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Tommy Walsh (Orbitus) and the Fenit Samphires Academy. Photo: Cillian Garvey for Fenit Without

Sponsored: Orbitus And Fenit Samphires Academy Wrap Up A Successful Inaugural Season

March 28, 2023 at 3:24 pm 0 comments

Orbitus Senior Tax consultant Tommy Walsh visited the Fenit Samphires Academy to learn more about the role of volunteer coaches in community sports clubs… ORBITUS and the Fenit Samphires soccer club Academy have recently wrapped up a successful inaugural sponsorship season which saw the Munster based legal, tax and commercial […]

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Ellen Moloney (Early Childhood Care and Education Teacher), Joanne Ryan (Level 5 Childcare Student), Kathryn O'Donnell (Kerry County Childcare Committee) and Anne Doyle (Kerry College Guidance Counsellor).

Kerry College Hosts Recruitment Fair At Clash Campus

March 28, 2023 at 2:59 pm 0 comments

KERRY College Clash Campus was a hive of activity on Monday for the annual Recruitment Fair. There was an amazing turnout from employers across a broad spectrum of industries.  The event, organised by Helen Brick of Kerry College, helps connect the Level 5 and Level 6 students — who are […]

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Knockreer House.

Three Kerry Heritage Projects To Share Over €270,000 In Funding

March 28, 2023 at 12:21 pm 0 comments

THREE Kerry heritage projects are to receive over €270,000 between them under this year’s Historic Structures Fund (HSF). Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, today announced that 95 Heritage projects across the country will benefit from a total of €4.5 million under this year’s HSF. The three Kerry […]

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REGISTER NOW FOR THE 11TH ANNUAL COUNTY CLEAN UP
Pictured at the launch of the Kerry County Clean Up 2023 at the Ballygarry Hotel .
The 11th annual County Clean Up will take place across the county on Saturday, 15th April and a call is going out to all community and voluntary organisations and individuals to get involved. 
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REGISTER NOW FOR THE 11TH ANNUAL COUNTY CLEAN UP
The 11th annual County Clean Up will take place across the county on Saturday, 15th April and a call is going out to all community and voluntary organisations and individuals to get involved. 
The County Clean-Up takes place with the support of KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council. Over the past decade, hundreds of tonnes of rubbish have been collected along Kerry roads by thousands of volunteers.
The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Francis Flynn urged everyone to participate in what is now one of the annual community initiatives in Kerry.
‘The tremendous effort of volunteers over the past decade has contributed to the campaign to keep the county litter-free. The County Clean Up greatly complements the work which Kerry County Council does all year round to promote environmental awareness and maintain our wonderful landscape.
‘Registration is now open at www.countycleanup.com and I hope that local communities will participate in large numbers,’ he said.
Environmental Awareness Officer at Kerry County Council, Breda Moriarty said:  ‘The amazing and diligent work of many community groups and individuals for the County Clean Up is admirable. Everyone coming together to keep Kerry clean and our roads litter free for an 11th year is fantastic.’
Noel O’Reilly from KWD said: ‘KWD Recycling is proud to be involved in the County Clean Up which is now in its 11th year, it is a very important day that has made a huge difference on the roads of Kerry and west Cork.”
Groups must register to ensure they receive a clean-up pack and to nominate a collection point for any litter collected.
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Call Goes Out For Volunteers To Get Involved In County Clean-Up Day

March 28, 2023 at 11:57 am 0 comments

THE 11th annual County Clean Up will take place across the county on Saturday, April 15 and a call is going out to all community and voluntary organisations and individuals to get involved. The County Clean-Up takes place with the support of KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council. Over the […]

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Some of those gathered at the annual Tony O'Donoghue Memorial Walk on Saturday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

Fantastic Day Planned For Tony O’Donoghue Memorial Walk

March 28, 2023 at 9:34 am 0 comments

THE annual Tony O’Donoghue Memorial Walk will take place on Saturday, April 15 and a fantastic day of entertainment is guaranteed. The ninth annual walk is in memory of the Tony from Blennerville who passed away in 2014 and tens of thousands of euro have been raised over the year in […]

