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DESPITE the bad weather, Kilmoyley National School had great support at their fundraising Night at the Dogs event at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Saturday. The night was organised to help raise vital funds for the school to finish the extension currently being built to the highest possible standard. Bouncy Castles, […]

SIX young Kerrymen have got what it takes to be the perfect gentlemen and have been selected to be among the 64 Rose Escorts at this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival from 16 to 22 August. Thomas Lynch (28), Joseph Meehan (24), Sean O’Connor (26), Niall O’Hara (28), Shane Thornton […]

Kerry Film Festival and StoryStock.com have come together is to rekindle our love of stories about people…and you can win some cash in helping them. #Mynameis, a new collaboration between the Kerry Film Festival and StoryStock.com, is asking people to submit stories of love, lust, romance, loss and triumph. The competition is […]

THE family of the most decorated footballer in Kerins O’Rahillys illustrious history gathered at the club on Friday night to see him honoured on the 50th anniversary of his death. Danno Keeffe has an incredible roll of honour and some his achievements in his 18 seasons (1931-1948) playing for Kerry […]

THE annual Jamie Wrenn walk will take place from Tralee to Castlegregory on July 22 and this year another Castlegregory man will be remembered. This walk raises much needed funds for Recovery Haven cancer support house and we are asking people to walk on the day or to support a walker […]

GARDAI in Tralee are asking for the public’s assistance regarding a hit and run incident near Abbeydorney on Thursday.   At approximately 11:40hrs, a vehicle which was travelling from Tralee towards Abbeydorney collided with the wall of a residence at Drumcunnig. The driver turned the vehicle around and fled the […]

IT was a wonderful night of glamour and style in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel as the new Kerry Rose was selected. It must have been a tough decision for the judges Caroline McEnery, Denise O’Sullivan and Adam Crohan but in the end they chose 27 year old Breda O’Mahony from Rathmore, […]

  Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: My employer says that I have to retire when I reach the age of 65. Can an employer make you retire at a certain age?  Answer: There is no […]

JUNE is a great time for prayer for many people who have people dear to them sitting exams. Well the annual St John’s Parish Sacred Heart Novena is taking place between, Thursday, June 15 and Friday, June 23 and is sure to be well attended then. “It’ll be hosted by the priests […]

AH, 1987. The heyday of U2, Madonna and Michael Jackson, Johnny Logan warbling his way to Eurovision glory, Stephen Roche becoming a cycling hero winning the Tour de France and the National Lottery was launched to turn us into millionaires/paupers. It was also the year a group of over 100 girls in Balloonagh […]

THE second Ballymac GAA Strictly Love Dancing event was a massive success back in February with over 600 people packing Ballygarry House Hotel. Of course, as well as raising thousands for the GAA club, there is a great charity aspect to the night and last night in Glenduff Manor, there […]

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 […]