Entertainment

YES, yes, we know Halloween isn’t over yet, but Christmas is only eight weeks away and people are already getting ready for it. The Tralee Chamber Alliance realises this and put up a Facebook post earlier today that they plan on putting on a Christmas market from Thursday, December 17 to Wednesday, […]

WE haven’t seen these before. Even though Tommy Collins uploaded these short videos (below) to his YouTube channel last year, it’s only in the last few days we’ve seen people posting the clips up on Facebook of Tralee and Blennerville in the 1960s. Eamon Keane does the voiceover in the short clips […]

ARDFERT Camera Club are holding their 5th Annual Photographic Exhibition at Kerry County Library, Moyderwell, Tralee on Tuesday evening November 3 at 7pm sharp which will be opened by Mayor of Tralee Thomas McEllistrim. The camera club has around 30 members of varying standard and has been in existence for nearly […]

THE INSPIRED group hit The Square on Friday with a ‘flash mob’ zombie-themed dance performance of ‘Thriller’ (Watch video below) “The fact they have the confidence to come out and dance is such a success for the group,” said Yvonne O’Brien of Inspired. The group through the tutorship of dance instructor, […]

THE climax of the Kerry Film Festival took place on Sunday night in Killarney where an awards ceremony took place at the Malton Hotel. The five day festival featured a number of screenings and special events all over the county, but Killarney was the real base this year, with the […]

MUCH has been written about the great Maureen O’Hara since she passed away on Saturday. The actress was 95 years old when she passed away at her home in Boise, Idaho, but Ireland was always close to her heart. Maureen was in Tralee in 2008 when the Kerry Film Festival inaugurated […]

FRIDAY was a fun day at Blennerville NS with pupils (and many teachers) really getting into the spirit of Halloween. Fancy dress was the order of the day, as pupils donned all sort of costumes and enjoyed traditional Halloween games like apple-bobbing, before breaking up for the mid-term break. Everyone had great […]

WELL Tomás Ó Sé is having a busy weekend. The five-time All-Ireland medal winner was over in the Kerry GAA store in Killarney at 11am on Saturday morning, where he signed hundreds of copies of his autobiography, ‘The White Heat’. Fans queued patiently for the former Gaeltacht player, whose book has been […]

THERE was a great atmosphere in Tralee schools on Friday as pupils (and teachers no doubt!) looked forward to a well-earned mid term break. Of course, with it being Halloween next Saturday, children in the primary schools donned all sorts of costumes creating an army of witches and zombies across town. CBS […]

  ‘HOLDING True Ground’, an exhibition by Lisa Fingleton will be opened by artist Aideen Barry on Friday 30th of October at 6pm in Siamsa Tire, Tralee. ‘Holding True Ground’ is a feast of new work by this multimedia artist, including drawings, found objects, documentary and immersive installations Working with local growers, the artist cultivated deep-rooted […]

THE Union Jack will grace Siamsa Tire as the new play from the writer of the acclaimed ‘September 82’ will be performed later this month. ‘A Queen’s Speech’, by Mike O’Halloran, will be performed on Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28 at 8pm. It’s a blend of comedy and drama set in the summer of 2011 […]

  A REALITY TV show which followed the life of a Tralee woman over the course of a year, won an Irish Film and Television Award last night at a ceremony in Dublin. Alanna Diggin, originally from Alderwood Road and now living in town, featured in the RTE2 reality show ‘Connected’, which […]

THE Kerry Film Festival held its gala opening at the Killarney cinema last night, where the theme of the event was ‘Made In Kerry’. Guests enjoyed a pre-drinks reception in The Ross Hotel before the cinema screened shorts from Bertie Brosnan (‘Sineater’), Gary Lennon (‘After Words’), Brian Bowler (‘Fides’), Kevin Kelleher (‘The […]

CHRISTY Dignam and fellow Aslan band member, Joe Jewell will perform at this year’s 5th Annual Celebration of Christie Hennessy at Fels Point Hotel on Friday/Saturday October 30/31. The CEO of Tralee Chamber Alliance, Kieran Ruttledge, said: “The Christie Hennessy Celebration is a great weekend of top class music from some of […]

