Entertainment

A TRALEE IT student’s sometimes dark and often peculiar brand of humour has been gaining momentum online and from famous comedians (see videos below). On Facebook, Shane Clifford’s, short comedy videos on his site ‘Shanes Brilliant Page‘ have been watched a combined 359,953 times. The sketches have even earned the attention […]

WITHOUT any prior announcement, Spin South West have opened a new studio on Castle Street that will broadcast four live shows a week from Tralee, to start with. The new studio was up and running today at 2:45pm with ‘Spin Hits’ presented by DJ Eoghain Fitzgerald. He says; “It’s something that […]

THE Greater Tralee District Senior Scór was held in Ballymac Community Hall last Friday night and in the five categories, Na Gaeil won three and Ballymacelligott brought home the other two prizes. They have now qualified to take part in the Kerry County Final which will be held on February 6 […]

LAST week I decided to pick ten successful people under 40 who are making a difference in their chosen fields. I gave you five last week (click here for last week’s post) and here’s the rest. 6. Gary Keane – Musician Ballinorig man Gary is half of the successful duo White Boys, with other member […]

KERRY County Council are inviting applications for Arts Grants for 2016. Under the Arts Act 2003, funding is allocated where activities, projects and undertakings stimulate public interest in the arts, promote knowledge and appreciation of the arts and improve standards of practice in the arts. “Funding to support the arts is crucial,” […]

THERE may have been a Status Red Rainfall Alert, but that didn’t stop throngs of people packing into O’Riada’s Bar back in early December to honour the memory of a Lyreacrompane man. The huge crowd turned out during Storm Desmond on Friday, December 4 to support Kerry Hospice in memory of the […]

LAST night’s Premier League match at Anfield was a great game with Liverpool and Arsenal playing out a 3-3 draw. One Tralee family who won’t forget it in a hurry are the McCarthys from Cois Lí, Ballyvelly. Dad Simon took his sons Sam and Jamie across the Irish Sea for the clash […]

HE may have lost out on a Golden Globe at the weekend, but Michael Fassbender has a chance at winning at an Oscar next month as the nominations have just been announced. The Killarney man will face off against Bryan Cranston (Trumbo), Matt Damon (The Martian), Eddie Redmayne (The Danish Girl) and […]

THE death of David Bowie cast a veil of sadness all over the world for music fans yesterday. His mesmeric talent touched us all and in Kerry there was no shortage of people paying tribute to the Thin White Duke on social media. One man in Ballybunion went further though […]

HERE’S a funny one! It was a long time coming, but Betty O’Shea from the Spa, finally found out how her daughter was getting on on her holidays…eight years later. Breda O’Shea from Ballinorig was in the Canaries back in October 2008, with her daughter Deborah and aunt Katherine, when […]

THE area around the Christie Hennessy statue could be set for a name change. At the next meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday, there will be a motion put forward that the area near the statue at Central Plaza/Abbeycourt be renamed ‘Christie Hennessy Place’. The motion has […]

THE award nominations keep on coming for Michael Fassbender as this morning it was announced he is on the shortlist for the Best Actor gong at the BAFTAs. The Killarney man is already nominated for a Golden Globe award – which takes place this weekend – and hopes are high that […]

THE name Albert Hammond may not be instantly recognisable to some, but chances are, if you have any interest in music you know his work. His songs have been responsible for the sale of over 360 million records worldwide including over 30 chart-topping hits and he’ll be playing a lot […]

EARLIER we brought you photos of ladies enjoying Women’s Christmas around town so here’s some more. You know the festive season’s goose is cooked when the tradition is celebrated and it’s still alive as evidenced by the crowds in restaurants around town. We brought our cameras to the Ballygarry House Hotel, The […]

A FORMER Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí student is the director of a new comedy series which is featuring on RTE 2 on Monday nights. Shaun O’Connor is the director of Sketch! – a (you guessed it) comedy sketch show filmed in Cork city. The latest episode screened on Monday night featured RTE personality, John Creedon, […]

