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SHANE Enright has today announced his retirement from inter-county football. It’s the latest retirement from the Kerry set-up after Jonathan Lyne and Brian Kelly made the same decision in the past week. The Tarbert man made his League debut against Cork in 2011 and in the same year he made […]

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a single car collision in Moyvane today. At approximately 12:40am Gardaí and Emergency services were alerted to a single car collision on Main Street, Moyvane. The driver of the car, a man in his 40s, was pronounced dead at the scene a short time […]

TWO stalwarts of Kerry’s Science Technology Engineering & Maths industry will kick off 2021 with the first STEM event of the year. Maeve Townsend, acting programme manager with KerrySciTech, a not-for-profit organization established to connect, promote, influence and develop Kerry’s science, technology and engineering ecosystem and Dr. Julie Behan, research […]

MANOR West Retail Park is set to have a new tenant by June with the creation of 12 full-time jobs. Danish retail company JYSK is to open its third Irish store to date in Tralee at Unit 5 Manor West Retail Park in Tralee. Staff recruitment is already underway. Founded […]

GARDAI in Tralee are looking for information in relation to burglary and criminal damage incidents last week. On Wednesday, December 30, a burglary took place at Hare Street, Blennerville between 6pm and 7pm. Gardaí are appealing to anyone who saw anything suspicious in the area at the time. On the […]

MET Éireann has issued a Status Yellow  Low Temperature/Ice warning for Ireland. Temperatures will fall to minus 3 or 4 degrees tonight, colder locally away from coasts. This will lead to a widespread hard ground frost and icy surfaces, with potentially dangerous conditions. The warning is valid from 6pm on […]

Continuing our look back at the stories we brought you in 2020, here’s the news from December… • It was reported on December 1 that data from the Environmental Protection Agency from on the last weekend of November showed high air pollution levels in Tralee. The county capital was among a […]

Continuing our look back at the stories we brought you in 2020, here’s the news from November… • Following a nationwide search to uncover Ireland’s most inspirational people, eight-year-old Caoilinn Harte from Listowel, is celebrating after being named an Inspirational Hero in the Gala Retail and Virgin Media Inspiration Awards. Nominated […]

Continuing our look back at the stories we brought you in 2020, here’s the news from October… • The Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) with the assistance of local Gardaí and the Garda Southern Region Armed Support Unit (ASU) conducted a search operation in Listowel in early October and seized cash, […]

TRALEE Rugby Club raised over €2,900 in memory of its former club president this with a Movember campaign in aid of Kerry Hospice Foundation. The Tralee J1s senior team wanted to recognise the fantastic care staff at the Palliative Care Unit gave Seán Kelly before he passed away and great work […]

IRELAND’S newest technological university is established today. Munster Technological University (MTU) is a consortium of Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) and Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) and was designated as a technological university earlier this year. MTU is a multi-campus technological university, providing academic programmes that support student development and […]

Continuing our look back at the stories we brought you in 2020, here’s the news from September… • Kerins O’Rahillys GAA club asked residents in estates surrounding their pitches to be vigilant and contact gardaí if they see any anti-social behaviour on their grounds. The request comes after damage was caused to […]

THERE has never been a better time to do this. With the news that we are now in Lockdown Mk 3, January is looking bleaker than usual this new year. So as well as washing the hands, wearing facemasks and social distancing, keeping the body and mind healthy and building […]

Continuing our look back at the stories we brought you in 2020, here’s the news from August… • There were calls for the Bird family to reconsider their decision to open their funfair for two weeks in Tralee in August. Tralee area councillors were notified about the decision by Birds to […]

A SPECIAL message of hope for the people of Kerry will be broadcast online this evening, New Year’s Eve. 2020 has been an extremely challenging and usually, on New Year’s Eve, families and friends gather together to see out the old year and welcome in the new year. This year, […]

