Business/Property

THE building that was once Fabric Nightclub on Princes Street has been sold. Details of the sale by Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean have not been revealed, but it was bought in trust by a Cork solicitor for an unidentified buyer. The building had been up for sale for some time. Fabric was […]

  See above ad for special offer MOTORISTS in Tralee are enjoying petrol prices 20 cent cheaper on  this time last year, from €1.50 a litre to under €1.30. As of Friday afternoon, the cheapest places to get petrol in town were Esso on the North Circular Road and Top at the […]

  THE old Benners Hotel on Castle Street has been purchased by Der O’Sullivan of The Mall it was announced today. “Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean are pleased to announce the sale of Benners Hotel in Tralee,” reads a statement from the auctioneers in Denny Street. “The property has been purchased […]

THEY’VE been brightening up the lives of Tralee people for 35 years now, but come January 17, Forget-Me-Not Florists will wilt. Tony and Mary Ennis will retire on that Saturday having operated their flower shop in Tralee for the past 35 years. Originally from Dublin, they moved to Tralee in […]

SIX extra flights have been added to the Ryanair schedule between Kerry and London Luton and London Stansted to accommodate the increased demand from passengers over the Christmas period. Kerry Airport expects to handle up to 12,000 passengers travelling through the airport from Saturday, December 20 to Sunday, January 4, […]

  TRALEE and Killorglin Credit Unions have combined after an application by the Central Bank of Ireland to the High Court yesterday. The high approved the transfer of Killorglin Credit Union (KCU) to Tralee Credit Union (TCU) which now makes TCU the largest community based credit union in Munster with total assets […]

THE FELS Point Hotel laid on a special Christmas night for its corporate partners on Thursday night to show their appreciation towards them over the past year. “It’s not just a party to celebrate our corporate partners and Tralee, it’s also a social event where they can mingle and get […]

TRALEE properties went under the hammer at the Allsop auction at the RDS Dublin today. No’s. 1, 2, 6, 7 and 10 Church Street, Tralee, (click here) were sold at the reserve price of €175,000. A building at The Market sold for just over the reserve at €27,000 (click here); Unit 11 Monavalley Industrial Estate, Tralee, sold for […]

THE Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD, has announced that he has approved the payment of just over €2million to the regional airports, including Kerry, under the current Regional Airports Programme. That funding is in respect of subvention payments in 2014 for Core Airport Management Operational Expenditure (OPEX). […]

  TRALEE-BASED business coach, Helen Burns, has won Action Coach ‘Best Client Results 2014’ for Ireland. The award was given by Action Coach Ireland and is based on the client’s percentage increase in sales, productivity and overall running of the business. Helen Burns, a well known business figure in Munster, […]

THE building which currently accommodates The Kerryman newspaper and AIB offices sold this morning at auction for €960,000. This was €85,000 over the reserve price. The tenants will not be affected by the sale. The property had a reserve range between €825,000 to €875,000. It was one of three Tralee properties […]

THERE was a steady stream of visitors all day to the Fels Point Hotel on Sunday for the ‘Arty Bits Craft Fair’. People from all over the county took stands at the event which had everything from baked goods, jewellery, clothes, pottery and loads of other items. Hundreds of people had a […]

  A CORPORATE event with a difference is being planned for next March where employees will get a chance to win €2,000 for charity. The ‘Tra-lympics’, presented by Tralee Chamber Alliance with the support of Fels Point Hotel and Kerry County Council, aims to attract companies from all over the […]

THE vacancy rate for commercial units or premises recorded in Kerry in Q3 is the lowest in the country at 8.9% according to the third GeoView quarterly report on Commercial Vacancy Rates, published jointly by GeoDirectory and DKM Economic Consultants.   The report showed that the vacancy rate in Tralee had decreased by […]

TRALEETODAY.IE continues to grow with our figures for November almost twice that of the previous month. We received over 615,000 page views from over 73,000 unique users last month (30 day period), up from 333,000 page views from 42,000 users in October (31 day period). It shows that more and […]