SO Christmas is now officially over as Women’s Christmas gives the signal to take down the tree and put the crib back in the attic. Well many ladies around town weren’t going to let the night pass without marking the January 6 tradition and restaurants around town did a roaring trade […]

ROSE of Tralee Elysha Brennan and RTÉ’s Dáithí Ó Sé celebrated Women’s Christmas in Cork where they announced details of the 2016 Rose of Tralee International Festival today. Taking place from August 17-23, the 2016 Rose of Tralee International Festival will run for seven days featuring 68 Roses, 68 Rose […]

THIS Facebook post raised a smile when we saw it on a local buy and sell group page. A lot of presents were given out in households this year around town and while some of them were gratefully received, others didn’t get the desired reaction. This person went on ‘Tralee […]

  TOURISM in Kerry received a boost today with the release of a Youtube video that features Star Wars The Force Awakens director, JJ Abrams and crew gushing over the beauty of Skellig Micheal. The video was produced by Discover Ireland and features behind the scenes footage of filming on […]

KILLARNEY actor Michael Fassbender picked up an award last night night at an awards ceremony in California. It was a happy new year for the star of Steve Jobs and Macbeth – who spent Christmas at home in Killarney – as he received the 27th annual Palm Springs International Film Festival’s (PSIFF) International Star […]

TWO Tralee teenagers blagged their way into a $1,000 New Year’s Eve party in Sydney and uploaded a video to YouTube. Joe.ie have a story on their site reporting that Jack Stuart and Rory Doyle spent $65 on a ticket to the Sydney Opera House area on New Year’s Eve but they […]

A SPECTACULAR fireworks display on New Year’s Eve was a great way for families to  mark the end of 2015. Although it was on in the early evening, there was still a great atmosphere as the younger kids were able to see the skies lit up before bedtime. MC John Drummey […]

THE weather outside may be frightful, but in Siamsa there was a delightful tornado of fun as ‘The Wizard Of Oz’ began its run of performances on Tuesday. Families came in from the rain to fill the theatre yesterday afternoon to see the much loved story performed by the cast in the Oliver Hurley […]

Looking back at some of the news stories we covered from March this year… • In what was unfortunately not a sign of things to come in the All-Ireland six months later, Kerry defeated Dublin in the National League by 0-15 to 1-10 at a very wintry Fitzgerald Stadium. CLICK HERE • A father and son […]

EARLIER we brought you photos and a video from the Christmas Day Swim in Fenit (click here for images). The annual dip, in aid of the RNLI, was another massive success and hundreds made the three dashes into the water as hundreds more looked on in the driving rain. Here […]

IT was a miserable Christmas morning weatherwise, but that didn’t deter the hundreds of swimmers who made the annual dash into the cold waters of Fenit. Well over a thousand people gathered at the beach to either take part in or watch the swim which again was  in aid of […]

  The next couple of days may be a time to spend with family, pigging out on chocolates and arguing over the telly, but there’s still a few things you can get up to in the outside world… Christmas Eve Take in the atmosphere There’s nothing like meeting up with […]

SEASONED and enthusiastic Christmas Day in Fenit swimmer, Billy Ryle, is cordially inviting the thousands of people, who will be driving to swims at venues all over the county on Friday, either as participants or spectators, to get fully behind the “Never Ever Drink and Drive” campaign of the Road Safety […]

YOU know Christmas is very close when you see Christy McCarthy belting out rock n roll favourites in the town centre (see video below). Christy was one of many guest singers who came up on a stage on the Mall for a charity event organised by Tralee gardaí. This year they were […]

A TRALEE musician and his Cork based band got a massive seal of approval from Funk legend Bootsy Collins. Gary Keane and his band partner, Eoin Walsh, form the duo ‘White Boys’ and after posting an extra funked-up version ‘Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas’ they got a  reaction from […]