Entertainment

A QUEENS Speech by Mike O’Halloran is coming to a north Kerry venue next month. After its huge success in Siamsa Tire last November, St Johns Theatre and Arts Centre, Listowel will host the production for three nights Friday, November 4th, Saturday, November 5th, and Sunday November 6th, at 8.00 pm. In […]

THERE were vampires, witches and ghouls aplenty in Blennerville on Sunday afternoon as youngsters enjoyed a party at the local GAA club. The people at St Pats GAA Club decided to get a headstart on the Halloween fun by hosting a fancy dress party for the younger members. There was […]

THESE really are exciting times for foodies in Tralee, especially with regard to the Ashe Street/Courthouse Lane quarter of Tralee. It started this time last year with the opening of the excellent Il Forno Woodfired Pizza Restaurant, then Lana Asian Street Food opened and now there’s another delicious addition to the menu. […]

THE people at Peter Mark hair salon in Tralee are looking forward to pyjama parties, bake sales and fancy dress fun next weekend for their Petermarkathon fundraiser. The team at Abbey Court will join their colleagues all over the country from Thursday, October 27 to Saturday, October 29 to raise funds for Women’s Aid and specifically […]

PARENTS in Kerry are being urged to have their child’s car seat checked when the RSA ‘Check It Fits’ service visits four locations in the county next week. Research from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) indicates that as many as 4 out of 5 child car seats are incorrectly fitted. Continued […]

AN evening of fashion, fun and awareness will take place this coming Thursday in Benners Hotel, Tralee, for a great cause. The event, “Think Pink, Think Positive”, in aid of Breast Cancer Research is an evening for ladies, by ladies with some inspiration. Guest speakers on the night include Maria Walsh and Daily […]

FANS of folk music are in for a special treat when a prominent figure from the scene back in the early 1970s comes to the Tralee stage. Leo O’Kelly was a member of the Irish folk duo Tír na nÓg with Sonny Condell, who, with Pentangle and Nick Drake, were considered the forebears of […]

A POLISH electronic music producer who has lived and worked in Tralee for just over a year has paid tribute to the town and surrounding area by releasing the four track EP ‘Tra Li story’. Krzysztof Kwiatkowski, or ‘Krissky’, created the music during a 12 month stay in town which […]

ONE of Tralee’s most well known and loved photographers launched his new book ‘Through the Lens’ at the Grand Hotel on Monday. A great crowd came out on the night to meet John, who happily signed copies of the book which is sure to find its way into many homes […]

DOWN Syndrome Kerry will be dancing its way onto the INEC stage for what’s going to be a great night of craic at ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ on Friday, December 2 Over the next two months, 24 dancers – including Kerry footballer Aidan O’Mahony, Kerry Rose Danielle O’Sullivan journalist Aidan O’Connor, Sean Taaffe […]

THE dancers in the upcoming St Brendan’s Hurling Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event were officially revealed on Friday night (see the pairings photos below). Murt Murphy, who will be MC on the night, introduced the lads and ladies to a good turnout of locals in The Abbey Tavern in Ardfert and […]

IT was a night to remember in the Brandon Hotel on Saturday as 47 performers took to the stage in the Lip Sync Battle for the Ballyduff GAA Ball Wall. There were over 800 tickets sold for the event and it looked like most of them turned up as all seats were […]

Chef Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies has some Winter Salad recipes… Salads are often only eaten in Ireand during the summer months. But with a fantastic array of seasonal vegetables available during the Autmn/Winter slads should be eaten all year round. Root vegetables are fantastic in […]

THERE were 800 tickets sold for the Ballyduff Lip Sync Battle in the Brandon Hotel tonight. The event is a fundraiser for the local hurling club and it was worth the admission price for this opening dance/mime. Those lads and lasses are some movers as you can see below. It’s worth […]

THE latest production from Tralee Musical Society has been another fantastic success. By opening night on Wednesday, ‘Joseph And The Technicolour Dreamcoat’ was a sell-out and an extra show had to be added for Saturday afternoon. With the cast made up entirely of younger members of the society, it just shows […]

