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GALLYS Bar and Restaurant presented cheques for over €2,000 to Recovery Haven on Thursday morning thanks to a fundraiser last week. The business on the Castlemaine Road, which has been big supporters of Recovery Haven for many years, urged people to visit their drive-thru facility on Monday, November 9 to pick […]

RESEARCH has been ongoing in Tralee for the past number of months by IT Tralee students as part of a project undertaken for Tralee Chamber to support retailers in Tralee. Following detailed work undertaken earlier this year as part of the ‘Lets Talk About Town’ surveys, Tralee Chamber and a […]

CLEAN Coasts are asking the people of Tralee to join well-known Tralee people to ‘Think Before You Flush’ this World Toilet Day. Tralee Tidy Towns and GLAN Tralee, in conjunction with Clean Coasts and Irish Water, have presented a new ‘Think Before You Flush’ video featuring well-known Tralee folk at […]

KERRY College of Further Education and Training (Kerry College) has announced a new fee-free and fully funded skills development programme focused on sterilisation and sanitation for the Beauty Therapy and Spa industry. Given the ongoing pressures on this sector due to COVID-19, Kerry College and CIDESCO International felt that schools, […]

THE Kerry County Council Arts Grants application process is now open for projects and activities taking place in 2021. The closing date for receipt of applications is 1pm Thursday, December 17, 2020. Under the Arts Act 2003, funding is allocated to individuals or groups where activities, projects and undertakings stimulate […]

RADIO Kerry’s annual county wide Christmas Jumper Day fundraiser for St Vincent de Paul will take place on Friday, December 11. It is the seventh year of the fundraising initiative which to date has raised over €95,000.  The 2020 target is to achieve at least €15,000. Christmas Jumper Day is […]

A NEW CD featuring some of Kerry’s best loved songs has just been launched to raise funds for cancer support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry. The perfect Christmas stocking filler for fans of Irish ballads, ‘Songs of Kerry and Others’ has been compiled by well-known Dingle man Thomas O’Callaghan and was […]

A TRALEE man raised thousands of euro for two great causes after a marathon swim a couple of months ago. Ger McDonnell from Clogherbrien swam from Locke’s Beach in Fenit to Mucklough Rock and back, a distance of 18km, on September 14 with funds raised going to Tralee Mens Shed […]

THE Sports and Social Club in University Hospital Kerry this week received a consignment of the Kerry Gift Card. Looking to throw their support behind Kerry businesses and to show their gratitude for the ongoing assistance from local businesses, the Club have purchased a batch of the new gift cards […]

Christmas will be here before you know it, so it’s time to select those wonderful Christmas presents for loved ones. John Fitzgerald Jewellers in The Square, Tralee, will see you right with this selection of gifts for her, available instore for collection and online… Buying a meaningful gift for a […]

CARA Credit Union has come on board to support a community organisation which has provided fantastic service in the Tralee area for decades. The Tralee Branch of The Irish Red Cross celebrated 80 years in Tralee last year. Over these years, the volunteers have served our communities in Kerry diligently. […]

CHRISTMAS is just over five weeks away, so it’s time to get serious about buying presents for the special people in your life. Well The Ashe Hotel and Manor West Hotel have the ideal solution which will offer the gift of happy memories at both properties with their flexible gift […]

RECOVERY Haven is hoping the public will support their annual flag day which this year is taking place online. Friday, November 20 was due to be Recovery Haven Kerry’s official fundraising Flag Day when hard-working volunteers take to the streets in towns across Kerry for the collection. However, with Level […]

KERRY County Council is inviting people in the county to participate in and avail of a programme of events and initiatives which are being rolled out across Kerry under the national ‘Keep Well’ campaign. The local authority will be providing information online about keeping well during the coronavirus pandemic and […]

YET another weather warning has been issued by Met Éireann for the county. It’s only been a few days since the last one and now another Status Yellow Wind warning will be in effect for Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork and Limerick tomorrow. Southwest to west winds veering northwest will […]

SIAMSA Tíre is looking for a local visual artist that can create an impact with a creative representation of Siamsa on a prominent shop window in the town of Tralee. The aim of the piece is to add some colour and festive cheer within the town to help the local […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information after a burglary in the Caherwisheen area of town on Sunday night. They are especially asking people to lookout for a grey Skoda Octavia car which could be connected with the incident, where a house that is currently under construction was […]

GARDAI in Tralee are warning the public about an online scam after a Kerry man was conned out of a substantial amount of money recently. The AIB customer received a text message from what he thought was his bank, advising him to change his account details through a link provided […]

THE first ever online meeting of Kerry County Council took place on Monday following the signing of the necessary ministerial order to enable local authorities to meet remotely and to allow councillors to vote on various matters. The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Patrick Connor-Scarteen, chaired the meeting from […]

THE Tralee Debenhams workers protesting at Manor West have organised a canned food drive in aid of Tralee Soup Kitchen to take place tomorrow (Tuesday). The drive marks 222 days of the workers fighting for fair redundancy terms. The Tralee Picket Line will take donations for the Soup Kitchen and […]

THE Tralee jobless figure fell in October by 43 on the previous month but was up by just over 1% on the same month in 2019. However, 13,547 employees and self-employed people in the county are getting the Pandemic Unemployment Payment. The Live Register figures for Tralee shows there were […]

IT’S going to get very windy tomorrow in Kerry to go along with the heavy showers expected. In fact, a Status Yellow Wind warning for Munster has been issued by Met Éireann. Strong and gusty southwest to west winds with gusts in excess of 90km/h. The warning is valid from 11am on […]

THE award- winning and uplifting documentary ‘Kilimanjaro Mama’ is to be made available to the public to view for free on YouTube next week. Due for release on Friday, November 20 at 8pm, ‘Kilimanjaro Mama’ invites audiences into theinspiring world of Kerry woman Louise Quill and documents her unrelenting passion […]

KERRY County Council and the Southern Regional Waste Management Planning Office are highlighting the role that everyone in Kerry can play in reducing waste during Waste Awareness Week which runs from next Monday to Friday, November 16-20. An online publicity campaign will focus on the facilities available at Kerry’s five […]

KERRY County Council has to this point in November received a total sum of €11,778,139.23 of a commercial rates rebate from the Government. The rates rebate covers the period from March – January since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is not the full allocation as a further payment […]

KERRY artists are invited to apply to be in with a chance of receiving an €8,000 bursary as part of the ‘Platform 31’ initiative. The Association of Local Authority Arts Officers (LAAOs), in collaboration with the Arts Council, present PLATFORM 31 – a national opportunity for artists to develop their […]

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley TD has today announced €1.9 million in minor works grants for primary and post-primary schools in Kerry to be paid in early December, 2020. The €1.9 million payments involve an additional €1m funding for Covid-19 related Minor Works at post-primary level and bringing forward from 2021 the […]

KERRY County Council is encouraging people in the county to shine a light for road safety on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims this Sunday. The campaign, in memory for all of those who have lost their lives on our roads, will see council buildings across Ireland lit […]

AN Bord Pleanala has granted planning permission (subject to conditions) for the €20m South Kerry Greenway which has the potential to transform tourism in the area. The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Patrick Connor-Scarteen has welcomed the decision for the development of the South Kerry Greenway which will be […]

WITH COVID restrictions remaining in place and large indoor gatherings unlikely to return for months, sports clubs have had to become more inventive when it comes to fundraising activities. Na Gaeil GAA usually holds their annual race night around this time of the year and are determined that the show […]