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TRALEE’S jobless figure rose by 44 in December on the previous month with 3,936 people now signing on the Live Register, according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office. Killarney had the biggest increase as the county saw the number of unemployed increase by 4.6% on November’s figure. It’s […]

A TRALEE team won top honours at the Munster Finals of Scór na Mumhan held in the Ionad Pobail, Ovens, Co. Cork yesterday. It was a fantastic evening for Muintir Scór Chiarraí with victories by the Spá Set Dancers (East Kerry) and Na Gaeil (Greater Tralee Area) in Léiriú. They, as […]

A COFFEE morning in The Meadowlands Hotel, hosted by a Tralee woman to raise funds to help children living on the streets of Calcutta, was a big success on Saturday morning. Aedemar O’Regan, from Oakpark, is a teacher in St Francis’ School in Rochestown, Co. Cork, and  is travelling with […]

YESTERDAY we brought coverage of the Mercy Mounthawk Students Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel (click here for previous photos). The style and glamour was only stunning at the event which drew around 300 teenagers. Here’s the second part of our photos taken at the start of the night…

TAKE heed of this notice from Kerry County Council if you’re passing on these roads in the next number of weeks. The Council have notified the public that, to accommodate the laying of a new watermain in Lower Oakpark and Brewery Road in Tralee, there will be traffic management in […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I’m a PAYE worker. What income tax will I pay in 2018? Answer: Changes to income tax bands were announced as part of Budget 2018. The amount of tax that […]

IT’S proved a great success over the past few years, so all at Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA Club are looking forward to hosting their annual 10k run which takes place this year on January 28. Many are already taking to the roads for a healthy start to 2018 so the 10k […]

A COFFEE morning is to be held tomorrow (Saturday) by a Tralee woman who is travelling to India this March to help children living on the streets of Calcutta. Aedemar O’Regan, from Oakpark, is a teacher in St Francis’ School in Rochestown, Co. Cork. She is travelling with another teacher […]

DEBS season in Tralee drew to a close last night when over 300 students partied at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. After CBS The Green and Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí held their debs over the past week, this time it was the turn of Mercy Mounthawk students to organise their ball. They certainly […]

THERE have been safety concerns expressed after Storm Eleanor caused damage to a popular walkway just outside Tralee. The walkway from the Spa to Cockleshell Road is used regularly by leisure walkers, but parts of the underside of the wall have been washed away by the storm. A local resident […]

TRALEE Toastmasters are holding an open meeting on Monday, January 8 in Kerin’s O’Rahillys at 8pm.  Guests go free. “If one of your New year’s resolutions is to improve your public speaking skills or take part in a fun and exciting social group, then Tralee Toastmasters is the answer to […]

TRADING online vouchers to the value of €2,500 — which can be used for upgrading of e-commerce websites, buying online advertising from such websites as TraleeToday.ie and other uses — are still available to support small Irish businesses to enhance their online trading presence. A free information session will be held later this month which […]

KERRY Recreation and Sports Partnership have again joined forces with Sport Ireland and Healthy Ireland for this year’s Operation Transformation Walk. The national event, now in its eighth year, has always had a great turn out with thousands of people donning their walking shoes and getting active. The Kerry Operation […]

AS we told you yesterday, Tralee came 31st out of 40 towns / cities in the latest Irish Business Against Litter survey. The town is still deemed to be ‘Moderately Littered’ as improved by just two places from their 33rd placing in September. An Taisce judges had good things to say […]

KERRY County Council has given an update on the latest phase of the N86 road improvement works. The laying of new road surfaces on the N86 Tralee-Dingle road at Camp and Lispole will take place over the coming months as part of the ongoing improvement works on the route. A […]

A KERRYMAN is toasting his unbelievable start to the New Year after he collected a cheque for €552,182 won through an online play for Lotto Match 5 plus Bonus from the Lotto draw on Wednesday, December 20. The lucky online player – who revealed he also won just over €1,500 […]

THE wind howled and rain lashed the windows as Storm Eleanor came to town, but the students from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí stayed dry and happy in Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night. Over 120 teenagers sat down for a meal followed by some great entertainment at the Debs Ball organised by the […]

TRALEE is still ‘moderately littered’ according to the latest Irish Business Against Litter report, but is “edging closer to Clean status”. The latest report sees the capital town in 31st position in the table, up from 33rd in the last survey back in September. It’s a disappointing result after all the […]

LOCAL running club, Born To Run, are hoping people will take the time to vote for them in an upcoming awards. The Born to Run 40 Mile Ultra has made the final short list for the Running in Ireland Race Awards 2017. You can cast your vote for them in […]

DR. Patricia Kieran will present the annual Diocesan Public Talk, on Tuesday, January 9, at 8pm in The Gleneagle, Killarney. The theme is ‘Exploring Family Life’.  Patricia is a lecturer in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, in the Department of Learning Society and Religious Education. She is no stranger to Kerry […]

GARDAI are investigating after an incident of criminal damage on train carriages in Casement Station, Tralee. Graffiti on the exterior of two carriages was discovered on Christmas Day morning and gardaí say it looks like some time and work went into painting what they described as the person’s ‘signature or […]

THE Status Orange weather warning issued this morning by Met Eireann has been extended this afternoon for four counties including Kerry. The wind and rain arrived early this afternoon to Kerry and will now continue until 2pm tomorrow. The warning was extended for Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork and Kerry. It was […]

THE numbers of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry has risen from 623 in 2010 to 2,215  in 2017 according the the latest trolley watch figures. The figures from the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation (INMO) also show that there was an increase of one third on the […]

DUP leader Arlene Foster and influential Scottish Government Minister, Michael Russell, will be part of a high-powered gathering of politicians and business leaders at a major conference in Kerry focusing on the impact of Brexit on Ireland, the UK and the European Union. The Killarney Economic Conference will take place […]

MET Eireann has updated its weather warning to include Kerry and the rest of Munster in the Status Orange area today. The wind warning is for Munster, Leinster and south Galway. Storm Eleanor will move in off the Atlantic later this afternoon and will move very quickly across the country this […]

Continuing our review of the year, here’s some of the stories we brought you in December… • KIERAN Donaghy announced  that he will not be retiring from the Kerry team and is available for selection in the 2018 season. He spoke to his family and Eamonn Fitzmaurice and decided he will […]

From new businesses to Rose Ball glamour and viral videos, we countdown the 10 stories that garnered the most page views on the TraleeToday.ie website in 2017… Note: All figures below are page views on the website, not Facebook reach which is entirely different. 10. Scam warning… Back in March, […]

Continuing our review of the year, here’s some of the stories we brought you in November… • GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors head coach, Mark Bernsen, won the Basketball Ireland Super League Coach of the Month for October after leading his team to an unbeaten run of four games in the league throughout […]

Continuing our review of the year, here’s some of the stories we brought you in October…  • MANOR Village, Knockmoyle and Kerins Park were the estate winners in the Tidy Tralee Together competition and the awards ceremony was held in The Rose Hotel. Prizes were given out in the estates, gardens, […]

STUDENTS from CBS The Green held their Debs Ball at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night and it was a glamorous affair. Around 130 teenagers sat down for a meal followed by a band and DJ and they were joined by some 100 more partygoers for the ‘afters’. We called […]