IT’S been well known that Paul Galvin would be launching his ‘Vanguard’ line of clothing in Dunnes, but on Saturday the designs appeared in the stores. To mark the occasion, Paul tweeted a link to the promo video which features the Lixnaw man with a group of lads mooching around in […]

THIS weekend sees the return of the Taste of Tralee fair at Manor West Retail Park and Saturday proved a busy day for the stallholders. Producers from all over Kerry set up their stands and there was a real family feel to the day as cartoon characters from Kingdom Party […]

THERE was a big crowd in Ballyseedy Garden Centre on Friday morning for the annual ‘Paint It Pink’ fundraiser in aid of the Irish Cancer Society. Many ladies – and some gents – were true to the theme of the day and wore something pink to raise breast cancer awareness. “It’s our third […]

WHOSE backing band was ‘The Blackhearts’? Which band had a hit with ‘The Final Countdown’? These and many more questions were answered by the many music fans of all ages who turned up at the Manor West Hotel on Friday night for a special music quiz in aid of the […]

  IT’S almost time to grab the make up kits, dust off your capes and rustle up something delightfully ghoulish to wear this Halloween with the ‘Tralee Fancy Dress Park Run’ edging ever closer on our calendars. With the infamous night of October 31 happening to fall on a Saturday this […]

TOP chef, Rachel Allen, will be seen out west in the Dingle Peninsula on our TV screens this Wednesday as she travels  in search of local produce. The popular show, Coastal Cooking, takes Rachel out of the kitchen and cooking her way around Ireland, for her crew and the colourful characters she meets […]

IT’S the weekend so you’ll be looking for stuff to do we presume. Here’s a few things you can get up to over the next two days… Friday 1. Tuning up for quiz night Calling all music fans! A trip down to the Manor West Hotel tonight is a must to test your […]

A WELL known publican is this weekend getting ready to share his passion with the rest of the county when he plays host to a spectacular Volkswagen vehicle event. Camp’s Mike O’Neill will see over sixty vehicles, made up of VW camper vans and beetles, set up a base at his […]

TRALEE Library is getting set to host a lecture next week based on the stories of the five civilians that witnessed the arrival of Roger Casement to Kerry in 1916 and the subsequent story of their evidence at his trial. The story of Casement’s arrival in Kerry is well known […]

TRALEE is getting ready to host a very special fundraising event later this month when the ‘Paint it Pink 5k Walk’ takes place from outside Greyhound Bar on Sunday, October 25 at 5pm. The event is being organised as part of the ‘Paint it Pink’ campaign that is being run […]

THE Ballyheigue Drama group is getting set to bring one of John B. Keane’s most beloved plays to life this weekend when they stage the great man’s play ‘Sive’. The group will be staging the play on October 16, 17 and 24 in the Ballyheigue Community Centre with doors set to open on the night […]

  THE Tralee Bay Wetlands team have reason to celebrate this morning after they received word that they had been shortlisted by the Green Hospitality Awards. The popular local business and activity centre is shortlisted in the ‘Best Responsible Activity Provider’ category with the winners set to be announced at an […]

A TALENTED up and coming singer/songwriter has penned a beautiful new song based on the true story of how her maternal grandmother journeyed from her hometown of Tralee to England in order to find work. Kelly Oliver is behind the upbeat song entitled ‘Miles to Tralee’, which talks about the desire that her grandmother […]

A LISTOWEL man had a good Saturday night when he won €40,000 on the Winning Streak TV show.   John Joe Fitzgerald (55) from Greenville, Listowel, chose his sister Carmel Kehoe to represent him on the show. Carmel lives on a farm in North Wexford with her husband, Miley Kehoe. […]

LOCAL fans of the opera will soon be getting their chance to see an adaptation of one of the world’s best known plays when the Metropolitan Opera streams the latest production of  ‘Otello’ straight into the Tralee Omniplex Cinema. On Saturday October 17 at 6pm, Verdi’s ‘Otello’ will be broadcast by […]

TWO Kerry minors paid a quick visit to their old alma mater this week with a few trophies in hand of course, to the obvious delight of staff and pupils. Footballer Mícheál Reidy and hurler Tomás O’Connor stopped off in their former stomping ground of O’Brennan NS in Kielduff with the […]