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National Learning Network Holds Wellness Day

National Learning Network Holds Wellness Day

October 6, 2016 at 10:37 am Comments are Disabled

STUDENTS from National Learning Network Tralee held a Wellness day on Friday 30th September to celebrate the centre being awarded the Amber Flag from Suicide Aware for promoting positive mental health in their centre. The Wellness day was a hugely successful student led initiative which involved a variety of activities and talks. […]

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Zoe’s World: You Can’t Control How People Define You

Zoe’s World: You Can’t Control How People Define You

October 5, 2016 at 4:21 pm 1 comment

WHEN you were born, your parents gave you a name. Something that you will be known as for the rest of your life. However, although this may be your official title, as you go through life a little tagline or slogan usually gets added on. This is what people consider to […]

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Free Breast Cancer Seminar This Thursday In Tralee

Free Breast Cancer Seminar This Thursday In Tralee

October 5, 2016 at 10:06 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Cancer Support Group, in conjunction with The Marie Keating Foundation, will be holding a free breast cancer seminar in the The Rose Hotel this Thursday from 6.30pm to 9pm. The event is open to the general public and will explore how to prevent, detect and survive breast cancer, which is the […]

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Take Off Down The Runway For Kerry Airport 5k Fun Run

Take Off Down The Runway For Kerry Airport 5k Fun Run

October 4, 2016 at 3:14 pm Comments are Disabled

THIS Friday will see an opportunity for people to fly down the runway participating in the inaugural Kerry Airport 5K Fun Run. Taking place at 8.30pm under the lights of the runway, the 5 km run has been organised as a joint fundraiser between the Rugby Clubs of West Munster and Build4life, a […]

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Roger Harty: Searching For Happiness

Roger Harty: Searching For Happiness

October 2, 2016 at 9:12 am 1 comment

THERE was a belief not that long ago that the world was flat. Because that was the belief, it was therefore not surprising that all thoughts that were generated at that time arose on the assumption that the world was indeed flat. Thus there was huge fear generated at that time, […]

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Many Support Programmes And Classes This Autumn At Recovery Haven

Many Support Programmes And Classes This Autumn At Recovery Haven

September 30, 2016 at 10:09 am Comments are Disabled

THIS autumn is busy in Recovery Haven with a number of services available to those affected by cancer. This October will see the return of their very successful Men’s Prostate Programme. This is a 6 week course and is aimed at men who have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in the past […]

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SPONSORED: Fall In Love With The Rose Hotel At Wedding Showcase

SPONSORED: Fall In Love With The Rose Hotel At Wedding Showcase

September 27, 2016 at 4:36 pm Comments are Disabled

THIS Sunday sees The Rose Hotel hold their first wedding showcase and they certainly have much to show off. The newly refurbished Lee Suite at The Rose Hotel can cater for up to 200 guests and is a glamorous venue for a sophisticated wedding, complete with crystal chandeliers and luxurious décor, […]

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PHOTOS: Weather Clears Up For A Great Afternoon At The Food Festival

PHOTOS: Weather Clears Up For A Great Afternoon At The Food Festival

September 25, 2016 at 11:10 am Comments are Disabled

RAIN? What rain? Met Eireann predicted it would be blustery and showery but (apart from the very odd bit of rain) it stayed dry so people could travel around and enjoy the cookery demos and taste trail around town during Saturday afternoon. Crowds enjoyed some delicious fare in the artisan […]

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Roger Harty: Songs About Time

Roger Harty: Songs About Time

September 25, 2016 at 11:05 am 1 comment

ARTISTS often fascinate me, especially for the way they give us an insight into the manner of how we live our lives. Art is a very broad term as it can include painting, music, prose, poetry, writing etc. etc. but for the purpose of this article music is the one I […]

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PHOTOS: Spa Pupils Get Active For Health And Fitness Day

PHOTOS: Spa Pupils Get Active For Health And Fitness Day

September 24, 2016 at 9:29 am Comments are Disabled

THE importance of healthy lifestyle choices was the main lesson at Spa NS last Friday as the school hosted their annual ‘Health and Fitness’ day. As part of the school’s participation in the European Week of Sport and in association with National Fitness Day, a wide variety of activities were organised […]

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PHOTOS: A Walk In The Woods For Tralee Educate Together Pupils

