Articles by: Fergus Dennehy

THE employees of a two local businesses have decided that they will be donating all of their wages and takings from the day of Thursday, September 10 to help the Migrant Aid Offshore Station (MAOS). Hairdresser Cathriona Rohan and her team at Cathriona’s Hair Salon Tralee and Castlegregory have all […]

ORGANISERS of a charity collection campaign being run around Kerry for the refugees in Greece are warning the public about fake collectors calling to doors on their behalf (see previous story here) The group behind the ‘Help For Humans-Kerry Ireland’ collection campaign have contacted us here at TraleeToday.ie to reiterate that they do […]

THE talented team over at Social Box TV have recently seen their hard work and dedication pay off after they been nominated and shortlisted for The Blog Awards Ireland 2015. Secondary school students, Leanne Hanafin and Lucy Foley, are the brains behind the Tralee-based YouTube channel and website and who have been […]

ONE Tralee man has certainly earned the right to put his feet up over the next few days/weeks/months after he completed the gargantuan challenge that is the 200km Kerry Way Ultra Marathon. Terence O’Connor, who is a member of the local Born To Run Tralee Marathon Club, completed the run […]

  A GALWAY man, who is currently on a huge 2500km fundraising walk all around the coast of Ireland, is in Kerry as part of his trek and will be seeking to spread awareness and raise much needed funds for the Irish Heart and Lung Transplant Association. Ron Cummins, from Salthill, […]

A DUAGH man is hoping to raise funds for a cancer support charity with a song cheering on Kerry in the All-Ireland final. Johnny Lane is releasing the song ‘Wrapped in Green and Gold’ on CD with all proceeds from any sales going straight towards the Cúnamh Cancer Support Group in the […]

A LISTOWEL native is gearing up for a very momentous day at the Kerry County Library this coming Monday September 7 when her second book entitled ‘Finding Your Ancestors In Kerry’ is launched. Kay Caball, who lived in town at Day Place for many years, will be joined by Minister Jimmy Deenihan […]

  THE Tralee Park Run team, who organise the free 5km walk/runs/jogs in the town park every weekend are currently gearing up to hold a different sort of run on Saturday, September 12. As part of the European Week of Sport, which is taking place all around the continent from September […]

  THE Irish Cancer Society is calling on women all around Kerry to sign up in the name of the society for one or more the mini-marathons that will soon be taking place all around Munster. Those who are participating in one of the upcoming mini-marathons can join the society’s […]

  AN Ardfert woman is helping to organise the clothing, bedding material and most importantly, money, donations all of which will be used to help the refugees crisis in Europe. Maria McCarthy is on the lookout for as many donations as possible to help out refugee camps in Greece, with all donations of various items […]

  Former Tralee Dynamos player Rian O’Sullivan was in action for the U17 Republic of Ireland side this week featuring in both of their scheduled international friendly matches against Hungary. The 16 year old Camp native, who has already represented his country at the U16 level, was named in Tom Mohan’s side to […]

THERE’S an old saying that states that ‘everyone has a story to tell’, and this much is definitely true for one talented Tralee woman as she prepares to see her play ‘Tomatoes’ take to the stage in Listowel. Eimear Sheehy, originally from Ballinorig East, has put pen to paper on […]

A TRALEE man is gearing up to take on one of the ultimate running challenges this coming weekend when he sets out to run the entire 200km length of the Kerry Way. Terence O’Connor, a member of the local Born To Run Marathon Club, will take part in the Kerry […]

IRISH TV will broadcast a special show on the All-Ireland Football Final from the Fels Point Hotel during a week where match fever will have taken hold of the county. Taking place on Tuesday September 15 from 8pm to 10pm, ‘Mad For Sam’ will showcase the wonderful passion for football here in the […]

THE Kerry Islamic Outreach Society (KIOS) is looking for donations to send to the thousands of refugees that have become stranded at the French port of Calais as a result of the current refugee crisis in Europe. The society is looking for any basic necessities that can be spared, with men’s clothes and shoes, […]

  AN IT Tralee student has shot and created a very personal and emotional mental health documentary entitled #MakeSomeNoise For Mental Health and which forms part of her college projects. Zara O’Dowd, from Castlemaine, made the film as part of her Masters (MA) in Creative Media in which a number of […]

  ACCORDING to statistics compiled from the RSA website, Tralee has dropped down in the list of best of places in the country to pass your driving test. The figures from the year 2014 show that we have dropped out of the top ten places for the first time since […]

LAST Friday night saw the first screening in Tralee Omniplex of the WW2 documentary ‘A Doctors Sword’ which was shot and created by IT Tralee lecturer Bob Jackson. The documentary tells the story of how a young doctor from Castletownbere, Aidan McCarthy served in WW2 and who survived the dropping […]

  TRALEE folk are getting ready to dust off their walking shoes for a good cause on September 12 when they take part in the #Walking4Families campaign being run by the Ronald McDonald House Charities. It will be a fancy dress themed 5km family fun walk, (so dressing up is […]

  THE Kerry Choral Union has announced that they will be holding auditions for the Junior Choir this Saturday, September 5. They will be taking place in St Brendan’s Pastoral Centre in Upper Rock Street from 11am-1pm. Those wishing to attend can contact 087-4412700 for a time slot. For those wondering about […]

THE Eric Roche Acoustic Sessions, which were held in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre last Saturday night will be remembered in a lot of different ways by the people that were there. Some may choose the amazing technical skill of the six performing guitarists as their abiding memory, while others […]

TRALEE has recently finished in the top three litter free towns in Ireland in a survey carried out by the Irish Business Against Litter Group (IBAL). It is news that is sure to bring a huge sense of pride to the large number of volunteers, who have been working around the […]

  THERE was cause for pride and celebration in one small part of town today as a highly creative 10 year old girl generously donated copies of her book ‘Bob The Bully’ to the staff of Kerry Library. Sandra Agwu is a 6th class student in the Presentation Primary School […]

  THERE is to be be a vigil held next month with those who have been affected by suicide being encouraged to come down and remember those that they have lost (see previous story here). The event will take place on World Suicide Day, September 10 at 10pm in the Pearse Park […]

MICHAEL Fassbender has played some of the biggest roles that the industry has on offer lately and this trend is set to continue as a teaser picture for his latest film ‘Assassins Creed’ is released online. The Foss man, who is still very much considered a young actor, has played already iconic […]

It’s almost the weekend already which means that there’s places to go, things to do and people to see. Here’s some stuff you can get up to around the county… Friday 1. Enjoy a Close Encounter The Secret Cine Club’s Free Open Air Cinema returns (weather permitting!) to the town […]

  A TRALEE site has been purchased by a large supermarket chain for a price believed to exceed €1m. The former Heiton Buckley premises, accessible by Edward Street and located behind the Centrepoint building on John Joe Sheehy Road/Edward Street, which closed down back in 2006, has 3.2 acres of space […]

ANOTHER Tralee man is getting set to grace one of the stages at Electric Picnic in two weeks time, when he plays the famous festival in Stradbally. with his band Naoise Roo. Earlier this month we brought you the story of Gary Keane’s band, White Boys, who are to play […]

KILLARNEY is gearing up for one of the biggest events of the year when it hosts the Killarney Adventure Race on Saturday, October 3. The massively popular sporting event, now in its 5th year, is expected to attract over 2,500 adventurers to the area for a day that was voted the […]

BORG Warner employees, including those from the Tralee branch of the company, took part in the Hardman Triathlon in Killarney on Saturday last as part of a series of team building exercises. Twenty-seven workers from all over Europe, including Tralee employees were involved in the challenge as they worked in teams of […]