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A TOTAL of seven Kerry charities and community bodies have received donations as part of Aldi’s Community Grants Programme across the last 12 months. The programme has seen Aldi donate a total of €3,500 to charities across Kerry who provide vital services and make a huge difference within their community. […]

TEMPLE Street Foundation and CMRF Crumlin – which are both part of the Children’s Health Foundation family – are inviting everyone in Kerry to take part in their ‘Tour De County’ challenge fundraiser in support of sick children and their families in CHI at Temple Street and Crumlin. ‘Tour De […]

KERRY College of Further Education and Training (Kerry College) has announced that its full-time courses are scheduled to commence on Monday, September 7. Kerry College offers courses that link to employment or courses that open up progression routes to third level. Applications are now open and course places will be […]

THE Diocese of Kerry has issued extensive guidelines for churches and parishioners, as Masses are set to return in the coming weeks. The guidelines are designed to assist parishes in making the necessary preparations to ensure that the church is ready to welcome parishioners for the celebration of public Mass. […]

KERRY Cycling Campaign are calling on Kerry County Council and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport to establish cycle routes and associated signage across the county. The Campaign says that with most tourism being domestic or local in the near term, it is important to improve the cycle tourism […]

THE latest results from the ‘Let’s Talk About Tralee’ survey relate to respondents’ perceptions of environmental sustainability, biodiversity and the cleanliness of the town and shows green issues are important to them, regardless of their age or gender profile. The implementation of environmental sustainability practices by businesses is considered to be an important […]

DEPUTY Pa Daly, Sinn Féin TD for Kerry, has expressed his concern over the lack of detailed plans for the return of driving tests after figures from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) showed that there are 954 people waiting for a driving test in Tralee and 765 in Killarney. The figures give […]

KERRY County Council will progress their works on the town centre this September with Russell Street the first place to receive a revamp with new footpath and road surfacing. Construction starts September 2020 with a break from December 7 to January 1. During this period there will be no thought traffic […]

TOMORROW is set to be a wet and windy Saturday in Kerry as Met Eireann issued two weather warnings this afternoon. A Status Yellow Wind warning will come into effect from 9am on Saturday as, in coastal areas and on exposed hills and mountains, southerly winds will reach mean speeds […]

THE Institute of Technology Tralee has secured €1.031 million in funding and 418 places under the Government’s Springboard+ initiative for the academic year 2020/2021. In total, IT Tralee is offering 15  Springboard+ programmes through its Life Long Learning Department, as part of its suite of part-time courses. Programmes offered at […]

PEOPLE are invited to pay their respects to Detective Garda Colm Horkan by signing books of condolence in Kerry Garda Stations today. The books are being opened in the public offices of Tralee, Killarney and Listowel Garda stations. The 49-year-old was shot dead with his own gun in Castlerea, Co. […]

A FAMILY syndicate from Kerry have claimed a Lotto jackpot prize worth a whopping €9,772,175 after a two month wait and revealed that the winning ticket lay in a handbag, unchecked, for almost a week. The syndicate, who scooped the largest Lotto jackpot ever to be won in Kerry on […]

THE 54321 Challenge is back for its eighth year this August, but obviously this time it will be a bit different. The Challenge was originally started eight years ago with teams of five people over four days, completing three cycles and climbing two mountains in Kerry for local charities. The […]

KERRY County Council has submitted the project proposal ‘Positioning Tralee as a Regional Economic Driver and Destination Town’ to the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund (URDF). The Council’s long-term vision for Tralee is to enhance its position as a driver of county and regional prosperity through a regeneration programme that […]

CARA Credit Union has donated a further €750 to Meals on Wheels Tralee for the fourth month in a row. To date Cara Credit Union has donated €3,000 over 4 months to Meals on Wheels Tralee and an additional  €3,500 has been distributed in the same period to Meals on […]

