Archive for November, 2023

A STANDING ovation hailed an amazing performance from the students of Presentation Secondary School on Thursday night. After months of rehearsals, it was time for them to put on ‘Showtime – A Musical Extravaganza’ at Siamsa Tíre and with a mix of old favourites and modern classics, the show went down […]

WHILE the Christmas lights will be switched on in town this weekend, anyone arriving into Tralee from the east will already be in no doubt that the festivities have begun in the county capital. The huge 40ft Christmas tree at Ballygarry Estate was illuminated yesterday evening at a special family […]

IT’S now become a tradition enjoyed by ex-pats and locals alike, as The Rose Hotel hosted its annual Thanksgiving event. The hotel’s owners, Dick and Eibhlín Henggeler, started hosting the event seven years ago, but it had to take a break for a couple of years during the pandemic. The […]

CARA Credit Union are advising customers that all Cara Credit Union Branches and phone lines will be closed on Monday, November 27. This closure is to facilitate their merger with Comhar Chreidmheasa Chorca Dhuibhne Teoranta. Their online banking and current account Mastercard debit card facilities will operate as normal. If […]

KERRY County Council has announced details of concessions in parking charges over the Christmas period in Tralee. Each year, the Council provides limited free parking in Tralee, Killarney and Listowel in an effort to encourage people to shop locally and support local businesses in the run up to Christmas. The […]

GET set for a super Saturday as the Christmas season officially kicks off in town this weekend. Santa Claus is coming to town and he’s bringing his friends Frosty the Snowman, Fairy Twinkle, Ernie Elf and lots more along with him this Saturday with a show at 2.30pm and at […]

THE Phoenix Women’s Shed is holding an event to support and encourage the sharing of pre-loved clothing and to support women in the Arts and Crafts industry. Taking place on Thursday, November 30, from 10.30am to 2.30pm at the Pipe Band Hall off Matt Talbot Road, the group are encouraging […]

OAKVIEW Early Years Services has won the Best Innovation in Customer Experience award at the Irish CX Impact Awards. The Tralee company won the award for developing AcornCloud, a SaaS specific software app developed by Early Years Professionals for the Early Years sector. Launched in 2018, the Irish CX Impact […]

THE MTU Event Management students hosted an evening of drag comedy in support of Novas Homeless Services on Tuesday night in The Blasket. ‘Drag Me Upstairs’, was a fun evening of drag show comedy upstairs at the bar, as part of the final year of their degree. Drag queen Ivanna […]

GARDAI seized approximately €87,500 of suspected cocaine in Listowel on Tuesday, November 21. Members attached to Kerry Divisional Drugs Unit and Listowel Detective Unit conducted a stop and search of a vehicle in the Gortacrissane area. During the course of this search suspected cocaine with an estimated value of €87,500 […]

R.I.P: Mass of Remembrance for deceased club members will be celebrated at 6.30pm in the Church Our Lady and St. Brendan at The Top of The Rock this Saturday evening (25ú Samhain). Requiescant in pace. Traditional musicians from The Rock area will play at the Mass. MOUNTHAWK – College Football: […]

A NEW moth, not previously recorded in Ireland, was confirmed this week from Killarney National Park by amateur moth enthusiast Stephen Cotter. The moth is named Scoparia Ancipitella or “Northern Grey”. It is very small and is a light grey mottled colour: perfect for camouflaging against tree trunks during the […]

IT’S almost time for students at Presentation Secondary School to take to the stage for their annual show this Thursday and Friday. ‘Showtime – A Musical Extravaganza’ will be presented at Siamsa Tíre at 7pm on both nights and there’s just a handful of tickets left for the performances. The […]

STUDENTS and staff at MTU will be out in force to raise funds for GOAL this Christmas with a special event next week. A GOAL Mile will take place on Wednesday, November 29 at 1pm. The walk will start from the entrance of the Kerry Sports Academy at the MTU North Campus and organisers are […]

Alan Cantwell reports on St Brendan’s Basketball Club’s win in the Mens U20 National Cup competition at the weekend… St. Brendan’s 82 Éanna 69 St. Brendan’s negotiated their way past Éanna with an 82-69 win in Moyderwell on Sunday afternoon. The win sets up a home quarter-final with Belfast Star […]

