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THE National Q Mark Awards 2017 nominations for Hygiene and Food Safety have been announced and SPAR Tralee outlets are among those up for awards. SPAR Byrne Tralee Caherslee, SPAR Byrne Tralee Monavalley and SPAR Byrne Tralee Oak Park have been nominated alongside fellow Kerry nominees Fitzpatricks SPAR Express Cahersiveen, Keanes […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by AIB Tralee… IT’S all quiet now until next June, but the Island was hopping on Friday for Ladies Day at Listowel Races. There were thousands of women there dressed to impress on a day when […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by AIB Listowel… SO yesterday saw thousands of ladies get dressed up for Ladies Day in Listowel and there was some style on display. As you’ve seen earlier (click here and here for previous coverage) we […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by AIB Listowel… IT was another incredible day of style at Listowel yesterday for the McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day. As we told you yesterday (click here for previous story), Jill Duggan from Killarney won the Best […]

A WRITER in Residence and Filmmaker in Residence have been appointed by Kerry County Council. Donegal native, Annemarie Ní Churreáin, is this year’s Writer in Residence, while Filmmaker in Residence is Mieke Vanmechelen. Annemarie Ní Churreáin is a poet and writer of creative non-fiction essays, Annemarie’s work is primarily concerned with […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I am not happy with work that a builder did on my house and will have to pay for someone else to finish the job properly. What can I […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by AIB Listowel… THERE were winners alright in the style stakes at Listowel on Friday as McElligotts Honda Ladies Day drew thousands to the Island once again. Jill Duggan, from Killarney, was declared the overall winner of the McElligotts […]

THERE’S just a week to go until  the third Tralee Food Festival in association with Taste Kerry and organisers say it will be the most important food event in the county capital this year. The town will strive to promote local producers and restaurants to an appreciative and rapidly growing […]

THE tourism group Go Kerry has collaborated with Kerry Education and Training Board with the support of Kerry County Council and Destination Kerry, to introduce a Tourism with Business Course. This course when finished will offer a level 5 FETAC major award. Participants will learn a whole range of new […]

FUNDING of over €283,666 has been allocated for the Disabled Persons Grant Scheme in Kerry. Kerry Fine Gael TD and Minister of State at the Department of Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin welcomed announcement, saying it’ll greatly improve the housing conditions for those living with disabilities. The Disabled Persons Grant […]

THREE new lots of properties in Tralee have been added to the upcoming online auction being held by BidX1 (formerly Allsop). We previously told you about the 16 Kerry properties going to auction on September 27/28 on the website (click here for previous story). One new addition  is 20 residential […]

THERE will be a training event for people interested in taking part in the Coastwatch Survey on Sunday, September 17 on Fenit Island at 2pm, meeting at the carpark at the back beach. September 15 marks the beginning of the annual Coastwatch Survey.  The survey is a fantastic way to […]

THE Tree Council of Ireland supported by Tetra Pak is calling on Tralee and Kerry’s primary schools to get involved in Tetra Pak Tree Day 2017 on Thursday, October 5. The aim of Tetra Pak Tree Day 2017 is to encourage primary school children across the country to put down their […]

HUNDREDS of teenagers had a day off today after they collected their Junior Certificate results at five Tralee secondary schools. There were smiles aplenty as they gathered this morning and principals were delighted with how they got on in the exams. In Presentation Secondary there were 107 students who sat […]

THERE are a number of initiatives including free travel and a walking tour of Tralee planned in town for European Mobility Week which takes place from September 16-22. This is an annual campaign on sustainable urban mobility, the aim of which is to encourage and promote sustainable transport measures and to […]

THIS year’s Tionól Mhic Easmainn/Casement Autumn Gathering will take place in The Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee, at 8pm on Friday next, September 15. This year’s lecture, entitled ‘Saving Roger Casement: The Exiled Children’s Misplaced Trust’, will be given by Dr Robert (Bob) Schmuhl of Notre Dame University, Indiana, USA. Dr Schmuhl, author of ‘Ireland’s […]

