Entertainment

CBS The Green is set to host its third annual 5k/3K timed fun run this Sunday and they are still inviting people to take part. The secondary school is busy preparing for the run which takes place on at 1pm on October 1. Both routes are fast and flat and […]

The weekend is here and there’s sport, lip synching, fun running and threshing to look forward to. Here’s a few suggestions of what to get up to… Saturday 1. Get your book signed… Francis Brennan will be signing copies of his new book in O’Mahony’s Books on Castle Street on […]

ANTICIPATION is already building for what should be a fantastic night of entertainment in the Brandon Hotel this Saturday night at 8pm. Lip Sync For Sudan will see 10 acts made up of staff from the Bon Secours in Tralee take to the stage performing songs as Michael Jackson, Jedward, […]

A TRALEE fashion outlet will hold another one of their great coffee/fashion mornings agains this Friday for a great cause. Eileen Whelan of  Paco on The Mall has organised the event to raise funds of MS Tralee and North Kerry Branch. From 11am to 1pm, there’ll be teas, coffees and scones […]

SIAMSA Tire is inviting young people aged 15 – 20 to explore the world of drama as it announced the launch of its ninth season of the Free Radicals Youth Theatre (FRYT). The first Taster Session will take place on Saturday, September 30 from 4pm-7pm at Siamsa Tíre. Open to […]

THE ADAPT shop on Matt Talbot Road will be transformed into a fashion show venue next month for their second special fundraising fashion show. Last November they held their first show in aid of the organisation and it was a massive success. Now, Helena Slattery – manager of the shop which raises funds for […]

TRALEE Library will host this year’s Press Photographers Association of Ireland [PPAI] Photojournalism Exhibition from Monday, October 2 to Wednesday, October 18. A selection of Ireland’s best examples of press photography from Ireland and overseas will go on display at the library. Kerry photographers are well represented among the prize winning photographs on […]

A MYSTERY chef, helped by the experts at Croí Restaurant, provided a great night for diners on Friday as part of a fundraiser for the Donal Walsh Livelife Foundation. It was in the style of ‘The Restaurant’ TV show and Radio Kerry’s ‘Kerry’s Full Breakfast’ presenter, Elaine Kinsella, was the […]

CALLING all budding local artists, you are invited to submit entries for this year’s Credit Union National Art Competition. The theme for this year’s competition is “Set your imagination Free..” which is sure to allow the imagination run wild. Now in its 34th year, the competition attracts up to 30,000 entries […]

OK, so Saturday was a total washout with persistent rain spoiling the planned cookery demonstrations in the Square for the Tralee Food Festival. However, there was a good crowd on Friday evening at the opening Seafood Tasting event out in Tralee Bay Wetlands, with Spa Seafoods dishing up some tasty […]

IT’S back! After the stunning success of last year’s event in Ballygarry House Hotel, eleven couples will return to the same dancefloor to thrill audiences at the John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2017. The couples have been carefully selected and are currently in training for this momentous event […]

THE weather behaved and spirits were high across Kerry on Friday when public venues, communities and arts spaces offered up a great selection of free events late into the night. Thousands came out across the county with key events in Tralee, Killarney, Listowel, Dingle, Castleisland, Ballinskelligs, Kenmare, Waterville, Killorglin, Scartaglin, […]

IT will be missed. A mainstay for lunchtime diners for over a quarter of a century, Dawson’s Restaurant on The Mall, (located within Heatons) has now closed. The announcement was made on the business’ Facebook page yesterday. It read; “After 26 wonderful years in business, we have taken the decision […]

THE sun shone down on pupils and staff of Scoil Eoin, as a morning of great fun unfolded for the official opening of their ‘Outside Storytellers Garden’ on Friday. The new outdoor space looks amazing for the kids, with a large chair and mushroom seats carved by Limerick man, Will Fogarty, […]

Our movie guy, John McCann says ‘Wind River’ is an outstanding crime thriller fuelled by a remarkable performance by Jeremy Renner… With a feast of big budget Hollywood blockbusters, armed with monstrous marketing campaigns being thrust to the cinema going public on a weekly basis, sometimes we tend to overlook […]