A GEORGIAN building, which is currently operating as The Park Georgian Guesthouse on Denny Street, is one of seven Tralee properties to be auctioned in Dublin next month. We already brought you the news that The Kerryman/AIB building is go under the hammer at the RDS on December 9 (click here), […]

  THE building in Denny Street which is home to The Kerryman and AIB offices will be auctioned in Dublin next month. According to the Allsop Space website, the property has a reserve range between €825,000 to €875,000 and will go under the hammer at the auction which will take […]

  THE Bank of Ireland building in Castle Street has been sold for  just over €3m this afternoon. The property, which had an asking price of €2.5m, was sold by agents Sherry Fitzgerald Stephenson Crean at a private auction in the Imperial Hotel. “There were 10 or 12 people there […]

THE Minister for Transport Tourism and Sport, Paschal Donohoe TD announced today that he is to retain the Public Service Obligation (PSO) on the Kerry-Dublin route. The PSO is vital to the existence of the daily service to and from the capital. The current PSO contract expires in January and the […]

THE famous CH Chemists was heaving on Friday evening as the store held its annual   Christmas customer evening. The annual event is growing every year and they came in their hundreds to get great discounts as the Christmas shopping season gets into full swing. There was mulled wine and […]

THE Tralee-based DCS Group were outright winners of the 2014 Sustainable Energy Awards Ireland (SEAI) Built Environment Award in Dublin on Thursday of last week. The company, based in Moyderwell and founded by Managing Director Donal Sugrue, won the award for their LED Lighting Retrofit Project which delivers a full design and build […]

THE website of Kerry-based Upfront PR, Event and Model Management has won the .eu Web Awards under House Category tonight. Upfront, owned and run by Orla Diffily, was one of three finalists in the House Category (News/Media/Entertainment/Blog – company or private). Orla collected her award at a ceremony in Brussels tonight. The .eu Web […]

THE ITT North Campus, hosted their Careers Fair for graduate students on Tuesday. The fair brought a number of national and international businesses and universities there to scout some of the top talent in the college. “There’s definitely a big upturn in terms of jobs available, which is very positive, […]

  TRALEE Chamber Alliance presented a Networking Event for members of the group at the Fels Point Hotel on Tuesday evening. It was an opportunity for members to get to know each other and introduce themselves, their company and their line of business in an effort to generate more business. There was team-building games and […]

EVERY Christmas brings its fad toy that every child wants, but something is different this year. It appears the world has gone ‘Frozen’ mad with merchandise from the Disney animated movie, released last November, causing (welcome) headaches for toy stores trying to keep with demand. Tralee is no different according to Ann Laide […]

  TRALEE Chamber Alliance will present a Networking Event for members of the group at the Fels Point Hotel on this Tuesday between 5.30pm and 7pm. This is an opportunity for members to get to know fellow members and introduce themselves, their company and their line of business in an effort to generate more business. […]

TWENTY-SIX residential properties worth nearly €3.5m were sold in the Tralee environs in September according to figures from the Property Price Register. The most expensive house sold was in The Spa for €530,000 while the least amount spent on a house was in Hawley Park for €45,000. The total amount spent […]

A YOUNG IT Tralee graduate was picked as one of Kerry’s ‘Best Young Entrepreneurs’ at an awards ceremony hosted by the Kerry Local Enterprise Office on Wednesday last week. There were three winners chosen from 15 young entrepreneurs, who were shortlisted from over 40 applicants. Niall Harty won the Best New Idea category and […]

IT’S been a good week for two local hospitality businesses who received glowing compliments in national and international media. The Sunday World gave The Roast House a 5/5 review while Ballygarry House Hotel received high praise in The Irish Post, a UK weekly newspaper aimed at expats. The Sunday World’s ‘Grub Spy’ critic […]

IT’LL be the a sad time for many Tralee people on Christmas Eve when Charlie Nelligan’s shop closes on the Mall. The bakery/cafe has been in operation for 30 years, but Charlie and his wife Colette have decided to retire and have put the lease up for sale with North’s on Denny Street. […]