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ON Friday last, the students of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí joined in solidarity with their fellow students all over the world with a practical response to Greta Thunberg’s call for immediate and substantial action to deal with environmental degradation. Teaming up with An Taisce on its greencoasts.org campaign, the Coiste Glas, a group of 21 environmentally conscious students, descended on […]

PASSENGERS travelling through Kerry Airport will experience the same efficient service from staff at the points of departure and arrival while flights are expected to continue to operate as normal in the event of a no-deal Brexit, according to the CEO of the airport. Kerry Airport has two destinations in […]

IT’S been a good season so it was time to relax at the Tralee Parnells GAA Club Family Day on Friday evening. There was a great turnout and the weather held off on the evening with activities enjoyed including space-hopper racing, tug o’ war, egg ‘n’ spoon, 3-legged racing, welly […]

FOODSHARE Kerry launched the county’s first ever ‘Community Fridge’, with the support of St Brigids Family Resource Centre and Kerry County Council’s Community Enhancement Fund, in a growing effort to tackle food waste. The fridge, located at St Brigids Family Resource Centre, Hawley Park, will be open Monday to Friday […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: If the UK leaves the EU, what changes can I expect when shopping online from a UK retailer? Answer: EU consumer law will not apply to UK sales, including online […]

IT’S been a bad week weatherise and it’s not going to let up until Sunday. Me Eireann have just issued a Status Yellow – Rainfall warning for Kerry , Cork, Wexford and Waterford for tomorrow until the early hours of Sunday morning. Heavy downpours of rain expected with totals 30-40mm […]

BALLYMACELLIGOTT GAA club is hoping as many people as possible turn up in their running shoes for an event next month. The inaugural ‘Run Ballymac’ will be held on Sunday, October 13 and will feature a half marathon 10k, 5k and family fun run. All money raised will go to the […]

WHILE the official date for Ireland’s biggest coffee morning took place last Thursday, Kirby’s Brogue Inn kept the funds rolling in for the Kerry Hospice today. The Rock Street hostelry hosted the fundraiser where customers could avail of a coffee and some goodies in return for a donation to the charity […]

A CHEQUE for €12,815 was presented to Kerry Hospice Foundation on Thursday evening thanks to the efforts of 12 charity runners. The participants in the ‘Great Irish Marathon’ took on a unique challenge of running one mile in each of the 26 counties in the Republic on the longest day […]

UNIVERSITY Hospital Kerry management has asked the public not to attend the Emergency Department unless it’s a genuine emergency, due to significant overcrowding this morning. They say the ED is currently very busy, with increased patient attendances with a variety of complex needs. Management says it wants to keep ED […]

GARDAI carried out operations in nine Garda Divisions, including Kerry, last week relating to prostitution offences. During the week of the September 16-21, An Garda Síochána conducted intelligence led operations across nine DMR North, DMR East, DMR South Central, DMR West, Kilkenny/Carlow, Cork City, Kerry, Galway and Donegal Garda Divisions […]

THE PwC All-Star football nominations have been announced and Kerry has nine players in contention for the awards. David Clifford and Sean O’Shea have also been nominated for Young Player Of The Year. The Kerry nominations are; Goalkeeper: Shane Ryan. Defenders: Paul Murphy, Tadhg Morley, Tom O’Sullivan. Midfielder: David Moran. Forwards: David Clifford, Paul Geaney, Seán O’Shea, Stephen O’Brien Continued below… The […]

THE average monthly rent in Tralee is now €792 according to the Rental Tenancies Board report for the second quarter of this year. The average monthly rent in Killarney is €902, in Listowel it’s €666 and in Kenmare it’s €746. The average rent in Kerry now stands at €792, up from […]

TRALEE is amongst 11 Irish towns on the journey to becoming autism-friendly. That’s according to Supervalu, who in partnership with AsIAm, Ireland’s national autism charity and advocacy organisation last year announced Clonakilty as Ireland’s first Autism-Friendly Town. Now 11 towns, including Tralee, are now on the journey to join them. In […]

HUNDREDS of students from IT Tralee and many from other post-Leaving cert courses in other institutions made their way to the library in Institute of Technology Tralee for the annual Careers Fair on Wednesday. There they had a chance to connect in-person with potential employers in the region and there […]