IF you want to get involved in cleaning up our lovely coastline this weekend, then this is a great way to do it. As part of the CleanCoasts Big Beach Clean Weekend, Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre will be running a cleanup of the area behind the windmill at Blennerville. Slí […]

As hundreds of students in Tralee schools get their results this morning, Career Guidance Counsellor, Billy Ryle, says the Junior Cert is a very important exam in its own right… Junior Cert exam results were issued on Wednesday morning to 61,654 (30,349 female, 31,305 male) candidates nationwide, including 1,858 (923 […]

A FUNDRAISING afternoon in aid of Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre will be held later this month and the organisation is hoping people support this great cause. The centre is set to host an Afternoon Tea Party  on Saturday, September 23 at 1pm in the Muckross House Hotel, Killarney. Guests […]

RECOVERY Haven were delighted with a visit by two members of Tralee Golf Club on Friday as they brought something special with them. The Lady Captain’s Charity Day was held recently out in Barrow and raised €1,585 for the Cancer Support House which was accepted by volunteers on behalf of the facility, […]

A WELL-KNOWN Kerry doctor has been shortlisted in a category in a National GP Awards. GPBuddy.ie, the online resource for GPs in Ireland, has announced details of the shortlisted nominees for this year’s GPBuddy National GP Awards and Dr Eamonn Shanahan (Farranfore Medical Centre, Farranfore) is shortlisted in the ‘GPs in […]

By Adrienne McLoughlin Family and friends of the late Denis O’Connor were present in Connolly Park on Saturday night, after the first day of an event which will always be associated with him – the Lee Strand U13 Football Tournament. In his memory, the Lee Strand Cup has been re-named the […]

MET Eireann has issued another wind warning for Kerry for Tuesday. The Status Yellow warning is valid from 2pm this afternoon until midnight tonight. A deepening depression is expected to track eastwards across the centre of Ireland, (Galway to Dublin) this evening with a band of very strong winds on […]

GARDAI have asked the general public to be on the lookout for two items stolen in separate incidents. A bicycle was stolen last Monday, September 4 at Strand Street at around 8.30pm. The person who stole it was subsequently arrested for other offences, but couldn’t remember where he left the […]

YESTERDAY saw thousands of euro raised for a great cause from the Crumlin Colour Dash. As we told you earlier today (click here if you missed it), Micheál Dillon of Kinetic Health and Fitness organised the fantastic event from the Tralee Bay Wetlands with over 350 people taking part. We […]

GARDAI are looking for the public’s help with an assault which took place in town last week. On Tuesday last, September 5, at 8.30pm in Green Lane off Castle Street (the lane leading down to Presentation Primary School), two men were involved in an altercation and one of them sustained […]

  A NEW employment programme for women begins next week at Aras An Phobail in Tralee aimed at offering women training, support, work placements and links with employers. The ‘Moving On’ programme is co-ordinated by Lisa Singleton while Dolores Gallagher is the Employment Liaison Officer. They are based in the […]

OVER 350 people of all ages gathered at the Tralee Bay Wetlands on Sunday morning for the Crumlin Colour Dash. Organised by Micheál Dillon of Kinetic Health And Fitness in Monavalley, it saw people take off at 11am on a 5k route where they were pelted with powdered paint at […]

One of Ireland’s oldest and most well known hotels will soon be known once again as the Great Southern Killarney. In a move that will no doubt please the residents of Killarney, The Malton Hotel will have its name retired as the Great Southern Killarney is reinstated on January 26, 2018. Owned […]

THE weather wasn’t ideal but that didn’t put off over 85 hardy souls for the fourth annual Ardfert Harvest Cycle. Held to raise funds for Ardfert NS, the leisure cycle had two routes, 32km and 70km, providing a challenge for both the novice and experienced cyclist. The rain threatened all morning […]