Entertainment

MAYOR of Tralee Municipal District, Norma Foley, along with Moira Murrell, CE of Kerry County Council were in Tralee Town Park on Wednesday to announce more details of Culture Night which will take place this year on Friday, September 22 from 5.00 to 11.00pm. Arts and Cultural venues across the […]

THE high-profile beauty bloggers/make-up artists continue to come to CH Chemists in the Mall and next month there’s another special event. A Real Techniques Makeup Masterclass with Jade Mullett Pro MUA takes place on Saturday, September 23 at 2pm. Tickets are €5 and are fully redeemable with Real Techniques purchases […]

FOODIES rejoice as plans are advanced for the third annual Tralee Food Festival taking place from Friday, September 22 to Sunday, September 24. On the Friday, there is a charity ‘Celebrity Chef’ night in Croí Restaurant in The Square where a mystery person will cook for diners. Proceeds will go […]

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EARLIER we brought you the news that Kevin Cotter and Norma O’Connor were crowned Austin Stacks ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2017 champions (click here for previous story). The seventh annual event was another resounding success in the Dome as over 1,000 people enjoyed a great evening. It was also a stylish […]

THEY’LL be celebrating in the Brogue and MJ’s Diner as Kevin Cotter and Norma O’Connor were crowned Austin Stacks ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ champs for 2017 last night. Over 1,000 tickets were sold for the event in the Dome last night and it had all the razzmatazz we’ve come to expect […]

WE’RE passionate about our football in Tralee and with the Mayo game today, people were wishing the Kerry lads the best in this great video. It was made by Jill Harrington and John Ryle who went all over town to record the clip and features some great characters including Christy […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, went along to see ‘The Dark Tower’ this week…he wishes he hadn’t… Based on the Stephen King novel series of the same name, ‘The Dark Tower’ sees the last Gunslinger, Roland Deschain (played by Idris Elba), locked in an eternal battle with Walter O’Dim (Matthew […]

LOVE him or hate him, he’s hard to ignore. Conor McGregor is unavoidable this weekend as he prepares for what could be the biggest money-spinning fight ever. A Tralee-based musician wrote and voiced a poetic tribute to UFC star Conor McGregor two years ago and he has revamped it this […]

The festival may be over but there’s still a lot to see and do over the weekend in and around Tralee. Here’s a few suggestions… Friday 1. Get Shortty… The Dome is still up and it will be used to good effect tonight when Pat Shortt performs his new stand-up […]

THE Kerry Islamic Outreach Society will host their fifth annual Islamic Cultural Exhibition this Saturday, August 26, at the Brandon Hotel. The exhibition will be from 11am until 5pm on the day and will feature a whole host of entertainment and informative pieces for all that attend. There will be several […]

FINAL preparations are being made for the biggest night of the year for Austin Stacks GAA Club and their marketing machine has produced some great promo videos in the run up to the event. The theme of this year’s Strictly Come Dancing event is ‘Dancing Through The Decades’ to reflect […]

WHETHER it’s a late night feast after a feed of pints or an alternative to cooking on any given evening, Tralee’s takeaways have been expanding our waistlines and raising our cholesterol for decades now. Now, Just Eat, Ireland’s leading online food ordering app, has called on the people of Tralee to […]

THE net number of viewers who tuned into the Rose of Tralee TV shows over Monday and Tuesday night exceeded 1.5m. According to RTE, a peak audience of over 700,000 tuned in on Tuesday night to see Offaly Rose Jennifer Byrne crowned the Rose of Tralee. The announcement by host […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival was brought to you by AIB Tralee… IF she was tired after the night before, Jennifer Byrne wasn’t showing it when she turned up in the Town Park for the traditional photoshoot in the Rose Garden. The tall (5ft 11″) 23-year-old […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… MICHAEL ‘Pixie’ O’Gorman brought us some amazing footage of the Rose of Tralee parade a few days ago which showed the town lit up by fireworks. Well he was also had cameras on the ground […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE new Rose of Tralee thought her heart was going to jump out of her chest when she heard her name called out by Daithi O Se last night. Jennifer Byrne, a doctor from […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… OFFALY Rose, Jennifer Byrne is Rose of Tralee 2017, the first win for the county. She was in shock after hearing her name called out in the Dome tonight and was immediately surrounded and […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE Kerry Rose took to the stage tonight and looked relaxed as she chatted away with host Dáithí. Breda O’Mahony from Rathmore looked beautiful and elegant in her dress and spoke about her career in food, […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE Texas Rose is the hot favourite to win the Rose of Tralee title according to the bookies this afternoon. Lydian Lawler Lopez was 11/10 at 3.10pm today at Paddy Power and Boylesports to […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… TEAMS of six battled it out in the Town Park on Sunday for a new festival event, the ‘It’s a Knockout’ Challenge. The showery weather proved no deterrent to either the teams, or the […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… SATURDAY was a chance for the Roses to get out and about and visit their ‘Pub Twins’. Every year a pub or hotel is paired up with a number of Roses and between 1pm […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… It’s the final day of the festival but why not see it off in style. Here’s a few things to get up to today… 1. Family time… Family Town is still in full swing […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THOMAS Lynch, a business consultant from Castleisland, topped the poll among Roses and Rose Escorts to become the 2017 Rose Escort of the Year at the Rose of Tralee International Festival. Dáithí Ó Sé […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THIS is spectacular. Michael ‘Pixie’ O’Gorman was in Tralee on Saturday where he made a short film to capture the atmosphere of the festival in the town park and during the parade. Best of […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE Ronan Collins Showband Show, due to take place in the Dome this coming Wednesday night, is cancelled due to lower than expected advanced ticket sales. The organisers regret any inconvenience and disappointment this may have caused. […]

THERE was a delicious line-up of entertainment at the Dome on Saturday with Taste Kerry hosting ‘Taste The Kingdom’. There were a number of local food producers taking part in a taste trail in the Pavilion, while cooking demonstrations also took place. The was also the ‘Kerry Cook Off’ featuring […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… SPIRITS were high as over 500 participants crossed the finish line on Denny Street for the Rose 10k on Sunday morning. The weather was a washout, but this didn’t stop runners from enjoying the […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… Let’s hope the weather is considerably kinder today after yesterday’s downpours. There’s still loads to see and do around town all day and all of the night… 1. Family fun all over town… The […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE parade last night was full of colour, noise and fun. Thousands were there to enjoy it and here’s some more images (below) from the night. You might see yourself in the crowd. See […]