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THE wonderful new Palliative Care Unit was officially opened last Friday at University Hospital Kerry and among its many great facilities is a new space for younger people. ‘Donal’s Den’ is a room funded by the Donal Walsh ‘LiveLife’ Foundation and Fionnbar and Elma Walsh were at the unit to […]

THERE was good news on the double this afternoon when it was announced that Tralee had retained its Gold Medal in the Tralee Tidy Towns competition and has also has been awarded Purple Flag status. The Gold Medal is the sixth in a row for Tralee and is testament to […]

THE four people arrested after two young men were stabbed in Tralee in the early hours of yesterday morning have been released from custody. The incident at Strand Street, Tralee sometime between 12.30 and 1am on Sunday morning, saw  two men  in their early twenties suffer stab wounds. One man remains […]

IT’S back! After the stunning success of last year’s event in Ballygarry House Hotel, eleven couples will return to the same dancefloor to thrill audiences at the John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2017. The couples have been carefully selected and are currently in training for this momentous event […]

THE weather behaved and spirits were high across Kerry on Friday when public venues, communities and arts spaces offered up a great selection of free events late into the night. Thousands came out across the county with key events in Tralee, Killarney, Listowel, Dingle, Castleisland, Ballinskelligs, Kenmare, Waterville, Killorglin, Scartaglin, […]

IT will be missed. A mainstay for lunchtime diners for over a quarter of a century, Dawson’s Restaurant on The Mall, (located within Heatons) has now closed. The announcement was made on the business’ Facebook page yesterday. It read; “After 26 wonderful years in business, we have taken the decision […]

“Hospice matters. The end of life deserves as much duty, care and respect as the beginning. I hope that any of you will never need the Hospice, but the Hospice will always need you.” TED Moynihan’s words addressing those gathered as the new €6.5m 15-bed specialist palliative in-patient unit at University Hospital […]

THE sun shone down on pupils and staff of Scoil Eoin, as a morning of great fun unfolded for the official opening of their ‘Outside Storytellers Garden’ on Friday. The new outdoor space looks amazing for the kids, with a large chair and mushroom seats carved by Limerick man, Will Fogarty, […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public…  Question: I’m unemployed and planning to go to college. What funding is available for this? Answer:  Most undergraduate students attending publicly funded third-level courses for the first time will qualify […]

A BALLYDUFF woman will take to stage tonight in a bid to win the Miss Ireland title. Tamara Goggin (20) was crowned Miss Kerry at The Brehon Hotel back in May and will now join ladies from all over the country at at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Northwood Park to […]

PRESIDENT of Sinn Féin, Gerry Adams TD, received a rapturous welcome in The Rose Hotel Tralee on Thursday night when he launched ‘Ireland’s Hunger for Justice’, the story of Ireland’s 22  hunger strikers. There was a packed house for the launch as people came from all over the county and indeed country for […]

A PUBLIC consultation process on pedestrianising The Mall during the day and the location of taxi ranks has begun. Kerry County Council is proposing traffic calming measures in Bridge Street and The Mall and this includes pedestrianisation of the area from 10.30am and 6.30pm, making this area exclusive to pedestrians […]

MANOR Village, Knockmoyle and Kerins Park scooped the top estate prizes in the Tralee Tidy Towns competition for this year. The winners have been announced and will receive their prizes at an awards ceremony on October 2 in The Rose Hotel. There were also a number of winners for gardens, […]

THE annual remembrance day for Con Houlihan takes place in Castleisland on Saturday, September 30 and this year sees the the launch of the Con Houlihan Trail by Castleisland Chamber Alliance. The trail consists of a short tour of Castleisland town taking in some of Con’s favourite places in the area. […]

  TRANSITION Kerry will be hosting a ‘Sustainable Space’ at Tralee Food Festival on this Saturday in the Square. This is to celebrate and showcase the work that is being done by local community groups and small local sustainable businesses. Tralee Allotments Project will show how the Community Apple Press works. […]

