Entertainment

SURE he’s an ‘oul pro at this craic by now! Kieran Donaghy made another appearance last night on The Late Late Show and was his usual charming self in front of hundreds of thousands of viewers. The 35-year-old Rockie announced his retirement from the Kerry team last week and he […]

THE Tralee Food Festival kicked off last night with an event at The Ashe Hotel which bodes well for the rest of the weekend. Guest enjoyed a platter of treats including ‘Annascaul black pudding and Kerry Farm Apples with smoked relish’, miniature lamb burgers, chilli and coriander infused tiger prawns, […]

John McCann says ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ is a charming film that gives a well needed boost for the rom-com genre… The beloved rom com has taken a battering in recent times with such a severe decline in quality that it was doubted that it could ever return to its’ former […]

SO it’s finally here and people are in for a real treat at many pubs, hotels and restaurants over the next three days. The fourth annual Tralee Food Festival will see a taste trail, live music, special menus, food market, a family fun day and much more to tantalise the […]

IN case you’d forgotten, the inaugural Irish Ford Fair takes place this weekend out in Banna Beach Resort and there’s a great line-up of events planned. Co-sponsored by Kerry Motor Works Tralee, all vintage, classic, modified, new, old, race, rally, agricultural and pretty much anything with a Ford badge on […]

Culture Night is here and events take place this evening at venues all over the county. There’s a bit going on in Tralee as you can see below… 1. Youth has its fling… The programme in Tralee opens with a youth choral performance at The Ashe Hotel at 5.00pm. Lisa Curran […]

THE local library is getting into the Tralee Food Festival spirit when it hosts a special event for the little ones on Saturday morning. ‘Bears, Books & Blankets’ is  a healthy Teddy Bears Picnic and Storytime for children aged 3 – 6 years beginning at 11.30am. Children can bring their […]

WHILE many people head to Dingle in early October for their famous Food Festival, it may be worth waiting for this instead a couple of weeks later, especially if you like wine, great food and luxury! This October, the Dingle Skellig Hotel are pleased to welcome a very special guest […]

DOZENS of free events including workshops, seminars, coffee mornings, film screenings and sports events will form part of the first ever Health and Wellbeing Week in Kerry, which is being organised by the HSE and Kerry County Council. The week will coincide with World Mental Health Day and runs from […]

CAUSEWAY Macra is hosting a 5K/10K Fun Run in aid of Down Syndrome Kerry taking place from An Tochar Adult Education Centre, Causeway on Sunday, September 30. On the day, registration will take place from 11am, with the run starting at 12 Noon Sharp. The cost is €10 per person […]

HERE’S something fun to look forward to next month for ladies out there. An afternoon of fun, fashion, music, health and lifestyle tips will be had at a ladies lunch in the Rose Hotel, Tralee on Sunday, October 7 all to raise funds for the development of the Ballymacelligott GAA Ladies Club. […]

IRISH singer/songwriter Hozier is to play a date at the INEC in Killarney this December. The internationally acclaimed, multi-platinum selling artist will play five shows in Ireland during the month of December in Dublin, Belfast and finally in Kerry on Thursday, December 20. On Twitter he said: “I’m very excited […]

Every week we compile the best of photos posted on Twitter and Instagram of Tralee and beyond… If you’d like a photo to feature, just tag #Tralee and we’ll see it… Jeff’s impressed… Tralee – possibly the most amazing back 9 on earth. pic.twitter.com/q3SDaOo5bw — Jeff Macey (@JeffJmm17) September 14, […]

AS we have brought you over the past couple of days, it was quite an afternoon in Listowel on Friday. The McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day saw thousands of women dressed to impress on the Island and it was a fantastic day of style and fun. We’ve brought you loads of […]

POPULAR local politician, Sam Locke, got a shock on Friday night when he went into The Slieve Mish Bar to be greeted by cheers and flashing cameras. The occasion was a surprise party to mark the Tralee Municipal District Councillor’s 60th birthday and he hadn’t a clue it was planned […]

