WHAT’S ON

A MEETING where people are invited to share their views, generate ideas and foster a greater sense of community in Tralee will take place this Monday in the KDYS at 7.30pm. The ‘Tralee Town Public Meeting’ has been organised by Bairbre de Bairead along with a committee of people who […]

AFTER continuously selling out dates world wide and following on from becoming the fastest act to ever sell out the INEC Killarney in 2017, Picture This have announced they will become the first band to perform at the newly rebranded The Gleneagle INEC Arena on December 20th 2019. Speaking about […]

KNOW anyone who’d be up for this? Kerry people are wanted for a new RTÉ2 series where the parents pick the dates for their kids. Could your mom pick the love of your life? Does your dad know marriage material when he sees it? ‘Pulling with my Parents’ is a brand […]

THERE’S just a few days to go until New York based designer Don O’Neill and husband Pascal Guillermie host their fundraising gala ball and there’s still a few tickets available for what should be a fantastic night. Ballyheigue native Don and husband Pascal Guillermie held the sellout event last year […]

REMEMBER the 80s movie ‘The Cannonball Run’, with Burt Reynolds and a host of stars? Well an event inspired by that film and th era in which it was released, will take place this weekend and it’s making a stop off in Tralee. The ‘Retro Cannonball’ is coming to the […]

THE Kingdom Veteran Vintage & Classic Car Club members are once again preparing for their annual Ballymac Vintage Car and Honda 50 Run. Taking place on Friday, July 26 at 7pm from O’Riada’s Bar, the event this year will benefit Kerry Hospice Foundation and will be held in memory of […]

IT’S back! Yes, the third annual Gin Fest returns at The Ashe Hotel this weekend with two days of fab music, great drinks and good food to look forward to. It’s been massively popular over the past two years with tables usually booked out well in advance. It all kicks […]

KERINS O’Rahillys are hosting a family fun day tomorrow to celebrate their raising of the ‘Amber Flag’. The Strand Road club is the first GAA Club in Kerry to be awarded this for their work in promoting mental health and wellbeing amongst our children. Earlier this year they started a […]

HE’S starred in some of the most popular shows on TV over the past 25 years and now the Liverpudlian actor/musician/comedian is coming to Kerry this autumn ‘An Evening with Ricky Tomlinson’ will be held at the INEC Acoustic Club on Saturday, October 26 during the bank holiday weekend. Join the […]

GLAMOROUS ‘Dancing with the Stars’ winners Mairead Ronan and John Nolan have been confirmed as the celebrity judges for the hugely popular Dawn Milk Queen of Fashion competition at Killarney Races in a couple of weeks with trips to Paris and Milan up for grabs. Dawn Milk Ladies Day at […]

THE Irish Under 18 basketball team is coming to Kerry for a four day camp in preparation for the forthcoming European Basketball Championships in Romania which are taking place later this month. The squad features three local Kerry players who are members of the Garveys Tralee Warriors squad Rap Buivydas, […]

The summer holidays have finally arrived for primary school children and the weather is set to be mainly dry and sunny. What to do then… Friday 1. On yer bike… Organised by the Kerry Cycling Campaign, the ‘Tralee Critical Mass Cycle’ will start from the Square at 6.30pm (people are […]

AN event will be held this Friday evening and everyone with a bike is encouraged to call down for a leisurely cycle. Organised by the Kerry Cycling Campaign, the ‘Tralee Critical Mass Cycle’ will start from the Square at 6.30pm (people are asked to gather from 6pm). Critical Mass is […]

THIRTY-TWO young girls have been selected as Rose Buds during the 60 year celebrations of the Rose of Tralee International Festival which will take place this August. Aged between 6 and 10, they were chosen from hundreds of applications from children in Ireland and abroad, with 24 of the final […]

THE Scotia Clinic, Tralee and the Embryo Clinic, Greece will co-host an open free event on Sunday the 30th of June, in the Aishling Hotel Dublin, named “Fertility Treatment Abroad – the Ireland / Greek Solution”. The keynote speakers on the day will be Dr. Mary Mc Caffrey, FRCOG, the Scotia Clinic […]

