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THE world premiere of a documentary about a Tralee woman and how she transformed the lives of children in Africa will take place as part of the Kerry Film Festival this weekend. ‘Kilimanjaro Mama’ tells the story of Louise Quill, who created the Tír na nÓg orphanage in Tanzania through sheer […]

A SCHOOL which is renowned for its high standard of Post-Primary education is holding an open day this Saturday and Sunday. Coláiste Íde is a 7 day boarding school for girls situated in the Dingle Peninsula. With a capacity for 150 students, Coláiste Íde provides education through the medium of Irish. […]

THE latest Kerry Businesswomen’s Network event took place in Tralee last Wednesday in Ballygarry House Hotel. KBN in collaboration with ‘Moving On’ — the employment programme for women in Kerry — brought Karen O’Reilly, founder of Employmum and one of Silicon Republic’s ten ‘Future of Work’ Influencers to Kerry to talk […]

BISHOP Ray Browne is inviting all who have worked in the developing world or on the missions to an Evening of Celebration on Tuesday, October 22 at 8pm in St John’s Parish Centre, Tralee. Many people in the diocese have worked with NGOs as development workers, with Viatores Christi, Trocaire, […]

A TRALEE woman will launch her first book on Thursday, October 24, at 6.30pm in Tralee Library. In 2013, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, a young journalist and content creator, was racially abused and spat upon in Dublin’s city centre. Having dealt with racism throughout her young life, Úna-Minh had finally had enough. […]

FESTIVE scenes and images of Kerry at Christmas adorn the new set of Christmas cards launched by the Kerry Hospice Foundation last night. Members of the Kerry Camogie team which won the Junior All-Ireland final this year were present with Kerry footballer David Moran for the launch of the cards […]

MERCY Mounthawk students had a successful weekend at the Munster Senior Schools Gala – at the UL Arena on Sunday. Sara Lucid came first in the Girls 15-16 100m breaststroke while Girls 14 – 16 200 Freestyle Relay team of Sara Lucid, Alex Perez, Ava Gannon and Grace Reidy and the […]

THE newly-established Kerry College of Further Education and Training is collaborating again with Code Institute to offer an intensive classroom-based delivery of their online coding boot camp to train 14 local candidates to become junior software developers in just 15 weeks. In a first for Kerry, the accelerated bootcamp programme […]

GARDAI are trying to identify the person who stole a large plastic ice-cream cone from outside a filling station in Tralee two weeks ago. They are examining CCTV footage from O’Connor’s filling station at Rathass from the early hours of Wednesday, October 2. Speaking on Radio Kerry’s Talkabout programme on Monday, […]

THE community came out in force on Sunday morning for the inaugural Run Ballymac event from St Brendan’s community centre. With glorious sunshine, conditions were perfect for the half marathon, 10k, 5k and family run events put on by Ballymacelligott GAA Club. Around 350 people of all ages registered for the […]

A MEETING will take place next week about rising insurance costs threatening the future of small businesses in Tralee. Tralee Chamber Alliance in association with Bank of Ireland are hosting an event entitled ‘Business Insurance – where to from here?’ on Monday, October 21 next from 6pm in the Bank […]

FIANNA Fáil TD for Kerry John Brassil has written to the Minister of State for the Office of Public Works and Flood Relief to request emergency funding for families in Tralee whose homes have been affected by recent heavy rainfall. More than a dozen houses in O’Connor’s Terrace in Boherbee had to […]

AFTER some local speculation, Golden Discs have officially confirmed that they will open their first store in Kerry on Saturday, October 19th. The store will be located in unit 2 Central Plaza, Abbey Court Tralee and will employ six staff, doubling that number for the festive trading period. Golden Discs […]

PUPILS at Presentation Primary School are once again getting a chance to show their artistic side by taking part in Year 2 of the Creative Schools Initiative. The theme is “Shape and Space”, so they decided to look at the space we occupy predominantly in our lives and what kind […]

IN case you didn’t notice, there was a lot of rain last night and this morning! There was a Status Yellow Rainfall warning in effect for Kerry but it has now been lifted. There has been flooding in the Boherbee/Clash area of town at the filling station near the Horan […]

