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KERRY County Council has commenced the local rollout of the new ‘In This Together’ initiative which is a national campaign aimed at promoting activity, mental wellbeing and staying connected during the COVID-19 emergency. The #In this Together Campaign Kerry is building on the concept of doing something that makes people […]

A MERCY Mounthawk student has received an award in the Stagewise inaugural School Musical Awards competition. The school received six nominations for their musical ‘Hairspray’ which ran in January, in Siamsa Tíre, and Promise Ekwuhama won the award for Best Female Singer. This year the school entered a new School […]

MANAGEMENT at South / South West Hospital Group, which includes University Hospital Kerry, are appealing to members of the public to continue to follow the Government’s Covid-19 guidelines relating to social distancing and hand hygiene, to ensure that they do not contribute to the spread of the coronavirus. The S/SWHG […]

A FILM by two Kerry-based filmmakers will be released online this coming Tuesday and features a well-known comedian from the county. Ben Kavanagh from Tralee and Luke Murphy from Killarney created ​’Meat Is Murder​’, which is an independent short action-comedy written, directed and produced by the duo. The film was shot […]

Cruinniú na nÓg is Ireland’s national day of free creativity for children and young people but of course this year things are different and events are taking place online. One of the projects happening in the county is Present Day Poetry – Kerry. This will be a digital e-book, containing […]

DON’T forget that a vital fundraiser is taking place this weekend to help out the Kerry Hospice Foundation Palliative Care Unit, especially since Sunflower Day has been cancelled. The Covid-19 pandemic is affecting fundraising campaigns for the Kerry Hospice so a local woman decided to help organise an event for […]

ALDI has planted 15,000 trees on a site in Muingaphuca in the heart of mid-Kerry. The initiative is the latest step in Aldi’s Carbon Reduction Pledge, which saw Aldi achieve Carbon Neutral status at the beginning of 2019. The new plantation of native Irish woodland will help to encourage local […]

A TRALEE councillor is calling for Kerry County Council to help retailers, bars and restaurants wherever possible over the coming weeks and months. Fianna Fáil councillor Mikey Sheehy says the Council could introduce additional measures which would put these businesses on a more steady footing and assist them through the […]

An Garda Síochána and The Road Safety Authority (RSA) have renewed their appeal for road users to take extra care when using the roads, as provisional collision figures for 2020 show that there has been a 17% increase in the number of fatal crashes and a 9% increase in road […]

SIOBHAN O’Sullivan, Kerry Film Development Officer with Kerry ETB in association with Kerry County Council, is delighted to announce a new website has been launched to enable Film and TV professionals to connect directly with the film services, locations and expertise available in Kerry. www.screenkerry.ie is a one stop shop for […]

THE results of a recent survey undertaken by Tralee Chamber Alliance, in association with TraleeToday.ie, has shown approval for pedestrianisation in town, a preference for ‘first hour’ free parking and shows a generational difference in the times people like to come to town. The results from the detailed ‘Let’s Talk About […]

THE Institute of Technology Tralee (ITT) and  Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) will  join to become the Munster Technological University on January 1, 2021. An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar TD, Minister for Education and Skills Joe McHugh TD and Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor made the announcement […]

WELL-KNOWN Tralee woman Mairead Fernane decided to shave off her hair in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foundation and in memory of her niece who passed away last September. The former Fine Gael town councillor and staunch Austin Stacks clubwoman has been volunteering with Kerry Hospice for years but decided […]

STUDENTS from Tralee schools were among the winners of a national journalism and writing competition. The result of ‘Press Pass’ run by NewsBrands Ireland were announced yesterday and Caylin Murray, Mercy Secondary School was deemed winner of the ‘Opinion’ category, while Cian Ó Grifín of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí was second in the ‘Photojournalism’ […]

DR Brendan O’Donnell has been appointed as Interim President of the Institute of Technology Tralee. Dr O’Donnell stated that he was “honoured to be appointed and looking forward to working with the Governing Body, staff and students and all our stakeholders to ensure that the Institute continues to grow and […]

