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Saoirse O'Rourke, Jolene Buckley, Ewelina Olechowska and Ciara Curtin at the fashion show in aid of St Vincent de Paul at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: More Style On And Off The Runway At SVP Fashion Show (Part 2)

November 18, 2016 at 3:09 pm Comments are Disabled

THE IT Tralee students showed there are some great bargains to be got at St Vincent de Paul shops when they put on a fashion show last night. The charity event featured only clothes available from SVP shops and drew a good crowd to the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. There was […]

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Danielle Mahon, Mary O'Donnell, Maeve Rogers, Anna Keogh and Catherine Vodden at the Shiseido Night at CH Chemists on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Top Beauty Blogger Proves A Big Draw At CH Event

November 17, 2016 at 9:50 am Comments are Disabled

EXTRA chairs had to be produced to accommodate the number ladies who turned up for a special Shiseido special make-up and skincare event upstairs at CH Chemists last night. Award-winning make-up artist and blogger Danielle Mahon proved a big attraction, as did well known beauty expert, Mary O’Donnell who was MC for the […]

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Organisers Hope Santa 5k Fun Run Will Be The Biggest Yet

Organisers Hope Santa 5k Fun Run Will Be The Biggest Yet

November 17, 2016 at 9:42 am Comments are Disabled

THE fourth Tralee 5km Santa Fun Run takes place on Sunday, December 11 at 11am in memory of Fiona Moore with all proceeds this year in aid of Barretstown. Fiona’s parents Deirdre and Martin Moore joined the other  organisers at Tralee Bay Wetlands on Wednesday to launch the event. This year, the […]

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TraleeToday.ie Columnist Wins European Web Award

TraleeToday.ie Columnist Wins European Web Award

November 17, 2016 at 9:39 am Comments are Disabled

A LOCAL student and TraleeToday.ie columnist has won an award at the prestigious .eu Web Awards for her website. Founder of teentimes.eu, Zoe O’Connor, is a leaving certificate student in Brookfield College in Tralee, a well known blogger and YouTuber and also writes a weekly column for TraleeToday.ie. Continued below… Teentimes.eu […]

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Hundreds Expected To Snap Up Bargains At CH Customer Night

Hundreds Expected To Snap Up Bargains At CH Customer Night

November 16, 2016 at 1:01 pm 1 comment

HUNDREDS of people are expected to turn up for the CH Chemists Customer Night this Friday signalling the real start to the shopping season. The annual event is always a huge hit, with customers from near and far converging on the Tralee institution. There is going to be great discounts on the night […]

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Beauty Experts To Give Tips At CH Shiseido Night

Beauty Experts To Give Tips At CH Shiseido Night

November 15, 2016 at 12:25 pm Comments are Disabled

LADIES are in for a treat this Wednesday when two beauty experts combine for a Shiseido special make-up and skincare event at CH Chemists. Special guest on the night is award-winning make-up artist and blogger Danielle Mahon who will be giving beauty tips to ladies at an event sure to brighten up […]

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Roger Harty: The Art Of Listening

Roger Harty: The Art Of Listening

November 13, 2016 at 11:11 am Comments are Disabled

I WROTE in my article last week (click here) that the greatest gift that we can give another human being is our presence. Let me elaborate further on this statement that the greatest form of Presence we can give is a genuine listening ear. Continued below… That would certainly be ‘The […]

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Fashion Store Hosts Event To Raise Funds For Chemotherapy Chairs At UHK

Fashion Store Hosts Event To Raise Funds For Chemotherapy Chairs At UHK

November 11, 2016 at 3:50 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Paco fashion store at the Mall was a hive of activity this morning for a charity event in aid of a great cause. There were fashion shows, scones, cakes, teas and coffee served to customers who gave generously throughout the morning and early afternoon. “We’re trying to raise €20,000 to buy 10 new chemotherapy chairs […]

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Zoe O Connor, who is a finalist in the .eu Web Awards 2016

Zoe’s World: My Absolute Terror Waking Up To Trump’s World

November 10, 2016 at 12:18 pm 2 comments

PEOPLE may forever mark the 9th of November 2016 as the day that the world changed. However, maybe we should accept the fact that the world had already changed and it has just taken this bombshell for us to realise it. The world is divided and we didn’t even see it […]

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Super Fashion Event For A Great Cause At ADAPT

Super Fashion Event For A Great Cause At ADAPT

November 9, 2016 at 3:19 pm Comments are Disabled

THE ADAPT shop on Matt Talbot Road will be the venue for a special fundraising fashion show later this month. Helena Slattery – manager of the shop which raises funds for the ADAPT Kerry Women’s Refuge Centre on the Killeen Road – said she is really looking forward to the event on Friday, […]

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PHOTOS: More Style From The Aughacasla NS Fashion Show At The Rose Hotel (Part 2)

PHOTOS: More Style From The Aughacasla NS Fashion Show At The Rose Hotel (Part 2)