A LINE-UP consisting of the best of local ballad/ folk musicians and singers will entertain at a special fundraising concert this December at The Ashe Hotel. It’s a who’s who of the local scene appearing with Spailpín, Flight of Earls, Ronnie Ryan, Sligo & Shenanigans, Joe & Pam, Dreams of […]

IF you enjoy waking up to Ireland AM on Virgin Media One, then this day of beauty, fashion, cookery and health matters is definitely for you. A one-day event at Ballygarry House Hotel on Sunday, November 10, from 9.30am to 4.30pm, will be hosted by the show’s presenters Anna Daly and Simon […]

CHECK your tickets again folks! After a winning Euromillons Plus ticket was sold in Killarney gaining the lucky winner €500,000 just over a week ago, another winning Lotto ticket has been sold in the county. And it was sold in Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee, Lower Rock Street! People are asked to […]

THE inaugural Dingle Literary Festival (Dingle Lit) takes place in November with a great line-up of events and guests. Over the weekend of November 22-24, Dingle Lit celebrates and aims to enhance the cultural life of the Dingle Peninsula. It is a new, inclusive and accessible festival for adults and […]

Gardaí in Killarney are appealing for witnesses following a serious collision involving a cyclist and a car. At approximately 11.30am a male cyclist in his 30s was seriously injured when he was struck by a car on the N71 at Eric, Molls Gap. He was removed by ambulance to University […]

A MAN is being detained at Tralee Garda Station after an incident at a petrol station in Cloonmore, Tralee, last night. Three men were treated for injuries following the incident. The men, one in his 40s and two aged in their 50s, were struck on the back of their heads with […]

PREPARATIONS are well underway for a night of fabulous fashion at Mercy Mounthawk gym organised by the school’s Transition Year students. With a theme of ‘The Roaring Twenties’, hundreds of students and their families are set to enjoy a great show on Thursday, October 24, which will benefit charities M.S Ireland, […]

FOUR Gala convenience stores in Kerry have been awarded the Gala B.E.S.T Award for excellence in retail at the 2019 Gala B.E.S.T Awards, with O’Shea’s in Blennerville winning the Champion Award’. Presented to stores that are deemed ‘outstanding’ following a comprehensive and independent assessment process under the Gala ‘Business Excellence […]

THERE’LL be wall to wall witches and ghouls in the Ashe Hotel in two weeks when the Inspired group hosts a Monster Mash Ball. The event takes place on October 24 from 7.45pm to 10pm and everyone is invited to come along. Admission is €15. As Sarah Fitzmartin, a member of the […]

TWO coffee mornings, two worthy causes. Visitors to O’Sullivan’s Pharmacy at Centrepoint on Edward Street and Paco on The Mall were treated to all sorts of goodies on Friday morning. Staff  at O’Sullivan’s were on hand to serve up coffee, buns and more while there was even free blood pressure testing […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I got the seasonal flu vaccine last year. Do I need to get it again this year? Answer: Influenza, usually known as the flu, is highly infectious and anyone can […]

DO you know someone in the hospitality industry who is deserving of an award for their commitment to their customers and loyalty to their colleagues? Nominations are currently being sought for the second annual Connect Kerry Hospitality Awards and the deadline for entries is fast approaching ahead of this year’s […]

CUTBACKS to services at at University Hospital Kerry are to come into effect from next Monday. The walk-in chest x-ray service is scheduled to end on Monday and will be replaced with a prioritised scheduled service, while the service providing ultrasounds after 5pm is under review and will also cease next […]

GARDAI have arrested a man in his 20s and seized approximately €7,200 worth of suspected ecstasy, cocaine and cannabis herb following a search operation at a house in Firies on Thursday. Shortly before 3pm, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Kerry carried out a search at a house in […]

WELL here’s a good way to publicise your upcoming school open week…get the kids to do it! The Junior Infants at Caherleaheen NS have only been in school about six weeks so they’re still new to all this uniform and education business. Well a parent of one of the pupils, […]