Entertainment

MANOR West Shopping Centre and Retail Park was buzzing last weekend as the Christmas season really kicked off their with the arrival of Santa Claus. He received a great welcome from boys and girls who queued up to meet him throughout Saturday and Sunday. There was also some balloon modelling […]

A SEMINAR on Sexual & Domestic Violence is to be held next month at the Manor West Hotel to coincide with an international campaign with starts on Sunday. The 16 Days Campaign Opposing Violence against Women is an annual event and runs from November 25 to December 10. It is […]

RINGSIDE at Tralee Boxing Club is the place to be for all fans of  the sport this Sunday at their base in Monavalley Industrial Estate. Boxers from Tralee, Castleisland, Ballybunion, Listowel, Tipperary, Limerick, will take part in the club’s annual tournament which begins at 2pm. They’ll be competing for cups […]

A GREAT event to ‘warm’ up for the Christmas swim takes place in a couple of weeks in Fenit to raise funds for a great cause. On Sunday December 9, members of Tralee Bay Swimming Club will host The Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Ireland. This is a great organisation […]

‘STILL In The Dreaming’, a new anthology of poetry by Kerry poets will be launched next week. The title of the anthology ‘Still In The Dreaming’ takes its name from a reference by Kerry scholar John Moriarty who described the county landscape as ‘still in the dreaming’. The book includes […]

THEY ruled the pop world for a time in the 1980s and now Tears for Fears will bring their ‘Rule the World’ Tour to the INEC Killarney in January. They will play the venue on Wednesday January 30. Tickets from €46.00 available this Friday at 10am from www.inec.ie A mélange […]

TRALEE Omniplex is getting all seasonal with the screening of three classic Christmas movies (and one not so old) as part of their #BringItBack season. This Friday sees them re-screen the much-loved musical, ‘The Greatest Showman’ due to popular demand. Starring Hugh Jackman, the movie was a massive success when released […]

TRALEE will once again play host to the annual ever-popular Santa Fun Run on Sunday, December 16 and everyone is invited to ‘be a Claus for a cause’. Now in its’ sixth year this event has gone from strength to strength as families get into the Christmas spirit by coming out to participate, […]

IT’S one of the most popular shows in the UK and Ireland and now you have a chance to audition to see if you have what it takes to be a star. Britain’s Got Talent is looking for people in Tralee and Kerry to head along to auditions in town […]

IT’S that time of year again when people gather over a weekend in KDYS Denny Street for the St. John’s Parish annual Bazaar. Taking place from Friday 30th November to Sunday 2nd December, as always, there will be plenty on offer – raffles and auctions galore – everything from 2019 […]

THE Rose of Tralee, Kirsten Mate Maher, and the Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Graham Spring, will switch on the Christmas Lights in The Square, Tralee at 5pm this Saturday, heralding the start of five weeks of Festive fun in Kerry’s Shopping Capital. Tralee boasts the most colourful and decorative Christmas […]

THERE was a large attendance at the second Radio Kerry ‘TalkAbout Tea Party’ at Ballygarry House Hotel on Sunday afternoon for music, fashion, beauty tips and great food. Hosted by presenter Deirdre Walsh, the theme for this year’s event was ‘Looking good as you age’ with the focus on women […]

A FREE event aimed at older people will take place at Tralee Library this week. “Eat Well, Age Well – Healthy Eating for Older People” is a talk by Niamh O’Connor, Dietician and Nutrition Consultant and takes place this Thursday morning at 11am. Topics will include : what does a […]

FOR the first time, University Hospital Kerry and Kerry Hospice Foundation are together hosting a special Christmas event which will also support the continuous wonderful work of the Kerry Hospice Foundation . Deirdre Walsh of Radio Kerry officially launched the Light to Remember Memorial Christmas Tree on Saturday evening. A […]

IT’S been a momentous year so far for Na Gaeil GAA Club and they’ll enjoy another great night at the end of the month when they hold their annual race night. Just last weekend they held a 40th anniversary bash at the clubhouse, but the club faithful will be back […]

