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IT was a great Saturday night in Causeway as some fleet-footed Kerry hurlers strutted their stuff on the dance floor with their partners. It was all part of the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ fundraiser – in a specially constructed marquee at McHales Stretford End – to help send the Kerry hurling team off […]

WITH around 500 people attending and fantastic entertainment, Causeway really was the place to be on Saturday night for the Kerry Hurlers’ Strictly Come Dancing fundraiser. The event was held in a specially erected marquee at McHales Stretford End Bar, with the aim of  raising cash to send the Kerry […]

IT’S been well known that Paul Galvin would be launching his ‘Vanguard’ line of clothing in Dunnes, but on Saturday the designs appeared in the stores. To mark the occasion, Paul tweeted a link to the promo video which features the Lixnaw man with a group of lads mooching around in […]

THIS weekend sees the return of the Taste of Tralee fair at Manor West Retail Park and Saturday proved a busy day for the stallholders. Producers from all over Kerry set up their stands and there was a real family feel to the day as cartoon characters from Kingdom Party […]

  I LOVE a little bit of humour in everyday life. As they say, ‘laughter is the best medicine’. As I write this article, the obvious expression that comes to mind is ‘The early bird catches the worm’, but like every good rule there is always an exception and the exception […]

  AN Oakpark native, currently based in Galway, has won a world-renowned coaching accolade. Shane Fitzgibbon was the only finalist outside of North America to reach the top ten for the ‘Coach of the Year’ accolade awarded by the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA). It was announced on Friday that he won […]

THERE was a big crowd in Ballyseedy Garden Centre on Friday morning for the annual ‘Paint It Pink’ fundraiser in aid of the Irish Cancer Society. Many ladies – and some gents – were true to the theme of the day and wore something pink to raise breast cancer awareness. “It’s our third […]

  I AM lucky enough to be surrounded by people for most of my life. I am also lucky enough to not be a lonely person. There is of course a difference. It is only recently that I realised how many people are actually lonely in the world. Whether that be […]

THE news from Omeath about the shooting dead of Garda Tony Golden was horrendous to hear. The circumstances in which he lost his life got me thinking about the work that the Garda force do. They are responsible for protecting us and while doing so they put their own lives […]

KERRY General Hospital is reporting an increased level of activity and the hospital is advising that non-urgent patients may now experience significant delays. “Hospital management are requesting that, where appropriate, the public contact their GP in the first instance and explore all other options available to them prior to attending the […]

TRALEE is to get a new ‘Community Responder Scheme’ (CFR) to assist the Ambulance Service in various life threatening emergencies. The scheme will be made up entirely of volunteers living or working within the coverage area who will be on a roster system. The scheme will be reliant entirely on public support and […]

ACCEPTANCE is one of the most powerful tools that you can have in your psychological welfare arsenal. I discovered this many years ago and I regularly use phrases like ‘it is as it is’ or the infamous teenage phrase of ‘whatever’ much to the chagrin of my family and friends. The […]

THERE was another great turnout for the Tralee Parnells annual cookery demonstration last night in the Meadowlands Hotel. Mark Doe of Just Cooking cookery school in Firies cooked up some treats and gave his expert tips on the culinary arts. The evening also featured a guest speaker on preventative strategies regarding […]

JACINTA Hobbart from Tralee, is packing her suitcases as she prepares to jet off on her dream holiday to New York with her sister Mary. The busy mum burst into tears of joy when she received news that she’d won the National Lottery’s Bigger Better Lotto Dream Holiday Competition, currently […]

THE Console Centre has named two new counselling rooms after the late Donal Walsh. Funding for the rooms in the Balloonagh centre came from the Donal Walsh Foundation which has held a large number of fundraising activities since Donal’s passing back in May of 2013. One of the rooms will be […]

OCTOBER as many of you will know is Breast Cancer Awareness month and for that reason I am giving you all a gentle reminder that if there is any lump, bump or pain that you are unsure about, please go and get it checked. So many times we ignore our […]

  A TRALEE woman was honoured by The Mercy University Hospital on Friday for her fundraising efforts for the facility. Brenda Doody from Curraheen was among the individuals, teams, and fundraising volunteers who go the extra mile for patients and colleagues at The Mercy University Hospital, officially recognised at The Mercy […]

THE Kingdom Wheelblasters sports club was presented with a cheque for €4,000 by Kerry Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus at the John Mitchels GAA Complex on Saturday morning. The Kingdom Wheelblasters are an Irish wheelchair affiliated sports club for children and teenagers with a physical disability. Speaking at the presentation of a […]

  IN the world we live in passion is something that is very often confused with aggression. Take modern sport for instance. We often hear phrases like ‘how much do you want it?’ or ‘are you going to let them other fellows climb the steps to lift that trophy?’ and this […]

CH CHEMIST played host to a launch of the new Shiseido Everbloom fragrance on Thursday evening. Shiseido invited a lot their exclusive customers to CH Chemist, to go through a make-up demonstration by one of Ireland’s top make-up artists, Danielle Mahon. “It’s a new addition to fragrance range, it’s more of […]

TV personalities, Miriam O’Callaghan and Triona McCarthy, are encouraging Tralee people to ‘Paint It Pink’ at a special event this October as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. On Friday, October 16 from 11am to 1pm, Ballyseedy Home & Garden in Tralee is once again turning pink as part of Paint it […]

  THERE are 16 patients waiting on trolleys at Kerry General Hospital today, according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. It comes during a very busy spell at the hospital. On Tuesday, there were 10 patients waiting on trolleys with eight waiting yesterday, according to the Trolley and […]

A KERRY woman was interviewed live on American news WGN News which was broadcast to over 2.3 million people earlier this month, all in the name of research. Castleisland’s Niamh Geaney found fame earlier this year when she took part in an online experiment with called ‘Twin Strangers’ in which she […]

  FROM time to time, I think we all feel a little bit lonely. Whether it be that we feel alone in a crowded room of people, or whether we actually live our lives in solitude. Despite my personal only-child syndrome, I don’t think that I have ever been truly, and […]

DEPUTY Arthur Spring is hosting a Childcare Public Meeting at the Fels Point Hotel,Tralee on this Saturday, October 3 at 11.30am and is inviting parents across the county to participate. “Raising children requires dedicated effort and each experience with child raring is unique. Therefore, it is important to hear from parents and their […]

LAST night I was driving down from Galway back to Kerry. It was a stunning evening when I set off on the trip and I am sure that this added to the reason a lot of people chose to go out for a walk or a cycle. It is of […]

IT was a strange feeling around CH Chemists in the warm autumn sunshine on Saturday afternoon, as the staff donned Santa hats and Christmas music played from their PA system. It was all to launch their Santaland experience which begins on November 28 and who did they get to kick things off? […]

A TRALEE native, currently based in Galway, has been shortlisted for a world-renowned coaching accolade…but he needs your votes soon to win. Shane Fitzgibbon is the only finalist outside of North America to reach the top ten for the ‘Coach of the Year’ accolade awarded by the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA). […]

A WHOLE host of Castleisland businesses are getting ready to host a very special event next month when they take part in the Autumn/Winter Fashion Show on Thursday October 8 in Nana Bea’s Coffee & Gift Shop. The details of the event were officially announced this week for the forthcoming show show […]

Advertorial WE all know that free parking is a rare commodity in the town centre but one business has come up with a novel idea to change that. The Ashe Hotel on Maine Street is to provide free parking for its lunchtime customers. General Manager, Stephen O’Connor explains; “At The Ashe […]