A BARITONE from Tralee is set to perform as part of the world renowned Wexford Festival Opera this month. Cormac Lawlor from Tralee will perform with the chorus in two of the main stage operas, ‘Herculanum’ and ‘Vanessa’. The 65th Wexford Festival Opera will take place over 12 days from October 26 to  November 6. This […]

TWO Kerry filmmakers are highlighting the effects of domestic abuse in a new short film to be premiered next week at the Kerry Film Festival. The work of writer and director, Mark Riordan from Killorglin and producer Aaron O’Neill from Cromane, ‘The Black’ focuses on how domestic abuse could affect […]

THERE was a good turnout for the opening of an exhibition of new work by a local artist last night. ‘Unearthing Place’, by Roisín McGuigan opened at the Craft Makers centre on Ashe Street and will run upstairs at the premises until November 12. Friends and fellow artists enjoyed wine and […]

Another weekend brings much to see and do around town and beyond. Here’s a few suggestions for getting out and about… Saturday 1. Open days at colleges… If you’re a parent of a child about to leave primary school, then there are open days going on in two schools this weekend. […]

A LOCAL man will launch his band’s new album at a concert in Siamsa Tire next week. New Road, featuring uilleann piper Leonard Barry (originally from Kilmoyley but whose father Richard hails from Rock Street), have a unique blend of uilleann pipes, fiddle, harmonica, concertina, 5-string banjo, guitar, mandolin, jaw harp and bodhrán. […]

TRALEE Municipal District councillors will meet on Monday morning to decide whether to grant permission for a new two-storey McDonalds restaurant which will be double the size of the existing business. An amended plan has been put forward by the fast food giant to demolish the old building and construct a brand new […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn 4th, 5th and 6th class pupils gave the musical performance for a TG4 camera crew on Wednesday. TV show ‘Cleas Act’ visited the school to film the kids performing with the band Seo Linn and it doesn’t end there. Singers from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn will travel to RTE […]

AN inspiring and emotional one-woman play is coming to Siamsa Tire next week and the local hospice foundation is set to benefit. Best-selling Irish-American author, Mary Lou Quinlan, is bringing the hit play, ‘God Box: A Daughter’s Story’ which is based on her powerful New York Times bestselling memoir of the same name, to the Tralee […]

TRALEE Musical Society begins its four-night run of ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat’ (Youth Edition) this evening until Saturday. This is a new venture for Tralee Musical Society, as they have never produced a show solely by their younger members before. Tickets are selling fast, but are still available and can be booked via Siamsa […]

A STAR of the ‘Republic of Telly’ and ‘Bridget and Eamonn’ shows is bringing his stand up show to Il Forno Restaurant on Courthouse Lane on this Saturday night at 8pm. Edwin Sammon plays Father Gabriel in the Republic of Telly spin-off, Bridget and Eamonn, which has recently shot a second […]

YOUNG performers between the ages of 15 and 20, with an interest in acting on stage at Siamsa Tire, met on Saturday to begin a new term at Free Radicals Youth Theatre. Members of the youth theatre meet every Saturday during term time from 4pm-7pm to devise, act, improvise and write. From […]

MAGGIE McEldowney, the 2016 Rose of Tralee, revealed her plans to travel for the next few months when she returned to Ireland last week. She also went head-to-head with DJ Eoghan McDermott on The Ray D’Arcy Show on RTÉ to promote the Marie Keating Foundation’s latest fundraising initiative. Arriving from […]

THE 15th annual National Circus Festival will get underway in Tralee from Thursday to Sunday, November 10-13. The cream of Irish and international contemporary circus entertainers – such as Silver Lining and Jackson Lane who will present the Irish premiere of Throwback, a fast-paced, feel-good explosion of physical skill and fun – will come to Tralee […]

HOLLYWOOD superstar Michael Fassbender was honoured in Killarney on Friday evening with the greatest accolade the town he grew up in can bestow. He was inducted into the Order of Innisfallen in recognition of his remarkable achievements in the film industry which has seen him nominated for Academy Awards, Golden Globes and […]

Mozart’s Ashe Street THE Ashe Street/Courthouse Lane part of town is becoming a real diverse ‘cuisine quarter’ of town in the past year. As well as LANA Asian Street Food opening in the past couple of months, Il Forno has been dishing out quality Italian fare since last October and […]