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THE centenary celebrations for Austin Stacks GAA club are coming to an end, but not without showing what an eventful year it has been for the Rock club. An exhibition was opened at Tralee Library by Chairman of Austin Stack Liam Lynch on Tuesday night, with images from socials, medal […]

FRESH from winning an award at this year’s Irish Film Television Awards on Thursday, John Connors was in Tralee yesterday to help students with their course projects. The Dubliner won Best Actor in a leading role category for his role in Cardboard Gangsters at the awards and in his acceptance […]

ONE of Kerry’s and Ireland’s best-loved and most popular beaches has picked up a national award, coming out tops in the Irish Independent Travel Awards for 2018. The beach, which was hailed by readers of the newspaper as ‘Heaven on Earth’ was chosen as the country’s favourite. The award was accepted by […]

A LOCAL woman has asked people to give her a hand in helping to clean up rubbish which has been washed up on the old steam railway line between Blennerville and Tralee. Catherine Dolan from Knockmoyle took photos and posted the extent of the piles of waste strewn over a […]

A MEMBER of Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie Club was honoured at national level at an awards ceremony in Croke Park on Saturday. Tralee Parnells Camogie Chairperson, Carmel O’Shea-Maloney was given a Volunteer of the Year Award at The Camogie Association Volunteer and Media Awards Dinner. Over 100 guests were in […]

FR Pat Ahern, a founding member of Siamsa Tíre, was honoured yesterday by Kerry County Council with a Civic Reception. “This is an opportunity for Kerry County Council to acknowledge the tremendous work that Fr Pat has done over so many years to promote the artistic, musical and literary tradition […]

SWEETLY struck. Young Kieran O’Connor of St Brendan’s Park FC channelled his inner Philippe Coutinho at the weekend when he scored a monstrous free kick from 35 yards out in an Under 14 game. Park were playing Kells Blackwater in the Sketchers National Cup last 16 tie at Mounthawk Park […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating two burglaries over the weekend in Tralee and Camp. Between 8pm on Saturday and 8am on Sunday, a burglary took place at O’Dwyer’s MACE at Camp.  During the course of the incident a vehicle, a black Peugeot Partner registration number 11-D-39843, was taken. It has […]

KERRY’S Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has asked the Local Electoral Area Boundary Committee to grant Castleisland its own Municipal District in the upcoming revision of boundaries. His submission proposes Tralee Municipal District be reduced from a nine seat district to seven, with lands in the north, south, east and […]

  ALDI has announced that Pieta House Tralee is the latest charity to benefit from Aldi’s Community Grants programme. Aldi’s Listowel store staff have awarded the organisation a €500 grant in recognition of its dedicated work and significant contribution within the local community and to help support its essential services. Sharon McNama, Aldi’s Listowel store […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating three cases of criminal damage in Tralee over the past few days. On Friday, February 16, at 2.49am, the front window of Fone Dealz at the corner of Castle Street and Edward Street was damaged to the tune of €400. The person was seen on […]

THE Institute of Tralee will welcome Fr. Peter McVerry, Founder of the Peter McVerry Trust to deliver a guest lecture on Wednesday February 28. The lecture titled ‘A Housing and Homeless Crisis – where it came from and where it’s going’ will tackle one of Ireland’s most acute issues and […]

THERE was yet another big lotto win in Kerry last night. One winner from the county scooped €250,000 on the Lotto Plus 2 draw. The winning Lotto Plus 2 ticket was bought in Sheahan’s Centra in Glenbeigh village. The store owner Aisling Sheahan commented: “It is great news to wake up to […]

HE has presented programmes, voiced ads and trained many of the DJs you hear on Radio  Kerry every week, but John Herlihy has decided to move on after 20 years at the station. Colleagues gathered at The Ashe Hotel on Friday night to say farewell to the Kilcummin native and […]

