Entertainment

THE buses of tourists arriving at Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night, must have thought  they were gatecrashing a glitzy awards ceremony such was the style at the Presentation Tralee Students’ Debs Ball. Over 190 ladies and gents looked elegant and dapper as they posed for photos outside the hotel as the rain actually stayed […]

THE Dome will be rocking next month when 12 couples battle it out for the ‘Austin Stacks Strictly Come Dancing 2015’ title. The 24 fleet-footed movers gathered for a photoshoot on Thursday night at the club’s base in Connolly Park and judging by the laughter and craic there, they’re having […]

WE know who the people of Boherbee will be supporting in the upcoming Rose of Tralee competition. Mitchels woman, Claire Connolly, got in touch with us to tell us about this year’s South Australia Rose, Chelsea Thursby-Milovanovic’s connections to Tralee. She takes up the story… “Chelsea’s granddad, Paddy Connolly, was born […]

AN IT Tralee lecturer will see his documentary on an Irish doctor who survived the bombing of Nagasaki, released nationally tomorrow in selected cinemas throughout Ireland. Bob Jackson – who has been lecturing at the IT Tralee for nine years since 2006 – shot and created a film called ‘A Doctor’s Sword’. The documentary […]

RADIO Kerry has produced an excellently made video, voiced by Weeshie Fogarty describing what ‘Kerry is…’ featuring stunning images, including some from TraleeToday.ie. The short two minute clip, made by  Murt Mulcahy, was uploaded to Facebook before the match last Sunday and shows the Kingdom in a wonderful light as Weeshie describes his […]

MAY God have mercy on our souls! The now world-famous giant Minion that worked its way loose last week and attacked traffic in Santry is currently getting patched up and is all set to make an appearance at this year’s Rose of Tralee Festival. According to a spokesman from Funderland quoted in the Irish […]

Mike ‘Masterchef’ O’Halloran has been sampling the delights of north Kerry hospitality while covering the county hurling championship for TraleeToday.ie over the past month. So whose buns have impressed him…  SINCE the games in this year’s Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry Senior hurling championship were moved to the five North Kerry clubs of […]

  QUINLAN’S Fish, who have a shop in Tralee, are celebrating after winning three star golds in the prestigious Great Taste 2015 judging. Quinlan’s Fish based in Cahersiveen, took three-star golds for its smoked Irish Organic Salmon and its Smoked Irish Organic Salmon cured with Irish Atlantic Sea Salt. Top […]

  WE won’t be forgetting the Kerry performance against Kildare any time soon, with many great moments to savour ahead of the semi-final later this month. But to condense the magic into a short video, The KY Comedy Alternative has put together an entertaining clip of the seven goals scored by […]

LADY luck smiled on a Currow woman at the weekend when she won €30,000 in prizes on the Winning Streak gameshow on RTE. Noreen O’Sullivan, Currow, was one of five players from Dublin, Galway, Kerry and Louth who won prizes to the value of  €245,000. Noreen’s prize included a holiday […]

As the festival is less than two weeks away, yesterday we brought you 16 contestants in the Rose of Tralee International Festival (click here for previous story). Now here’s the rest… MELBOURNE ROSE – JOY KERRIGAN My name is Joy Shannan Kerrigan; I am 24 years old and I was […]

IT’S August and that means the Rose of Tralee International Festival is nearly upon us. With that in mind we feel it’s time you met the Roses who’ll be hoping to success Maria Walsh. Here the first 16 and we’ll have the other 16 tomorrow… ABU DHABI ROSE – DEIRDRE […]

ALL the hard work has paid of for the McCarthy family, as Jack Mac’s opened its doors for the first time last night. The bar is situated at the old Baily’s Corner on Ashe Street and threw open its doors just after 6pm on Friday. Patrick McCarthy of Paddy Mac’s Bar around […]

‘LEMONADE & Lollipops’ stands will be popping up in Tesco’s Tralee stores and in branches across the country in a bid to raise vital funds for Temple Street Children’s University Hospital, Tesco’s charity of the year. On Saturday, August 8, customers are invited to enjoy a cup of lemonade and a lollipop […]

