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AS part of SuperValu’s ongoing partnership with AsIAm, Ireland’s National Autism Charity, a fundraising drive will take place in Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee and all other SuperValu stores from Thursday, September 23rd to Saturday the 25th. SuperValu is encouraging customers to simply tap to donate €2 at tills when making any […]

THE Kerry Lotto player who scooped €257,723 after matching five numbers and the bonus in Saturday night’s draw has made contact with the National Lottery and arrangements are now being made for them to claim their prize. The lucky ticket holder came within just one number of the €16,419,005 jackpot […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Pa Daly, is asking the South/South West Hospital Group why elective surgeries at University Hospital Kerry are not going ahead. While UHK management announced on Friday, September 9 that elective surgeries had been cancelled up to and including Monday September 12, Deputy Daly says it […]

THE third class pupils from Moyderwell Mercy Primary School finally got to enjoy their First Holy Communion Day on Saturday. Pupils from two classes made their way to St John’s Churchon Saturday morning for the two ceremonies. While the weather wasn’t ideal, the pupils didn’t mind and they had a […]

MINISTER for for Further, Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris TD, was in Tralee yesterday to visit the Munster Technological University (MTU) Tralee campus, Kerry College campuses in Clash and Monavalley as well as Tralee Youthreach centre. He was joined by Minister for Education, Norma Foley TD on […]

CANCER support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry, will host a free creative workshop for children impacted by cancer on Thursday, September 30. The online event has been organised to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this September and will be facilitated by Recovery Haven Kerry deputy manager and art therapist, Katie O’Donoughue. […]

A STONE’S throw away from where they spent seven eight years of school, the Presentation Primary Class of 2021 got together in St John’s Church on Sunday. The occasion was their delayed Confirmation Day and the girls were reunited with teachers Ms Gibbons and Ms Broderick to finally enjoy the […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses to an alleged assault in Tralee town centre at the weekend. Shortly before midnight on Saturday, September 18, a male was allegedly assaulted by another male on Castle Street. The male did not know the person who allegedly assaulted him. The injured party was taken […]

GARDAI in Tralee have received more reports of burglaries and thefts in the Caherslee area in the past week. It follows on from reports of break-ins and thefts to cars and houses in the area in the previous week. On Wednesday, September 15, at approximately 1.30am there was a break-in […]

SATURDAY was another busy day for First Holy Communions in town with both St John’s Church and Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church hosting ceremonies. At St Brendan’s it was the turn of Third Class pupils from Listellick NS to receive the sacrament, along with one pupil from Scoil Eoin. […]

THE Kerry Cycling Campaign has announced that the monthly Critical Mass cycles are back this September. The group had suspended the events due to Covid-19 public health restrictions. The first Critical Mass ride of 2021 will take place at 6pm on Friday, September 24 at Tralee Town Square. The event […]

RACEGOERS were welcomed back for the first time in two years to the Listowel Harvest Racing Festival which started this afternoon to run for the next week. Besides the traditional Ladies Day on Friday, there was an additional Best Dressed Event – the Most Stylish Racegoerskindly sponsored by McElligotts Tralee […]

THE location was kept top secret for obvious reasons, but all was literally revealed on Sunday as Recovery Haven hosted a most unusual fundraiser. Around 170 women gathered at Derrymore beach early this morning for ‘Dip in The Nip Kerry’. The Cancer Support facility joined forces with Fenit-based Wild Water Adventures […]

A Lotto player Beaufort came within just one number of last night’s mega €16,419,005 jackpot. The lucky Kerry player matched five numbers and the bonus to win a massive €257,723 in the Saturday night draw. The winning Normal Play ticket was purchased on the day of the draw at Carson’s […]

THE pupils of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville finally got to enjoy their First Holy Communion Day on Saturday morning. Delayed from the traditional May date, the weather stayed dry while they arrived at St John’s Church, but the heavens opened as soon they went inside. However, a wet day […]