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Kingdom of Kerry Greenways Spring Forward!
Representatives of the tourism industry, local public representatives, travel writers and influencers gathered on the Kingdom of Kerry Greenways on Monday 27th March 2023 to experience the exciting new tourist attractions and welcome the arrival of the longer daylight hours as the clocks change over to summertime. The new spring campaign launched by social media influencer, Sarah Hanrahan and Mayor of Tralee, Cllr. Mikey Sheehy encourages people of all ages to make the most of the increase in daylight hours and to start to clock up “Kingdom Kilometres” on foot or by cycling along the Kerry’s two new Greenways, Tralee-Fenit, and Listowel-Limerick. To find out more about the Kingdom of Kerry Greenways and plan your visit, check out www.kerrygreenways.ie/. Photo: Pauline Dennigan

Public Encouraged To Spring Into Greenways As Evenings Get Longer

March 28, 2023 at 9:33 am 0 comments

COINCIDING with the clocks springing forward, Kerry County Council is encouraging people of all ages to make the most of the increase in daylight hours and to start to clock up ‘Kingdom Kilometres’ on foot or by cycling along the county’s two new Greenways — the Tralee-Fenit and Listowel-Abbeyfeale routes. […]

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Karl Henry will give a talk on April 13 at CH Tralee.

Sponsored: Karl Henry To Give Talk On Health And Wellbeing At CH Tralee

March 28, 2023 at 9:33 am 0 comments

IRELAND’S most recognised personal trainer Karl Henry is coming to give a talk at CH Tralee next month. He will speak on the ‘4 Pillars Of Lifelong Health at the store on Thursday, April 13 at 12noon. Earlier this month, the leading fitness and wellness expert and Podcast host was announced […]

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Annual Roger Casement Gathering On Good Friday

Annual Roger Casement Gathering On Good Friday

March 28, 2023 at 9:32 am 0 comments

THE annual Roger Casement Gathering will take place in Lios Mhic Easmainn (McKennas’ Fort), Ardfert, at 12 noon on Good Friday, April 7. This coming together is to remember and to honour Casement who arrived from Germany in a German submarine and landed on Banna Strand 107 years ago. He […]

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Siobhan Donnelly of Cara Credit Union with Minister

Local Credit Unions Celebrate Farming Community During National Cultivate Week

March 28, 2023 at 9:32 am 0 comments

KERRY Credit Unions are proud to announce the inaugural National Cultivate Week, a celebration of the credit unions’ commitment to the farming community. Taking place from March 27th to April 2nd, National Cultivate Week will bring credit unions and their members together throughout the country to celebrate farmers and the […]

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The new committee

Kerry Hospice Foundation Holds AGM

March 28, 2023 at 9:31 am 0 comments

THE annual AGM of the Kerry Hospice Foundation took place last night with representatives from the branches all over the county present. Officers were elected for the coming year. The fundraising commitee for 2023 is as follows: Chairperson Jack Shanahan; Vice Chairperson Jenny Tarrant; Secretary Mary Shanahan; Treasurer Eileen Sheehy; […]

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The launch of the Paul Lucey Run For The Rock took place at the Austin Stacks Clubhouse on Monday evening attended by the Lucey family. Photo by Adrienne McLoughlin

Paul Lucey ‘Run For The Rock’ Returns On May Bank Holiday Weekend

March 28, 2023 at 9:31 am 0 comments

THE Paul Lucey ‘Run for the Rock’ is back again for the May Bank holiday weekend on Monday May 1. This is the fifth year of the run which has grown in strength and popularity from year to year. The run and walk honours the memory of Paul Lucey, a proud […]

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Film On Debenhams Workers To Be Screened In Tralee This Week

