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IT’S been over a month since the 12 couples took to the dance floor at Ballygarry House Hotel for ‘Sickly Come Dancing’ and the money is still coming in. On Wednesday, the Bon Secours handed over a cheque for €1,500 to go towards the fund to extend the Chemotherapy unit […]

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí marked Seachtain Na Gaeilge last week with their own ‘Pop-up Gaeltacht’ last Thursday. Organised by the First Years, there was a host of activities including a raffle for Easter Eggs with the Healthy Haven canteen supplying the treats. Every student made the effort for the day and […]

A BLENNERVILLE man has been selected to participate in the Washington Ireland Program for Service and Leadership (WIP) this year. Former Mercy Mounthawk pupil, Sean Dowling, will head to the USA with 29 other students from Ireland and Northern Ireland. “It’s a real honour and privilege to be selected for […]

A PLANNING application has been lodged with Kerry County Council to build a pharmacy, cafe, medical offices and retail units adjacent to Slatts Car Park/John Joe Sheehy Road. The application is to build a three-storey mixed use development (c.2,217m) to consist of a pharmacy, a cafe and three commercial/retail units […]

TWENTY-FIVE years ago, the world got a new Toastmasters club, established in Tralee. The club grew, matured  and now it is proud to be a fine member in the family of the Irish Toastmasters’ clubs. To celebrate their  anniversary, the club is holding an open event in Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA club on Saturday, […]

FOR the second year in a row, Tralee based financial planning practice, Premier Financial, have won a top national industry accolade. They scooped the prestigious Best Life & Pensions Broker of the Year Award at the fifth annual Life, Pensions and Investment (LPI) Industry Awards in the Mansion House, Dublin, […]

REV Fr Padraig Walsh, PP, launched a new book on The Bible by a Tralee man before a well attended and appreciative audience at St Brendan’s Pastoral Centre in Tralee last Saturday. The new publication ‘For It Is Written’, penned by Mike Culloty, explores the connections between the Old and […]

KERRY GAA clubs will join the County Clean Up which will take place across the county on Saturday, April 14. With just weeks to go to the biggest annual litter clean-up effort in Kerry, organisers are encouraging individuals and groups to sign up and participate on the day. They say […]

THE Killorglin and mid-Kerry area has eleven new Tourism Ambassadors following the completion of a ‘Tourism Ambassador Programme’ for the area. The participants were welcomed on the first night of the course recently by Brendan Griffin, Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport with special responsibility […]

THE annual ceremony to commemorate the Easter Rising will take place at Páirc An Phiarsaigh, Denny Street, Tralee on Easter Sunday. At 12 noon there will be a formal raising of the National Flag by Mayor Norma Foley and a reading of the 1916 Proclamation by Aoife Dillane & Áine […]

LEAVING Certificate Presentation Tralee students were given a one of a kind opportunity on Friday last from an enthusiastic cohort of the school’s past pupils on the career paths they have chosen. Using the format of a parent/teacher meeting, students were enabled to work in small groups with our past pupils. This […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating criminal damage and theft incidents which took place in Tralee in the past few days. On Friday night/Saturday morning, a shopfront in the Square was damaged. The gardaí are asking if anyone saw any suspicious behaviour in The Square around this time to contact them […]

A WONDERFUL new initiative has been launched by two teachers who wanted to bring joy to older people in nursing homes. Evelyn Dore of Moyderwell Primary and Karen Walsh of CBS created ‘Storyboxes’,  a box with books, CDs and photos of times past which they hope will jog the memories […]

THIS year’s Rose Hotel Circuit of Kerry Rally is shaping up to be one of the most-keenly contested and best supported in years. Kerry Motor Club launched the April 8 event with a photo-shoot at the Top Part Motor Factors headquarters and a press conference at the Rose Hotel on […]

IF you’re in the west of the county, then you may want to take part in a great event coming up this May. Darkness Into Light – Pieta House’s flagship fundraising awareness event – celebrates its tenth year this May 12 in over 150 venues in Ireland and across the […]

THE young man who died in a crash on the Tralee to Fenit road in the early hours of Saturday morning has been named. Luke Gleasure (23) from The Kerries West, Tralee, died in the single-vehicle crash at around 3.20am on Saturday morning. A second man was removed by ambulance […]

A GOOD night’s work. A Ballymac man appeared on Winning Streak last night and won €24,000 for his mother. Mary Bonn’s name was called out two weeks ago on the show and got her 28 year old son Alan to represent her. Ballymac GAA player Alan was paired up with […]

THE Kerry Science Teachers Association (KSTA) hosted their annual Junior Cert Science Quiz on Thursday at the South Campus of the ITT and it was a Tralee team that came out on top. The competition is open to all junior cert students in the county and around 20 teams took […]

THEY did it…and then some! Two ladies, Audrey Moran and Eileen Whelan, set out on a mission to raise enough money to buy two defibrillators and by Friday afternoon they had raised enough for three. “We’re overwhelmed by the response from the public over the past week,” said Eileen Whelan […]

IT was a very busy two day period at St John’s Church as pupils from seven schools made their Confirmation. On a rainy Thursday, the church was packed as Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn, Presentation, Caherleaheen, Blennerville and Derryquay school pupils received the sacrament from Bishop of Kerry Ray Browne. On Friday […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: My partner and I have been unable to get a mortgage to buy our own home. Will we be eligible for the new Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan? Answer: The new […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee are appealing for witnesses following a fatal collision in the early hours of this morning. At approximately 3.20 am Gardaí and emergency services were called to the scene of a single car collision on the Tralee to Fenit road. Two men traveling in the car at the […]

  THE mural at Milk Market Lane currently being completed by Kerry College of Further Education students is just part of bigger plans for that area of town to recognise its historical importance. As we reported earlier this week, the laneway has received a facelift through an initiative led by […]

Coláiste Gleann Lí presented its current fifth year cohort with their Junior Certificate Profile of Achievement on Friday. This is a historic event for the school and the town as they are the first cohort of students in an English-medium school to receive the certificates. The school organised a BBQ […]

A PROTEST rally is to take place tomorrow (Saturday) in Tralee about the housing crisis in Ireland. The ‘Housing is a Human Right’ protest, organised by the National Homeless and Housing Coalition, will see people gather at The Horan Centre at 1pm followed by a march to The Square.   […]

AFTER having their big day postponed three weeks ago, the pupils of Scoil Eoin Balloonagh finally received their Confirmation at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Wednesday. Due to weather warnings about the cold snap the pupils had to wait a few weeks more, but there were no such […]

SPRING is definitely in the air at Presentation Tralee as the students prepare for the Easter holidays. In the courtyard in the school, the trees have suddenly become more colourful with the introduction of some painted eggs. German teacher, Marian Cronin, explained the reasons behind it. “It’s an old German […]

THE lads from Croí Restaurant in Tralee gave a cookery demo last night, fresh from their win at the Irish Restaurant Awards regional finals in Cork on Wednesday. In the guise of the Tralee Culinary Gangsters, Noel Keane and Kevin O’Connor were joined by Massimiliano Bagaglini from Once Upon A Cheese […]

  FILMMAKING in Kerry is set to receive a boost with the recent announcement of a new short film bursary by Kerry County Council and The Arts Council. The Film Bursary Award is set as a grant valued at €15,000 for 2018 and aims to foster talent, creativity and activity […]

TWO Tralee businesses have made the shortlist in the prestigious Image Magazine Business Of Beauty Awards. Nádúr Spa at Ballygarry House Hotel and Expose Beauty Lounge, Tralee are both in the shortlist for the awards which take place next month. Nádúr Spa is in the Best Spa category while Expose […]