Articles by: Fergus Dennehy

TUI Members Vote In Favour Of Taking Industrial Action In IT Tralee

TUI Members Vote In Favour Of Taking Industrial Action In IT Tralee

March 5, 2015 at 3:01 pm Comments are Disabled

  STAFF members of the Teachers Union Of Ireland (TUI) Branch of IT Tralee have voted to take industrial action regarding the proposed merger between CIT and ITT The count of the ballot, which was taken last night, resulted in over 84% of the TUI Branch voting in favour of taking […]

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Tralee People Asked To Take Part In Mental Health Survey

Tralee People Asked To Take Part In Mental Health Survey

March 5, 2015 at 2:21 pm Comments are Disabled

  RESEARCHERS from the University of Limerick and Pieta House are looking for people to take part in a survey aimed at exploring thoughts and beliefs surrounding suicide and mental health amongst the Tralee Community. The first stage of this study will be to carry out a survey amongst residents in […]

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VIDEO: Musical Society Makes Manic Video For New Show

VIDEO: Musical Society Makes Manic Video For New Show

March 5, 2015 at 12:39 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Musical Society have released a new promotional video for their upcoming show  based on the much-loved ‘Sister Act’ film…and it’s a little bit mad! The society recently released the promotional poster for their new play/musical which will run from April 8 to April 12 and start at 8pm nightly. […]

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Ballygarry House Invests €250,000 In Huge Refurbishment

Ballygarry House Invests €250,000 In Huge Refurbishment

March 5, 2015 at 12:33 pm Comments are Disabled

BALLYGARRY House Hotel and Spa has recently invested over €250,000 in the refurbishment and renovation of one of its major banqueting suites in the hotel. The four star hotel which was recently voted  Number 5 hotel in Ireland on TripAdvisor, oversaw the massive investment which led to their ‘Monarch Suite’ being completely […]

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VIDEO: Kerry Men In The Middle East Prepare For GAA World Games

VIDEO: Kerry Men In The Middle East Prepare For GAA World Games

March 4, 2015 at 12:50 pm Comments are Disabled

YOU can take the man out of Kerry but it seems you can never take Kerry out of the man, if the video from the ‘Middle East Kerry Society’ (MEKS) is anything to go by. The team are preparing to compete in the ‘GAA World Games Tournament’ which will be taking […]

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Fiona Heaney Named ‘Kerry Fashion Week’ Business Person Of The Year

Fiona Heaney Named ‘Kerry Fashion Week’ Business Person Of The Year

March 3, 2015 at 2:38 pm Comments are Disabled

  Fiona Heaney, creative director and co-owner of Fee G, has been officially announced as the Kerry Fashion Week (KFW) Irish Fashion Business Person of the Year. She will be presented with her Award by Minister for State for the Diaspora, Jimmy Deenihan TD, and Editor in Chief of Image […]

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VIDEO: Ballyseede Castle Hotel Set To Feature In ‘Ghostcircle’ TV Show On Friday

VIDEO: Ballyseede Castle Hotel Set To Feature In ‘Ghostcircle’ TV Show On Friday

March 3, 2015 at 2:13 pm Comments are Disabled

BALLYSEEDE Castle Hotel will appear on our televisions this Friday, March 6 as the hotel is investigated for any possible ‘paranormal activity’ taking place within its walls. We reported back in October that the hotel was named as one of the ‘Top 10 Haunted Hotels’ in the world according to TripAdvisor. We’ll […]

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Minister Howlin Meets With Business Interests In Tralee

Minister Howlin Meets With Business Interests In Tralee

March 2, 2015 at 9:46 am Comments are Disabled

  MINISTER for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin, visited town on Thursday and Friday for a number of engagements. On Friday he visited the second phase of the Tralee to Fenit Greenway project. Phase 1 of the Greenway opened in 2014 and work has already undertaken towards the completion […]

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PHOTOS: Rose Of Tralee Delights Pupils With Visit To Tralee School

PHOTOS: Rose Of Tralee Delights Pupils With Visit To Tralee School

March 1, 2015 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

A LOCAL school welcomed a lady who has made headlines around the world over the last six months. Rose Of Tralee Maria Walsh is taking all the responsibilities of the title in her stride and had to especially be on the ball on Friday morning to handle the array of excellent questions […]

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Put Your Feet On The Peat In Siamsa Tíre

Put Your Feet On The Peat In Siamsa Tíre

February 28, 2015 at 8:00 am Comments are Disabled

  Siamsa Tíre opened its doors to a new exhibition this week where the entire floor is covered with 3,000 peat briquettes. The exhibition officially opened yesterday (Friday) and will run until March 27.  In it, Sue Morris looks at ideas of domestic need and luxury in the context of our […]

