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THERE were great celebrations on Coláiste Íde on Friday, as the school community marked the end of another successful academic year. The evening commenced with an end of year Mass celebrated by an tAthair Ó Beaglaíoch, followed be an awards ceremony, where the various and many talents of the students […]

WITH just weeks to go until departure, the Tralee International Children’s Games team received a boost from the Tesco Community Fund on Wednesday. After an absence of one year from the International Children’s Games and Cultural Festival, Tralee will again be represented at the Games in 2019 in Ufa, the […]

KERRY College of Further Education (KCFE) hosted their second annual awards ceremony on Wednesday night in the Clash Campus. With 250 attendees at the event, over 50 Academic and Achievement Awards were presented to student by over 50 industry sponsors. The audience heard the success stories of students and they […]

MANOR West Shopping Centre and Retail Park recently launched their 2019 Food and Craft Fair Awards in association with the Kerry Local Enterprise Office (LEO) and Connect Magazine. The launch of the awards took place at Manor West’s recent Food and Craft Fair, the first of a series of popular […]

GARDAI have arrested a man in his 30s and seized approximately €8,000 worth of suspected cannabis plants in Kenmare on Wednesday. At approximately 7pm, Gardaí from the Divisional Drugs Unit in Kerry carried out a search at an apartment on New Road, Kenmare, Co Kerry. During the course of the […]

NOTHING sells like nostalgia. If you’re pining for pop music of the 90s/00s, then the INEC in Killarney have some very good news for you. They have just announced that tickets for a major concert to take place next year will go on sale on tomorrow (Thursday) morning. The concert, […]

THIS year’s St Pats GAA Dingle Way Challenge could turn out to be one of the biggest yet as organisers say registrations for the event are up on the same time last year. Participants are encouraged to go along on Sunday, June 2, to discover the spectacular landscapes and seascapes […]

With just a week to go until the 2019 Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams, Career Guidance Counsellor, Billy Ryle, offers some last minute advice on how to prepare… Exam Time The waiting is almost over for about 120,000 exam candidates as the State Exams get underway on Wednesday next, […]

FORMER Tralee RFC player Ultan Dillane has been named in the 44-man summer training squad ahead of September’s Rugby World Cup in Japan. Ireland coach Joe Schmidt picked the players for the pre-Rugby World Cup camps, and four friendlies to be played in August and September against England, Italy and […]

THE Tralee Parnells GAA Club faithful gathered in The Ashe Hotel on Saturday night for a special part night to launch the adult teams in hurling and camogie. There was a large turnout of men and women on the adult teams, underage players from the teenage teams, parents of younger […]

BALLYMAC has a new All-Ireland champion after a local girl won gold at at the weekend. Ciara Murphy from Ballymacelligott represented Kerry in the All Ireland Community Games Finals which took place over two days at the University of Limerick. The Scoil Nuachabháil, Gortatlea pupil won the U12 Solo Singing […]

FOR those of you looking to head out for a spin this weekend, the 8th annual Stephanie O’Sullivan’s Memorial Cycle in aid of Suicide Prevention is a great way of spending a Sunday morning. The cycle starts and finishes at the Nagle Rice Community Centre in Milltown beginning at 9am. Cyclists can register Saturday night […]

THE pupils and staff at St. Josephs National School in Ballyheigue were celebrating again last week as they won first prize in the TrendMicro ‘What’s Your Story’ competition. This is the second time that the school has won the overall prize in this competition after also taking the top prize in […]

THERE’S just days to go until the popular June Bank Holiday Race Meeting which will take place on the scenic course on Sunday, June 2nd and Monday, June 3. Top fashion blogger, Helen Quealy Murphy, aka Daily Diva Diary, will judge the Listowel Races Ladies Day on the Sunday and […]