EXTREME endurance athlete Gavan Hennigan will be delivering a talk, organised by Jigsaw Kerry, entitled “Developing Mental Resilience” in the Rose Hotel in Tralee on Sunday, October 8.   Gavan Hennigan is an Irish Extreme Endurance Athlete who hails from Galway. He has worked worldwide as a deep-sea saturation diver […]

WHILE adults took off on the annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle in aid of the local school two weeks ago, the planned kids cycle for September 10 had to be postponed. Well now the Kids’ Fun Cycle has been rescheduled for this Sunday, September 24. Registration from 10am to 10.45am and […]

  THE country was saddened this morning at the news of the passing of the legendary Jimmy Magee. The RTE broadcaster passed away at the age of 82 and will be fondly remembered by all sports fans who grew up hearing his voice. One man who’ll feel saddened is Michael […]

YOU may have noticed that it’s pretty rotten outside today, but it should clear later this evening. The rain is coming down at the moment and Met Eireann has issued a Yellow Status Weather Advisory for Munster, Leinster, Cavan and Monaghan. There’ll be heavy rain today, continuing in the east for […]

TRALEE Boxing Club’s Patrick McCarthy is within one win of at least a bronze medal at the European Junior Championships. The local  boxer advanced to the quarter-finals of the 32-nation tournament held in Bulgaria this week with a 5-0 win over Owen Paton from Scotland in the 48kg category. The […]

THE number of people signing on in Tralee’s Social Welfare office fell in August, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. There were 4,205 signing on last month, down 81 from July’s figure. Countywide, 8,711 signed on at Kerry’s seven social welfare offices in August, down 284 […]

SAILING enthusiasts are in for a treat this weekend with top racing coming to Fenit. Tralee Bay Maritime Centre along with Tralee Bay Sailing Club are hosting some of the best sailors in the country in a spectacular sailing competition, The 49er Nationals and Skiff Open from Friday, September 22 […]

THE 5th Annual Enable Ireland Swimathon takes place on Sunday, October 1 at Banna Beach Hotel, Ardfert and organisers are looking for people to take part. This is a continuous swim over 8 hours from 10am – 6pm. Organiser Brid Brown says; “There is no age limit and we welcome […]

The Pope’s Astronomer, Bro. Guy Consolmagno, S.J.,Director of the Vatican Observatory, will visit the Kerry International Dark Sky Reserve on Tuesday, October 17 He is due to deliver two talks – one to secondary school students at Coláiste na Sceilge, Cahersiveen, and the second, a public lecture later that evening […]

KERRY County Council Local Enterprise Office, in association with Peevers Slye Cotter (PSC Taxation Services), will present a Budget 2018 Breakfast Briefing in Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee on Thursday, October 12 from  8.30am to 10.30am. The briefing will summarise the main points arising from the Budget announced on the afternoon of October 10. There will be particular emphasis […]

PUBLIC history project ‘National Treasures’ is calling on the people of Kerry to submit their treasured objects to help tell the story of Irish life over the past 100 years. RTÉ and the National Museum of Ireland are currently working together to create ‘National Treasures’, a unique archive documenting how […]

LISTOWEL native and former Mayor of Listowel, Tom Barry was selected to replace Cllr Diane Nolan at a convention of the Listowel LEA, in the Listowel Arms Hotel, on Monday night. His was the only nomination received before the deadline closed on Friday.  He was selected to replace Cllr Diane […]

WELL they didn’t come to Tralee, but we made our way over the road to Killarney last night to see the Kerry minors feted for their amazing performances this year, which ended in a record-breaking four in a row of All-Ireland titles. Over 1,000 people were there to see captain […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s help with a case of theft yesterday in Tralee. A man was loading tools into his van at his house at Knockmoyle, Tralee between 8pm and 10pm on Sunday night, September 17. He stepped back into his house momentarily and when he came back […]

TRALEE Boxing Club’s Patrick McCarthy is off to Bulgaria to fight for Ireland. Patrick left Tralee at the weekend on the road to the European Championships in Bulgaria. He will box for team Ireland against Owen Paton of Scotland tomorrow. The young boxer has already won a national title and National […]