingdom Pride was shortlisted alongside Equality for Children, Na Gael Aeracha, and the Small Trans Library. The awards ceremony, now in its 10th year, was […]

Seniors: We await the outcome of next weekend’s ¼ final when Mid Kerry play Na Gaeil ( Sun 15th @ 3.30 pm in Fitzgerald Stadium) in the county senior championship as only then will we know the fixture for the upcoming relegation game vs Na Gaeil – should Na Gaeil […]

Lotto results: Lotto Tue 3rd October 2023. No winner. Numbers drawn were 1, 9, 27, 29. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Pauline Fitzmaurice, Gordon Lunn, Moira Godley, Charlie & Monica Fitzell, Liz Heaphy. Tomorrow night’s jackpot will be €3,900. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as follows:https://www.klubfunder.com/Clubs/Na%20Gaeil%20CLG/lotto Senior Men: […]

Club Lotto There was no winner of our club Lotto Jackpot of €4100 on Sunday night last the numbers drawn were 05,21,27 & 30 The five €30 euro consolation prizes went to: 1.      Katie Burke Online 2.      Ciara & PJ Higgins Lohercannon 3.      Caoilfhoinn O’Halloran c/o Mono 4.      Martin Roche […]

Senior Ladies  Bon Secours Junior A Championship Semi Final A breathtaking game of football played in great conditions was witnessed by the large attendance this Sunday. A high noon showdown it really was with just the minimum separating these two evenly matched teams after extra time. After just two minutes […]

THE Killarney National Park talks series continues this Thursday with Owen O’Shea speaking on the Civil War in Kerry in Killarney House Auditorium at 8.00pm. The talks series is free, seating is limited and it will also be live-streamed via the Killarney National Park Facebook page @killarneynationalpark ‘Terror, Turmoil and […]

Alan Cantwell reports on the InsureMyVan.ie Men’s Super League 2023/2024 – Round 2 game on Saturday in Galway… Maree 84 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 74 For the third season in a row Garvey’s Tralee Warriors left the Kingfisher Arena in Galway on the wrong side of the score line to Maree after […]

U11 Hurling Our U11s played Kilmoyley on Friday evening in the final round of the Lee Strand U11 County League.  With some fantastic hurling skills displayed the boys came away with a win. It was great to see the players working so well together and supporting each other.  Next weekend […]

KERRY Mental Health Association (KMHA) organised the Human Chain Mountain Challenge Walk to the top of Strickeen in the Gap of Dunloe near Killarney on Sunday. It was a fun and colourful show of support for people with mental health challenges, their families and carers in Kerry and around 200 […]

MAJOR companies and organisations from the public sector, industry, business, leisure, healthcare as well as leading NGOs will be exhibiting at the MTU Kerry Careers Fair this Thursday from 11am to 3pm at the Kerry Sports Academy. This event will showcase graduate employment opportunities as well as internship and placement […]