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THE Monsignor O’Flaherty Memorial Weekend just took place in Killarney and part of the event was a schools’ literary competition. The winners were announced recently and students from Mercy Mounthawk in Tralee and Ardfert NS emerged as winners. In the Primary Schools category, students were invited to write a short […]

THERE was incredible style on and off the catwalk at the Aughacasla NS Fashion Show fundraiser on Friday night in The Rose Hotel. Co-MC’d by RTE comedy star, Bernard O’Shea and Tralee fashion designer Rebekah Wall, it was a fantastic night of entertainment in aid of the west Kerry school with […]

THE crowds are truly flocking to Manor West as Christmas shopping begins in earnest now that there are just seven (yes, SEVEN!) weeks to Christmas. The atmosphere was added to on Saturday by a “Family Funday” where there were huge crowds enjoying a host of activites for little ones. The highlight was […]

A SINGLE engine plane came off the runway earlier this afternoon at Kerry Airport. The pilot and passenger were not injured in the incident which took place at around 12.20pm, but the inbound flight from Dublin had to return to the capital. The 1.30pm flight to Dublin had to be cancelled. Buses […]

THE students from IT Tralee will be strutting their stuff in Ballyroe Heights Hotel later this month at a special fundraising fashion show at Ballyroe Heights Hotel. The show, which takes place on Thursday, November 17 at 7.30pm, is organised by the IT Tralee St. Vincent De Paul Society and is in aid […]

DESCENDANTS of two families that dominated the history of Tralee – the Fitzgeralds and the Dennys – were present at the opening of a two-day conference at Siamsa Tíre last night. Former Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dick Spring officially opened the Tralee 800 Conference and gave the keynote address at […]

Journalist Ann Marie O’Doherty from Tralee, looks at the work done at the Baile Mhuire Day-Care Centre and speaks to Development Officer at the centre, Aidan Kelly, about what a typical day is like there… In the grounds of the old Mercy Convent in Balloonagh sits Baile Mhuire Day-Care centre, a […]

A ST Brendan’s Park woman collected a national award last night for her work on Radio Kerry’s agricultural show, Agritime. Aisling O’Brien, who presents the show, collected the Best Radio Programme or Story category award in the 2016 Agricultural Journalism Awards last night. Continued below… The show was among three finalists in the category […]

ASHE STREET has undergone a bit of a renaissance of late and that continues with announcement of a series of seasonal one day street festivals, the first of which happens on Saturday, November 19. The first Winter event will celebrate the season that is upon us with street entertainment, discounts and special offers across a range […]

TRANSITION KERRY are to host an evening that focuses in on local food production in Kerry on St. John’s Parish Centre, November 16 between 7:30pm and 9:30pm. The objective of this group is to develop a roadmap within the next year for a resilient and sustainable food system in Kerry […]

WHILE the rest of the country reported rainfall way below the average for October, Valentia bucked the trend last month according to Met Eireann’s latest figures. Thanks to the dreadful days we experienced on October 3-4, the south Kerry station reported slightly above average rainfall. October 3rd was the wettest […]

  THE Garda Representatives Association (GRA) has deferred the planned strike action for tomorrow. Earlier tonight,  Garda Sergeants and Inspectors decided they will show up for work tomorrow after their representative body, the AGSI, reached a deal that will see members balloted on proposals from the Labour Court. This means that AGSI’s […]

FIVE Kerry properties were sold today at the Allsop Online Auction. A building on Pembroke Street, a pub in Cahersiveen and three holiday homes in Banna were open to bidding on the Allsop Auction website from 8am on Thursday, November 3. The two-storey premises on Pembroke Street, which has a fast food restaurant (Tasty […]

A COMPANY is to move from its town centre base to Manor West Retail Park and create new jobs as it expands. Corcoran’s Furniture and Carpets Ltd is to open a new superstore in at the retail park before Christmas. Managing Director of Corcoran’s Furniture and Carpets Ltd, Kieran Corcoran, revealed […]

