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THE ladies who will vie for the Kerry Rose 2018 title next month met up for the first time at The Rose Hotel on Sunday. The Kerry Rose Centre held an information session and 21 of the anticipated 25 contestants got to know each other and received some advice from […]

THE organisers of the Feile na mBláth at The Park Festival in Tralee are launching a new ‘Flowers and Garden’ initiative for this year’s festival in the Town Park in June. The best gardens in the community competition is being introduced with the support of the Tralee Municipal District and […]

THEY were blessed with the weather yesterday morning for two First Holy Communion services in Tralee, as the big day arrived for Scoil Eoin and Caherleaheen NS pupils. There were 79 pupils from Ms Daly, Ms Dennehy and Ms Sheehan’s classes at Scoil Eoin, receiving the Host for the first […]

THE annual Fenit RNLI Annual 50km Cycle Fundraiser is set to take place on Saturday, May 5 this year and it’s another great way to warm up for the Ring Of Kerry Cycle and raise funds for a great cause. The event will see cyclists make their way from Tralee through Farranfore […]

TWO events related to the Killaclohane Portal Tomb will take place in the next week. A free public talk on recent excavations at the portal tomb in Milltown – now known to be one of Ireland oldest manmade structures – will take place in Milltown Community Hall on Thursday, May 3 […]

THE Gardaí were the victors in an annual match with a Bon Secours team in aid of a great cause and to remember a little girl who died 11 years ago. The match was played in the KDL astroturf pitch at Mounthawk in the Friday evening  sunshine with all funds […]

  TWO Tralee men are shooting a film in New York this summer. ‘Misty Button’ is an Irish/American  dark comedy written and directed by Seanie Sugrue and produced by Bertie Brosnan. It’s ready to film in June 2018 in the Bronx, New York.   “We plan on shooting the film […]

THE Mitchels Boherbee Historical & Heritage Group is once again looking for contributions to their annual calendar which will be launched in December and they are especially looking to celebrate women. The calendar is always a must have for residents in the area and indeed for people from Mitchels/Boherbee who […]

PUPILS at Derryquay NS had a special visitor on Friday when they welcomed Sean Kelly MEP to the classroom. Mr Kelly was visiting as part of the Blue Star Programme which is being undertaken by pupils. The Blue Star Programme is an education initiative for primary school students across Ireland. […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I will be sitting my Leaving Certificate this year and plan to go to college in the autumn. How do I apply for a student grant? Answer: Student Universal Support […]

Kerry GAA is encouraging club members to ‘Wear the Green Ribbon’ this May to end Mental Health stigma in Kerry. The annual Green Ribbon Campaign takes place every May, and aims to get people talking openly about common mental health problems. This campaign promotes open conversation about mental health and […]

A PUPIL from Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, is celebrating after winning the BEBRAS Computational Thinking Challenge Final. Kai Seino achieved the overall highest score in the competition which took place last Saturday, April 21 in NUI Maynooth. The talented student from the Tralee school won first place in the 8-10 age […]

THE Apprentice Chef Programme will be featured on RTE’s Nationwide show next Friday ahead of the 2017/2018 final cook off at IT Tralee. On Thursday, May 10, 27 students from secondary schools across Munster and Leinster, including three students from Tralee and three more from other Kerry schools, will don […]

CALLING all sports fans! Fancy testing your knowledge next week at a fun table quiz with a twist? Well there’s a ‘Know Your Sport’  quiz in aid of Camp Abilities on Thursday, May 3 in O’Donnell’s Bar and Restaurant at 8pm. Along with the usual rounds of questions, there’s some […]

FORMER Kerry footballer and Irish ‘Dancing with the Stars’ winner Aidan O’Mahony, launched his new website, AOM Fitness, this morning. The five-time All-Ireland medal winner and holder of two GAA All Stars was renowned during his football career for his professional attitude when it came to training and nutrition. AOM […]

