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JAMES O’Donoghue has officially confirmed his retirement from inter-county football. The 2014 Player of the Year and two-time All-Star made the announcement on Off The Ball’s “The Football Pod” today. “It’s all over, it’s all over bar the shouting,” he told Off The Ball. “Last year, I was fighting an […]

SIAMSA Tíre hosted a production of the Oscar Wilde classic ‘The Importance Of Being Earnest’ last week where students from Mercy Mounthawk excelled in their dramatic roles. While attendances were limited to around 150 for Thursday and Friday, people on the waiting list for Saturday’s performance were allowed attend thanks […]

THE Government has announced €175,161 in 2022 for Creative Ireland local authority projects in Kerry. This funding is part of a €6.6 million investment in local authorities throughout the country that will support creative projects that will connect people, creativity and wellbeing in 2022. During 2021 in Kerry, the Creative Ireland […]

LOCAL Green Party representative Anluan Dunne has welcomed Irish Rail’s confirmation that old steel freight wagons in Casement Station Tralee are due to be removed in the coming days. This development means that the line connecting to the locomotive turntable will be cleared. “This is great news for Tralee, Killarney and […]

KILMOYLEY have already booked their place at headquarters, but should Na Gaeil win their semi-final this weekend, they’ll be playing in Croke Park on Sunday, February 6 at 3.30pm in the All-Ireland Intermediate Football Final. Kilmoyley will play their All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Final in Croke Park on Saturday, February 5 […]

OVER €4 million in funding has been announced for Kerry walking and cycling projects. €4,130,293 in funding will be allocated to Kerry County Council for the provision of walking and cycling (active travel) infrastructure in the county. In Tralee, €200,000 will be given for an interconnected network of cycleways at […]

TRALEE Bay Wetlands will host a free guided walk of the facility early next month to mark World Wetlands Day,. Taking place on February 2nd, World Wetlands Day is a celebration of one of our world’s most vulnerable and yet most valuable natural habitats. For first time ever World Wetlands Day will […]

AN ex-World Rally Championship Ford Focus – in full-factory livery is one of the star attractions already confirmed for a car show in Tralee on February 13th. The show is organised by Kerry Motor Club members to raise funds for the James Quinlan Recovery Fund. James, originally from Waterville, suffered […]

NEWKD Farm Families will launch a new booklet called ‘The Beauty of the Bogs’, exploring the biodiversity and beauty of the peatlands in North, East & West Kerry. There are eight protected areas as well as expansive areas of bog in this region. The booklet gives an overview of the […]

MINISTER for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley has today announced funding of €2.3 million for the approval of 24 projects across Kerry under the Department’s 2022 Summer Works Scheme. This funding is part of the overall package of €65m for a total of 497 projects around the country. Minister […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Citizens Information Kerry which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Ciara O’Gorman, Development Manager with South Munster CIS spoke recently about how Trans people people in Ireland can apply to have their preferred gender legally recognised by the State. This […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, chooses a diverse choice of films on the telly this weekend… There was a tendency for a while to use video games as source material for a film.  The results have been variable overall. One of the more recent additions, Sonic the Hedgehog (Saturday 6.35pm […]

THE Kerry team to face Cork on Saturday  in the McGrath Cup Final at Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney (2pm throw-in) has been announced. There’s a few changes from the Tipperary game last week with Shane Murphy back in goal instead of Shane Ryan, Gavin White in for Gavin Crowley, Tony […]

GARDAI in Kerry seized around €540,000 worth of drugs in the county last year. The figure was revealed  by Kerry Garda Chief Superintendent Eileen Foster as she went through the data at the online meeting of the Kerry Joint Policing Committee on Friday afternoon. Chief Supt Foster said the majority […]

KERRY County Council has decided to close to public traffic the L-10582 Listellick to Doon Road from 8am on this coming Wednesday, January 26, to 5.30pm on Wednesday, February 23. The purpose of the road closure is to facilitate the replacement of 1km of the existing water main. This closure […]