TODAY, September 26, is ‘Make Way Day’, a campaign that brings the disability and wider community together to consider the needs of people with disabilities in the public spaces we all share. Led by the Disability Federation of Irelandand, it is a unique collaboration across Ireland and the voluntary and […]

KERRY Convention Bureau showcased Kerry as a unique and inspiring business tourism destination over the weekend to event planners from the United Kingdom. Promoted as an ‘Experiential Long Weekend in Kerry’, the group of senior event planners were given the opportunity to come and experience the best of what Kerry […]

Kerry’s architectural heritage and the county’s architectural landscape will be celebrated during the second annual Architecture Kerry Festival this weekend and a wide range of free events including talks, free guided tours, exhibitions, workshops and family events will take place. Tralee will host events during the festival, which is part […]

THREE Kerry businesses were honoured at a national awards ceremony last week. The winners of the Georgina Campbell Irish Food & Hospitality Awards 2020, in association with AIB, were announced in Dublin and a Tralee hotel was among those receiving plaudits. Ballygarry House Hotel was Highly Commended in the Business […]

A TRALEE hotel was named the Best Place To Stay In Munster at the Hotel & Catering Gold Medal Awards. Ballyseede Castle won on the double as it also picked up the Best Hotel Website gong at the awards held in the Lyrath Estate, Kilkenny, last night. Another Tralee connection […]

A BEAUFORT man was at Na Gaeil GAA Club at Killeen on Tuesday evening to collect his lotto winnings. A cheque of €4400 was presented to Tim Coffey in the clubhouse after winning the club’s lotto two weeks ago.  Tim Lynch, chairperson, congratulated Tim on his win and thanked him […]

A ROOM where teenagers can go to relax and take some time to themselves was officially  opened last Thursday at the Palliative Care In-patient Unit at University Hospital Kerry. While the Unit opened in September of 2017, the staff decided to invite Elma and Fionnbar Walsh to the opening of […]

NOLAN’S Londis are once again hosting an all-day challenge to help out local volunteer groups who do so much for the local community. Last year, Pieta House benefited from a Bikeathon to the tune of €4,700 thanks to a super effort by local people. On Saturday, October 5, people are […]

TWO Kerry pubs have won regional categories in the Irish Pub Awards 2019. Mike the Pies in Listowel and JM Reidy’s in Killarney will now go forward to the National Awards Final on November 20 next in the RDS Concert Hall in Dublin. The Listowel pub has been has been […]

STRENGTHENING the social, business and economic links between Kerry and Germany was central to a visit on Tuesday to Tralee by the German Ambassador to Ireland and the chief executive of the German-Irish Chamber of Commerce. Ambassador Deike Potzel was welcomed to the offices of Kerry County Council and also […]

AS part of European Week of Sport, Cara in conjunction with Sport Ireland coordinated a day of inclusion training at the Kerry Sports Academy at IT Tralee for the network of Sport Inclusion Disability Officers based in the 29 Local Sports Partnerships nationwide. They were also joined by a dedicated […]

FAMED Rubberbandit, Blindboy Boatclub, is inviting people to a live edition of The Blindboy Podcast, in conversation with a soon-to-be-announced guest this Saturday night. Following on from a complete sell out in the INEC Acoustic Club in February, Blindboy returns to the Gleneagle Ballroom this Saturday, September 28. Blindboy’s increased notability […]

THE fifth season of ‘Peaky Blinders’ has just finished on BBC and the show has never been more popular. It’s cultural impact has been significant since the show first aired in 2013, especially in the world of fashion where flat caps have become ubiquitous as well as those haircuts — […]

IT Tralee launched its bid to win the an Taisce Green Campus Flag today with a celebration of reusable cups! In the first of several initiatives aimed to reduce single-use plastic on campus, those with a reusable cup will benefit from a 40c discount on a cup of tea or […]

CAUSEWAY Macra are getting set to host their third annual 5K/10K Fun Run in aid of Down Syndrome Kerry this Sunday. This event has grown year on year and Causeway Macra are hoping to make this run the biggest yet. “Last year we had over 80 runners and walkers part-take […]