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Kerry Hospice And Recovery Haven To Benefit From Mountain Climb

Kerry Hospice And Recovery Haven To Benefit From Mountain Climb

February 27, 2015 at 11:47 am Comments are Disabled

  The ‘Strickeen Mountain Climb’, now in its third year of operation will be raising funds for two Kerry based organisations when it takes place on March 7. Recovery Haven, which is a cancer support house/group is based here in Tralee and the Kerry Hospice Foundation will benefit greatly from […]

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VIDEO: Tralee College Prepares For Its Open Day

VIDEO: Tralee College Prepares For Its Open Day

February 27, 2015 at 11:32 am Comments are Disabled

  AN open day for ‘Kerry College of Further Education’ (KCFE)will be held at the college in Clash, Tralee on March 5, from 11am-7pm. The event is being geared toward school leavers, those who are unemployed and those who might be looking for a possible change in career direction. The open day […]

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Tralee Bay Wetlands Featured On TG4 Show

Tralee Bay Wetlands Featured On TG4 Show

February 27, 2015 at 11:22 am Comments are Disabled

  Tralee Bay Wetlands featured in the TG4 documentary ‘Duiche’ last night highlighting the exciting work and projects that are taking place there. While it wasn’t its first time on the box, another moment in the national spotlight can only have benefitted the centre and boosted its ever increasing tourism factor. The […]

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Six Things To Do This Weekend

Six Things To Do This Weekend

February 27, 2015 at 11:04 am Comments are Disabled

It’s time for that wonderful time of the week again, where we suggest all the things that you have to do this weekend…or just things that we think are fun anyway. Here we go again… FRIDAY  1. PARENTS, ever fancied yourself a catwalk model? Or if there are any budding catwalk stars at […]

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Tralee Woman Prepares For Gruelling Indoor ‘Ironman’ For Charity

Tralee Woman Prepares For Gruelling Indoor ‘Ironman’ For Charity

February 26, 2015 at 12:21 pm Comments are Disabled

  MOST of us recoil from the idea of any sort of exercise that could be described as gruelling, while some might not even know what an ‘Ironman’ is. All of this is certainly not the case for Tralee woman, Alison Reidy. She is currently preparing to go toe-to-toe with […]

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Mounthawk Students Stage ‘Black Wednesday’ As Part Of ‘Malala’ Week

Mounthawk Students Stage ‘Black Wednesday’ As Part Of ‘Malala’ Week

February 26, 2015 at 11:34 am Comments are Disabled

  MERCY Mounthawk demonstrated their illustrious history in the area of campaigning and charity on Wednesday. The ‘Mercy Mounthawk Justice and Peace Group’ kicked off their latest campaign to raise awareness about those in the world who are denied an education. The ‘Justice and Peace Group’ is one that aims to […]

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Kerry Business Womens Network To Host Special Event In Ballygarry

Kerry Business Womens Network To Host Special Event In Ballygarry

February 25, 2015 at 12:08 pm Comments are Disabled

  BALLYGARRY House Hotel is preparing to play host to a very special event on Thursday March 5, as the Kerry Business Womens Network (KBWN) arrives at the venue for their conference. The KBWN’s conference will be entitled “Agents of Change–Empowering Women through Education” where there will be keynote speeches […]

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Recovery Haven To Hold A ‘Mods & Minis’ Fashion Show For Charity

Recovery Haven To Hold A ‘Mods & Minis’ Fashion Show For Charity

February 25, 2015 at 11:55 am Comments are Disabled

PARENTS, ever fancied yourself a catwalk model? Or if there are any budding catwalk stars at home, they take note as your lucky day might the corner. ‘Recovery Haven Cancer Support House’ along with CH Chemists and Mods & Minis from here in town are preparing to host a fundraising fashion […]

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Tralee Rugby Club Fundraiser To Help Replace Stolen Floodlights

Tralee Rugby Club Fundraiser To Help Replace Stolen Floodlights

February 25, 2015 at 11:54 am Comments are Disabled

  Tralee Rugby Football Club are preparing to host a fundraising night on Friday, March 6 at 9pm in an effort to raise much needed funds for the club. The event will be a race night that will be held in O’Donnells Bar in Mounthawk with cash prizes on offer […]

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Kerry Man Raises Over €115,000 For Cork University Hospital

Kerry Man Raises Over €115,000 For Cork University Hospital

February 25, 2015 at 11:52 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY has once again enhanced its image as a very generous county thanks to a south Kerry man. John Garvey, who is from from Foilmore, near Cahersiveen has certainly done his part for charity after raising over €115,000 for Cork University Hospital (CUH) over the last 11 years in gratitude to the hospital […]