MARIA Maye has been announced as the 2023 Irish Hotels Federation Kerry Branch ‘Employee of the Year’ at a lunch in The Rose Hotel, Tralee. Over 60 guests attended the event to celebrate and recognise the 15 nominees from hotels and guesthouses across Kerry who have made an outstanding contribution […]

CASTLEMAINE Events Committee have announced that the money raised from the Castlemaine Fair Day in Memory of John O’Donoghue which was held in October, has amounted to €15,859,69. The revival of the Castlemaine Fair Day started in 2021 in John’s memory and to date over the three years, the charity […]

MUNSTER Technological University will welcome hundreds of children and their families to the North Campus in Tralee for its Teddy Bear Hospital on Saturday, December  2. The special event is being organised by students and staff from MTU and RCSI (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland). This year, MTU is […]

Tralee Senior District Championship Semi-Final: Our Senior Team will play Ardfert in the semi-final on Sunday, 26th November at 1 pm in Ardfert. November Mass: The Mass for Deceased Members of the Austin Stacks GAA & LGFA Clubs will be celebrated on Saturday, November 25th @ 6.30 pm in Our Lady & St Brendan’s […]

November Handicap 2023 This past weekend was host to the November Handicap competition which was held in Tralee Sports and Leisure Centre. It was great to see such a big entry in the competition especially in the lower divisions, great to see that there is such an interest in the […]

A report on the Basketball Ireland Development League – Round 2 game at Mercy Mounthawk gym on Sunday… Tralee Warriors 72 Tipp Talons 68 Tralee Warriors made it two from two in the Basketball Ireland Development League with a come from behind win over Tipp Talons in Mercy Mounthawk Gym […]

MUNSTER Technological University’s commitment to sustainability took centre stage during a student engagement event held on campus on Wednesday last. The event, organised by MTU’s Green Campus community, highlighted the importance of sustainability and provided staff and students with the necessary knowledge to lead environmentally conscious lives. Dr. Lynda Weekes, […]

ARDFERT National School has received a special Judges Award in the Marine STEAM category of the Explorers Ocean Champion Awards 2023. Presenting the award, Cushla Dromgool-Regan, Explorers Education Programme Manager, congratulated the children, teachers, and outreach team for their innovative ideas and research about the ocean and marine animals. “The […]

TRALEE Tidy Towns – with support from MTU Business students,  Transition Kerry, Kerry County Council and Irish Wildlife Trust (Kerry branch) are inviting the public to feed in to the Community Biodiversity Action Plan (CBAP) for the Tralee to Fenit Greenway by completing a short five-minute survey. The survey follows, […]

A LOCAL councillor believes there is no doubt that HSE recruitment ban is going to have a serious and detrimental impact on the provision of health services in Kerry. In the wake of the continuance of the recruitment embargo announced by HSE CEO Bernard Gloucester, Sinn Fein Cllr Deirdre Ferris has […]

THE Europe Hotel & Resort has teamed up with Down Syndrome Kerry this Christmas as the hotel welcomes back Bertie Bear and his cousin, Charlie Bear who always come to stay at the five-star hotel for the festive season. As well as the families getting together, the two cousins like […]

Results from Tralee Golf Club Sunday 19 th. 14 hole singles stapleford competition. Sean McCarthy 24 pts (10) Overall Winner 2 Kieran O’Donnell 22 pts (08) Overall Runner-Up 3 Colm Sheehy 21 pts (11) (Back nine) ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

AGM:  The senior club AGM will take place on Friday 1st December in the Healy Room commencing at 8 pm. Nominations for executive roles and motions have now closed as of Friday 17th last. We would hope to see a good turnout on the night. Church Gate Collection: The church […]

Lotto results: Lotto Tue 14th November 2023. No winner. Numbers drawn were 7, 21, 26, 27. Lucky dip winners of €20 were Fr. Amos Ruto, Tony Lyons, Cáit Griffin, Moire Godley, Mary O’Mahony. Tomorrow night’s jackpot will be €4,200. Why not try your luck in our lotto. The links is as […]

AGMS  Ballymac Ladies will hold their AGM on Tuesday 28th November at 8pm in the clubrooms. Ballymac Coiste nOg will hold their AGM on Tuesday 5th December at 8pm in the clubrooms. Ballymac Gaa will hold their AGM on Tuesday the 12th December at 8pm in the clubrooms.   Fundraiser […]