A LOCAL woman is taking on a swimming challenge this summer with the aim of raising €5,000 for Down Syndrome Kerry. Rachel Fitzgerald aims to swim from Derrymore Strand to Fenit beach — a distance of about 5k — sometime between August 1st and 15th, depending on weather. Rachel has […]

A FIRE has caused damage in a building on Denny Street overnight. Three units of the fire service — two from Tralee and one from Castleisland —attended the scene of a fire in Finnegan’s hostel shortly before 4am. Gardaí and the fire service were alerted and the building was evacuated. The fire […]

CRUINNIÚ na nÓg Kerry 2020 was hosted on various digital platforms on Saturday last with creativity and innovation on display across all events. This year’s event was programmed at a particularly challenging time for all. In the middle of the global health crisis of COVID-19, Kerry County Council Arts Office […]

THE Sports and Social Club at University Hospital Kerry has thanked the organisers of a fundraising tractor run which has raised €5,000 for the frontline workers. They thanked the organising committee of the Tractor Run — Brendan Griffin, Justin Horgan, Eamonn Curby, John McElligott, Mossie J Harmon, Jeremiah Clifford and […]

KERRY Fianna Fáil TD Norma Foley TD says some small business owners have been left without any government supports to help them out of the COVID-19 crisis and many fear they may never be able to reopen. B&Bs and a wide range of other small businesses including some bus operators, […]

GARDAI in Tralee are looking for information in relation to break-in and criminal damage incidents in the Tralee area over the past week. On Wednesday, June 10, a break-in occurred at a house in Rathanny at about 5pm. Nothing was taken in the break-in as the burglars were disturbed and […]

KERRY Airport Ireland has introduced enhanced measures to protect and ensure a smooth and safe passage for passengers who plan to return to the sky next month following the relaxation of Covid-19 travelling restrictions. All Ryanair routes to London, Manchester, Hahn, Berlin, Alicante, Faro will commence from or after July […]

KERRY-BASED ‘The Welcoming Project’ will host a dance and donate event online on Zoom in solidarity with ‘Black Lives Matter’ and people in Direct Provision in Ireland. The Welcoming Project has invited Yah’Ya Kamate, from Ivory Coast, who teaches West African dance at the Ailey Extension in New York, to […]

VISITORS returning to Kerry as the COVID-19 restrictions continue to ease can be assured that it is a safe destination to visit and stay thanks to a new Safe Destination Programme which involves the training of thousands of staff in the retail and hospitality industries in best practice cleaning protocols. […]

THE 24 finalists of the 2020 EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Ireland programme have been revealed and one of those shortlisted is from Tralee. Entrepreneurs Paul and Neil Fitzgibbon of Ard Rí Marble Group will hope to follow in the footsteps of well-known Kerry businessman Edmond Harty of Dairymaster, who […]

SINN Féin Kerry County Councillor Deirdre Ferris has called for greater protection for sand dunes following a recent Banna fire which resulted in damage to four acres. The Tralee MD councillor wants a temporary closure of all secondary and unsupervised car parks to Kerry’s local beaches until a plan of […]

CANCER Support charity Recovery Haven Kerry is calling on the public to get involved in its new Challenge32 initiative, organised by fundraising platform Just Giving. The idea is simple and open to adults and children alike, of all abilities. All you need to do is think of an activity or […]

NEXT Sunday Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) is inviting households, neighbours and communities to join them for Ireland’s biggest street dance and Dance4DSI to help raise vital funds to continue and improve upon their growing online services to support children and adults with Down syndrome and their families throughout Ireland. The […]

YOU might have noticed we’ve had some rain today! Well it looks like the afternoon and evening will be more of the same according to Met Éireann. A Status Yellow Thunder warning has been issued for Munster, Connacht, Cavan, Monaghan, Donegal, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Offaly and Westmeath. Thunderstorms will develop […]

TOMORROW will see a convoy of vehicles pass through Tralee, all for a good cause. A vintage tractor run will take place from Ardfert village on this Sunday in appreciation of the staff at University Hospital Kerry. The run will leave the village at 2pm and make its way to […]