Lifestyle

IT’S gonna be another night to remember! The Austin Stacks club has revealed the dancers who will take to the boards of the Dome in over two weeks time for their annual  Strictly Come Dancing fundraiser. It’s a huge night for the Rockies with hundreds of people attending every year […]

THE Sunday of the Festival is already famous as a day of style with the Rose of Tralee Fashion Show, but another event in Ballygarry is also set to be a must for fashionistas. An afternoon of cocktails & canapés with Social Media & Fashion Blogger Lisa McGowan of Lisa’s […]

  THE 4th annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle is  promises to reach even greater heights this year with a number of exciting additions. Held to raise funds for Ardfert NS, the leisure cycle with 2 routes, 32km and 70km, will provide a challenge for both the novice and experienced cyclist as they […]

TRALEE people are being asked to support a fantastic event held during the Rose of Tralee Festival which spreads the message that “It’s OK not to feel OK; and it’s absolutely OK to ask for help”. On Saturday, August 19th, the community of Tralee will host a 50km cycle as part […]

A CYCLING dynamo from Ballyroe visited Enable Ireland Kerry at Oakview this morning to deliver another big cheque to the service. This year, Tommy Sheehy, originally from Castleisland, has raised a staggering €12,186 for Enable Ireland Kerry Services by undertaking a series of 8 hour spinning sessions throughout Kerry. To […]

CH Chemists in The Mall welcomed a well-known beauty blogger for a make-up masterclass on Saturday. Sinead Kavanagh has The Beautiful Truth website and Facebook page which contains tips and advice on all things beauty-related. She has over 77,000 likes for her Facebook page and a big following on other […]

CH Chemists in The Mall is set to host a make-up masterclass with a well-known beauty blogger this weekend. Sinead Kavanagh has The Beautiful Truth website and Facebook page which contains tips and advice on all things beauty-related. Sinead is promising to take your look ‘from dull to daring’ so […]

I WOULD like to think that I have a positive streak. More on that line, I would like to believe that we all have a positive streak. Sometimes though, it just happens that that streak seems to be buried a little deeper in some people than others. Now let me […]

WE know something is a truth because it works and it works because it is a truth. Living in the ‘Now’ works so therefore it is a truth but the question on the title above is ‘Why’ ? Again I have to ask the right question. Do you have a […]

THE Banna lady who won Best Dressed Lady at Ladies Day at the Dublin Horse Show last year, has given tips to ladies travelling to the event next month and revealed how she spent her €10,000 in vouchers for the Dundrum Town Centre. This year’s Dundrum Town Centre Ladies Day takes […]

Ok, so let me start this column by saying that I only realised that football is a religion when I moved to Kerry ten years ago, before that I had only a mild interest in it. The reason for this is that I come from a town where hurling and […]

THE Open Arms Kerry project, which aims to provide help for people with mental health issues, is looking for volunteers to man their new office when it opens in September. “It is one of our aims to set up a movement of people who will play a part in helping […]

WE are all driven by something. Whether it be by a singular dream, by money, by love or perhaps by a particularly pleasant glass of wine. Without drive, we would all lie marooned on our couches, moaning away. Sadly, those people do exist and they can drag those around them […]

A TRALEE woman was one of the winners at the annual U Magazine ’30 Under 30′ awards last night She has a background in journalism and new media and had been blogging on other sites since 2011, before starting her website. BeforeMamDies.com is a celebration of life and travel with […]

IT’S become a very popular annual event at the Oakpark club and this year is set to be no different as Na Gaeil prepares for its annual fundraising cycle. Over 100 cyclists took to the road last year and on Saturday, August 26, the club is hoping as many people […]

RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars winner and former Kerry footballer, Aidan O’Mahony, will set the catwalk alight in the Festival Dome next month as the special guest at this year’s Rose of Tralee Fashion Show on Sunday, August 20. But you’ll have to be there on the night to find out […]

THE weather stayed fine for walkers who went west in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday. There were 135 people registered for the annual Jamie Wrenn walk which this year also remembered Mike Deane who passed away in March. This walk from Tralee to Castlegregory raises much needed funds for […]

GLORIOUS weather, a beautiful beach and a pumped up crowd — all the ingredients then for a fantastic ‘Sandstorm’ in Ballyheigue. The Spin Southwest event had 800 people registered for 5k of endurance and fun on the beach and it was an enormous success with people from all over Munster […]

EVERY now and then we come across a slogan that seems to ‘fit the bill’ for our lives. ‘Not my circus not my monkeys’ is one such slogan that works very well for me. In fact, it is an old Polish proverb and if you ‘google it’ you will find […]

YESTERDAY we brought you loads of photos from a fantastic day of style and racing in Killarney for Dawn Milk Ladies Day (click here for previous coverage). Thursday saw thousands of ladies turn on the glamour for the occasion and we were there to capture the atmosphere. Here’s out final […]

  Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I have a medical card but I seem to be paying more than the monthly cap for prescription charges for my family. Why would this happen and how […]

WHILE it was a local woman who took the big prize at the Dawn Milk Ladies Day in Killarney yesterday, the judges must have had an impossible task considering the amazing style on show. Siobhan McCarthy is off to Paris after winning Best Dressed Lady, thanks to the decision of […]

KILLARNEY was the big winner at Dawn Milk Ladies Day at the scenic racecourse this afternoon and two locals scooped the big prizes in the Best Dressed Lady and Gent competition. The weather was mostly kind, the course was packed and the style amazing as judges Thalia Heffernan and Aidan […]

I’m an over-sharer, an open book. People often know what I’m thinking before a word comes out of my mouth. I used to think that this was a trait that possibly needed a bit of maintenance, but in today’s world, it’s completely normal. With social media, it is considered weirder […]

SOME of the Rose of Tralee contestants got a taste of racing yesterday evening at Ireland’s most scenic racecourse. Killarney is enjoying four days of racing and the rain stayed away so the glamorous Roses and their escorts could enjoy the evening with thousands of other punters. Today is Dawn […]

THE Rose Hotel is preparing to launch their new Serenity Spa at the end of the month and it has a special offer to celebrate. The bespoke treatment rooms provide a tranquil space to relax and let the worries of the world drift away. Each treatment room has special design […]

THE Sandstorm endurance race is back in Ballyheigue this weekend and hundreds are expected to take to the beach. The race, which takes place on Saturday morning, challenges participants both physically and mentally with a course consisting of multiple obstacles and challenges along the beach. It’s the third year it has […]

TWO young women are to do a skydive in August in aid of a great cause and to help raise funds, they will hold a coffee morning in town next week. Rachel Walsh from Ballyheigue, and Úna O’Connell of Kilflynn, will take part in a skydive in aid of the […]

I WAS in the company of a man recently and the conversation centred around the subject of value for money. He said that he likes to visit Kenya on holidays and that the great thing about it is that he can buy cigarettes 5 times cheaper there than he could […]

THE cocktails were flowing and the fun was in full swing at a special event for the ladies in Benner’s Hotel on Friday night. Organised by Connect Kerry, ladies enjoyed a great night of style and beauty tips, a drink or two and excellent company with Geraldine Flynn on MC […]