With some schools introducing no-photo policies for events such as First Communions, school concerts and sports days, all in the name of GDPR, Alex Hoffman of Pierse McCarthy Lucey Solicitors reviews some timely guidance on photos at school events… Confirmation and First Communion season is all but over, and school […]

THREE Kerry schools Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí, Colaiste Íde and Pobalscoil Chorca Dhuibhne can once again proudly fly the Gaelbhratach flag awarded to them recently in recognition of their work in promoting the Irish language. Students accepted the flags at a presentation ceremony held in the Pavilion at Leopardstown Racecourse on Tuesday, May 21. […]

GARDAI are warning businesses and the public that high quality counterfeit €50 notes are currently in circulation in the Tralee area. One was handed into the station in Tralee, while three were tendered at a business in Abbeydorney. Some of these notes contain many of the security features of real […]

GARDAI in Tralee are seeking the public’s assistance with a number of separate incidents of criminal damage and thefts over the past week. In the early hours of Saturday morning at about 3.20am, someone threw an information sign from the road, through a window at Balloonagh convent. If anyone was […]

TRALEE brothers who have spearheaded a campaign to clean up the canal area have won a national award for their efforts. Nine year old twins Evan and Alex and their 12 year-old brother Dylan Nealon travelled to the ECO UNESCO Young Environmentalists Awards at the National Convention Centre in Dublin […]

THE Kerry LGFA family was out in force on Saturday night for a fundraiser at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium. All funds raised will be distributed evenly between club and county ensuring the growth of club football and the participation of county teams at intercounty level. There was a ten-card race on […]

WHILE racing was the main attraction at the Point-to-Point/Pony racing meeting at Ballybeggan on Saturday, the dog show was a big draw for many. Organised by by Wendy O’Connor and sponsored by Tralee Races with proceeds going to Animal Help Net Kerry, there were a number of categories from large dog […]

THE Kerry Rose selection night is just two weeks away, but there is still time to enter for a chance to represent the county as the festival prepares to celebrate 60 years in August. On Saturday night, the contestants gathered for a fun night out at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium and […]

NOW that the dust has settled after a hectic weekend, the 33 councillors who will meet at Kerry County Council on June 7 has been decided. Fianna Fáil is now the largest party with 10 seats, up one from the 2014 local elections. Fine Gael did not have a good […]

SITTING councillor Sam Locke has retained his seat on to complete the make up of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. After the 13th count, the independent councillor received enough transfers (105) from the  surplus of Pa Daly, Jim Finucane and Mikey Sheehy to win the seat. Anne Marie Fuller […]

WE’RE nearly there. Shortly  the councillors that will make up the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council next month will be confirmed but it’s all over bar the shouting. After the 12th count, Cllr Pa Daly of Sinn Féin retained his seat after getting enough transfers from his eliminated […]

THERE’LL be a new face in the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council next month as Fianna Fáil’s Mikey Sheehy has been elected after the 11th count at the John Mitchels GAA Complex this evening. He was joined by Cllr Jim Finucane of Fine Gael (who incidentally is married […]

THE ninth count has seen little change to proceedings  fill the remaining seats in the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. With four seats to fill, the wait goes on for Mikey Sheehy, Jim Finucane and Pa Daly who are likely to be elected, with sitting councillor Sam Locke […]

FOUR seats remain to be filled in the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council and we’re that little bit closer after the eighth count for the Tralee Electoral Area was announced earlier. Cllr O’Brien, Cllrs Norma Foley and Toireasa Ferris are the candidates elected so far and the wait goes […]

LABOUR councillor Terry O’Brien was delighted to be re-elected to the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council, after the result of the seventh count for the Tralee Electoral Area put him over the quota. Just four seats remain to be filled as  Cllr O’Brien joined Cllrs Norma Foley and […]

WE’RE still waiting for the next candidate to be elected to Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council, after the result of the sixth count for the Tralee Electoral Area failed to put Cllr Terry O’Brien over the quota. Five seats remain to be filled after Cllrs Norma Foley and […]