Archive for May 10th, 2024

ELECTION fever has spread to Tralee Food Festival where local candidates have been offered a guaranteed seat in the annual Office Chair Racing for Kerry Mental Health Association. All 16 Tralee Municipal District hopefuls have been invited to enter the competition, which takes place from 5.30pm on Friday, May 17, […]

THE Mayor of Tralee has again asked Kerry County Council to look at extending the footpath in Blennerville village out to the bend at Tonevane. Speaking at last week’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council, Mayor of Tralee, Labour Cllr. Terry O’Brien asked that the Council […]

THE HSE Community Work Department and Community Health Network, in partnership with older person groups in Tralee are hosting an event in Tralee next week. This Health Awareness Event will take place in The Rose Hotel on Wednesday, May 15, from 10am to 2pm. There will be a talk from […]

MEMBERS of the Tralee Community Garda policing unit will be at Manor West Shopping Centre on Monday to give tips on bicycle safety. It’s all part of National Bike Week which is taking place from Saturday, May 11 until Sunday, May 18. Gardaí will be giving advice on how to stay […]

THE Kennedy Cup coaches and squad were at the Palliative Care Unit this week to make a special presentation. The coaches for the U14 Schoolboys soccer team donated their expenses of €1,000 for the year to the Kerry Hospice in memory of the late Rosemarie Quill, sister of coach Aidan […]

THREE friends completed the remarkable feat of climbing Ireland’s toughest peaks in less than 24 hours to help out two children bravely battling a rare condition…and their efforts have raised nearly €55,000! Alannah and Adam Foley, two children from Killorglin, bravely fighting Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), have captured the hearts […]

A MEMORIAL plaque will be unveiled on the grounds of the former Nazareth Home in Tralee, formerly Pembroke Alms Industrial School, by Minister for Education Norma Foley, this Saturday. This is to mark the anniversary of when Taoiseach Bertie Ahern stood on the steps of Dáil Eireann and offered a […]

ALL roads lead to the Kingdom County Fair which will take place at Ballymacthomas over this Saturday and Sunday. Held in Tralee for over 70 years, the mission is to provide a platform for local businesses to display their goods to the public and for the promotion of local culture […]