DO you know any kids with special talents? The deadline to get applications in to be part of the cast for this year’s Late Late Toy Show has been extended by another seven days, it was announced today. Young performers now have until Friday, September 29th to get their applications in. The final […]

While last weekend was a quiet one around town events-wise, there’s a whole host of things to get up to over the next couple of days in Tralee… Friday 1. Culture night… There’s a whole host of events happening tonight all over town for the annual Culture Night. Singing, dancing, […]

RIGHT so, tonight is Culture Night around the country and there’s loads going on. Around Tralee you’ll find singing, dancing, drama, poetry, history, slapstick comedy, an art installation and so much more. The following is a list of events happening in town and where to find them… • THE SQUARE […]

MAKE-Up enthusiasts will be delighted to learn about an upcoming masterclass by a renowned expert at CH Chemists next month. Jeanette Cronin in collaboration with a top seller in CH, Powder ‘n’ Pout will be doing make up demos on Saturday, October 7 at 2pm. She will be using both […]

THE annual remembrance day for Con Houlihan takes place in Castleisland on Saturday, September 30 and this year sees the the launch of the Con Houlihan Trail by Castleisland Chamber Alliance. The trail consists of a short tour of Castleisland town taking in some of Con’s favourite places in the area. […]

  TRANSITION Kerry will be hosting a ‘Sustainable Space’ at Tralee Food Festival on this Saturday in the Square. This is to celebrate and showcase the work that is being done by local community groups and small local sustainable businesses. Tralee Allotments Project will show how the Community Apple Press works. […]

WHILE adults took off on the annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle in aid of the local school two weeks ago, the planned kids cycle for September 10 had to be postponed. Well now the Kids’ Fun Cycle has been rescheduled for this Sunday, September 24. Registration from 10am to 10.45am and […]

SAILING enthusiasts are in for a treat this weekend with top racing coming to Fenit. Tralee Bay Maritime Centre along with Tralee Bay Sailing Club are hosting some of the best sailors in the country in a spectacular sailing competition, The 49er Nationals and Skiff Open from Friday, September 22 […]

PUBLIC history project ‘National Treasures’ is calling on the people of Kerry to submit their treasured objects to help tell the story of Irish life over the past 100 years. RTÉ and the National Museum of Ireland are currently working together to create ‘National Treasures’, a unique archive documenting how […]

ANOTHER victory for the Kerry minors, another masterclass from David Clifford. The young man from Fossa is a phenomenal talent. He scored four goals in a sensational 60 minutes for Kerry where they beat Derry by 6-17 to 1-8 and Twitter took notice. David Clifford has been trending since the […]

PRESIDENT of Sinn Féin Gerry Adams TD will be in The Rose Hotel Tralee on Thursday September 21 at 7.30pm to launch ‘Ireland’s Hunger for Justice’, the story of Ireland’s 22  hunger strikers. Early in 2017 a  committee consisting of Martin Ferris TD, John Buckley, Pól O’Clúbháin, Seán O’Braoin, Éamonn deBairéad, Seán O’Luing, […]

A WRITER in Residence and Filmmaker in Residence have been appointed by Kerry County Council. Donegal native, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, is this year’s Writer in Residence, while Filmmaker in Residence is Mieke Vanmechelen. Annemarie Ní Churreáin is a poet and writer of creative non-fiction essays, Annemarie’s work is primarily concerned with […]

‘IT’ is a chilling reboot that won’t do anything for a good night’s sleep says our movie guy, John McCann… Of all the Hollywood reboots and remakes hitting our screens in recent times, the idea of a modernised version of the mini-series IT based on the Stephen King novel was […]

THERE’S just a week to go until  the third Tralee Food Festival in association with Taste Kerry and organisers say it will be the most important food event in the county capital this year. The town will strive to promote local producers and restaurants to an appreciative and rapidly growing […]

IT may be seven weeks away, but excitement is already building in the village of Ballyheigue as the club prepares to hold its first ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ night. A launch night was held at the club grounds on Thursday evening where many of the contestants gathered for photos and chat […]