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LAST week I decided to pick ten successful people under 40 who are making a difference in their chosen fields. I gave you five last week (click here for last week’s post) and here’s the rest. 6. Gary Keane – Musician Ballinorig man Gary is half of the successful duo White Boys, with other member […]

  ENTRY is now open for the 2016 Irish Fashion Industry Awards at Kerry Fashion Week which runs from March 1-4. The awards celebrate and recognise everyone working in the Irish Fashion Industry from emerging talents to established names. As well as categories for fashion and accessory designers, there are also awards […]

  OUR conditioning – What is it? I suppose a good place to start is to firstly declare the type of conditioning I am referring to. As the title suggests, I am not referring to hair, nor am I referring to the physical attributes of our bodies. The specific type […]

2016 is a year that holds a lot of opportunities for each and every one of us be it in work, relationships or health. I have compiled a list of ten businesspeople from whom we could get our inspiration to succeed from as these people are certainly achieving their goals […]

THE CBS students’ held their debs ball on Saturday night and we were there to capture the style. Around 280 teenagers attended the event in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and they certainly enjoyed themselves before the countdown to the June exams begins in earnest. Here’s the second part of the […]

BEFORE they head back to studying for the Leaving Cert, the students from CBS The Green held their debs ball last night and all manner of fun was had. The event took place in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and the style and glamour was only dazzling. There was 200 for […]

CHRISTMAS is over, New Year’s is over. Now we are left with a plain ol’ January to trudge through, and after all the festivities and joy that surrounds the festive season… January can seem like a gaping black abyss. After all the build up, all the gift buying, all the […]

SO Christmas is now officially over as Women’s Christmas gives the signal to take down the tree and put the crib back in the attic. Well many ladies around town weren’t going to let the night pass without marking the January 6 tradition and restaurants around town did a roaring trade […]

IF you are reading this, then the chances are that you have your own Facebook or Twitter page. Social media has become such an important part of every day life. We communicate with friends on the other side of the world, we get news literally as it is happening in […]

  TRULY living in ‘The Now’ is a most wondrous and rewarding way to live life. It might sound strange to speak the obvious to people, but the only time you can truly live is Now. Have you ever managed to live five minutes ago or in five minutes time? It […]

  2015 has been a year of a lot of changes. Some good, some bad. I think perhaps the biggest change is the way that people in our society approach things now. This is the year that the gay marriage referendum passed in Ireland and that alone is an amazing […]

SO 2015 is coming to an end and what a year it has been for good and bad reasons. I have compiled what I think have been the highs and lows. I know that everyone has his or her own list but this is just mine and what I loved […]

A TRALEE-BASED milliner has won a Best Dressed Lady competition at a race meeting today. Carol Kennelly scooped the top honour at the Leopardstown race meeting wearing a design by Killorglin designer Tina Griffin which was a cream and gold brocade coat, a gold leather skirt and a hat made by herself. Carol won a […]

  THIS is a continuation from last week’s column (click here for previous column) To appreciate and understand this fully, I believe we have to go back to the origin of man which I refer to as ancient man. Why is this so? Well we have to understand the origin of […]

IT was a very stylish affair at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Tuesday night for the Mercy Mounthawk Students Debs Ball. Yesterday we brought you images from the glamorous event (click here for previous coverage) and now here’s the rest of our photos. Scroll down for photos…  

MERCY Mounthawk students swapped the uniforms for some stunning dresses and stylish suits on Tuesday night. The occasion was, of course, their Debs Ball where up to 330 people enjoyed a night of food and fun at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. They enjoyed a meal followed by Phil N The Blanks […]

SEASONED and enthusiastic Christmas Day in Fenit swimmer, Billy Ryle, is cordially inviting the thousands of people, who will be driving to swims at venues all over the county on Friday, either as participants or spectators, to get fully behind the “Never Ever Drink and Drive” campaign of the Road Safety […]

CHRISTMAS is here and as I said last week, the town looks incredible. I love this time of year and I am looking forward to spending it at home with my entire family, the first time in thirteen years that we are all together I was chatting to a friend of […]

WE’RE full swing into the party season and in the Ballyroe Hotel and the Brogue Inn on Friday night the craic was mighty. In Ballyroe there were a number of parties from all around Tralee and north Kerry including Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, St Vincent de Paul, Centra in Ballyheigue and many […]

  IT is a fact that anytime we do something new we are stepping out of our comfort zone. Why am I so confident about making this statement? On examination the reason is obvious. The fact that we are doing something new would suggest that we have never done it […]

IT’S the weekend before Christmas so it’s fairly bedlam around town. The fashion boutiques have been near-emptied and beauticians are booming as literally thousands of people are enjoy party-time between this weekend and Christmas Eve in the many hotels, restaurants and pubs around town and beyond. We gave a spin around to some of the […]

LESS than ten days until Santa comes knocking and I, along with a lot of others, am thinking about New Year’s. I have said it before and I will say it again, I don’t see the hype around New Year’s. This whole “New Year, New You” idea is nothing more than […]

AN asbestos type tile will be removed during work on the refurbishment of two wards at Kerry General Hospital. The HSE South Estates Department obtained the services of a competent asbestos surveying company to undertake a survey of Valentia and Reask wards which are being prepared for refurbishment. This identified an […]

SO it’s nearly here, the big day that every child in the country has waited for, Christmas. The letters to the big man himself have been posted and now the wait begins to see if you are on the naughty or nice list. There is such a lovely buzz around […]

IT’S debs ball season and the first Tralee school students to step out in style did so on Saturday night. Gaelcholaiste Chiarraí students looked elegant and stylish for the event in the Brandon Hotel, which saw nearly 80 students sit down for a three course meal. They were joined later […]

WITH less than two weeks to Christmas, it’s time to party. At least that was the case for hundreds of people gathering in hotels around town on Saturday night. We visited Fels Point, Manor West and Meadowlands where companies and organisations treated their employees to a great night out. Nearly 300 people […]

POLONIUS: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee! This is a quote from Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet’ and it is the advice that Polonius […]

THE weather was kind for people out enjoying their Christmas parties last night…for a while anyway! But no matter if it rained or not, it was dry inside for the hundreds of hard-working people who had fun at the many parties around town. We paid a visit to the Fels Point Hotel […]

CHRISTMAS party season is in full swing in case you hadn’t noticed. Hotels and restaurants are packed with businesses giving their employees a well-deserved night out for all their toil throughout the year. Ballygarry House Hotel decided to do something different this year and had a Titanic-themed party for guests. […]

HOMES throughout Kerry will receive a free copy of a new mental wellness services directory in the post over the coming week. The Killarney-based voluntary group, Be Aware Prevent Suicide, is distributing 56,000 free copies of ‘Minding Our Minds: A Guide to Supports and Services’ throughout Kerry in a mail […]