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WORK on the demolition of the former Denny factory won’t take place until after a contractor is appointed in late June or early July. The contract for the demolition of the buildings and the clearance of the site has been advertised in the past week. The development of a masterplan for […]

A KERRY ETB Horticulture Tutor has won a Silver Award at the Bloom Garden Festival in Dublin. Kathleen Barrett’s stunningly creative flower hat piece impressed the judges at the famous festival. Kathleen is currently teaching horticulture to community groups at the Kerry County Council allotments in Tralee’s Deans Lane and […]

NEW car sales continued to fall in May compared to the same month in 2017, according to the latest figures from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). There were 90 new car registrations in May compared to 97 last year, a drop of -7.22%. So far this year […]

MOYDERWELL Mercy Primary School had a special visitor on Wednesday to view a project on the European Union. The school took part in the Blue Star Programme which is an education initiative for primary school pupils across Ireland. The idea of the Programme is to foster better understanding and knowledge of […]

MEMBERS of Tralee Tidy Towns and Kerry County Council joined Dick and Eibhlín Henggeler and Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney on Wednesday evening, to officially launch the new Rose of Tralee monument. The beautiful new Rose of Tralee sculpture has been erected on the roundabout at Ballymullen on the Dan Spring […]

WHILE 24 ladies are hoping to be the new Kerry Rose this Friday night, a former Presentation Secondary School Tralee student has been crowned Miss Hull 2017. Agatha Lawton, 24, won the title in the UK city last Sunday week. She moved to Mayo from the UK 18 years ago with her mom […]

THE Rose of Tralee, Maggie McEldowney, was in town yesterday to help officially launch an event which will benefit Pieta House in Tralee. The annual Tralee Golf Club Captains Charity Day will take place on Saturday, July 8 in aid of the facility at Moyderwell. “We have a charity event every […]

Career Guidance Counsellor and freelance writer, Billy Ryle, has some last minute tips for students as they prepare for the Leaving Cert and Junior Cert exams… The waiting is almost over for about 120,000 exam candidates – about 4,000 from Kerry – as the State Exams get underway on Wednesday […]

“Silent Books, from the world to Lampedusa and back” is the title of an exhibition that will take place at Tralee Library from June 2 to June 30. It consists of over 100 recent, wordless picture books from around the world, from Mexico to the U.S. via Denmark, Iran and beyond. […]

IT was a momentous day for Fenit and the RNLI as a member of the British royal family came to the village on Tuesday. HRH The Duke of Kent, Prince Edward, a first cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, arrived by helicopter during a beautiful sunny afternoon, seeing the area at its best. The […]

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision at the Gap of Dunloe this afternoon, Tuesday, May 30, at approximately 3pm. The collision involved a cyclist and a 4 X 4 vehicle. The cyclist, a woman in her 60s was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver […]

THERE was an increase in burglaries and drug offences in Kerry in the first three months of 2017 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest Kerry Garda Division crime statistics. The figures for January 1 to March 31, 2017, were revealed at the meeting of the […]

THERE was a great turnout in The Square in Tralee on Monday evening for a vigil to remember the violence and brutality against innocent children, women and men in Manchester and around the world. Organised by Sylvia Thompson with the help of Dr Rizwan Khan of the Kerry Islamic Outreach Society, it […]

TWO Tralee Educate Together National School senior infants pupils won the overall prize in this year’s Under 7 category in the ‘Have You Got Maths Eyes’ poster competition. Sophie Rinkevica and Jaroslava Dunkova were successful in the competition which is run every year in collaboration with IT Tallaght, Maths Week Ireland […]

STUDENTS from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí with the Coiste Gaeilge (committee of students who help to organize events and promote Irish in the school) were awarded the Gaelbhratach, by Clíodhna Ní Chíosáin, an Irish actor from the clár teilifíse, Afraic. Seventy schools attended the awards day, which was held in Leopardstown Racecourse. The […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information in relation to damage to car at the weekend. On Sunday, May 28, a grey BMW was badly damaged in Manor West car park, between 1.30pm -2.15pm. It was parked in row 3, adjacent to Gloria Jean’s coffee shop. The offending […]

ST Ita’s and St Joseph’s in Tralee was filled with lots of excitement when Lee Strand visited this week to present a cheque of €500 in the Cash 4 Schools Draw. Speaking at the presentation Luke Scollard who represented the student council said; “I would like to thank Lee Strand […]

  MINISTER for Mental Health and Older People Helen McEntee today launched Connecting for Life Kerry, a four year plan which it’s hoped fewer lives will be lost through suicide. The launch took place at IT Tralee and was attended by a large number of those involved in the drafting of […]

TWO local men are off monkeying around the west Kerry peninsula this weekend all for a great cause. Barry O’Connor and Fergal Cunningham are off taking on the Monkey Bike Challenge this Sunday, June 4. This is their biggest challenge to date on the smallest of machines. They are attempting […]

THE RSA Check it Fits Service is coming to Tralee this Wednesday so you can check that child car seats and restraints are correctly fitted. This is a free service for parents to avail of practical advice and expert fitting of their child car seats. Research from the Road Safety Authority’s ‘Check […]

GLORIOUS weather made for a wonderful day at Na Gaeil GAA pitch on Sunday afternoon for families of Listellick NS pupils. Organised by the Parents Council, there was a great range of entertainment to be enjoyed at an event where parents and pupils got a chance to enjoy a family […]

OVER 60 Kerry primary school are signed up for the  big Bathrooms4U colouring competition. The competition is about encouraging and rewarding self expression, creativity and imagination among young artists throughout Kerry and runs until this Friday, June 2. Continued below… The business has some super prizes up for grabs worth €7,000 including 4 Samsung Tablets […]

THE students at Presentation Secondary School in Tralee were fundraising again earlier this month and collected an amazing €1,000 for Cuan Mhuire through a non-uniform day. “We have a longstanding association with Cuan Mhuire, mainly through Sr Bríd who is a former Principal, now working in the Farnanes centre in […]

THE Leaving Certificate students from Coláiste Gleann Lí reflected on their time at the school on Friday afternoon at their graduation ceremony. Every one of the 13 students took an active part in the ceremony, where there were symbols of their time presented and messages of gratitude were expressed by […]

OUR Lady and St Brendan’s Church was packed on Friday afternoon as students from Mercy Mounthawk said goodbye to their schooldays. There are 186 Leaving Cert students and most of them were present with their families for the ceremony which was an emotional one for them and the staff at […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public…   Question: Can I use my mother’s Disabled Person’s Parking Permit if I’m doing an errand for her? Answer: The Disabled Person’s Parking Permit can only be used by the person […]

A VIGIL for Peace to show solidarity with the victims of the Manchester bombing has been organised for The Square for next Monday, May 29, at 6pm. The people of Tralee and surrounding area are invited to show that they are ‘together for peace’ in an event organised by Kerry Diocesan […]

THERE were a number of awards presented at the annual Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Graduation ceremony at Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday night. Students from various years gathered, including all of the Transition Year and Sixth Year classes, while the special guest speaker for the evening was Caroline McEnery of the HR […]

THURSDAY night saw a table quiz  held in The Ashe Hotel to aid a great programme in CBS Primary School. Every morning, children gather at the school for The Breakfast Club which provides the children — who, for a variety of reasons, may not be able to get one at home […]

LEAVING Cert students of Brookfield College gathered at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night for the annual graduation. Joined by their families, the 78 students in the private college — who hail from all over the county and even beyond — enjoyed the ceremony followed by refreshments. “Tonight was all about […]