November 6, 2016 at 3:04 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE was incredible style on and off the catwalk at the Aughacasla NS Fashion Show fundraiser on Friday night in The Rose Hotel. Co-MC’d by RTE comedy star, Bernard O’Shea and Tralee fashion designer Rebekah Wall, it was a fantastic night of entertainment in aid of the west Kerry school with […]

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Roger Harty: The Way We Communicate

Roger Harty: The Way We Communicate

November 6, 2016 at 12:02 pm 1 comment

HAVE you ever been flabbergasted when presented with a certain piece of information? I am going to reveal to you one occasion when this happened to me. My first reaction was that this couldn’t be right. I was so amazed that I can remember exactly where I was at the time […]

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IT Tralee Students To Model At Fundraising Fashion Show For SVP

IT Tralee Students To Model At Fundraising Fashion Show For SVP

November 5, 2016 at 11:01 am Comments are Disabled

THE students from IT Tralee will be strutting their stuff in Ballyroe Heights Hotel later this month at a special fundraising fashion show at Ballyroe Heights Hotel. The show, which takes place on Thursday, November 17 at 7.30pm, is organised by the IT Tralee St. Vincent De Paul Society and is in aid […]

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Co-MC for the evening, RTE star Bernard O'Shea, with Ailbhe Keogan, Aine O'Dwyer, Liz Moore, Caroline Hayes, Jennifer Barry, Catherine Keane and Susan Keane at the Aughacasla NS Fashion Show at the Rose Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: RTE Star Entertains At School’s Fashion Show Fundraiser (Part 1)

November 5, 2016 at 10:58 am Comments are Disabled

THEY came from the west to pack out the Lee Suite in The Rose Hotel last night, for a highly entertaining fashion show in aid of Aughacasla NS. The special guest MC was Bernard O’Shea from RTE’s ‘Bridget And Eamon’ and ‘Republic of Telly’ comedy shows, who has ties to […]

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Roger Harty: ‘Oneness’

Roger Harty: ‘Oneness’

October 30, 2016 at 12:16 pm 1 comment

WHAT is ‘Oneness’? Well it is absence of ‘Twoness’. I know and accept that this is a corny answer but there might just be something in it. You see, what I refer to as ‘Twoness’ is often referred to as duality in psychology. Duality, in other words, means moving into […]

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Ladies from Billy Nolan's and Hissers Jewellers, Amy Conway, Ciara Nolan, Louise Nolan and Trish Breen at the 'Think Pink, Think Positive' event at Benners Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Ladies Enjoy Night Of Fun And Fashion At Benners

October 28, 2016 at 11:33 am Comments are Disabled

FORMER Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh was one of the guest speakers at an evening of fashion, fun and awareness in Benners Hotel on Thursday night. ‘Think Pink, Think Positive’, in aid of Breast Cancer Research, was an evening for ladies, by ladies with some inspirational speakers, including Daily Diva Diary founder Helen Quealy-Murphy and […]

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At the launch in Ballyroe Heights Hotel of the annual Connect Ladies Lunch and Fashion Afternoon in support of Recovery Haven were Orlagh Winters (MC), Margaret Kissane (Organiser and Editor of Connect Kerry) and Orla Diffily (PR & Fashion Stylist, who will judge the Best Dressed Lady. The lunch is on Sunday 27th of November in Ballyroe Heights Hotel from 12.30pm. Tickets €50 direct from reception of Ballyroe Heights Hotel or by calling 086 2408237

Ladies Lunch And Fashion Show To Aid Recovery Haven

October 27, 2016 at 11:50 am Comments are Disabled

THE 4th annual Connect Ladies Lunch & Fashion Afternoon was officially launched this week at a photo-call in Ballyroe Heights Hotel. In support of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House in Tralee, the Connect Lunch on Sunday, November 27, will begin the Christmas season in style with a champagne reception, 4 course luncheon […]

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Orlagh Winters: A Scary Encounter With Abusive, Drunken Men

Orlagh Winters: A Scary Encounter With Abusive, Drunken Men

October 26, 2016 at 10:28 am Comments are Disabled

SO last weekend I was walking to my car after work at about 10.45pm and I encountered two guys who were clearly drunk, so I walked off the path and on to the road as they were blocking my way. As I walked by, they were joined by a third guy […]

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Noreen and Martin Brosnan, Helen O'Neill McAuliffe and Bernie McAuliffe at the Pieta House Masquerade Ball in The Rose Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: More Glamour From The Masquerade Ball For Pieta House

October 23, 2016 at 11:53 am Comments are Disabled

LAST night saw 125 people gathered at The Rose Hotel on Friday night for a special fundraiser for a great cause. The inaugural Pieta House Masquerade Ball was a big success with guests making a big effort for the €100-a-head black-tie affair. As we reported yesterday, loads of money was raised from […]

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Roger Harty: Music – A Window To Our Souls

Roger Harty: Music – A Window To Our Souls

October 23, 2016 at 9:58 am 1 comment

IF I was to give an analogy, then I think a very good one would be that of food. Without doubt many people have a love for convenience food, whether it be takeaway burgers and chips or tasty snacks like pizzas, chocolate bars and crisps (AKA junk food). They may […]