Film On Debenhams Workers To Be Screened In Tralee This Week

March 27, 2023 at 2:00 pm 0 comments

AN award winning film on the Debenhams workers fight for fair redundancy payments is to be screened in Tralee this week. On April 9th, 2020, nearly 1,000 Irish Debenhams workers, predominantly women, received a generic email telling them their jobs were gone. Many had given decades of service and would […]

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Rachel Ward, Carrie Anne Clifford, Lesley Dennehy and Joanne Bowler of Hairworks Tralee at the Connect Kerry Hair and Beauty Awards at The Rose Hotel on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: All The Glamour From The Connect Kerry Hair And Beauty Awards

March 27, 2023 at 12:28 pm 0 comments

THE Connect Kerry Hair and Beauty Awards took place once again on Sunday and it was a glamorous affair at The Rose Hotel. Over 170 people from the industry were in attendance and a host of awards were presented in a range of categories as well as honorary awards. Treated […]

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Warriors captain Eddie Sheehy lays up a score. Photo: Liam Ryan

PHOTOS/REPORT: Warriors U20s Into National League Showdown With Titans

March 27, 2023 at 10:12 am 0 comments

Alan Cantwell on the Garveys Tralee Warriors Men’s U20 National League 2022/2023 – Semi Final at the complex yesterday afternoon… Tralee Warriors 85 Tolka Rovers 64 Tralee Warriors will take on Titans of Galway in the Men’s U20s National League Final at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght after overcoming Tolka […]

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REPRO-FREE -  EMBARGO – 5am Monday 27th March. 
Vive La France! Kerry Airport CEO John Mulhern pictured with Airport Stafff members Asha Lynch , Evelyn O'Connor and Ksenija Karpovic are all excited to announce that French Airline Chalair is to launch two new summer routes to Quimper and Brest in Brittany commencing in July. Bookings for the weekly service can be made at www.Chalair.fr. 
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Vive La France! Kerry Airport Ireland Announces 2 New Summer Routes To Brittany

KERRY Airport is excited to announce that French Airline Chalair is to launch two new summer routes to Quimper and Brest in Brittany.

Commencing on July 1st, the seasonal summer service will operate every Saturday with a flight time of less than 1 hour 40 minutes from Kerry to France on board a 70-seat ATR 72 aircraft.

Tickets will be available online* from www.Chalair.fr or any travel agency while all fares will include a free baggage allowance and free on-board service.

The CEO of Kerry Airport Ireland, John Mulhern, said, “We are delighted to welcome Chalair to Kerry who will operate a weekly service to two destinations in Brittany, France from 1st July.  The airline has been serving Brittany for many years and these new routes from Kerry will be the airline’s first in Ireland. They will be a welcome addition to the offerings for passengers from Kerry Airport seeking to explore and relax in a most beautiful region of France, while the French people will now have new routes into Ireland to enjoy all that Kerry and the region has to offer. Ultimately, this will boost the local economy during the peak tourism season and sow the seeds for the development of additional routes from France in the years to come.”

Chalair is an independent airline that has been operating scheduled flights in France since 1986. Its fleet of aircraft ranges from 19 to 70 seats and is currently the reference airline for such aircraft on the French market.

Chalair’s CEO, Alain Battisti, expressed his enthusiasm on launching this new service, “Ireland, and specifically County Kerry, is a very popular destination for French tourists from the West of France, and no doubt that Britany is - and will be - a must-go destination for people from Munster and beyond. To take an up-to-date rugby analogy, I am sure this first ‘try’ will be ‘converted’, and Chalair will expand its offerings in the coming years.”

These new destinations from Kerry to Quimper and Brest in Brittany will bring to nine the number of routes that will be available to passengers for the summer months.

Kerry Airport already serves Alicante, Faro, Dublin, London (Luton & Stansted), Manchester and Frankfurt Hahn with Ryanair.

For more information, contact Kerry Airport during office hours on 066 9764644 or visit www.KerryAirport.ie.