THERE was a good turnout at the Na Gaeil GAA Clubhouse last night to raise funds for a vital service. A table quiz was held for the Shanakill Family Resource Centre and a great night was had. The centre provides a wide range of community and family supports for many families […]

Pappy’s Bar Ballyseede Castle Hotel I LOVE Ballyseede Castle Hotel. It’s a classy slice of olde world charm™ just a few miles from the hustle of modern Tralee town and is hugely popular as a wedding venue for couples who want something extra special. Having reviewed every other place in Tralee […]

  At The Movies ‘Inside Out’ Review by Fergus Dennehy PIXAR’S new film ‘Inside Out’ is an absolute masterclass of a film and is without a doubt, one of the most clever and funniest films that you will see this year. Coming from the minds that brought us ‘Up’, ‘Monsters […]

TRALEE actor, Timothy V Murphy and his wife Caitlin Manley are currently celebrating the arrival of their first child. The 55 year old who hails from the Oakpark area here in town, is currently starring in the second season of ‘True Detective’ and is already well known for his role in the hit show […]

THE Banna 10k and 5k road races are all set to make their return for what will be their fifth year this coming weekend as runners put the final touches on what should be an enjoyable day out. With 400 runners taking part in last year’s event, it is hoped […]

A NEW acoustic guitar finger style session is to be held in town next month with Newton Faulkner, who has had two UK No.1 albums in the last ten years, scheduled to give a performance and workshop on their styles. The Eric Roche Acoustic Guitar Sessions, named in memory of the late, […]

ONE Kerry fan has certainly get in the way of supporting Kerry ahead of their upcoming quarter final clash with Kildare. Gearóid Fitzgerald from the Cloghane area, is currently in Mumbai in India and so most likely won’t be travelling to Croke Park for the matches this year, but he still […]

MUNSTER and Ireland rugby player, Keith Earls, took time out from training with the Irish team in Cork for the forthcoming World Cup, by taking in the #penaltyforautism challenge and nominating the Kerry captain to do it next. The #penaltyforautism campaign asks the public to take a penalty, in a sport […]

A LOCAL musician and his band have succeeded in securing a prestigious spot playing in this year’s Electric Picnic music festival, taking place from the 4-6 September in Stradbally, Co Laois. Gary Keane and his band ‘White Boys’ managed to secure themselves a top ten place in the 2FM/Oxfam ‘Play The Picnic’ […]

THE countdown is on for the now sold-out Tralee 100k Ultra Marathon that will be taking place this Saturday August 1 with 50 people scheduled to take part in the daunting challenge. Now in its second year, it is truly an event that is growing, increasing its capacity from last […]

A KERRY man has secured a job on one of television’s biggest shows as he was confirmed this week to be working as a cinematographer on the new season of ‘Game of Thrones’. PJ Dillon from Listowel, who previously worked as Director of Photography on an episode back in the second season, […]

  TRALEE Bay Wetlands got a great boost this morning when it featured in a new clip promoting the attraction on TV3’s Ireland AM. The team at at the morning show are travelling around the country this summer, testing out some of the best family attractions/activities and were spotted filming at the popular […]

LAST week we told you about the festival lights being put up on the streets of Tralee, but now the festival countdown has really begun. The good people at the Fels Point Hotel put up some photos yesterday of the start of the erection of the Dome and just this morning […]

CH CHEMISTS have  announced that they will be welcoming Kendall Jenner’s very own Estee Lauder Global Makeup Artist, Alan Pan, to their store on the evening of Thursday, September 24. The internationally renowned make-up artist to the stars will be holding a very exclusive make-up masterclass session on the night where […]

OK, earlier we brought you footage of the 1974 Rose of Tralee Festival from the British Movietone archive, but here’s an even better archive film. This time it’s from the 1977 Festival won by Orla Burke from Waterford. The narrator talks about the Festival being worth £2m to the economy while […]

THIS is pretty great. The people at British Movietone are spoiling us by just recently putting up new YouTube footage of Tralee from years gone by. This time they’ve uploaded footage from the 1974 Rose of Tralee Festival where we hear about “the greatest free show on earth” and are […]