PHOTOS: A Walk In The Woods For Tralee Educate Together Pupils

September 24, 2016 at 9:26 am Comments are Disabled

PUPILS , parents and teachers of Tralee Educate Together National School participated in a walk around the woods at the back of their school on Thursday as part of European Mobility Week. The event which was funded by a grant through Tralee Active Travel and Kerry County Council was a tremendous […]

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Zoe’s World: The End Of The ‘Brangelina’ Fairytale

Zoe’s World: The End Of The ‘Brangelina’ Fairytale

September 21, 2016 at 11:05 am 1 comment

WHEN writing my column every week, I tend to look to the news headlines to give me some inspiration to write about a relevant topic. Instead of seeing my newsfeed spattered with the usual news articles (which I often cite as depressing) – I saw something even more tragic. Angelina and […]

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Aoife O'Carroll, Kilmoyley, Katelyn Doyle, Ballyduff, Aoife Mahony, Kilflynn, Kristin Curran and Marianne Nolan, Kilflynn, at the McElligott's Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: The Last Of Our Ladies Day In Listowel Coverage

September 18, 2016 at 12:23 pm Comments are Disabled

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel IT’S all over now for another year and you can be sure they’re already looking to organising the 2017 racing festival over in Listowel. The highlight for many is Ladies Day and […]

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PHOTOS: More Of The Amazing Fashion On Ladies Day In Listowel (Part 3)

PHOTOS: More Of The Amazing Fashion On Ladies Day In Listowel (Part 3)

September 18, 2016 at 9:57 am Comments are Disabled

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel WE’VE brought you some serious style from the Honda McElligott’s Ladies Day at Listowel Races already (click here and here for previous coverage), but there’s a plenty more where that came from. Organisers say 29,278 people […]

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Roger Harty: The Importance Of Drinking Water

Roger Harty: The Importance Of Drinking Water

September 18, 2016 at 9:56 am 1 comment

I WAS in John B Keane’s pub in Listowel last Friday night celebrating the last hurrah of the Listowel races. I must say there is something about the human body that loves routine and just like sheep, there is certain routine that we follow like clockwork – especially in Kerry – […]

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PHOTOS: Glamour At Ladies Day In Listowel (Part 2)

PHOTOS: Glamour At Ladies Day In Listowel (Part 2)

September 17, 2016 at 2:32 pm Comments are Disabled

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel IT’S a day when the stylish ladies of Kerry and beyond, converge on Listowel for an afternoon of style and socialising. Ladies Day is not just a fashion extravaganza – it […]

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Tralee Ladies Going For Miss Ireland Title Next Week

Tralee Ladies Going For Miss Ireland Title Next Week

September 17, 2016 at 12:28 pm Comments are Disabled

TWO Tralee students will head to Dublin next week to take part in the Miss Ireland pageant. Bláthín Griffin and Shannon Lonergan both took part in the Miss Kerry pageant back in March and finished first and second runner up respectively to the winner, Niamh Enright from Listowel. Now all three are […]

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PHOTOS: A Day Of Amazing Style At Ladies Day In Listowel (Part 1)

PHOTOS: A Day Of Amazing Style At Ladies Day In Listowel (Part 1)

September 17, 2016 at 11:27 am Comments are Disabled

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel THE rain stayed away and crowds flocked  to the Island on Friday for another day at the races in Listowel. It was a day for the ladies of course and around […]

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PHOTOS: Tralee Ladies Win Prizes At Ladies Day In Listowel

PHOTOS: Tralee Ladies Win Prizes At Ladies Day In Listowel

September 16, 2016 at 7:51 pm 1 comment

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel A MEATH woman won the McElligotts Honda Best Dressed Lady at Listowel Races, but Tralee ladies were also to the fore in the fashion stakes. The winner was Louise Allen from […]

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Alison Lynch, Siobhan Nolan, Anita Barry, Catherine Twomey, Caoimhe Scannell and Lucille Fennell, Ballylongford, enjoying Ladies Day at Listowel Races on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Good News If You’re Off To Ladies Day Tomorrow

September 15, 2016 at 3:56 pm Comments are Disabled

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day will be brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel RIGHT, don’t hold us accountable for this if things go awry, but it looks like Ladies Day tomorrow is going to be OK weatherwise. Upwards of 25,000 are expected at ‘the Island’ in Listowel tomorrow and while Met […]

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Kerry Hairdresser Comes Fourth At Prestigious European Championships Event

