Entertainment

DRONE footage seems to be quite popular with Kerry farmers bringing in their harvest and this is one of the best we’ve seen. The North Kerry area where the footage was shot by Aidan Harrington, was of Michael O’Halloran & Sons working on land located in Ballyheigue, Causeway and Kilmoyley. If even if tractors and […]

  A TRALEE man has collected his prize of €500,000 in the EuroMillions Plus, after he bought his his lucky €12 Quick Pick ticket in Centra, Ballyduff, on Wednesday, September 16. He won it in the draw which took place on Tuesday, September 22 and collected his prize at National Lottery offices today. The winner, who wishes […]

THERE’S two members of the Born To Run Club that can testify to being some of the most travelled members of the group without ever having laced up a pair of running shoes. The BTR club flags are the members in question and since their arrival into the tight knit group […]

IT was a strange feeling around CH Chemists in the warm autumn sunshine on Saturday afternoon, as the staff donned Santa hats and Christmas music played from their PA system. It was all to launch their Santaland experience which begins on November 28 and who did they get to kick things off? […]

A GROUP of Tralee aspiring rappers saw their hard work and graft recognised this past week after they were asked to perform as part of the opening act for NWA music legend DJ Yella at a Dublin gig earlier this week. Zach Buggy, Andrew (Drew) Dineen and Frank McCarthy form […]

THE opening night of the Light Opera Society of Tralee production of Les Miserables ‘School Edition’ took place in Siamsa Tire on Thursday. ‘Les Mis’ is being performed with a live orchestra and a gifted cast of fresh young talents drawn from Tralee and schools from further afield. Leading the cast is 5th Year […]

CH CHEMISTS welcomed Estee Lauder Global Makeup Artist, Alan Pan, to their store on Thursday evening. The internationally renowned make-up artist to the stars – including Kendall Jenner – held a very exclusive make-up masterclass session on the night where he shared all his tips and tricks to 80 or […]

  THE Tralee International Resource Centre Ltd (TIRC) and the Kerry Islamic Outreach Society (KIOS) are getting ready to host a family fun day on Sunday September 27 in the Meadowlands Hotel.  The Kerry County Council supported fun day will run from 1pm-4pm on the day and will be in […]

THE National Lottery are asking the public to check their tickets as two Lotto Plus top prizes worth €500,000, sold in Kerry and Cork, have remained unclaimed. Both prizes were won on Saturday, September 12. The first lucky €5 Quickpick ticket was sold in Whytes Service Station on Killarney Road in Kenmare, […]

A NEW video has been uploaded which highlights the best of what last weekend’s Tralee Food Festival had to offer. This was the first ever year of the festival, with it being deemed a great success by the public and which added another string to the bow of a blossoming Tralee […]

YOU’VE seen a lot of drone footage of Kerry on TraleeToday.ie over the past year, but it’s all been of our beautiful and rugged coastline. Well this time, the people at ‘The Irish Drone’ YouTube channel have uploaded a clip of farmers reaping the harvest in Kerry. Despite not giving an exact […]

A WHOLE host of Castleisland businesses are getting ready to host a very special event next month when they take part in the Autumn/Winter Fashion Show on Thursday October 8 in Nana Bea’s Coffee & Gift Shop. The details of the event were officially announced this week for the forthcoming show show […]

NO it’s not a scene from Steven Spielberg’s ‘Shutter Island’, it’s fantastic drone footage which was sent into us that shows off Fenit and Tralee Bay from the sky. The footage highlights Fenit Island, the lighthouse, the harbour and the area around Tralee Bay like you’ve never seen it before. The […]

  SIAMSA Tíre is to host the opening of an exhibition of paintings, drawings and different objects by the artist Antonio Julio López Castro on Friday September 25 at 6pm. The exhibition which is entitled ‘A Measure of Things’  is comprised of a number of projects that Antonio has worked on over the […]

