Business/Property

‘LEMONADE & Lollipops’ stands will be popping up in Tesco’s Tralee stores and in branches across the country in a bid to raise vital funds for Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Tesco’s charity of the year. On Saturday, August 8, customers are invited to enjoy a cup of lemonade and a lollipop […]

NINETEEN residential properties in the Tralee area fetched €3,022,488 in June, while total Kerry sales exceeded €13m according to the Residential Property Price Register (RPPR) figures for the month. The Tralee figure is an increase on the 17 residential properties that were sold for over €2.2m in May, but a decrease on the 25 residential properties that were sold […]

FOR the first time in four months petrol prices have gone down in Tralee. We took our monthly spin around town to see where was the cheapest place to fill up. As of Tuesday morning, the cheapest places to fill up in town are the Applegreen stations in Fairies Cross and […]

BALLYSEEDY Garden Centre has been named in the Retail Excellence Ireland Top 100 list. The business, located on the outskirts of Tralee, is the only Kerry entry. The Retail Excellence Ireland Awards are the largest, most prestigious and recognised event in the Irish Retail Industry calendar. The objective of the […]

TRALEE is in the mix for a prestigious national award so we have to be on our toes for the next few weeks! Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Michael Ring TD announced today that Fáilte Ireland is publishing its shortlist of 15 towns and villages from across the country being considered for […]

€3.2 million has been allocated Clúid to build 19 social houses in the Mitchels/Boherbee area in Tralee. In total €3.9 million has been allocated by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government to Cluid and St. John of God Housing Association. €218k and €512k has been allocated to Clúid […]

WHEN Benners Hotel reopened its doors a few months ago it brought a breath of fresh air to the Castle Street area of town. The cafe and gastropub are serving up some excellent fare with friendly service, but some of you may not know that the Courtyard Bar to the rear of […]

  MOTHERCARE Ireland, who have a store in Tralee, have been placed into interim examinership by the High Court. Ten staff are employed at in the Manor Retail Park, Kerry’s only Mothercare outlet. The British retailer which specialises in products for expectant mothers and general merchandise for children have given assurances […]

  TRALEE Credit Union has apologised to around 2,000 members who had direct debits taken out of their accounts twice last Friday. The problem occurred due to an upgrade in their IT banking system and relates to Friday’s direct debits only and not any other day. Tralee Credit Union hope to refund […]

Advertorial If you are thinking of changing your car this month it’s worth checking out Tralee Credit Union’s low-rate motor loan. Tralee Credit Union in Tralee, Castleisland and Killorglin have just reduced their Motor Loan Rate to their lowest rate ever of 6.5% (6.7% APR). This low rate is available […]

  THE Rose of Tralee Festival this year will see the addition of a new one day women’s business conference that will celebrate and recognise the achievements of modern women in the business sector. The ‘Bloom For Ireland’ conference, which is being organised by Enterprise Ireland, will take place at the […]

THE first six months of this year has seen an increase of over 27% in new car sales in Kerry compared to the same period last year with 1,810 units sold, up from 1,415. Kerry saw an increase of over 20% in new car sales last month on the June 2014 figure, according […]

WHEN Yummy Cafe Market opened in Tralee back in 2013, it was a breath of fresh air with its inventive food, cool interiors and a welcoming atmosphere for families. Sometimes a cafe or any business can lose its lustre, take its eye off the ball and slip in standards…but not Yummy! […]

THE CEO of the IDA will be speaking to members of the local business community in town later this week in the Imperial Hotel on Denny Street at 1pm on Friday, July 3. The Abbeydorney native will talk at lunchtime meeting that has been organised by the Tralee Chamber Alliance […]

A TRALEE architect’s building design, which scooped four national awards recently, is now shortlisted for the ‘2015 World Architecture Festival Award’. Louise Cotter, who is originally from the St Brendan’s Park area and now based in Cork, designed the Dún Laoghaire Lexicon Library building with her firm ‘Carr Cotter Naessens Architects’. It will definitely […]

MEMBERS of the local ‘Inspired Project’ have been helping to make the town a little more colourful as they busy themselves tending to the flower boxes all around the town. The group were out yesterday as they watered and managed all the various flower boxes that are now in many […]

SEVENTEEN residential properties in the Tralee area fetched €2,243.074 in May, while total Kerry sales exceeded €11m according to the Residential Property Price Register (RPPR) figures for the month. The Tralee figure is a decrease on the 25 residential properties that were sold for over €3.2m in April, but an increase on the 15 residential […]

FUZION Communications, founded by Tralee businesswoman Deirdre Waldron, has been announced as the winner of the Best Public Affairs Campaign at the prestigious Public Relations Institute of Ireland (PRII) Awards 2015, for its work with Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) on a public awareness campaign last year. The announcement was made at the […]

Advertorial WE decided to browse through the many properties available to buy through Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean Auctioneers and picked three family homes for under €250,000 to show you… 1. 21 Carrigeendaniel Caherslee – €225,000 This well maintained five-bedroom detached residence is suitable for a bigger family with this five bedrooms, two bathrooms and […]

THE Killarney Festival Of Music and Food has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances beyond the organisers’ control. A spokeswomen for the festival said: “We are devastated that the festival has been cancelled – we did everything in our power to make it happen this weekend.” “We would like to extend […]

THE Manor West Retail Park has been sold to an American fund for €59m. The park is one of the best performing shopping centres in the country with Harvey Norman, TK Maxx, Smyths and many more high profile companies situated in the area. The Irish Times is reporting today that […]

NINETEEN GPs based in Tralee have signed up for the Free GP Care for Under 6s scheme according to the latest figures from the HSE. The figures show that 68 contracts from Kerry GPs have been received out of a total of 88 – a 77% take up according to […]

  THE Tralee Chamber Alliance has published a new brochure to showcase Kerry’s Capital Town as the perfect destination for business, retail, education and for life. The Business Destination Brochure has been designed to give a flavour of what Tralee has to offer and why the town should be considered […]

IT’S that time of year again when we show our appreciation for the dads in our lives. They’ve done a lot for us kids over the years; changing our nappies (the odd one did this), driving us to school/soccer/rugby/ballet practice, roaring at us on the football field, throwing dirty looks at boyfriends, punishing us […]

FOURTEEN Kerry properties will go under the hammer in July at the next Allsop auction. The 13 residential and one commercial property are spread all over the county and will go to auction in the RDS Dublin on July 8 at – what appears to be – low reserve prices. Continued […]

YOU’LL have to be careful driving up Boherbee these days, because a new mural on the side of a famous pub is stopping both pedestrians and traffic alike. Francis Galvin of the Slieve Mish Bar wanted to do something to brighten up the side of the building, so a locally-based artist […]

THERE’S a new sponsor and judges this year for Ladies Day at the Listowel Harvest Racing Festival with over €5,000 in prizes on offer. The day is the most stylish in Kerry’s social calendar with upwards of 30,000 people descending on the Island for the event which takes place on […]

A PETROL Station in Caherslee, that has been closed for some years, will reopen by late July. The Top company signs are being erected at the old Tarrant’s Garage and work is currently ongoing to get the station ready. A source tells us the business should be up and running “in the next five […]

AFTER a false start,  the ‘Vincent Browne People’s Debate’ is on its way to Kerry this month for an event that will no doubt bring its heated moments between the public and local politicians. The event, which was originally scheduled to take place in April and which was later cancelled, […]

A TRALEE businessman is left frustrated and angry that he has been told to apply to Kerry County Council for planning permission to change the wording of a sign outside his premises, two years after making the alteration. Tim Galvin of Gally’s Bar And Restaurant on the Castlemaine Road, changed the […]