John McCann says ‘Searching’ has strong performances and is an inventive, tense thriller… After two fruitful weeks at Tralee Omniplex with ‘BlackkKlansman’ and ‘Black 47’ amongst the best of 2018’s productions, I was delighted to see that this marked rise in quality continued with this weeks’ feature ‘Searching’ – a tense […]

A FREE screening of a short film shot in Tralee back in February will take place next Thursday at Tralee Omniplex. ‘Abbeyleaks’ is produced by local actor/writer man Patrick McDonnell and directed by Philip Briggs who has worked on a number of top US TV shows. Local actors taking part […]

CÉILÍ Afro Dabke will take place in Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre in Balloonagh, Tralee on Culture Night, Friday, September 21 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. This is a world music céilí dance developed by dancer and choreographer Catherine Young and The Welcoming Project with a cast spanning performers from Ireland, Europe, Palestine, […]

A NEW Irish movie will be screened at Tralee Omniplex next month to support Recovery Haven and Kerry Cancer Support. ‘For Molly’ tells the story of a young Irish couple ‘Evan and Laura’, engaged to be married and preparing for the arrival of their first child ‘Molly’ when a shock […]

THE award-winning Croí Restaurant in the Square was the venue on Monday night for a special ‘Celebrity Chef’ night to raise money for Cycle Against Suicide. Almost €3,000 was raised when Irish rugby team captain, Ciara Griffin, took to the kitchen to cook up an amazing five course dinner for […]

MANOR West Shopping Centre and Retail Park will host its annual ‘Wellness on Your Doorstep’ exhibition on Saturday, September 22nd from 12pm to 5pm. The event will provide information to the local community and visitors to Manor West about organisations, clubs and services which are right on their doorstep in […]

DUE to phenomenal demand 2FM Live with Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra have announced a second date at the INEC Killarney on Saturday, December 8. After selling out two shows in 2017 2fm Live are back to do it all over again with two more shows this December. […]

CANCER support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry, is calling on the men of the Kingdom to come together and show their support for its inaugural “100 Men/€100” Movember Challenge. The charity, which offers free, therapeutic support to almost 1,300 cancer patients across Kerry, is hoping to recruit 100 men to shave […]

TRALEE Toastmasters will be holding an opening meeting (no charge for guests) on Monday, September 17 at Kerins O’Rahilly’s Club at 8pm. Everyone is welcome. For those who are not familiar with Toastmasters its aims are to enable people to build confidence in general and in public speaking and leadership […]

THE race is on  to Munster’s biggest and best racing festival – the 7 day Listowel Harvest Racing Festival, from Sunday, September 9th until Saturday, September 15. This year Listowel Race Company is celebrating 160 years of racing at the scenic course, making it one of the longest established race […]

KERRY’S architectural heritage will be the focus of the inaugural Architecture Kerry festival which takes place later this month. The event, which will showcase and celebrate the best of the county’s architectural heritage, will take place from September 28 to 30 and will feature talks, free guided tours, exhibitions, workshops […]

THE season of food festivals has arrived in Kerry and where better to set the table to treat the palette than Kerry’s Capital, home to Tralee Food Festival from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September. The 4th Annual Tralee Food Festival in association with Tralee Chamber Alliance and Taste Kerry […]

KIRBY’S Brogue Inn has once again won the annual Knorr Great Carvery Pub of the Year competition for the Munster region. The Rock Street hostelry was one of three pubs shortlisted for the Munster final of the competition and will now go forward to Great Carvery Pub of the Year […]

Every week we compile the best of photos posted on Twitter and Instagram of Tralee and beyond… If you’d like a photo to feature, just tag #Tralee and we’ll see it… That was a lot of rain… Total rainfall here near tralee since rain began last night, 12.8mm pic.twitter.com/humVO9tAHM — […]

John McCann says ‘Black 47’ delivers as a historical piece and on an entertainment level… A constant presence on the film festival circuit throughout the country this year, including a gala screening at the Dingle International Film Festival last March, Black 47 finally gets its long-awaited nationwide release this week. Incredibly, the […]