IF you want to be entertained by local actors performing scenes from famous movies and TV shows, then a trip to The Ballymac Bar, Boherbee, next week is definitely for you. Tim Landers’ ‘Act Up Drama Group’ is in rehearsals at the moment perfecting their skills for “A Night of Stage […]

IT may be only June, but a hugely popular Kerry festival has already selected their Queen. With the annual Puck Fair Festival taking place from August 10-12, preparations are already well underway in Killorglin and an integral part of that is the selection of her royal highness, Queen Puck. The […]

MANOR West Shopping Centre and Retail Park will host its popular summer food and craft fair which will see the centre welcome a diverse range of Kerry’s finest food & craft producers from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, June 29. The summer fair is part of a series of food […]

TRALEE Art Group and clients of Baile Mhuire held a joint exhibition of new and exciting artworks which opened on Thursday at the Day Care Centre in Balloonagh. The exhibition showcases what clients of Baile Mhuire have achieved while working closely with members of Tralee Art Group over recent months. […]

FROM portraits to wildlife, amazing scenery and stunning buildings, there’s a wide variety of work on show in Tralee Library until the end of he month. Cois Lí Camera Club are hosting their annual exhibition there and members were present on Tuesday night for the official opening. There’s some wonderful […]

A WONDERFUL organisation will be the beneficiary of a fun special event this Saturday afternoon at a town centre fashion store. Eileen Whelan at Paco on the Mall will once again welcome people in for an ‘Afternoon Tea’ fundraiser in aid of Chernobyl Children’s Fund Tralee & District. The Kerry […]

IT was fantastic to see the huge crowds in the Town Park on Saturday for the Féile na mBláth. The forecast was for occasional showers, but it stayed dry all day and the sun even made an appearance the odd time which made for a lovely atmosphere all day. The […]

LAST year, hundreds of party people converged on The Dome on the Saturday night of the Festival for the sold out Oktoberfest night. While some were dressed in lederhosen and traditional German garb, they were veritable hipsters compared to what you can expect this year in the Dome on the […]

THE day has arrived and everyone is encouraged to get down to the Town Park this evening for the Tralee Nun Challenge in the Town Park. The event, organised by the Tralee Rowing Club in conjunction with Pieta House, is looking for at least 1,500 nuns to turn up at […]

IT’S the weekend and Féile na mBláth is here once again. With flower displays, dog shows, street theatre, family entertainment and much more, the organisers of the festival in Tralee Town Park are all set for two days of fun. The forecast is for showers, but not sustained periods of rain, […]

THE Summer Stars Reading Adventure begins in your local library on this Saturday, June 15. Each year Kerry Library runs free summer reading programmes for primary school children to promote literacy development during the holidays and to encourage readers and not so regular readers to engage with books. Each child […]

KELLIHER’S Mace shop in Rathass will host a HB Ice Cream Funday in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland on this Friday afternoon between 2pm and 6pm. It coincides with the official unveiling of their new look shop. There’ll be face-painting, a magician, a balloon modeller, a DJ, food tastings and […]

THREE young siblings will be joined by the public, members of the business community and new Kerry Rose Sally Ann Leahy tomorrow (Friday) for the next Tralee Bay Clean up. Nine year old twins Evan and Alex and their 12 year-old brother Dylan Nealon from Lixnaw have been spearheading a campaign […]

THOSE of you with an interest in art and photography may be interested in two separate exhibitions taking place in town next week. The Tralee Art Group are holding their ‘Identity’ exhibition on Thursday, June 2o at 3pm in the Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre. Curated by artist, Rebecca O’Carroll, it […]

IT’S just days to go and all at Ardfert National School are hoping its ‘Night At The Dogs’ fundraiser will be a great success this Saturday, June 15. There will be 10 races on the night including a novelty children’s relay race.  Face-painting will add to the colour of the […]