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Peter Mark Is Throwing A Marathon Party To Help Raise Funds For Women’s Aid

Peter Mark Is Throwing A Marathon Party To Help Raise Funds For Women’s Aid

October 22, 2016 at 9:42 am Comments are Disabled

THE people at Peter Mark hair salon in Tralee are looking forward to pyjama parties, bake sales and fancy dress fun next weekend for their Petermarkathon fundraiser. The team at Abbey Court will join their colleagues all over the country from Thursday, October 27 to Saturday, October 29 to raise funds for Women’s Aid and specifically […]

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Brid McElligott Rusk, Sandra Rusk, Anne Looney and Mary McCaffrey at the Pieta House Masquerade Ball in The Rose Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Fantastic Night Of Style At Masquerade Ball Fundraiser

October 22, 2016 at 9:31 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was amazing style at the Rose Hotel on Friday for the inaugural Pieta House Masquerade Ball. Around 125 guests enjoyed the glamorous €100-a-head black-tie affair and they made the effort with everyone wearing masks on the night. Mary Stapleton-Foley of the HR Suite was head of the organising committee for the […]

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Great Night Of Fashion And Fun Coming To Benners

Great Night Of Fashion And Fun Coming To Benners

October 22, 2016 at 9:27 am Comments are Disabled

AN evening of fashion, fun and awareness will take place this coming Thursday in Benners Hotel, Tralee, for a great cause. The event, “Think Pink, Think Positive”, in aid of Breast Cancer Research is an evening for ladies, by ladies with some inspiration. Guest speakers on the night include Maria Walsh and Daily […]

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Zoe O Connor, who is a finalist in the .eu Web Awards 2016

Zoe’s World: Don’t Be Flippant With People Suffering From Anxiety

October 19, 2016 at 10:12 am Comments are Disabled

ANXIETY is a topic that I frequently discuss on this platform of mine; in the hope that it can help someone somewhere. I have been doing quite well lately, and because of that, it has kind of faded to the background of my topic list. Being replaced with generally more […]

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Orlagh Winters: Let’s Hope America Sees Sense And Dumps Trump

Orlagh Winters: Let’s Hope America Sees Sense And Dumps Trump

October 18, 2016 at 11:54 am 3 comments

THANKFULLY I was raised by a man who taught me morals, good manners and above all the difference between right and wrong. My father is a man who I admire and a man who has always been someone I can pick up the phone to get a logical answer to […]

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Catriona Meighan, Helen Leahy, Linda Lowth and Trish O'Flaherty at the 'Look Good, Feel Good' charity fashion event at The Ashe Hotel on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Ladies Look And Feel Good At Charity Fashion Event

October 13, 2016 at 2:35 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE was a great turnout in The Ashe Hotel on Wednesday night for a fabulous night of fun and fashion, all in aid of Recovery Haven. Ladies arriving at the ‘Look Good, Feel Good’ event were greeted with a cocktail before feasting their eyes on fashions from Effigy and Wardrobe boutiques. Continued […]

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Recovery Haven Organises Talk As Part Of Cancer Week

Recovery Haven Organises Talk As Part Of Cancer Week

October 13, 2016 at 9:41 am Comments are Disabled

RECOVERY Haven is holding a free talk in The Killarney Oaks Hotel on Wednesday, October 19 at 7.30pm. The event is part of Cancer Week Ireland is taking placeable next week. This national initiative hopes to raise awareness of cancer and advances in care and treatment. The talk will shine a light on cancer, how to […]

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Sam McCauley’s Employee Says Thanks To Facility Which Helped Her Family

Sam McCauley’s Employee Says Thanks To Facility Which Helped Her Family

October 11, 2016 at 10:36 am Comments are Disabled

THE staff in Sam McCauley Chemists Tralee made a very special charity presentation to Bru Columbanus, a facility close to the heart of one particular employee. The team in Sam McCauley’s raised an amazing €2,443 through a Christmas Wrapping Collection in December. A long serving member of staff in Sam McCauley’s, […]

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PHOTOS: The Glamour Of The Gala Ball For Michael Fassbender

PHOTOS: The Glamour Of The Gala Ball For Michael Fassbender

October 9, 2016 at 3:07 pm Comments are Disabled

HOLLYWOOD superstar Michael Fassbender was honoured in Killarney on Friday evening with the greatest accolade the town he grew up in can bestow. He was inducted into the Order of Innisfallen in recognition of his remarkable achievements in the film industry which has seen him nominated for Academy Awards, Golden Globes and […]

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Roger Harty: Why I Love Latin

Roger Harty: Why I Love Latin

October 9, 2016 at 12:06 pm Comments are Disabled

IT is nearly 40 years since I studied Latin for my Junior Cert (Inter Cert as it was then!) in St Brendan’s College in Killarney. Latin and Greek in language terms were known as ‘the classics’ and all I can say is tempus fugit (time flies). Honesty is the best […]

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