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GARDAI in Tralee are investigating a number of burglaries in Tralee and Currow over the past week. A house in Cahermoneen was broken into between Sunday, August 11 and Thursday, August 15. A sum of money along with earrings, a necklace and a ring were taken. On Wednesday, August 14, […]

WALSH Colour Print in Castleisland has confirmed that two of its magazines are to cease publication. The Tralee Outlook and Sliabh Luachra Outlook will no longer be printed and it has resulted in the loss of two full-time jobs with other staff redeployed within the company. The Killarney Outlook will continue […]

There’s just days to go until the Rose of Tralee Festival begins. It’s time to meet 16 of the contestants… ABU DHABI – KAREN CASHMAN Marhaba! My name is Karen Cashman and I am a twenty-seven-year-old primary school teacher from East Cork currently living in Abu Dhabi. I am a […]

THE weather held, for the most part, at the annual Churchill Heritage Day at the Forge on Saturday afternoon. This event organised annually by the Spa Fenit Community Council as part of Heritage week celebration is a major social attraction in the area. The theme of the event is situated […]

FASHION icon Celia Holman Lee was in town on Friday evening to officially open a special exhibition of the dresses worn by winning Roses of Tralee over the past 60 years. Kerry County Museum in Tralee is hosting the exhibition which charts the changing styles over the decades and it’s […]

THERE was a steady stream of ladies heading into Carraig Donn on Friday evening for a special event benefiting a local charity. The Bridge Street business was hosting a customer evening, with Comfort For Chemo Kerry receiving proceeds from a raffle. Kerry Rose Sally Ann Leahy was present to show her […]

A LOCAL facility was the beneficiary of two events earlier this year involving the Chain Gang Cycling Club. A cheque for €5,500 was presented to representatives from the Alzheimer Society’s Rosemary Centre in Caherslee, which provides dementia specific, person centred care to meet the needs of the person with dementia in […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: What is an emergency medical card?     Answer: An emergency medical card is a temporary medical card that is issued without a means test in certain emergency situations and […]

WHILE Tralee is the place to be for the Rose of Tralee Festival next weekend, a village not far from town are hosting their own event. Tidy Towns Kilmoyley will host a ‘Love Our Waters Weekend’ in conjunction with the Local Authority Waters Programme as part of National Heritage Week […]

LISTOWEL will host its 161st harvest racing festival from Sunday, September 8-14 and promises to live up to its reputation for serious racing, serious fun and sensational style. Renowned as one of the longest established race meetings in Ireland, this year the total prize money over the seven days is €1.343,500. Racing […]

THE bathing water samples taken at Ballybunion North and South Beaches in recent days have tested negative for any bacterial matters, so the swimming prohibition notices are being removed with immediate effect . Tests on water quality taken at Ballybunion north and south beaches (known locally as the Men’s and […]

Billy Ryle looks at the CAO Round One of college offers and how the cost of going to third level in Dublin can be restrictive for Kerry applicants.. The insensitive and ill-timed bluster from Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor to college students to use their Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) grant […]

KERRY County Council has given notice that it is planning to build a boxing club/community facility at a site at Dean’s Lane in Boherbee, Tralee. The proposed development will include a boxing gym and club, circulation area, changing rooms and toilets on the ground floor, while on the first floor there […]

Twas the weekend before the Festival, when all through the town, not a creature was stirring, not even a…well actually, there are a few things happening in the next few days before the madness begins… Friday 1. Getting into Rose mode… The ‘Gowns Of Glory’ exhibition is currently going on at […]

THE annual mass in memory of all those buried in Annagh Cemetery takes place at 7.30pm tonight (Friday). All are invited to attend, especially those who have family and friends laid to rest in the cemetery.

STEPHEN O’Brien has been cleared to play in the All-Ireland football final, after the black card he received against Meath was rescinded earlier this evening. He was facing an automatic one-match ban after receiving three black cards this season. He received his third in the game against Tyrone last Sunday. […]

THE new-look CH store on The Mall is on schedule to be completed by the end of September. The redevelopment is at an advanced stage and the Harty family have released the first design images of the new look CH store. Work began back in March on the extensive renovation […]

A KERRY councillor has called on the Government to do something about, what he terms, “rogue hoteliers” putting up the prices for hotel rooms during the All-Ireland final weekend. In welcoming Kerry’s qualification for the final on September 1, Councillor Michael Cahill has called on the Government to crack down […]

A TRALEE man is preparing for day of paddling, cycling, climbing and running to help raise funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Kieran O’Callaghan from Clahane, Ballyard, is a lecturer in Kerry College of Further Education in Clash and will take on the Dingle Peninsula One-Day challenge on Saturday, September […]

THE public has been advised not to swim on Ballybunion beaches until further notice, after elevated levels of ecoli were detected in the water on Monday. The most recent tests on water quality taken at Ballybunion north and south beaches (known locally as the Men’s and Ladies beaches) on Monday […]

IF you’re heading to college this autumn, would €1,500 help finance your studies? If the answer is yes, then check out Cara Credit Union’s Education and Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards. Cara Credit Union’s Education Awards are open to undergraduates in a full-time course of at least 2 years’ duration and […]

IT was that time of the year again. There were many tears of joy and, inevitably, a few of disappointment too, as hundreds of students collected their leaving certificate results on Tuesday morning at Tralee schools. While the results were available online from 10am, many decided to come into their […]

THERE were some amazing looking vehicles in the car park of The Meadowlands Hotel on Tuesday as a group of trikers from Germany enjoyed a visit to Kerry. It was all as a result of a meeting between a company called ‘Trikes and Fun’ and the Go Kerry/Kerry County Council […]

THIRTY Roses of Tralee will return to Kerry’s Capital to take part in the 60 Year Celebrations of the Rose of Tralee International Festival. They will take part in many official events, but the parade is likely to be their highlight of the week with the Kingdom Veteran Vintage & […]

GARDAI in Tralee are asking the public to contact them if they have any information in relation to a number of thefts in the past week. Between 5.30pm on Saturday, August 10 and 8am on Sunday, August 11, a burglary occurred at the bog road at Caherbreagh, just outside Tralee. […]

THE Tralee Harriers Rose of Tralee 10km will once again take place during the festival this year and another big crowd is expected to take part. Organised as a fundraiser for the Tralee Harriers Athletic Club the race takes place on Sunday, August 25th. Entries are still open and selling […]

THE roll out of high-speed broadband to over 28,000 premises in Kerry has moved one step closer, as the Government announced that work to finalise the contract for the National Broadband Plan (NBP) is well progressed. Kerry will receive an investment of €113 million to provide fibre broadband to 28,706 homes in the Intervention Area (IA). This is […]

THE annual Tony O’Donoghue walk will take place on Saturday, September 7 at 5pm from the Blennerville Windmill Car Park. Thanks to the huge generosity of the local people and beyond they have raised over €45,000 in fundraising  in the event since Tony ( Todd) has died. This is the […]

THE ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign in Tralee is being credited with resulting in a big drop in public order offences in town in the first six months of this year. The text campaign started in August of 2018 where members of the public in Tralee were asked to report […]

THE Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture, Andrew Doyle TD, will be officially launching the Kerry Forest Connections Project with a Forest Fun afternoon at Lyreacrompane Resource Centre, on Wednesday, August 21 from 3pm to 6pm. Run in conjunction with National Heritage Week’s Wild Child Day, there will […]