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Notes to Editors

*Passengers may book flights between Kerry Airport and Brittany with Chalair from mid-afternoon on Monday 27th March 2023.

New Routes From Kerry Airport To France Announced

March 27, 2023 at 5:00 am 0 comments

KERRY Airport has announced that French Airline Chalair is to launch two new summer routes to Quimper and Brest in Brittany. Commencing on July 1st, the seasonal summer service will operate every Saturday with a flight time of less than 1 hour 40 minutes from Kerry to France on board […]

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PHOTOS: #Tralee On Social Media This Week

PHOTOS: #Tralee On Social Media This Week

March 26, 2023 at 1:25 pm 0 comments

Every week we compile photos of Tralee and beyond posted on Twitter and Instagram. If you’d like a photo to feature, just tag #Tralee or #TraleeToday and we’ll see it… An initiative worth a visit… Been involved in this social enterprise for the past 12 months.. If you’re in Boherbee, Tralee […]

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The Mercy Mounthawk team who were successful yesterday in Dublin.

Mercy Mounthawk Team Wins Prizes At National Final In Lego League Competition

March 26, 2023 at 12:40 pm 0 comments

MERCY Secondary School Mounthawk’s LEGO League robotics team (Mounthawk Masterminds) has won prizes at the Lego League National competition this weekend. The team showcased their project at the final event on Saturday in Dublin where they competed against other top teams from around the country. Their project focused on renewable […]

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Fashion Show At The Ashe For Phoenix Women’s Centre

Fashion Show At The Ashe For Phoenix Women’s Centre

March 26, 2023 at 12:39 pm 0 comments

A FASHION show will take place this Easter as a fundraiser for the Phoenix Women’s Centre and Shed. Taking place at The Ashe Hotel, the centre is collaborating with five Tralee town based shops  to bring the best of fashion to those attending on Thursday, April 6 at 7.30pm. The […]

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Warriors U20s Take On Tolka In National League Semi-Final At Complex On Sunday

Warriors U20s Take On Tolka In National League Semi-Final At Complex On Sunday

March 25, 2023 at 11:43 am 0 comments

Alan Cantwell previews the National League semi-final between Garveys Tralee Warriors against Tolka Rovers in Tralee Sports Complex on Sunday afternoon… Having seen off the considerable challenge of Maree in the National League quarter final in Tralee three weeks ago, the Warriors U20s now face down Tolka Rovers in the […]

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Joe O'Halloran with Stephanie O'Shea, Morna O'Halloran, Paddy O'Shea, Sheila Kelly and Gerard O'Shea at the Listellick NS Confirmation Day at Our Lady and St Brendan's Church on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean - prints available, call 087-9384810

PHOTOS: Holy Family And Listellick Pupils Enjoy Confirmation Day

March 25, 2023 at 11:26 am 0 comments

THE week of Confirmation ceremonies in Tralee came to a close on Friday, with pupils from two schools receiving the sacrament. Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church hosted two ceremonies with Holy Family and Listellick sixth classes confirmed by Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne. Once again, the weather disappointed — […]

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Getting ready for the Kerry Hospice Good Friday walks. From left; Kerry Hospice Ambassador Deirdre Walsh, with Andrea O'Donoghue and Mary Shanahan of Kerry Hospice. Photo by Dermot Crean

Over 20 Walks In Aid Of Kerry Hospice On Good Friday

March 25, 2023 at 11:07 am 0 comments

IT’S nearly time again to hit the road this Easter in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foundation. The Good Friday walks are a great tradition and on April 7 there will be over 20 walks taking place right around the county. The 27th Tralee walk is named after the late, […]

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Sponsored: Treatment For Skin Pigmentation At The Cosmetic And Hair Restoration Clinic

Sponsored: Treatment For Skin Pigmentation At The Cosmetic And Hair Restoration Clinic