Continuing our look back at the stories we brought you in 2020, here’s the news from July… • Data from AIB revealed Friday, June 12 was the busiest day for shopping in Kerry as stores reopened after lockdown. The data was been compiled from over one million AIB debit and credit […]

KERRY County Council is encouraging members of the public to adhere closely to the Level 5 restrictions and, in line with Government advice, people are reminded to stay at home except for essential purposes. The Government announced the imposition of Level 5 Covid-19 restrictions – the highest level of restrictions […]

Continuing our review of 2020, here’s some of the stories we brought you from June… • NoteCloud, the company behind the ‘See Something Say Something’ technology, reported a 100% increase in the number of the reports sent to Gardai in Tralee since the COVID-19 Restrictions were introduced in mid-March. Over 200 […]

POETRY Emotion Ireland is hosting an online reading of Charles Dickens ‘A Christmas Carol’ adapted and performed by Tralee actor James Finnegan this evening, Wednesday, December 30th at 8pm. James, who is also the resident movie reviewer of this parish,  has adapted this much loved story and will present it […]

Continuing our review of 2020, here’s some of the stories we brought you from May… • May started on a bright note for someone who bought a National Lottery game ticket in Tralee. The Telly Bingo game winner of €10,000 purchased their ticket at the Tesco town centre branch in […]

Continuing our review of 2020, here’s some of the stories we brought you from April… • The Kerry Cycling Campaign called for motorists to slow down and take more care following an increased number of road deaths and injuries so far in 2020. With so many people out walking and cycling […]

FENIT Development Association has welcomed the decision by An Bord Pleanala to grant permission for the restoration of diving boards at Fenit after an absence of 25 years. Permission was granted subject to conditions and amendments to the plan. However, funding for the construction of the project is now needed […]

Continuing our review of 2020, here’s some of the stories we brought you from March… • News on March 1 from the INMO revealed the organisation recorded the highest number of patients waiting on trolleys in UHK for the month of February since records began. There were 449 patients waiting on […]

GARDAÍ carried out a number of arrests this Monday morning in the Killarney area in relation to an assault and public order incident which occurred in Hazelwood Drive, Killarney, in the early hours of Christmas Eve. During this morning’s operation, four properties were searched as part of an investigation into […]

AFTER a number of warnings over the past couple of days, yet another Status Yellow Wind warning been issued by Met Eireann for Kerry. The warning is in effect for Kerry as well as Donegal, Galway, Mayo and Sligo. This evening and tonight northwesterly winds will reach mean speeds of 50 […]

Continuing our review of the stories we brought you this year, here’s the news from February… • The Kerry Association in Dublin’s Kerry Person of the Year was announced as Dr Patricia Sheahan on February 1. Listowel native Dr Sheahan, is Head of Palliative Care at University Hospital Kerry, and […]

SAINT John of God Kerry Services are spread throughout the county of Kerry in Beaufort, Caherciveen, Castleisland, Dingle, Kenmare, Killarney, Killorglin, Listowel and Tralee. They have over 400 staff and provide training, employment, social and residential programmes for over 300 children and adults with intellectual disabilities. They run programmes for […]

Beginning our review of the news we brought you this year, we start at the obvious point, January… • Believe it or not, the year started off on a positive note, with the news that someone who bought their Millionaire Raffle ticket in Fenit had won €100,000. The lucky lady […]

A Status Yellow – Wind warning has been issued by Met Éireann for Kerry this evening. The warning also affects Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Sligo, Clare and Cork. This evening through to tomorrow, northwesterly winds associated with Storm Bella, veering northerly overnight, will reach mean speeds of 50 to 65km/h with […]

WHILE we’ll enjoy the dry, calm weather today and tomorrow, a change is on the way for St Stephen’s Day. Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow Wind warning for Kerry, Clare, Cork, Limerick, Connacht and Donegal for Saturday. Through Saturday afternoon, evening and night, westerly winds associated with Storm Bella […]