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KERRY’S Sinn Féin TD has called on the Courts Service to clarify if they have carried out an assessment of Tralee Courthouse by a Conservation Architect. Speaking after the Justice committee on Tuesday of this week, Pa Daly TD, spokesperson for Law Reform, welcomed the contribution from the Department of […]

A KERRY festival is set to be one of the first to be held in the country without indoor restrictions next month. The Patrick O’Keeffe Traditional Music Festival in Castleisland is one of the largest traditional music festivals in the country and kicks off on Friday, October 22, the day […]

WALK-IN COVID-19 vaccination clinics are being held in Tralee this Thursday for anyone who wants to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. No appointment is necessary at the former Borg Warner plant in Monavalley, Tralee  from 10am to 4pm. It’s open to anyone aged 12 or over, with 12 to 15-year-olds needing to […]

KERRY Mental Health Association has announced that it is seeking to recruit a Property/Housing Manager. As an Approved Housing Body with nine residences throughout the Kingdom, Kerry Mental Health Association provides housing units for people living with mental ill-health who are on the local authority housing list. The Chairperson of […]

A LOCAL GAA Club will take part in a Run 4 Pieta event this coming weekend. Various club members from Tralee Parnells will run/walk from 6pm on Friday, October 1 until Sunday, October 3 at 6pm.  All funds raised will be shared equally between the club and Pieta. The club […]

EIGHT walking trails in Kerry are to be included in the Walks Scheme under the Department of Rural and Community Development. The announcement was made by the Minister for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys, with 31 trails in total being added to the scheme nationwide, as well as funding […]

THE efforts of a Tralee woman have helped out two local organisations who do great work for the community. Sharon Roche held a fundraising headshave at Pearse Park on September 10 to help out the Open Arms Kerry project and to remember her son Seán who died 10 years ago. […]

TO celebrate 35 years of Gaisce – The President’s Award, the organisation is encouraging people in  Kerry regardless of age, location or size of back garden to take up their own Gaisce challenge this autumn and plant a pollinator-friendly bulb to protect one of the most important players in the […]

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle says Minister Simon Harris must intervene immediately or many of Kerry’s talented young people will be denied their right to a third level education… Very few college students set foot on campus during the last academic year. Instead, they spent the year at home as lectures […]

FÉILTE, the largest educational event in Ireland, is taking place online again this year on this Saturday, October 2 from 10am to 4pm and Kerry teachers and the general public are encouraged to attend virtually. Author and former teacher Roddy Doyle has been announced as keynote speaker. Tickets are free […]

WHILE they’re now scattered among the secondary schools around town, Moyderwell Mercy’s Class of 2021 were reunited briefly at St John’s Church on Sunday. The occasion was their delayed Confirmation Day which was held in two sittings to accommodate each class. The weather wasn’t great, but that didn’t dampen the […]

FR PÁDRAIG Walsh was a busy man on Saturday as he welcomed Scoil Eoin pupils to Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church for their First Holy Communion Day. There were three separate ceremonies to accommodate each class and the weather stayed dry so the families could to take some photos […]

AN online player in Kerry is celebrating today after winning the top prize of €250,000 in last night’s Lotto Plus 2 draw. The Kingdom player became the biggest winner of the night after purchasing their ticket at www.lottery.ie on Friday 24th September. The National Lottery has confirmed that a notification […]

IT was great to see crowds back at Listowel Racecoure on Friday for Ladies Day. Back, after an absence of two years, it saw women from all over the country and beyond don some amazing fashions to impress the judges. Maritess McCarthy from Cork was deemed the best dressed lady […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, on a diverse range of movies on the box this week… Perhaps it is just my infantile sense of humour, but Rowan Atkinson just cracks me up, whether it is Mr. Bean, his stand up routines or as the bumbling secret agent Johnny English. The […]

SO, things are finally getting back to normal….and fashion helps! Friday at Listowel Races saw the first real McElligotts Honda Ladies Day take place in two years, with Maritess McCarthy from Cork, resplendent in a fitted statement red dress with matching red coat and sapphire blue headpiece, catching the eye […]

A NURSE from Cork was the big winner at at McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races on Friday. Maritess McCarthy glamorous red dress was a big hit with judge Celia Holman Lee, who had a very difficult job such was the style on shoes. Maritess, who is originally from […]

The Minister for Education Norma Foley T.D. has officially announced that a multi-million euro extension has been approved for St Ita’s and St Joseph’s special school in Tralee. The extension provides for four new special educational needs classrooms for the school as well as a social skills room. The school […]

FEMALE entrepreneurs and budding businesswomen from across Kerry are being encouraged to look to the future and register for this year’s National Women’s Enterprise Day after the line-up for the event was announced. The Local Enterprise Office (LEO) initiative, now in its 15th year, will be hosted by founder and […]

SIAMSA Tíre was the venue for the launch of a new arts exhibition for children, showcasing the breadth of talent in contemporary Irish illustration while retelling the story of Samhain (Halloween) for a new generation. ‘Samhain’ will run at the Tralee venue until November 21 as part of the planned Samhain […]

A FREE information meeting aimed at advising people how to reduce energy costs homes and businesses will take place next week. The event which takes place on Wednesday, September 29 at 7.30pm, at the Manor West Hotel, Tralee, is being organised by the Kerry Sustainable Energy Co-Operative (KSEC). It aims to […]

THERE were 110 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tralee Local Electoral Area in the 14 day period up to Monday, September 20, according to figures available on the Government’s COVID-19 data hub. This is a 14-day incidence rate of 332.9 per 100,000 of the population, below the national […]

A WOMAN was arrested under the Mental Health Act 2018 in Tralee yesterday, after it is alleged she attempted to take a baby from a buggy, while the child’s mother was present. The Garda Press Office says officers attended the scene of an incident on the North Circular Road at […]

KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced American film producer and current president of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy, as the recipient of this year’s Maureen O’ Hara award. The esteemed producer has participated in the making of over 70 films worldwide including five of the fifty highest-grossing films in motion picture […]

HOTELS, bars, businesses and members of the public are all hosting events over the coming week as part of Kerry Hospice’s major fundraiser. The Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning Social for Hospice is officially taking place today but some are waiting for the weekend to host their own events. This morning […]

ST John of God Kerry Services is currently recruiting for new positions to meet the increasing needs of people across the county. Saint John of God Kerry Services provides a range of programmes and services for adults and children with an intellectual disability throughout the Kerry region. A person-centred approach […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: Who qualifies for Fuel Allowance and how is it paid? Answer: Fuel Allowance is paid under the National Fuel Scheme, operated by the Department of Social Protection. It is intended […]

ARDFERT fashion designer, Colin Horgan, live-streamed his Spring/Summer 2022 collection from Tralee onto the London Fashion Week website last Friday. His collection ‘Future Partisan’ was recorded live from an empty retail unit upstairs at Central Plaza in Tralee, and streamed onto the British Fashion Council London Fashion Week’s website. Colin describes […]

THE Tralee Harriers Athletics Club went back to training after the summer break on Tuesday evening and it was an ideal opportunity to mark the achievements of their National Juvenile and Masters Medal Winners in the past month. Six medals in total were secured at the National Juvenile Track and Field […]

IT’S a very busy week of fundraising for the Kerry Hospice Foundation with their big coffee morning fundraiser taking place tomorrow at venues around the county. There’s a very different fundraiser to close out the week though, when a tractor and vintage car run will take place on Sunday from […]