Kerry Hairdresser Comes Fourth At Prestigious European Championships Event

September 15, 2016 at 10:54 am Comments are Disabled

A HAIRDRESSER with salons in Tralee and Castlegregory has come fourth in a prestigious international hairdressing championships. Cathriona Rohan, of Cathrionas Hair Salon at Mary Street, Tralee, has been recognised internationally as she and her team nabbed 4th place is the OMC European Hairdressing Championships. The awards, which are supported by the […]

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Zoe’s World: Looking Forward To A Vintage Day Out At The Races

Zoe’s World: Looking Forward To A Vintage Day Out At The Races

September 15, 2016 at 10:41 am Comments are Disabled

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of Ladies Day at Listowel Races will be brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel… IT’S that time of year again! We are back to the racing season, and more importantly (in my humble opinion) it is time for Listowel Races. Now, if you know me, you […]

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Men Wanted To Take Part In Women’s Running Event For Jigsaw Kerry

Men Wanted To Take Part In Women’s Running Event For Jigsaw Kerry

September 14, 2016 at 12:08 pm Comments are Disabled

IT’S time for the lads to get in touch with their feminine side and to take part in a women’s running event next month in aid of a great cause. The Dawn Killarney Women’s Mini Marathon takes place on Saturday, October 8 at 11am and there’s a 5k and 10k run included in the event. Mental […]

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Three Days Of Fashion Competitions On The Way At Listowel Races

Three Days Of Fashion Competitions On The Way At Listowel Races

September 13, 2016 at 4:43 pm Comments are Disabled

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of Listowel Races Ladies Day will be brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel THE 158th annual Listowel Harvest Racing Festival is well underway at the moment out on ‘The Island’ but the real style stakes begin on Thursday. Fashionable racers of all ages can enjoy three days […]

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PHOTOS: A Dry Day For The Ardfert Harvest Cycle

PHOTOS: A Dry Day For The Ardfert Harvest Cycle

September 10, 2016 at 2:10 pm Comments are Disabled

AFTER the dreadful weather on Friday, the weather cleared up well for the 188 participants in the Ardfert Harvest Cycle on Saturday morning. The yard at Ardfert National School was buzzing with people as Big Jim got them warmed up belting out tunes from his soundsystem. There was coffee, tea […]

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Zoe’s World: It Takes Something Controversial To Hold People’s Attention These Days

Zoe’s World: It Takes Something Controversial To Hold People’s Attention These Days

September 7, 2016 at 9:12 am Comments are Disabled

NOWADAYS, what can we really rely on to get people talking? Usually, anything of minor interest appears on everyone’s feeds and depending on the content, it may gather a few likes or shares before it is swiftly forgotten. That’s how fast paced everything has become – it is almost impossible […]

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Tralee Business Wins At Irish Hair And Beauty Awards

Tralee Business Wins At Irish Hair And Beauty Awards

September 5, 2016 at 1:03 pm 2 comments

A TRALEE  business has won a category at the inaugural Irish Hair and Beauty Awards held last night in Dublin. Brush n Blush, run by mother and daughter team Frances and Maureen McCarthy, were delighted when they were announced as the winner of Hair Salon of the Year – South […]

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Alan O'Sullivan, Sandra O'Riordan, Damien Kissane, Damien Kelly and Julie Deenihan at the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: More From The Banna Beast Challenge (Part 2)

September 4, 2016 at 1:03 pm Comments are Disabled

EARLIER we brought you coverage of the Banna Beast Challenge held on Saturday (click here). Run by Crossfit R560 Gym in Monavalley, the event drew around 600 participants to the beach and dunes for the 7km military-style obstacle course. It was great craic and many headed back for the after-party […]

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PHOTOS: Hundreds Take On The Banna Beast Challenge (Part 1)

PHOTOS: Hundreds Take On The Banna Beast Challenge (Part 1)

September 4, 2016 at 10:13 am Comments are Disabled

THEY came, they saw, they got a bit wet and sandy, but eventually over 600 participants conquered the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Held for the second time in four months, the challenge is proving very popular with people of varying ages tackling the 7km course of 20 obstacles on […]

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CBS The Green Gets Set For Family Fun Run

CBS The Green Gets Set For Family Fun Run

September 3, 2016 at 11:02 am Comments are Disabled

PREPARATIONS are afoot for what promises to be a great day out for all the family at the CBS The Green 3k/5k Fun Run. Taking place on Sunday, September 25, it’s set to be a repeat of last year’s huge success in raising over €3,000 for the Astro-Turf fund. “Last year was […]

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