BALLYGARRY Estate Hotel & Spa has announced they will begin the development of a new spa this autumn. It will be the latest addition to the facilities at Ballygarry which has transitioned into an Estate property situated on 180 acres of land, showcasing an integrated wetlands, an apiary, wildflower meadows, […]

THE local community has shown its appreciation of the Na Gaeil senior team’s amazing success this year by responding to a fundraiser to help with expenses as they bid to reach another All-Ireland final. After winning the Munster Club Intermediate Championship last Sunday, a gofundme page was set up earlier […]

THERE’S just over three weeks to go until a popular running event returns to after a break of two years. Michelle Greaney of MG Coaching is organising the Tralee 10 Miler and 5k Road Race which takes place from The Rose Hotel on Saturday, February 12 at 11am and places […]

Mary O’Donnell on the medical skin care range at the Cosmetic and Hair Restoration Clinic at the Bon Secours in Tralee to deal with ‘Macne’… ACNE due to mask wearing (“Macne”) has become a problem for people of all ages, it’s not just a teenage issue. This skin condition occurs when follicles […]

KERRY County Council will close the Ballymakegoge (Spa to Churchill) Road to public traffic  for a three week period from the end of January. The purpose of the road closure is to facilitate the installation of an underpass on the Tralee/ Fenit Greenway. The road will be closed from 8am on […]

THIS year, for the first time ever, school leavers and CAO applicants will be able to apply for Further Education and Training courses and explore Apprenticeship opportunities alongside Higher Education options on the CAO website. The CAO website now links to information and applications for Further Education and Training (FET) […]

MERCY Mounthawk have won the Pinergy All-Ireland Schools Cup U16 A Boys Final this afternoon. They beat Malahide Community College at the National Basketball Arena by 56 to 39. The school will be hoping to complete the double when the U19 side play in their All-Ireland Final against St Malachy’s College. […]

THERE were 313 new jobs created by Local Enterprise Office Kerry supported clients in 2021. This was a 12% increase from 2020. The net jobs created by Local Enterprise Office Kerry supported clients in 2021 was 145 which takes into account companies that amalgamated, ceased trading and those that transferred […]

IT’S back! After a break of a couple of years, the Cheltenham Races Preview night will return to Skelper Quane’s Bar in Blennerville on Thursday, March 3 from 7pm. Just as in the past, it’ll be an occasion to get tips from the experts and with COVID cases on the […]

LIVERPOOL fans are in for a treat this April when a Tralee bar brings a legend of the club to town. The Huddle Bar on Strand Street will host a night with former Irish international Ronnie Whelan on Sunday, April 10. Ronnie will be in the bar for a Q&A […]

THIS summer is going to see an influx of visitors to Tralee and North Kerry with the opening of two new greenways. As well as the Tralee-Fenit Greenway, the North Kerry Greenway, a 10km trail along the old railway line from the Limerick county bounds into Listowel, will also be […]

NA Gaeil have been told where they will play their All-Ireland Club Intermediate Football Semi-final in less than two weeks. Having beaten Corofin to take the Munster title in Mallow on Sunday, they’ll have a much longer journey ahead of them next time. The Tralee side will travel to the […]

GARDAI are appealing to homeowners to be vigilant after a theft of home heating oil at the weekend in the Ardfert area. The oil was stolen from a tank at a house in Farranwilliam, Ardfert, between 9am on Saturday morning and 9pm on Sunday night. A substantial amount of oil […]

ANYONE wishing to attend the McGrath Cup final this Saturday between Kerry and Cork in Killarney is advised to act fast tomorrow morning when tickets go on sale. With a cap on attendance due to COVID public health guidelines, just 5,000 are allowed attend for the 2pm throw-in. While the […]

THERE is a possibility that part of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway can be accessed by the public before the scheduled June opening. At Monday’s online meeting of Kerry County Council, Fianna Fáil Cllr Mikey Sheehy enquired about making the section from Spa to Fenit accessible prior to the Greenway’s full completion. […]