Advertorial WE all know that free parking is a rare commodity in the town centre but one business has come up with a novel idea to change that. The Ashe Hotel on Maine Street is to provide free parking for its lunchtime customers. General Manager, Stephen O’Connor explains; “At The Ashe […]

Class resumption Classes resumed in all centres last Monday, September 14th. Thanks to Myra, Eileen, Marie, Marketa, Kim, Kevin and Alice -I’m sure I’ve omitted someone!- for making it all run so smoothly. Access Fund Scholarships With the generous support of our teachers, families and private, business and corporate friends,  a […]

WELL, we might have lost the senior match but this certainly didn’t stop the Kerry fans posting some fantastic photos on social media on Sunday to show their support for both teams. Here’s a look at what you GAA fans were posting…   The green and gold was flying proudly on Sunday at […]

  RTE’S ‘Room To Improve’ architect Dermot Bannon is getting ready to visit Tralee this coming week as part of an event organised by the Bank of Ireland. He will visit the Fels Point Hotel on the night of Thursday, September 24, where he will meet home buyers from around the […]

  SIAMSA Tire is set to stage one of the world’s best known musicals when it shows the stage edition of Les Misérables from September 24 to September 26 at 8pm each night. The musical, which will be presented by the award-winning Light Opera Society of Tralee (LOST), is set to […]

IN the end, the weather kept its promise and the rain stayed away on Friday night, thus leaving everyone else to enjoy the much anticipated culture night taking place all around the town. One of the biggest draws of the night was the special open air cinema which was showing […]

  IT’S easily one of the most anticipated sports books of the year and the man behind it will be in Tralee next month to sign copies of it for fans. Tomás Ó Sé has been entertaining and informing people with his weekly Irish Independent column and as a panellist […]

THE inaugural Tralee Food Festival had an auspicious start in the Imperial Hotel last night. Guests enjoyed some delicious seafood from Spa Seafoods who assembled delicious taster plates and held an Oyster demo on its delights. There was entertainment from a jazz band and it coincided with a well-deserved party for the volunteers […]

  A TRALEE man finds himself poised to win a small fortune if the final piece of this long-term bet comes to fruition over the weekend. Ballybeggan’s David Culloty placed the the €100 bet close to 10 months ago and is now just under 48 hours away from finding if he will […]

IF you hadn’t already guessed it, there’s a bit of a match coming up this weekend in Croke Park. Local businesses have been out and about putting the last touches on their displays as they show their support for the Kerry team, with excitement and hype surrounding the final clash […]

THE wait is almost over for those looking forward to Culture Night which takes place tonight. There will be a whole range of exciting things happening over the course of the day and night, with members of the public encouraged to come down and experience something a little different. All events […]

IF the football isn’t your thing or you’ve just decided to stay around town for the weekend, then you will definitely need check out Tralee Food Festival set to place this weekend. This will be the first ever year of the event which is set to run from Friday, September 18 […]

The BAFTA award-winning company Jam Media, which has an Abbeydorney man as its Chief Executive, has secured a 52-episode commission for a new animated series on the BBC. As a result of this commission for ‘Little Roy’, the company is to increase its workforce from 60 to 90 employees in its Dublin and […]

LEGENDARY Star Wars actor Mark Hamill took a break from his hectic filming schedule last night to try his hand at a different kind of trick when he was filmed pulling pints in The Bridge Bar, Portmagee last night. The Luke Skywalker actor is down around these parts as he […]

THERE is a great sense of excitement all around the town as the day of the All Ireland Final clash with Dublin approaches with local businesses keen to show their support to the team ahead of the match. TraleeToday.ie were out and about yesterday afternoon capturing a selection of the […]

TRALEE band Rouge, featuring Paudie Hobbert, have recorded quite a catchy song ahead of the upcoming All-Ireland Final clash with Dublin. Entitled ‘The Gooch & His Boots’, it tells the tale of Kerry’s trip through this year’s championship where they beat Tipperary Cork, Kildare and Tyrone along the way. There are a […]