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THE Cathaoirleach and Chief Executive of Kerry County Council will take part in a weekend business trip to the United States this week to promote Kerry and meet with business and political leaders as part of the annual St Patrick’s Day celebrations. Cllr Norma Foley and Moira Murrell will meet […]

THE organisers of the 2019 St Patrick’s Day Parade in Tralee are proud to announce that three well-known musicians from Kerry’s Capital will perform on the viewing platform before the parade arrives in the town centre next Sunday. Up-and-coming singer/songwriter, Seamus Harty will be joined in the line-up by Lauryn […]

WHILE Blennerville Windmill decided to go green early this week, some of the other well known buildings in town are set to follow suit for St Patrick’s weekend. As part of a now annual initiative between Tralee Chamber Alliance and Kerry County Council, The Ashe Memorial Hall, the Dominican Church, […]

THE Rose Hotel Circuit of Kerry rally takes place over the weekend of April 7 and the event was launched at the hotel on Saturday afternoon. Organised and promoted by Kerry Motor Club, this year’s clerk of the course is Eoin Duffin who together with the organising team has put […]

KERRY stars David Clifford and Shane Enright were in Mercy Mounthawk this week to present jerseys for the school’s football teams. Under the advice of Shane Enright of Bank of Ireland, students worked to organise a bank to raise funds and Bank of Ireland matched those funds to sponsor the […]

THE Arts/Creative Ireland Kerry Office at Kerry County Council is seeking quotations from creative professionals to develop projects in each Municipal District in 2019. The projects must have a creative element and offer opportunities for participation and engagement by communities, audiences and the wider community. A budget of €9,000 has […]

AROUND 360 pupils were joined by their teachers from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí and a few special guests for a 5k fun run to bring the school’s Seachtain na Gaeilge events to a close. Well known Kerry comedian Bernard Casey and fitness guru Aidan O’Mahony were on hand to lend their support […]

THE Tom Crean Unsung Hero Cycle and family fun weekend, in aid of Down Syndrome Kerry,  takes place this year on Saturday/Sunday, April 20/21, at Ballyseedy Home & Garden, Tralee. Last year was the first year of the event when over 250 cyclists took to the road raising much needed […]

By Colm Griffin THE Kerry Badminton Association organised a special event for four former members of the executive committee of the organisation at the Riverside Hotel in Castleisland last Tuesday night (March 5th). Addressing a large audience made up of past and present members of clubs from throughout the county […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I am going abroad with some friends. What happens if I lose my passport while I am travelling? Answer: If you are an Irish citizen abroad and your Irish passport […]

A RADIO Kerry presenter and singer-songwriter has seen his song chosen as a finalist in the International Song Writing Contest (ISC) this year. Some 19,000 entries were received for the competition and Cathal Flaherty’s ‘A Thousand Miles’ is the only Irish artist included in the final. The winning track is […]

TWELVE students from three of Kerry ETB’s schools will be representing Ireland on the ‘She Runs’ education programme. This flagship event will be held in Paris next week and the international programme aims to promote physical activity, develop leadership and empower female students through school sport. The three Kerry ETB schools […]

TOP tips from the experts were handed out in Skelper Quane’s in Blennerville on Thursday night for their annual Cheltenham Preview night. MC Murt Murphy interviewed jockeys Bryan Cooper and Philip Enright  as trainer Tom Cooper, photographer Pat Healy, bookmaker Berkie Browne, Limerick Racecouse manager Conor O’Neill about the upcoming race […]

A POPULAR priest was thanked for his work at farewell party in his honour at St John’s Parish Centre on Thursday evening. There was a good turnout for Polish native, Fr Piotr Delimat, who came to the parish in 2014 and made a great impression on his colleagues and parishioners. […]

KERRY County Council, in conjunction with Kerry’s Local Community Development Committee (LCDC), is inviting applications for funding from local community-led events linked to the first ever Healthy Kerry Community Weekend which will take place on the May Bank Holiday Weekend. With the theme of ‘Wellbeing Across the Ages’, the event […]

