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IT’S become a Christmas tradition over the past number of years and yet again the gardaí brought some seasonal cheer to the streets of Tralee on Wednesday. Members of the force came out to The Mall for their annual festive fundraising drive aided by local musician and created a great […]

Following an investigation into the theft of Quad Bikes following burglaries in the Limerick, Kerry and North Cork area over the past twelve months, Gardaí attached to Newcastlewest Garda Station have arrested two men. Both men (aged 55 and 37) were arrested in the Kilmallock area of Co Limerick yesterday […]

THE Rose of Tralee International Festival is to receive €30,000 in funding from Fáilte Ireland next year. Funding for the Festival had been cut to €15,000 in 2017, a move heavily criticised at the time by Rose of Tralee International Festival CEO, Anthony O’Gara. Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism […]

STUDENTS of Coláiste Gleann Lí have created and produced a CD in support of the work of the ISPCC this Christmas. The CD consists of five tracks which showcase the talent among the student body at Tralee’s fastest growing post-primary school. The tracks consists of an eclectic range of musical […]

BANK of Ireland staff raised €39,031 for charitable causes in Kerry in 2017 through the bank’s flagship charity and community initiative, Give Together. The charity programme gives Bank of Ireland staff throughout Ireland the chance to lend support to their chosen charities or causes through fundraising and volunteering. In total, just […]

THE pupils of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville have been performing their annual Christmas concerts this week. On Monday, the junior and senior infants entertained their families in the school hall and on Tuesday it was the turn of 1st to 6th classes to shine in St John’s Church as […]

THE Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Brendan Griffin TD, has welcomed the news from his Departmental colleague Minister Ross, that Kerry Airport is to receive over €1m in grant aid towards operating costs. Welcoming the allocations Minister Griffin said: “This grant is in addition to the €583k already allocated […]

FOUR projects have received awards from Creative Ireland Kerry. Kerry County Council, leading Creative Ireland Kerry, invited applications for a Cultural Archive Award with the aim of developing or preserving archives with the intended cultural impact of preserving such material for future generations. One award was presented in each of […]

A TRALEE company kicked off their annual charity fundraiser on Monday, this time in aid of the Kerry Cancer Support Group’s Health Link Bus. The “Tour de ViClarity” is currently taking place at the ViClarity offices in the Tom Crean business centre Tralee and finishes this Friday. This year the […]

THE annual Tralee International Bridge Congress 2017 will take place from Friday, December 29 to Monday, January 1 and big crowds are again expected. It is once again being hosted by Hazel Boyle and all her friendly and efficient  staff  at the Manor West Hotel in Tralee. They will be providing dinner and B&B  over […]

THE Donal Walsh #LiveLife National Film Competition 2017/18 is now open for submissions. The hugely popular competition has three categories Primary School, Secondary School and adult and always throws up some serious filmmaking talent. “We want you to remember Donal and his “Live Life” ethos by getting you to create […]

THERE’S been big changes in the town this year. First Denny Street was made a two-way street again and then work started on The Mall/Bridge Street in May. It finished just last Friday when it opened up to traffic again from 6pm to 10.30am. Well local man, John Ryle, showed […]

KERRY Education and Training Board received over 200 Entries from their eight Kerry ETB Schools for their annual Christmas Card Competition and as always the standard was very high. However there can only be one overall winner with three runners up selected due to the impressive submissions made by Kerry […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s assistance after a car was vandalised on Ashe Street recently. The incident happened on Saturday, December 9, between 9pm and midnight. The rear window of a car was smashed but nothing was taken. Gardaí believe Ashe Street may have been busy around this time […]

GARDAI are advising the public that professional beggars are operating in Tralee. They say there are organised professional gangs coming into town and in one case a person was arrested, searched and was found to have €650 in cash on them by the end of the day. Gardaí have been […]

CHRISTMAS came a little early for one lucky member of Tralee Credit Union when she won a new car. At the Tralee Credit Union AGM on Monday last, one lucky member was picked as the winner of the Tralee Credit Union’s Members Car Draw. Roberta Kelly from Fountain Court in […]

BALLYROE Heights Hotel is celebrating after receiving three accolades in the weddingdates.ie awards. They won the  Top rated 3* Star Wedding Venue in Ireland, the Top rated Munster Venue and the Top rated Kerry Venue (6th year in a row). The Top Rated Castle award went to Ballyseede Castle Hotel. “I would like to […]

THERE was a fantastic turnout for this year’s Christmas Cleanup on Banna with 27 enthusiastic volunteers turning up at the beach on Sunday morning. Volunteers were wrapped up, armed with gloves and bags and removed  25 bags of rubbish from the beach in just one hour. The bags were filled […]

A CONSTRUCTION company is delivering toys to the children’s ward at University Hospital Kerry this week. John Sisk & Son, is delivering over 500 handcrafted wooden toys to schools, children’s hospitals and charities across Ireland and the United Kingdomin the run up to Christmas. The beautiful wooden toys, which were handmade […]

Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne, hopes people give thanks for the goodness in their lives in his Christmas message here… So the shepherds hurried to Bethlehem and found Mary and Joseph and the baby Jesus lying in the manger. It was exactly as they had been told. Luke 2:16 The […]

THE Austin Stacks faithful gathered in the clubhouse in Connolly Park for the launch of a book nearly two years in the making. Austin Stacks ‘A Centenary History 1917-2017’ is now available and it’s a superb book full of photographs, profiles of past players, club officers and the club history […]

FIFTH year students participating in the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme at Presentation Tralee held their Christmas market on Friday as part of their enterprise module. A lot of advanced planning and marketing was carried out with posters on display in the 1st year area letting the students know what treats […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I have ordered a few presents from a Belgian website. Can I return them if I change my mind when I get them? Answer: Online purchases from businesses based in […]

  ALL  students at Pres Tralee were allowed to wear Christmas jumpers to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House at Crumlin Children’s Hospital on Friday. As part of the fundraising activities a bake sale was also held at break time – coordinated by students in Ms. Cronin’s German classes. Ms. […]

KERRY County Council is inviting applications from community and voluntary organisations across the county for a fund of €750,000 for local community-based projects and initiatives. The 2018 Community Support Fund was launched on Thursday evening at the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre by the Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John […]

TWO Kerry properties were sold at the latest BidX1 (formerly Allsop) auction this week. The two residential homes were in Tralee and Glenbeigh. In Tralee, 24 Pairc Na Dun, Mounthawk was offered with a reserve not to exceed€130,000. The vacant detached three bedroom house, extending to approximately 127 sq. m (1,367 […]

STORIES and images of families in the Mitchels Boherbee area are contained in the new calendar and CD from the Mitchels Boherbee Historical & Heritage Group. The launch of their 10th anniversary calendar and fifth Volume of the CD took place in the The Munster Bar at 7.30pm. Micheal Scannell Director […]

TRALEE’S jobless figure rose by 70 in November on the previous month with 3,893 people now signing on the Live Register. Killarney and Dingle saw much bigger increases as the county saw the number of unemployed increase by 10% on October’s figure. It’s the first time since July that the […]

A 5K/10K road race will take place on New Years Eve in Tralee to close the year on a healthy note and raise funds for a local charity. Optimal Fitness presents its first 5k and 10k event starting from The Rose Hotel at 11am on Sunday, December 31 and organiser […]

PRIMARY school pupils from Kilflynn, Ardfert, Ballyheigue and around the county demonstrated their artistic skills to highlight road safety in the 2018 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition. This week, David Doyle, Senior Engineer, Operations, Capital Infrastructure and Safety Department, Kerry County Council presented the twelve winning pupils from various primary […]