GARDAI in Tralee are looking for the public’s help in relation to theft and criminal damage incident over the past week. On Tuesday, May 19, between 12 noon and 2pm, the rear of a vehicle was damaged at Manor West car park. The rear registration plate was taken off the car […]

THE Institute of Technology Tralee has today announced details of a number of free online workshops commencing on Tuesday 2nd of June and running over three weeks to Thursday 18th of June. The workshops will cover topics such as Sustainable Food Production, Food Allergens & Food Related Diseases, Culinary Operations […]

KERRY Fianna Fáil TD Norma Foley says patients in Kerry are being forgotten as waiting lists at University Hospital Kerry have increased significantly since the start of the Coronavirus pandemic. The Tralee woman is calling for the cancellation of the HSE contract with private hospitals, and for the money to […]

  ST. John’s Church in Castle Street has re-opened for silent prayer from 10am (12 noon Sunday) to 6pm each day and is attracting a steady stream of worshippers. Measures to combat COVID-19 have been introduced, with a one-way route in operation through the church and hand sanitiser provided on […]

AS part of Kerry County Council’s gradual resumption of services, the Council’s Planning Offices in Áras an Chontae will reopen on Monday, May 25. The opening of the Planning Offices to the public will be by appointment only, and customers are advised that full planning services continue to be available […]

THE Irish Cancer Society is encouraging people across Kerry to get active and clock up a Marathon in a Month this June to help support people affected by cancer. The effects of the coronavirus pandemic are far-reaching for the cancer community and the Irish Cancer Society has expanded its services […]

WE’VE been enjoying a fantastic spell of weather over the past two months but it’s about to change (temporarily) over the next couple of days. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Wind warning for Kerry taking effect from this evening. Southeast winds, veering southwesterly will reach mean speeds of 50 […]

Gardaí seized over €15,000 of suspected drugs in west Kerry on Wednesday. Shortly after 6pm Gardaí from Dingle, assisted by Tralee Gardaí, executed a search warrant at a house in the Castlegregory area. During the search Gardaí discovered €15,200 of suspected cannabis plants and €350 of suspected cannabis resin and herb. […]

CARA Credit Union together with all the credit unions throughout the country have been named the most highly regarded organisations in Ireland according to the latest Ireland RepTrak® 2020 study carried out by The Reputations Agency. With a score of 83.7, credit unions took the top spot overall for their role as a trusted cornerstone of local communities […]

AN Garda Síochána will conduct a national speed enforcement operation “Slow Down”, supported by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) for a 24 hour period from 7am on Friday to 7am this Saturday. The operation will consist of high visibility speed enforcement in 1,322 speed enforcement zones. They will also deliver […]

THE Kerry Tourism Industry Federation (KTIF) is calling on Kerry’s politicians to set aside their differences and mobilise behind their county as the Kingdom braces itself for the economic fallout from Covid-19. According to an assessment commissioned by Kerry County Council and compiled by economist James Dorgan, the economy in […]

THE residents of Casement View and St. Brendan’s Terrace Ardfert recently organised small events adhering to social distancing guidelines to fundraise for local charities. At 4:30am on Saturday, May 9, a small number of residents from the estates took part in a mini-social distancing Darkness into Light in aid of […]

KERRY Fianna Fáil TD, Norma Foley, says the Transport Minister needs to outline the government’s plan for dealing with the backlog of provisional licences and driving tests, which is continuing to build up during the Coronavirus restrictions. Deputy Foley said; “Learner drivers here in Kerry, particularly in rural areas, are […]

TRALEE Chamber is calling on all businesses and the people of Tralee to be united in making sure no one gets left behind in the current COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the MyTralee movement, the Chamber is launching a new online business marketplace aimed at supporting businesses in the town […]

PLANS for the Island of Geese in Tralee should be revised in light of the Covid19 crisis, according to the Kerry branch of the Green Party. “We now need more open spaces in which we can move freely while maintaining physical distance,” said the party’s Tralee representative Anne-Marie Fuller. “This […]