IT was a pretty nice evening for a man from Oakpark on Saturday, as he scooped prizes worth €22,000 on RTE’s Winning Streak. Jimmy Kelly from Woodlands in Oakpark appeared on the National Lottery gameshow and did very well indeed. He won a luxury holiday in the Florida Keys worth […]

AFTER two sell-out Strictly Come Dancing events over the past couple of years, Ardfert National School are gearing up to host their first ‘Lip Sing Battle’. Ten acts will take to the floor at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Easter Saturday, March 31 in what promises to be a fantastic night […]

TWO teams at Mercy Mounthawk are preparing for All Ireland semi-finals next week. First up, the under 14 boys play St Pats of Cavan in the All A Ireland Under 14 cup semi final this Tuesday, February 20, in the National Basketball Arena Dublin. In the previous rounds they beat […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: What can I do if I have a problem with an item I’ve bought online? Answer: If you are not happy with an item you have bought online, you should […]

SHOW Racism the Red Card are calling on all primary and secondary schools, youth organisations, children and young people in Tralee and Kerry to enter their annual ‘Anti-Racism Creative Competition 2018′. The competition encourages young people to develop creative anti-racism messages using written, visual and audio-visual means. The deadline for […]

THE number of people signing on the Live Register in Tralee in January rose by 24 on the previous month according to the latest figures from the the Central Statistics Office. There were 3,690 people signing on at the Tralee office, that number is still down 592 on January 2017, […]

THE 2018 Lacey Cup will be held on Sunday, March 4 hosted by Tralee Manor West Bicycle Club. The Lacey Cup is the grand opener to the Munster racing season when all cyclists will be anxious to show some good early season form. The race always draws a large field […]

IT’S going to be some St Patrick’s weekend and the festivities will kick off with bang when the second Kerins O’Rahillys GAA ‘Strictly Club Dancing’ event takes place. Twelve couples have been in rehearsals with artistic director Jackie O’Mahoney over the past number of weeks and they’re already looking fleet […]

AN inspirational event held in Tralee back in May raised a phenomenal amount of money for Pieta House, which they collected on Thursday evening from local organisers. The Darkness Into Light Tralee walk raised €34,792.60 thanks to the thousands of participants who took off from CBS The Green on May […]

  SAMARITANS in Kerry are launching a major volunteer recruitment campaign to encourage people to get involved with the charity to give something back to the local community and help change people’s lives. They are holding an information evening  next Wednesday, February 21 at  7-30 pm at The Samaritans 43-44 […]

A NEW study by AIB has revealed Kerry has the second lowest pub to population ratio in the country. The AIB 2018 Pubs Outlook was a 26 county study and looked at a number of issues affecting the pub trade in Ireland. It found that Kerry has 435 pubs which is […]

RTE’S Miriam O’Callaghan has urged people of Kerry to dig deep this Daffodil Day to help the record number of people being diagnosed with cancer. The broadcaster, who lost a sister to cancer, was speaking at the launch of the Irish Cancer Society’s 2018 Daffodil Day, which will take place […]

HE has made a massive contribution to arts in the county over the years and now Fr Pat Ahern will be honoured by Kerry County Council with a Civic Reception on Monday. Fr Ahern will be honoured for his outstanding contribution to the artistic, cultural and literary tradition of the […]

THERE are 35 patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry today according to figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation. This is a record number at the hospital since the INMO started compiling  figures based on daily checks in emergency departments and wards across the country 12 years […]

THE National Lottery have this morning appealed to EuroMillions players in Kerry to check their tickets after one lucky player scooped the Match 5 + Lucky Star prize of €333,913 in Tuesday night’s €138 million EuroMillions draw. The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at The Reeks Gateway Centra on […]

OVER 300 people attended the 55th year of the Lee Strand Annual Social on Saturday night at the Ballygarry House Hotel in Tralee. The annual gathering attended by farmers, shareholders, staff and customers of Lee Strand was a wonderful social evening of fine dining, great music and dancing. On arrival guests were welcomed with […]