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THE north Kerry men and women who have made their mark on the national political stage over the past 100 years will be the focus of a talk by the authors of a new book at the Seanchaí Centre in Listowel on Thursday, 17th January at 8.00pm. The authors of […]

KERRY TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, confirmed yesterday that €1.65 million is to be made available to Kerry County Council (KCC) by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for the resurfacing of four kilometres of the N69  Listowel to Tralee Road at […]

GARDAI at Listowel are appealing for witnesses following a fatal traffic collision. Shortly after 3pm today, gardaí and emergency services attended at the scene of a serious road traffic collision between a car and a truck at Woodford, approximately 2kms from Listowel. The sole occupant and driver of the car, […]

GARDAÍ are asking the public for help in relation to a burglary in a house in a Tralee estate. A house in Fountain Court was broken into between Thursday, December 20 and Saturday, January 5, but nothing was taken. Gardaí are asking if anyone saw anything suspicious in the area […]

AUSTIN Stacks has elected Mairead Fernane as its first ever female chairperson. At the club’s AGM on Sunday afternoon Máiréad followed in the footsteps of her uncle, Dan O’Sullivan, who was the Club’s first Chairman when the Club was founded back in 1917. Máiréad, who was Vice Chairperson for the […]

TRALEE has improved its status to ‘Clean’, according to the final litter survey of 2018 by business group Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) Back in October, it was deemed ‘moderately littered’ and in 34th position, but is now ‘Clean To European Norms’ and in 30th place out of the 40 […]

THERE’S only days to go to this year’s Operations Transformation Walk and it’s shaping up nicely. The walk, organised by Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership will follow the old tow path of the Tralee Ship Canal, a stunning walk just outside Tralee town, seeped in nature and scenery what more […]

IT fell on a Sunday this year, but ladies made the weekend their own as restaurants and bars hosted groups for Women’s Christmas. It’s a tradition mainly confined to Kerry and Cork, but one still well observed and businesses enjoyed a late festive season bonanza to end the Christmas festivities […]

AFTER CBS and Mercy Mounthawk students enjoyed their debs during the week, it was time for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students to have some fun on Saturday night. Again, the venue was the Ballyroe Heights Hotel and 74 students enjoyed a three course meal with entertainment from DJ Big Jim. They were joined […]

BETTER late than never! The folks at CH Chemists were working flat out over the past couple of months to make sure Santa came to people in Tralee and beyond, so much so that they didn’t have time for a Christmas party. Well that was rectified on Saturday night when […]

THE Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club 10k/5k race returns again later this month and this time it will honour a local man who has served the club and local community over the past 40 years. After 41 years teaching in Holy Family school, Francie Quill retired from his role as Deputy […]

MERCY Mounthawk pupils are embracing Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths in their latest project. Taking part in the Irish Vex Robotics competition in March, they have to build, code and drive a robot to carry out challenges in the Institute of Technology Tralee with other local schools. This is a […]

THE Diocese of Kerry will host the annual Public Talk in The Gleneagle, Muckross Road on Wednesday January 9 at 8pm. Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick Diocese will speak on “A Church of the Future”. He has written on themes such as: peace and forgiveness; faith questions; ecumenism; and spirituality. […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I work part-time from Wednesday to Friday. This year Christmas fell on a Tuesday. Should I get paid for Christmas Day, even though I didn’t work that day?  What […]

A KERRY woman has claimed a nice €100,000 after winning in the Christmas Millionaire Raffle draw. The shocked Kerry woman was at Lottery HQ in Dublin today to pick up her prize and admitted that she completely forget she had bought a ticket for the Raffle and only found out […]

EARLIER we brought you some of the style from the Mercy Mounthawk students’ debs ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel held on Thursday night (click here for previous coverage). Over 340 teenagers had a great time at the event and they certainly dressed to impress as you can see from […]

WITH school starting again next week it’s a timely occasion to end the holiday season with a party. Well, Mercy Mounthawk students did just that by organising their annual Debs Ball and over 340 people gathered at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel for a serious shindig on Thursday night. They certainly […]

A TRALEE woman received a nice surprise while doing the Christmas grocery shop on the Saturday before Christmas. Stephanie Kerins from Caheranne Village was pushing the trolley in Dunnes Stores when Niall Nolan of Nolan’s Londis rang to tell her she was the latest winner in the  Nolan’s Londis Christmas TV […]

THERE’S never been a better time to apply to be the Rose of Tralee because, this year, Ireland’s most famous family festival will celebrate 60 years in 2019. Rose of Tralee regional selections will be staged in towns and cities all over the world from February to June and anyone […]

THE Gateway Bar and Restaurant at Kerry Airport is to get a new look for the New Year. Work on the four-week refurbishment is set to start on Monday, January 12, during which time the queuing system and general ambience of the restaurant will be transformed. A coffee dock facility […]

A WARRIOR and a local Tralee man were among the Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for December 2018 announced yesterday. In the Men’s Super League, star point guard Paul Dick of Garvey’s Tralee Warriors scooped the Player of the Month award for December after some superb performances […]

A LUCKY Kerry family celebrated the start of 2019 as lottery millionaires as they travelled to National Lottery headquarters in Dublin to collect a cheque for €1 million after they won the top prize of the Daily Million game on Friday, December 28. The winning ticket was printed at the […]

YOU’VE demolished the last of the USA biscuits, there’s barely a Bounty left in the box of Celebrations and you don’t want to see another turkey and ham dinner for 12 months. But despite the best of intentions to get back on the straight and narrow in January, it can […]

THE party season may be over but nobody told the students from CBS The Green who held their Debs Ball at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Wednesday night. Organised by the students, around 180 teenagers sat down for a meal followed by a DJ who kept the party atmosphere going and […]

A TALK will be held tonight (Thursday) on weight loss, fitness and nutrition, with all proceeds raised going towards Crumlin Children’s Hospital. ‘Fat Loss Made Easy’ at The Rose Hotel from 7.30pm will feature three speakers from the world of fitness and nutrition; Michael Dillon of Kinetic Health and Fitness, […]

A KERRY man is asking people to help him in his fight for life after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October. Ross Hurley (38) from Killarney needs specialist treatment to fight the type of cancer which, according to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer […]

THERE were 33 detections for drink driving in Kerry in December, up from 28 in December of 2017 and 20 in the same month in 2016, according to the latest figures from local gardaí. There were 15 detections in the Tralee area, 11 in the Listowel area and seven in […]

FENIT bathing slip swimmers maintained a long-standing tradition by once again taking on the ‘12 swims of Christmas.’ Tralee Swimming Club members first took on the challenge 25 years ago and have never since failed to complete it. Over the years they have battled wind, rain, frost, snow and ice […]

THIRTEEN local children were honoured on Christmas Day at an awards ceremony and party in the KDYS Hall on Denny St organised by The Happy Memories Store (Courthouse Lane) and the Tralee Chamber Alliance. The event was the Valued Inspirational People awards and people were asked to nominate young people who play […]

LAST year saw the highest number of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry since the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation began recording the data in 2006. There were 3,396 patients waiting on trolleys in UHK in 2018, an increase of over 50% on the previous high in 2017 […]