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VIDEO: Kilfynn Prepares For Inaugural Soap Box Derby Race

VIDEO: Kilfynn Prepares For Inaugural Soap Box Derby Race

February 24, 2015 at 12:46 pm Comments are Disabled

  PEOPLE of a certain age may remember the ‘Wacky Races’ cartoon show that entertained us growing up. Well, a village in Kerry has taken it upon themselves to stage their very own version of the show…well, sort of! The Kilfynn Soap Box Derby is only days away (it will take place on Sunday, March […]

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Tralee Student Looks To Find Relatives Of WW1 Soldier

Tralee Student Looks To Find Relatives Of WW1 Soldier

February 23, 2015 at 12:17 pm Comments are Disabled

  A PRESENTATION student has been selected to represent Kerry at a World War One  memorial event in the Somme in France this Summer and she needs our help in helping to make the trip more of a success. Leslie McCarthy, a 17 year old fifth year student from Presentation Secondary School […]

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VIDEO: Fels Point Hotel All Set To Welcome Coronation Street Stars Next Weekend

VIDEO: Fels Point Hotel All Set To Welcome Coronation Street Stars Next Weekend

February 22, 2015 at 11:30 am Comments are Disabled

DON’T forget that there’s still time to book your tickets for the Coronation Street night Fels Point Hotel this Saturday, February 28. The actors who play the characters, Owen Armstrong and Gary Windass, will be appearing there on the first date on their nationwide tour of their new ‘Gary and Owen Men at […]

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Celebrations As Aqua Dome Welcomes Its 4,000,000th Visitor

Celebrations As Aqua Dome Welcomes Its 4,000,000th Visitor

February 21, 2015 at 5:41 am Comments are Disabled

A GREAT sense of anticipation was in the air just after 3pm on Friday as the staff of the Aqua Dome nervously waited to see who would be the 4,000,000th visitor through their doors. The balloons were in place at the entrance, the cake in place and the stage was set for the arrival […]

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VIDEO: Local Band’s Touching Tribute Song To Donal Walsh

VIDEO: Local Band’s Touching Tribute Song To Donal Walsh

February 20, 2015 at 9:27 am Comments are Disabled

TALENTED Tralee band, Q14, have penned a touching tribute to the late Donal Walsh with the release of their song and accompanying video ‘Star Sign Boy.’ The video serves to try and highlight the different things that have influenced different people in their lives and how sometimes, these things may be taken […]

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Former Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Student Directing RTE Show

Former Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Student Directing RTE Show

February 20, 2015 at 9:26 am Comments are Disabled

A FORMER Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí student is the director of a show which is proving hugely popular on the RTE Player. Shaun O’Connor who is originally from Castleisland and along with his friend, writer and star of the show Tadhg Hickey are currently the success of ‘(R)onanism’. The short comedy show went online on RTE […]

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Five Things To Do In Town This Weekend

Five Things To Do In Town This Weekend

February 20, 2015 at 9:25 am Comments are Disabled

It’s the weekend again so that means you’ll be looking for something to do. Right?… FRIDAY 1. Let’s Get Quizzical Fancy yourself as quite the table quiz contestant? Well then, the ‘Kerry School Of Music’ will be hosting their very own table quiz in The Brogue Inn tonight at 7.30pm, so […]

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Kerry Hotel Makes ‘Condé Nast’ World’s Best List

Kerry Hotel Makes ‘Condé Nast’ World’s Best List

February 20, 2015 at 9:25 am Comments are Disabled

IT must be awards season in the tourism industry with news that another Kerry hotel has won a prestigious accolade. Ard na Sidhe Country House, which is situated on the shores of Caragh Lake, Killorglin near the scenic Ring Of Kerry has made the prestigious ‘Condé Nast Travellers’ list for […]

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Soccer Star Robbie Keane Cheers Up Tralee Boy At Crumlin Hospital

Soccer Star Robbie Keane Cheers Up Tralee Boy At Crumlin Hospital

February 19, 2015 at 12:28 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE boy was among those visited by Ireland striker Robbie Keane and his LA Galaxy teammates yesterday at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin…and it really made his day! Eight-year-old Martin Quilligan from Tralee, who is being treated at the Dublin hospital, met with the Irish soccer legend and his team-mates, who […]

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Major Newspaper Names Brandon Bay Among Europe’s Best Walking Routes

Major Newspaper Names Brandon Bay Among Europe’s Best Walking Routes

February 18, 2015 at 3:10 pm Comments are Disabled

  FIRST we had Banna being included in the Top 10 beaches in Ireland earlier today and now another scenic attraction, this time ‘west of the bridge’, has come in for high praise from a major English newspaper. Brandon Bay has been named amongst the top 24 walking routes in […]

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