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí students turned on the style last night for their annual fashion show. There was a large crowd at The Rose Hotel for the event which saw the students take to the catwalk in fashions from numerous local businesses. Mentored by teacher Michelle D’Altúin, the students organise every aspect […]

FOUR primary schools took part in a special spikeball tournament at Mercy Mounthawk Gym on Wednesday. Caherleaheen, Scoil Eoin, Spa and O’Brennan schools had a really enjoyable morning fielding a number of teams on the day organised by TY students from Mounthawk which coincided with the school’s Health Promotion Week. […]

TRALEE is well on the way to achieving the goal of being the first town in Ireland to roll-out the Ask For Angela Campaign to an entire town and promote a safer night out in Kerry’s capital. Twenty pubs have now signed-up to the initiative since it was launched on Friday 6th April […]

KERRY Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, said that today marks another significant step forward in the campaign to build the new N22 between Cork and Kerry via Macroom and Ballyvourney. Cork County Council will open the pre-qualification process […]

IT’S been a very busy few days up at Mercy Mounthawk as a series of events have taken place to mark Health Promotion Week. It was launched on Tuesday with a visit from the lads from ACT – All Change Together — which is a health promotion programme based in Kerry […]

THE glamour was something else at Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night for the annual IT Tralee Clubs and Societies Ball. Around 350 students from the college attended the final students ball of the year and it was a chance to celebrate student participation and achievement in the college’s clubs and […]

KERRY County Council will be allocated €26,000 for public campaigns to tackle litter, dog fouling and graffiti  from the Environment Fund under the 2018 Anti-Litter and Anti-Graffiti Awareness Grant Scheme (ALAGS). The Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Denis Naughten T.D.  announced the overall allocation of €884,000 from the Environment […]

THE IT Tralee St Vincent de Paul Society presented the fruits of their fundraising activities over the past number of months to the Society’s Education Fund. Junior Locke, President of the Tralee Area Conference, accepted a cheque for €2,000 after the ITT society held a fashion show in the Ballyroe […]

THE RTE cameras were in town yesterday as students from three secondary schools spoke to the ‘Nationwide’ programme about a wonderful art project which will see their paintings displayed all over Tralee. Students from Presentation, CBS and Mercy Mounthawk were in Denny Lane to display some of the works which […]

SINN Féin Kerry County Councillor Toiréasa Ferris has slammed the treatment available to a young Ardfert woman who suffers from a chronic eating disorder. Cllr Ferris said the response offered by the HSE and government ring hollow for Daniella Russell — who suffers from Anorexia — and her family who […]

A TRALEE woman is hoping Kerry people join in Multiple Sclerosis Ireland’s campaign to help ‘Kiss Goodbye to MS’ and raise funds for MS Research and vital services. The organisation is calling on supporters to support the campaign during the month of May. Susan Carey was diagnosed at 14 years […]

THREE Tralee-based companies are among six Kerry start-ups to make the regional shortlist for the National Startup Awards. StoryStock.com and myAccessHub are based in the Tom Crean Centre at Kerry Technology Park while Ulluv has a base in HQ Tralee. They are joined by Expert Software Test (Killorglin), Hazel Comyn Designs (Cahersiveen) and […]

MAYOR of Kerry, John Sheahan, launched the Manor West Food and Craft Fair Awards at the Manor West Shopping Centre and Retail Park last Friday. The awards, in association with the Kerry Local Enterprise Office (LEO), will be an opportunity for Kerry’s finest food producers and craftspeople, whose thriving businesses […]

EMPLOYERS in Kerry and beyond are invited to attend a Recruitment Day being held at Kerry College of Further Education, Tralee on Monday, April 30 between 12noon and 2pm. The Recruitment Day event is being held in response to demand from leading employers and companies who wish to recruit KCFE […]

A TEAM of students from CBS The Green are in the final of the national CanSat Competition. They won the South-west finals in March held in LIT Limerick defeating Castletroy College and now have a chance to progress to the European Space agency finals held in the Azores in June during […]