THERE was no shortage of events held all around Tralee for Culture Night 2021. The hunger for the arts was evident at events right across Kerry as culture vultures flocked to live events, theatre, music, exhibitions and tuned in online for a wide variety of events. For many, Culture Night […]

ACCLAIMED American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Peter Broderick is set to visit Tralee for an intimate concert following the release of his new solo album Blackberry. Blackberry, Peter’s first vocal album in five years, was recorded in his bedroom in London during the lock-down of 2019, hence Peter’s description of it […]

IMAGINE if the Ryder Cup was played in Kerry? How would you decide which of our amazing courses would host the competition? We’ll imagine no more as Kerry Airport has come up with a solution by asking former professional golfer Graham Spring from Tralee to combine 18 holes from around […]

A SPECIAL service will take place in Tralee later this month in memory of those who have died during the Covid pandemic. Radio Kerry with the Horizons team will broadcast the ‘Kerry Remembers’ service at 9am on Sunday morning, September 26, in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church Tralee. This multi denominational […]

THERE were 109 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tralee Local Electoral Area in the 14 day period up to Monday, September 13, according to figures available on the Government’s COVID-19 data hub. This is a 14-day incidence rate of 329.9 per 100,000 of the population, below the national […]

A STUDENT at Kerry College of Beauty, Clash Campus was awarded a ‘Best in Ireland’ award from CIDESCO International at the recent CIDESCO Congress 2021 International Virtual Makeup and Body Art Competition. Edel Joy, a Beauty Therapy Traineeship student from Listowel, won the award on Tuesday, September 8. She competed with […]

A TRALEE cafe will host a LGBT+ Drop-In service monthly for members of  the LGBT+ community over 18 years of age next Wednesday. The service is facilitated by Listowel Family Resource Centre’s LGBT Working Group for County Kerry, ScEEN in Kerry . The first drop-in is scheduled for Wednesday, September […]

A NEW vaccination centre will open at the former BorgWarner site in the next two weeks. The HSE has confirmed that the vaccination centre at the Kerry Sports Academy at MTU will close with future appointments and clinics to take place at the new centre in the Monavalley Industrial Estate […]

KERRY COLLEGE will hold a live information webinar event on Thursday 16th September at 7pm. The event will be run via Zoom and will also be streamed live via the Kerry College YouTube Channel. The event will feature the following staff: Stephen Goulding, Ioseph Nestor, John Herlihy, Elaine O’Connor, Ann Doyle, […]

‘MOVING On’ is an innovative employment programme or women in Kerry, matching women who are looking for work with employers looking for staff. Moving On offers women free training, support & links with employers. It also gives women the opportunity to update their digital skills. Over 200 women have participated […]

THERE’S just two sleeps until Culture Night returns to Kerry on Friday, September 17. And with 40 free events to celebrate the rich and diverse creativity that is alive and treasured throughout the Kingdom, it’s worth looking at what’s on around Tralee. Kerry County Council Arts Office has been busy […]

CARA Credit Union have teamed up with the Tralee Tidy Towns committee to lend support to the fantastic work done by the local group. Pa Laide, CEO of Cara Credit Union, said; ““Every day we see ordinary  people going to extraordinary lengths to make our communities better places to live. […]

AS part of An Garda Síochána’s  investigation into the death of Baby John in Caherciveen in 1984, the remains of the baby were exhumed by Gardaí at Holy Cross Cemetery, Caherciveen, this morning and taken to the morgue at University Hospital Kerry, for examination. The exhumation commenced at first light and […]

A TRALEE student has won a category in the 67th Texaco Children’s Art Competition. The winners, runners-up and merit award recipients in seven different categories were announced on their website today. Clodagh McCluskey, a 15 year old student at Presentation Secondary School Tralee, won Category B (14-15 years) for ‘Feathers’, […]

A LEADING bookmakers has Jack O’Connor the clear favourite to return as the Kerry senior football team manager. Paddy Power believes the ‘third coming of Jack’ will be the most likely recommendation from the Kerry GAA sub-committee formed last night tasked with finding the next manager. Jack is 5/4 for the […]