HOLY Family NS was even more colourful than usual on Thursday with an array of outfits sported by the young pupils. The reason was World Book Day and the school went all out with a number of activities. “We celebrate the importance of reading for pleasure and this was certainly […]

FIVE schools from Tralee and beyond took part in a schools blitz yesterday at Mercy Mounthawk. Aimed at 1st to 3rd year pupils, teams from Pres Tralee, Pres Castleisland, Causeway Comprehensive, St Joseph’s Ballybunion and Mercy Mounthawk took to the pitches under the guidance of Laura Collins, Kerry Camogie County […]

FIANNA Fáil TD for Kerry, John Brassil, says new figures from the Department of Justice reveal that Kerry is not getting its fair share of Garda resources. The stats – which outline what divisions recently qualified Gardaí were allocated to – show that over the past four years 41 Gardaí […]

SEED funding has been put in place for the development of a skate park in Tralee and an application for the balance has been put in with the Sports Capital Grant Fund. Kerry County Council was asked for an update on the development by Sinn Féin Cllr Toireasa Ferris at […]

THE Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for the month of February were announced yesterday and gave a bit of boost to Garvey’s Tralee Warriors before the weekend. In the Men’s Super League, it was double win for the Tralee side, with star guard, Paul Dick, picking up […]

YET again the people of Tralee showed their generosity on Shrove Tuesday at fundraisers held around town to help out local charities. In Chopin’s Cafe on Ashe Street, Tom Sheehy from Ballyroe took his bike for a spinning session to raise funds for Enable Ireland Kerry. Having already raised around […]

HUNDREDS of CBS The Green students took part in a ‘Pancake Tuesday’ fundraiser at the school. Some students headed to the new ‘Breakfast Club’ kitchen to make pancakes for their fellow pupils. Teachers and pupils brought in cakes while Garvey’s Supervalu in Tralee also sponsored the goodies. Students could then […]

A TRALEE woman has been appointed as the new General Manager of The Kerryman newspaper group. Having joined the company in 1979, Siobhan Murphy has been the Sales and Marketing Manager since 2009. “I consider it a privilege to take the helm of a newspaper with such a long and distinguished tradition. […]

GARDAI  have arrested 12 people as part on an Operation Thor Day of Action in Tralee yesterday. Gardaí arrested seven people in relation to a number of recent incidents of burglary, theft, possession of drugs and public order. Five people have been charged, two will be summonsed to court and […]

FOR those of you interested in the Kerry Camino, there is a special event next week where you can hear all about the event. Camino Conversations ‘Walking The Kerry & Spanish Caminos’ is on at St’ Johns Church Ashe Street on Thursday, March 14 at 7.30pm. Guest speakers will be […]

A SCHOOL which is renowned for its high standard of Post-Primary education is holding an open day this Saturday. 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. Coláiste Íde […]

JOCKEYS Bryan Cooper and Philip Enright are among those who will share some of their tips for the Cheltenham festival at a ‘Preview’ night in Skelper Quane’s this Thursday, March 7. Racing fans will get the inside track from the jockeys as well as other well-known figures from the racing world […]

NUMEROUS community groups and charitable organisations have already benefited from Cara Credit Union’s Lauri Healy Community Sponsorship Awards. Sean Roche, the Chairperson of Cara Credit Union’s Community Sponsorship Committee, said; “Cara Credit Union is very conscious of our ethos. One way of rewarding the trust and loyalty we receive from […]

A FINE Gael councillor has called for a meeting with the management of Dunnes Stores nationally, about the possibility of allowing the council take a lease on their Tralee town centre premises. The large property on Bridge Street has been vacant for many years now and Cllr Jim Finucane said […]

HAVING won the Cara Credit Union Schools Quiz back in January, Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn competed in Stage 2 last weekend. Their brain power was well and truly tested  as they battled it out with schools from all over Kerry and West Limerick, coming out on top in the under 13 […]