Business/Property

  THE NUMBER of empty council houses in Kerry has been revealed after new figures were obtained by the Fianna Fáil environment spokesman Barry Cowen through a Freedom of Information request. The figures, which were given out after a series of information requests were sent to each local authority by […]

TWENTY-FIVE residential properties in the Tralee area fetched €2,510,247.49 in August, 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 €2.9m in July, and also a decrease on the 19 residential […]

  AROUND 60 businesspeople heard a lunchtime seminar from an expert on the retail sector in the Fels Point Hotel on Friday. Simon Healy AIB’s Retail Sector Specialist gave the seminar entitled ‘Grow your top line and help your bottom line’ which essentially provided advice and clarity on the most important key performance […]

  THE Kerry Local Enterprise Office is getting ready to hold the ‘Budget 2016 Breakfast Briefing’ next month in association with the PSC Taxation Services. It will take place on Thursday, October 15 in the Ballygarry House Hotel and will run from 8.30am to 10.30am, where a full breakfast will […]

THERE’s good news motorists as petrol prices fell in town for the third month in a row in the past month. Back in June the the lowest price in Tralee for a litre of petrol was €1.41.8, now you can fill up in Applegreen, Fairies Cross and Manor Village for […]

  A TRALEE shop is set to close its doors for the last time soon. ‘Stitch In Time’ on Maine Street is advising customers that the final date for collecting garments is this coming Saturday, September 26. Customers can contact Gerard on (087) 6781122 to arrange a collection, with any items not collected set […]

THREE award-winning speakers and presenters, Anthony Garvey, Sean Lyons and Justin McCarthy,  will deliver an 8-week Presentation and Public Speaking Course in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee next  month. The course will run from 10.00am to 12.00pm every Saturday morning beginning on October 3. “Many people get nervous presenting in front of an […]

Advertorial WE all know that free parking is a rare commodity in the town centre but one business has come up with a novel idea to change that. The Ashe Hotel on Maine Street is to provide free parking for its lunchtime customers. General Manager, Stephen O’Connor explains; “At The Ashe […]

The BAFTA award-winning company Jam Media, which has an Abbeydorney man as its Chief Executive, has secured a 52-episode commission for a new animated series on the BBC. As a result of this commission for ‘Little Roy’, the company is to increase its workforce from 60 to 90 employees in its Dublin and […]

THERE is a great sense of excitement all around the town as the day of the All Ireland Final clash with Dublin approaches with local businesses keen to show their support to the team ahead of the match. TraleeToday.ie were out and about yesterday afternoon capturing a selection of the […]

A LOCAL RETAIL complex located near the centre of the town that features with it 23 apartments has gone on sale by private treaty with the market price for €1.25m. The complex is located on John Joe Sheehy Road and is made up of an 8,000 square feet ground floor retail […]

TWO working days was all it took for the business community in Tralee to achieve their target contribution figure within the overall one million euro fund to develop Austin Stack Park Tralee. A five year All-Ireland Final ticket-scheme, costing €1,000 a year for five years, was created to encourage businesses in […]

TRALEE has received the flags from TripAdvisor confirming Kerry’s capital town as one of Ireland’s top 10 towns based on ratings and reviews in the Annual Travellers’ Choice Awards. The flags will be proudly flown above Kerry County Museum in the Ashe Memorial Hall in the town centre, at the […]

THE Bon Secours Hospital Tralee has welcomed two new doctors to the hospital. Plastic Surgeon, Mr John Curran, a Donegal-native, commenced work at the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee in August and his clinic appointments are already quite busy. He previously practised as a Clinical Fellow in Aesthetic Surgery at The New […]

THE Tralee tourist information kiosk, which is now in its fourth year of operations, last week closed the door again until next summer, but not before it enjoyed one of its most fruitful seasons yet. The kiosk, located in the very heart of the town, was manned by 32 volunteers over the […]

KERRY properties went under the hammer at the two Allsop Auctions in Dublin this week. On Tuesday, a two-bedroom apartment 105 Fairway Heights was sold at its reserve of €55,000 at the RDS event. Also sold was a semi-detached three-bedroomed house in Sunnyhill Drive, Dromnevane, Kenmare which fetched a price of […]

ONE of the most well known shops in Tralee is getting set to close its doors this coming weekend. Galvin’s shop on Rock Street has been a mainstay of the town since it first opened its doors back in the 1920’s and even to those who have never stepped foot inside […]

THE Fels Point Hotel was the location for the Kerry Health, Beauty and Fitness Expo on Sunday. There were over 30 stands at the expo displaying their wares in all areas of the beauty, health and fitness industry. “It’s basically to tell people what’s available in the industry around Kerry,” […]

  A TRALEE-BASED entrepreneur is encouraging women to apply for a programme aimed at early stage rural based entrepreneurs. Caroline McEnery of the HR Suite is one of six Lead Entrepreneurs for the ACORNS programme looking for 50 rural start-up female-led businesses. ACORNS – Accelerating the Creation Of Rural Nascent Start-ups […]

THE guys at Woodies in Tralee have raised an incredible €8,590 for the Make A Wish Foundation after a major fundraising drive at the store. Staff at the Manor West outlet took to riding an exercise bike for the past five Saturdays between 12 noon and 4pm, with the public invited to […]

Advertorial SEPTEMBER can be a busy time for Kerry people travelling to Dublin with many young people starting or going back to college and of course, the All-Ireland final. It can also be expensive whether if you’re driving or travelling by train. But now there is a new kid on the block […]

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 […]

TWENTY-FIVE residential properties in the Tralee area fetched €2,969,000 in July, while total Kerry sales exceeded €15m according to the Residential Property Price Register (RPPR) figures for the month. The Tralee figure is a decrease on the 19 residential properties that were sold for over €3m in June, but an increase on the […]

  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 […]

THERE’s good news motorists as petrol prices fell in town for the second month in a row. Back in June the the lowest price in Tralee was  €1.41.8 for a litre of petrol, now you can fill up in Amber in Shanakill for as low as  €1.34.9 per litre, when we drove […]

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 […]

THIS year’s Roses released 364 balloons into the sky over Meadowlands Hotel Tralee to celebrate the hotel’s long association with the Rose of Tralee International Festival since 2005. The Meadowlands Hotel, which has undergone a major transformation throughout, hosted the annual Traditional Irish Party Night for the Roses and their […]

SEVEN Kerry properties will go under the hammer in Dublin next month at the latest Allsop Auction. The lots will form part of Allsop’s biggest commercial property auction yet on September 8th and 10th, with 278 lots going under the hammer at a combined reserve value of €60 million, at the […]

THE Rose of Tralee Festival this year saw the inaugural one day women’s business conference that celebrated and recognised the achievements of modern women in the business sector. The ‘Bloom for Ireland’ conference was held in the Brandon Hotel on Monday and it has been heralded as a massive success […]

TESCO stores in Tralee and Killarney collected over €1,800 for charity in just six hours last Saturday during the ‘Lemonade & Lollipops’ event. It was a sweet success for the Tesco colleagues as they raised the cash for Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. Customers were invited to enjoy a cup of lemonade […]