March 25, 2023 at 10:48 am 0 comments

Mary O’Donnell of the Cosmetic and Hair Restoration Clinic in the Bon Secours Tralee on treatments and products to reduce skin pigmentation… Skin gets its colour from a substance called melanin, which is made by skin cells. When those cells are damaged or unhealthy, they can produce too much melanin. […]

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Know Your Rights: Property Rights And The Breakdown Of The Relationship

Know Your Rights: Property Rights And The Breakdown Of The Relationship

March 25, 2023 at 10:41 am 0 comments

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… When a relationship ends, you may have questions about your property rights, including ‘who gets the house,’ and ‘what about the children?’ This is a complex area of law, […]

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Kerry FC Condemns Racist Abuse Towards Players On Social Media

Kerry FC Condemns Racist Abuse Towards Players On Social Media

March 25, 2023 at 10:00 am 0 comments

KERRY FC has issued a statement regarding racist abuse directed towards their players on social media last night. The statement reads; “Kerry FC is shocked, disappointed and angry at racist abuse of our players on social media during our game against Athlone Town last night. Kerry FC is working with […]

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Both People Arrested In Relation To Discovery Of Baby John Are Released Without Charge

Both People Arrested In Relation To Discovery Of Baby John Are Released Without Charge

March 25, 2023 at 9:37 am 0 comments

THE two people arrested on Thursday evening in relation to the discovery of the body of ‘Baby John’ at White Strand, Caherciveen, back in April 1984 have been released without charge. On Friday evening the female in her 50s was released, while early this morning the man aged in his […]

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Kerry Team To Face Offaly In League Semi-Final Named

Kerry Team To Face Offaly In League Semi-Final Named

March 24, 2023 at 9:04 pm 0 comments

KERRY play Offaly in the Allianz Hurling League Roinn 2A semi-final on Saturday, at 2pm in Glenisk O’Connor Park, Tullamore. The team, captained by Gavin Dooley is as follows: 1 John B O’Halloran — Cill Mhaoile 2 Cillian Trant — Na Niallaigh Crotta 3 Eoin Ross — Baile Dubh 4 Eric Leen — Naomh […]

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David Clifford. Photo by Dermot Crean

Here’s The Kerry Side To Face Galway

March 24, 2023 at 8:38 pm 0 comments

THE final round of Allianz Football League games takes place this weekend and sees Kerry head to Salthill to face Galway. There’s a 1.45pm throw-in for a game in which Kerry could still qualify for the final. Jack O’Connor has made a few changes from the side that beat Roscommon last […]

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Jockey Bryan Cooper Announces Retirement From Race Riding

Jockey Bryan Cooper Announces Retirement From Race Riding

March 24, 2023 at 5:04 pm 0 comments

TRALEE jockey Bryan Cooper has announced he is retiring from race riding with immediate effect. The 30 year old who enjoyed Gold Cup success on Don Cossack in 2016, along with 39 Grade 1 successes, released a statement earlier this afternoon. It reads; “After much careful thought and consideration for […]

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Tom Quane presents a cheque for €1,845 to Andrea O'Donoghue and Mary Shanahan of Kerry Hospice with Kerry Hospice ambassador Deirdre Walsh. Photo by Dermot Crean

Cheltenham Preview Night Raises €1,854 For Kerry Hospice

March 24, 2023 at 4:42 pm 0 comments

A RECENT Cheltenham preview night in Blennerville once again raised funds for a worthy  cause this month. Skelper Quanes traditional night of tips and fun was held in aid of Kerry Hospice this year and raised €1,845 for the organisation. The night of Thursday, March 2, was a huge success as […]

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Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry Ladies Team To Face Galway On Sunday Named

March 24, 2023 at 1:30 pm 0 comments

AFTER a first defeat of the league season against Cork on St Patrick’s Day, the Kerry ladies will hope to bounce back this weekend. They face Galway in Lidl Ladies National Football League Division 1 – Round 7 game on Sunday in Tuam Stadium with a throw in time of 2pm. The Kerry […]

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