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TED Moynihan been named Kerry Person of the Year by the Kerry Association in Dublin tonight. The Kerry Hospice Foundation chairman Ted Moynihan will be presented with the award at a gala ceremony at the Association’s annual Oiche Chiarrai which will be held at the  Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin on Saturday, March 4. […]

A DELEGATION from Kerry County Council met with officials from Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) in Dublin today to discuss progress on the provision of the Macroom-Ballyvourney bypass scheme. The delegation included Cathaoirleach Cllr Michael O’Shea, Chief Executive Moira Murrell, Director of Operations Charlie O’Sullivan and Cllrs Brendan Cronin, Johnny Healy-Rae, Mike […]

A TRALEE councillor expressed her anger and frustration that people with mobility issues were not able to access Rath Cemetery for a five days over the Christmas period. Cllr Norma Foley brought up the issue at Monday’s meeting of the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council. The Fianna Fail councillor […]

KERRY County Council is asking motorists to avoid the Conor Pass in west Kerry following heavy snowfalls and icy conditions. There has been snow at the county bounds on the N22 and driving conditions there are poor. In all parts of the county, motorists are asked to drive with care and […]

THE new headquarters for Employability Service Kerry was officially opened yesterday by Minister Of State For Disability, Mr Finian McGrath. Located in Rock Street (next to Horan’s Fruit and Veg), the service works with jobseekers who have a disability and want to find full-time or part-time employment. They also provide an […]

IT’S snowing around town this afternoon but it’s nothing compared to the weather on the Conor Pass this morning. Photographer Florian Walsh took this short video on the famous road and as you can see, it looks very dangerous…

THE INEC is in find fettle. The group that operates the venue in Killarney recorded an operating profit of €1.05m in 2015 as revenues climbed 6pc to €24.8m. Accounts filed by Gleneagle Holdings (Killarney) show that the business maintained its level of operating profit in 2015, but an exceptional cost of €384,000 […]

MINISTER of State for Disability Issues, Finian McGrath, was in town on Wednesday afternoon to perform the official opening of the new Down Syndrome offices at Balloonagh Estate. Located adjacent to Burns Pharmacy at the entrance to the estate, the new centre will provide vital and beneficial services to all their members […]

THE Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) is hosting an Information Evening for newly qualified teachers and Higher Diploma in Education students on Thursday, January 19 at 5.30pm in The Rose Hotel in Tralee. The event is aimed particularly at newly qualified teachers and those who are currently completing the Higher […]

KERRY will have a strong presence at the CMT Fair, Europe’s largest consumer travel show, in Stuttgart, Germany next week (14 – 22 January). It is the first time that the tourist trade from all parts of the county will be represented at the nine-day show and its part of […]

THE live register figures for the Tralee social welfare office dropped by 13% from January to December of 2016, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). However, there was a rise of 78 signing on at the Tralee social welfare office last month, rising from 4,439 to 4,517 and […]

THE Tralee International Children’s Games committee is planning on making a bid to bring the games to Kerry and Limerick in 2020. Secretary of Tralee ICG, Mike Culloty, met with the Council recently to look for support in bringing the games to the county. Tralee ICG intends to bid for […]

IT appears a historical laneway in town will get a makeover this year. Members of the Ashe Street traders met with the Tralee Municipal District Operations office staff recently to discuss improving Barrack Lane, which is an important link between the Mall and the Market Quarter. Continued below… It was […]

HAVE ye the fuel in? It’s about to get cold. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Weather Advisory warning for the entire country from tomorrow evening until Saturday. They say very cold wintry weather will develop from Wednesday night onwards with showers turning wintry in many places, from Wednesday evening to Saturday and […]

THE Mayor of Tralee said the level of lighting at some pedestrian crossings in Tralee is atrocious and needs urgent attention. Cllr Terry O’Brien had a request before the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday that the Council review all pedestrian crossings and inspect the quality of lighting on them. In reply, the […]

A LOCAL councillor expressed her frustration at the lack of progress of constructing a skateboard park for young people, at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday morning. Cllr Toireasa Ferris was asking that an estimate would be prepared for the provision of a skate board […]

A REQUEST to plant fruit-bearing trees near estates in town was denied because of the danger of fallen fruit, it was heard at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday. Cllr Toireasa Ferris requested that consideration would be given to planting fruit bearing trees within our villages and towns. In reply, […]

WHILE Kerry was blanketed in dense fog early Saturday morning, for the National Operation Transformation Walk Day, it didn’t deter enthusiastic walkers and runners who participated in the seventh year of the event. This year, the walks programme was expanded to three locations – Listowel, Killarney and Tralee. The walks in Killarney […]

AN Irish feature documentary about a Kerry priest and his battle against evil will be available on Netflix from next Sunday. ‘Hostage to the Devil’ (see trailer below) will launch on the streaming service, telling the story of Malachi Martin from Ballylongford.  Fr Malachi, a Jesuit priest, was a writer of several […]

A PROPOSAL to change the pay-parking hours to 11am to 4.30pm received some support at the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Monday afternoon. However, after a discussion on the issue, it was agreed that councillors and management would meet again later this month to see if something […]

THERE won’t be any traffic lights in the near future at what the Mayor of Tralee described as “the most dangerous junction in Tralee at the moment”. Mayor Terry O’Brien had a motion before the Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council meeting this morning that the Council would review the […]

THURSDAY night saw over 300 student party in Ballyroe Heights Hotel at the Mercy Mounthawk students Debs Ball. It was a fantastic night for the students, most of whom are facing into months of study ahead of the Leaving Cert so it was a chance for all of them to get together […]

THE price of petrol rose by as much as four cent per litre in many garages around town over the past month. In our monthly check on the prices of petrol and diesel, it was revealed again that there is just one cent per litre of a difference in price […]

IT was a case of Family Fortunes in the National Lottery winners’ room today as a large family from Listowel claimed their €100,000 Millionaire Raffle prize which they won on the New Year’s Eve draw. As the Listowel family sipped champagne in National Lottery offices in Dublin, the winning mother […]

FAMILIES from Lixnaw, Abbeydorney and around north Kerry are preparing to do battle in aid of Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Lixnaw next month. The school, together with Trendhouse Events, is putting on a Family Gameshow at The Rose Hotel on Saturday, February 4 at 8.30pm sharp. The gameshow is based on popular television […]

WITH just a few days before returning to their studies (sorry to remind ye guys!), the students from Mercy Mounthawk converged in their hundreds at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. The occasion? Well, the Debs Ball of course – organised by the students themselves – with a three course […]

A DRY night and a great atmosphere helped kick off the Garveys Supervalu series of walks to coincide with the launch of Operation Transformation this week. The ‘Garvey’s FitCrew’, were joined at the start by members of Garvey’s Tralee Warriors and Head Coach Mark Bernsen, who encouraged the fine turnout present to persevere with […]

A LOCAL company has kindly presented the local Enable Ireland centre with iPad devices which will help adults and children in the service centres. Aspen Grove Solutions presented Sean Scally from Enable Ireland Kerry with the three iPads at their offices on the Castlemaine Road in Tralee on Thursday morning. […]

FILMMAKERS of all ages still have just less than four weeks to ‘Make Every Second Count’ by entering the fourth annual Live Life National Film Competition. It is over three years now since young teenager Donal Walsh sadly lost his battle to cancer.  The impact of his powerful positive message however continues to be […]

AUSTIN Stacks won a battle between three local clubs in a competition to sell their lotto tickets at the local post office, in what is a good start to their centenary year. Back in September, Martin and Marie Williams of the Rock Post Office  set three GAA Clubs – Stacks, […]