Entertainment

A QUITE brilliant homage to Steven Spielberg’s ‘E.T.’ took place on Rock Street recently. Stephen Nicholson, posted this video of his mate Ciaran Crichlow, who tore off down Rock Street with what looks like a doll of the famous alien in the basket of a bicycle. The lads exploits have […]

  THE ‘House’ restaurant is getting all set to hold its coffee morning on Tuesday July 28 from which all takings from those hours will be going towards helping out the newly opened ‘321 Down Syndrome Kerry Shop’. The event is sure to be a relaxed one and will be […]

THE hopes of the county in this year’s ‘Nose of Tralee 2015’ competition are pinned on a little dog called Ginger from Tralee. Stacey Wallace’s dog is this year’s Kerry finalist in the second year of the national competition which will see dogs from the 32 counties taking part. Stacey is […]

MICHAEL Healy Rae officially launched details of the Abbeydorney Vintage Weekend last Thursday evening at Abbeydorney GAA Grounds. This year’s two day event, on August 8-9, kicks off with registration at 5pm on the Saturday, for the Vintage and Classic Car and Tractor Run. All vehicles will set off from the […]

MARIA Walsh expects to literally drop into Tralee Town Park on Sunday, August 16 if she becomes the first Rose of Tralee to perform a parachute jump in the height of the Festival. Landing in picturesque Tralee Town Park, the tandem jump, which is subject to licence, will form part […]

Lakeside Cafe Tralee Bay Wetlands I NEVER thought of the Wetlands as somewhere to specifically go to have lunch. I don’t know why, but I always thought the Lakeside Cafe inside as a place for people get a coffee or a quick sandwich while taking a break from the activities at the […]

  THE Kerry Pony Society is getting all set to hold its annual show when families gather for a whole host of activities in Blennerville this Sunday, July 26. The day will be officially launched at 1.30pm on Sunday by the Mayor of Kerry, Cllr Pat McCarthy, but the action gets underway much […]

At The Movies: Ant-Man Reviewed By Fergus Dennehy I freely admits to having had a few reservations this week as I headed into see ‘Ant-Man’, the latest addition to the hugely expansive and intricate Marvel Universe. I’m glad to report however, that I was left feeling very impressed by the film’s end […]

  THE people of Tralee will  get the chance to sample a taste of the Chinese way of life this weekend as the Chinese Cultural Festival gets underway this Saturday July 25. The festival will be officially launched by the Vice Governor of the Zhejiang Province on Saturday,  who will […]

EVERY cloud has a silver lining and this is certainly true in the case of the Aqua Dome. The current July weather, which has been mostly cloudy, has resulted in an increase in 2,848 visitors to the Aqua Dome compared with the same time in July last year. This increase […]

THE Rose of Tralee International Festival team have been busy testing members of the public on their knowledge of the famous festival. This time, they’ve uploaded another video to YouTube, where they’ve asked the people of the town  if they know the words of the famous ‘Rose of Tralee’ song. While a struggle […]

IT’S been a while since we found any new aerial footage of our beautiful county to show you, but Brian Carlin of ‘Brian Carlin Photography & Video’ uploaded his fantastic new video this week. The Tralee photographer is definitely no stranger to producing footage of this high quality, having worked with some […]

KERRY GAA star David Moran enlisted the help of his dad Ogie and the Eoin ‘Bomber’ Liston in a charity challenge. David Moran has joined RTE Pundit Joe Brolly, footballers John Heslin (Westmeath), Peter Kelly (Kildare), Kevin Cassidy (Ex-Donegal) and Philip Jordan (Ex Tyrone) and many more GAA stars from past […]

SO how many can you name? The Rose of Tralee International Festival team were out and about on the streets of Tralee asking the public if they can name all 12 presenters of the Rose selection show over the years. They were able to get seven, as you can see in the […]

WHEN Benners Hotel reopened its doors a few months ago it brought a breath of fresh air to the Castle Street area of town. The cafe and gastropub are serving up some excellent fare with friendly service, but some of you may not know that the Courtyard Bar to the rear of […]

