Entertainment

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 […]

TODAY is arguably the biggest day in years for Irish sports fans, with the rugby and soccer teams playing vital games. Many of you will be heading down town on Sunday afternoon to sample the atmosphere in the pubs showing the matches on the big screen. It’ll be a long evening, so here’s […]

THE girls from the Castleisland Presentation Secondary school  Class of  95 are preparing to hold its reunion and the call has gone out to former classmates who might want to attend. Continued below… As it will the 20th anniversary of the girls’ graduation this year, the reunion is set to be a […]

IF THERE’S ONE Tralee man that seemingly can’t stay out of the news recently, it’s Randall Wharton. The well known runner who was recently interviewed and profiled in the hugely popular ‘Runners World’ magazine (see previous article here) has now seen his blog ‘RandRuns’ nominated for the best blog award […]

THERE was another great turnout for the Tralee Parnells annual cookery demonstration last night in the Meadowlands Hotel. Mark Doe of Just Cooking cookery school in Firies cooked up some treats and gave his expert tips on the culinary arts. The evening also featured a guest speaker on preventative strategies regarding […]

MERCY MOUNTHAWK are getting set to host their huge fundraising activity this coming Sunday as they look to raise money for a state of the art extension to the school. The ‘Monster Bingo’ fundraiser will take place in the school’s gym at 3pm where it is expected that there will be […]

  INCH BEACH is getting set to host a a very different type of activity later this month when the ‘Inch by Inch Toddleathon’ takes place to help raise funds for UNICEF Ireland. It will be taking place at 1pm sharp at Inch Beach on October 18 and will cost €10 […]

NOW, we’re not condoning the defacement of signs on public roads, but… Whoever wrote on this sign in Camp is getting across a laid back approach to bringing your car to halt (and they’re no doubt fans of Sminky Shorts), a ‘H’ between the ‘S’ and the ‘T’ would make […]

JACINTA Hobbart from Tralee, is packing her suitcases as she prepares to jet off on her dream holiday to New York with her sister Mary. The busy mum burst into tears of joy when she received news that she’d won the National Lottery’s Bigger Better Lotto Dream Holiday Competition, currently […]

TWO local lads decided to fling themselves down Short Mountain in drift trikes, as you do. The video on Youtube shows two men flying down Short Mountain, twisting and turning around its bends at what seems a fair old speed. For the uninitiated, ‘Drift Trikes’ are tricycles that are designed to […]

WITH the excitement building ahead of Sunday’s showdown with France, thousands of Irish people are enjoying the craic over at the Rugby World Cup in England. Among them are a few guys from St Pat’s GAA club in Blennerville, including Joe Costello, Brendan Poff and Kieran O’Shea, who were captured in Fanzone […]

HE’S putting on the moves again. The ‘dancing priest’ from Kerry, Neil Horan, was doing his thing out in Brussels on Wednesday, this time for two prominent world leaders. Having previously caused a stir at the British Grand Prix in 2003 and infamously interrupting the men’s marathon at the Athens Olympics […]

  THE Brandon Hotel will hold an information evening next week for any secondary school students  interested in attending NUI Galway. It will run from 7pm-9pm on the night of Thursday, October 15. Parents and guardians are also being welcomed down on the evening where they, along with the students, will be […]

THE SCENE is set for members of the Kerry Garda Síochána and Na Gaeil GAA ladies to take part in the upcoming community fundraiser, the ‘Carmel O’Connor Memorial Shield’. It is an event dedicated to the memory of their late Listowel-based former colleague who died over nine years ago after a […]

Kieran Quinn 32 Piano tour comes to Fleischmann Studio this Saturday Former Sligo inter-county fotballer, Kieran Quinn has set out on a concert tour with a difference.Contemporary pianist Kieran and friends plan to play at key venues in every one of the thirty two counties during their whistle-stop tour. We […]

  QUINLAN’S Fish, which has a shop in Tralee, has won the prestigious Supreme Champion Award at this year’s Blas na hÉireann, The Irish Food Awards. The company’s winning entry is its fresh crabmeat. The entry won over the judges’ taste-buds because of its fabulous flavour, freshness and delicate texture. There […]

YOU’VE seen the Kerry hurlers beat all before them on the field this year, but now they’re facing their toughest challenge yet – on the dance floor. Eleven couples are taking part in the ‘Kerry Hurlers Strictly Come Dancing’ event to raise funds to send the Kerry panel on a well-deserved holiday […]

  MANOR WEST Shopping Centre is getting ready to host an information day on mental health on Thursday, October 8 as part of World Mental Health Day celebrations. The event is being organised by HSE Tralee Community Mental Health and Primary Care Teams and will run from 11am-4pm in the […]

THE good people at the Kingdom Care charity shop are holding a coffee and information morning next week to raise awareness of the services they offer. The group held a similar event earlier this week in their Castleisland premises which was a great success. Anyone who attends will be greeted by […]

  KERRY students have been invited to take part in the latest ‘Doodle 4 Google’ campaign as part of the where they must create Doodles based on the ‘Google’ logo and centre it around the theme of ‘Ireland Is..’ The campaign is centered around marking the 2016 commemorations here in […]

  HE”S a busy man these days, but Tralee actor Timothy V Murphy will find time to appear on an RTE  chat show on Saturday night. The Oakpark native, who recently became a father, will have a lot to talk about on Ray Darcy’s new TV show just after the nine […]

AN event designed to commemorate the 1916 rising and look forward to its centenary celebrations next year is set to take place in Tralee this coming Saturday, October 3. The Revolutionary Decade Roadshow in conjunction with the School of History in UCC, Kerry County Council will be the first official […]

WELL, that didn’t take too long did it? The EBS recently conducted their ‘Big Survey of Irish Time’ in which they interviewed a number of people on the streets of the Republic about their own personal definition of the phrase ‘I’ll be there in a minute’. Leitrim came in at […]

THE DYNAMIC duo over at Social Box TV have made it through to the live award ceremony of the ‘Blog Awards Ireland’ after the public voted them through. The girls will now travel to the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin next month for the ceremony. The two secondary school students, Leanne Hanafin and […]

THE OFFICIAL launch of the ‘Ballyheigue Beard Festival’ took place in KL Kirby’s Bar in Ballyheigue last Saturday night and the call has gone out for more hairy people to get involved. All participants in the festival will grow their beards and collect sponsorship for charities until the big ‘shave off’ […]

A KERRY woman was interviewed live on American news WGN News which was broadcast to over 2.3 million people earlier this month, all in the name of research. Castleisland’s Niamh Geaney found fame earlier this year when she took part in an online experiment with called ‘Twin Strangers’ in which she […]

THE ABBEY Inn is hosting a fundraising gig this coming weekend in aid of Tralee’s Ruadhan Hennessy who suffered extensive burns to his legs during a chip pan fire in Canada back in August. The ‘Rock for Rouie’ concert will take place on Sunday October 4 in the bar from […]