THE Parents Council of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí will present an evening of Festive Cookery by Chef Frank Moynihan at The Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee on Thursday, November 29, at 8.00pm. The evening will commence at 7.15 pm with music performed by students from the school. In addition to the cookery demonstration there […]

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… Happy 200th to Tralee Park Run… @parkrunIE It has to be parkrun day. Jumping joy for parkrun. My video […]

THE 150th anniversary celebrations continued for all at O’Brennan NS on Friday night when a special barbecue took place in Ballygarry House Hotel. Earlier that day there was a great turnout in the school hall for a special ceremony to mark the milestone (click here for previous story) where pupils […]

John McCann says ‘The Grinch’ is a charming yuletide tale that will please the younger members of the family… SIX weeks away from Christmas and with ‘The Nutcracker’ already getting the feast of festive film underway, this week the whole family headed to Tralee Omniplex to catch the latest in […]

BALLYGARRY House Hotel turned 60 this week and they are quite rightly celebrating this wonderful milestone. The hotel, which began life as ‘The Manhattan Hotel’, opened its doors on November 14, 1958, and it has become a much-loved venue for all occasions over the years. This week they posted up […]

KIRBY’S Brogue Inn was the venue for a table quiz last night in aid of Recovery Haven. It was the first of three events taking place over the next few weeks in the Tralee area in aid of the cancer support facility. Two big events are coming up towards the […]

The weather is supposed to stay dry so it’s an opportunity to get out and about after the few days of rain we’ve endured. Here’s a few things to do… Saturday 1. Celebrate with the Parkrunners… It’s the 200th Parkrun since it began in the Town Park back in January […]

EXCITEMENT is building in Glenderry NS, Ballyheigue, as they prepare for their earlier than usual Christmas Concert. This year they decided to bring the concert to the Community Centre in the village, as the Parents Association had requested for many years. It will take place on November 28 at 7pm. […]

NEXT Saturday sees another milestone reached in the history of Parkrun in Tralee. It will be the 200th Parkrun since it began in the Town Park back in January 2015. Since then it has become a fantastic weekly 5k event with hundreds availing of the fantastic facility that is our […]

A SCREENING of the new offering from local film producer, James McCarthy and his wife Catherine, featuring the village of Ardfert will take place next week. The two hour film ‘Ardfert — A Historical Gem’ was two years in the making. The village is steeped in history, from St Brendan […]

WITH the festive season well and truly upon us, Manor West Shopping Centre and Retail Park is certainly embracing the Christmas spirit. As part of the centre’s fantastic line up of free events in the run up to Christmas, Santa Claus will be at the centre on Saturday, November 17 […]

ALLEYCATS Films, a film production company based in Derry, are coming to Tralee to film an exciting new TV series based on credit union lending called “The Borrowers” set to air on RTE 1 in Spring 2019. “The Borrowers” will follow credit union members across Ireland as they apply for […]

FROM Elvis to Munster rugby, Banna Sea Rescue to dolphins, you’ll find these the subject of amazing artwork at Tralee Library from now until the end of the month. Tralee Art Group’s new exhibition, entitled “Out of the Blue”, was officially opened last night by Mary Greene, Arts Officer at […]

THE IT Tralee St. Vincent de Paul Society are holding a ‘Masquerade Ball’ in Ballyroe Heights Hotel next month to help their students. The ball on Thursday, December 6, is in aid of St. Vincent de Paul and the money raised will go directly back into helping less fortunate students […]

A TRALEE woman will speak about her experience as  TV presenter in one of three events in the IT Tralee’s  ‘Film Makers Meet Wildlife In Kerry’ mini-festival series. Taking place this Wednesday at 7pm in the L108 Lecture Theatre, Solas Building, North Campus, Ciara Dolan, a graduate of BSc(H)in Wildlife Biology will speak of her […]