  THE North Kerry Bridge Congress 2015 was launched by Mayor of Kerry, Pat McCarthy, at the Meadowlands Hotel on Tuesday, the venue where the event will take place from August 28-30. Card players for Ireland and abroad will be giving themselves a treat with a trip to Tralee for a top […]

X-FACTOR favourites Only The Young (OTY) will replace ‘Stereo Kicks’ at the Rose of Tralee Festival this year following the recent break-up announcement from the eight piece boy-band. Only The Young will now be scheduled to play on the Sunday, August 16 on Denny Street with gates opening at 6.30pm. Stereo Kicks […]

LOCAL musician, Gary Keane, and his Cork based band of ‘funkateers’ need a bit of help to get them on one of the stages at the Electric Picnic music festival in September. With only two days left of voting, Gary and his band ‘White Boys’ need your votes to get […]

ONE wristband is all that’s needed to see Nathan Carter, Hometown, Hudson Taylor, Riptide Movement, Sharon Shannon, Damien Dempsey, the Kilfenora Céilí Band and others live on Denny Street during the Rose of Tralee International Festival. And now X Factor favourites ‘Only The Young’ have been added to the bill […]

  TODAY saw the exciting announcement of a new running event that will no doubt have local and non-local athletes lining up to take part in the challenge. Run The Kingdom (RTK) today announced the first details for their new event entitled ‘Run The Ring’ which they hope to schedule […]

A TRALEE metal band have enlisted the services of a local character and singer to help work on a short track for their upcoming album. Black Metal band ‘Scylla’ will work with well known local man, Christy McCarthy, on their upcoming album entitled ‘Blood Eagle’ which the band hope to […]

CH CHEMISTS are gearing up to hold a very special event this coming week where they will be welcoming two internationally renowned make-up and skin care artists on the night of Friday, July 24. The evening is all set to kick off at 7pm with a wine reception before the real […]

DINGLE rock band, Walking On Cars, were on hand recently to help present cheques to two very worthy causes after they performed in a charity concert in the INEC last month. After the Killarney Festival of Music and Food was cancelled, the band were part of the series of pop up concerts and […]

THERE was a great atmosphere to be felt this past weekend as residents of the Criolar na Mistealach area came out in force to enjoy their annual Family Fun Day. With refreshments, lively music and a spontaneous visit from some of the characters from Disney’s ‘Frozen’, there was certainly no […]

THREE Kerry beaches have recently been named amongst the 30 best beaches in the entire country. The list which was compiled and published on Saturday in the ‘Irish Independent’ took into account the beaches best for families, surfers and swimmers. Firstly, the famous and wonderful Inch Beach starts off the trilogy […]

THE weather was unkind at times, but ‘Raiders Of The Lost Ark’ still has the power to transfix audiences as proven by the turnout in the Town Park on Friday night. The heavens opened but Indy’s antics were enough to distract over 350 people from the rain as the Secret Cine Club’s opening […]

IF traditional music is your thing, then a visit to Kirby’s Brogue Inn is a must on Tuesday. TG4 are coming to the Rock Street hostelry to film a programme called ‘Feilte – The Wild Atlantic Way’. They will be filming  local artists singing and playing music – including two All-Ireland singing […]

THE craic and the style was mighty in Killarney Racecourse on Thursday for the Dawn Dairies Ladies Day. We’ve brought you the story of the winners of Best Dressed Lady and Most Stylish Hat (click here) and photos of glamorous women and some dapper gents (click here). Here’s our final […]

  AN amazing endurance challenge is being held in September to raise much needed funds for the ‘Kerry Cancer Support Group’ and they need your help. The ‘54321’ Challenge is about teams of five people, over four days doing three cycles and hiking two mountains for this one cause. The arduous challenge […]

  THERE were early sightings of Roses on Wednesday evening for the annual twinning of the Roses with pubs. The 2014 Rose of Tralee, Maria Walsh, was on hand to do the honours in the Fels Point Hotel on Wednesday where pubs found out which Roses, their families and supporters they would be […]