A PERIOD house in Barrow was sold at auction this morning in Cork and it went for well above the minimum asking price. Barrow House went to auction at The Imperial Hotel, Cork, with an AMV of €275,000. However the property which overlooks Tralee Bay eventually sold for €355,000 at the DNG auction. Continued […]

THE TV ads have begun, radio DJs are on starter’s orders to spin ‘Last Christmas’, so what better time to announce that the Santa 5k Fun Run is coming back this December. The fourth annual run, which has proved so popular over the years, will take place on Sunday, December 11, at 11am from […]

THERE is a lot going on at the Craft Makers Centre this month which will be of interest to many people interested in creative arts. A beginners painting course with Roisín McGuigan will take place on Thursday mornings:  10th, 17th and 24th 10.30-1.00pm. It costs €100 for the three weeks and refreshments will […]

A NEW information pack for bereaved parents was launched yesterday in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee, by Anam Cara – the national organisation that supports bereaved parents. It launched the new resource aimed at supporting bereaved parents in the early days after the death of their son or daughter. Over 30 local organisations were at […]

A UK COMPANY with offices in Tralee is to merge with a similar firm to create the seventh biggest travel management company in Britain. Portman Travel and Clarity Travel Management are to become one business following the acquisition of Portman Travel by the owners of Clarity Travel Management, Mawasem Travel & Tourism, for […]

OVER the past week there have been reports of a door to door scam that began in the Fenit area and over the weekend was experienced by some residents in the Ballinorig area. The fraudsters are masquerading as members of Tralee RFC, using the club logo and crest to sell lines under the guise of […]

THERE has been a sharp increase in the price of petrol around town over the last month and there isn’t a lot of difference between the vast majority of the town’s 13 garages. Over the course of a month petrol has risen by €0.05 per litre at most of the […]

NEW car sales were down last month in Kerry on October 2015 figures…but by just one unit! There were 33 new car registrations in October as opposed to 34 for the same month last year, a drop of 2.94%. Over the whole year so far though, new car sales are up […]

KERRY footballer and garda, Aidan O’Mahony, grabbed the only goal in a 1-0 victory in the Mary Kate Healy Memorial Soccer Match between local members of Garda Síochána and staff at the Bon Secours Hospital. The match was played in good sprits at a fresh KDL on Saturday night with […]

  FOR those of you passing the Courthouse last night, you may have been wondering what all the pumpkins and candles were doing on the steps. Well, it was Kerry for Choice in collaboration with Kerry Knicker Collective who placed 12 pumpkins and 56 candles there to highlight the 12 Irish women […]

FORMER Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Dick Spring will officially open the Tralee 800 Conference this Friday evening, November 4, in Siamsa Tíre Theatre. The two-day conference in Siamsa and the Rose Hotel will explore the 800 year history of Tralee and earlier. It forms part of this year’s Tralee […]

IT’S been a good year for Tralee Triathlon Club and even better for some its athletes who have been chosen to represent Ireland at the World Championships in 2017. Suzanne O’Sullivan from Farranfore and Ciara Tierney from Tralee will both be representing Ireland at the 2017 ITU World Triathlon Championships in […]

SO the first ever John Mitchels ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event was a huge success with over 700 packing into Ballygarry House Hotel last night. Friends and families of the 22 contestants brought banners and a lot of noise to the occasion and it created a fantastic atmosphere at the venue. […]

A SPECTACULAR night of entertainment was enjoyed by over 700 people in Ballygarry House Hotel last night for the inaugural John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event. While the 11 couples impressed the judges and audience alike, there had to be one winner and the silky moves of Frank O’Donnell and […]

THERE was a great turnout at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night for the Tralee Golf Club Captain’s Dinner. There was a lot to celebrate too as captain Liam Nolan explained. “I’m a member in Tralee for many years and so are my family and I’m delighted to be […]

YESTERDAY we brought you photos from the IT Tralee graduation ceremony on Friday morning, where students from the School of Business, Computing and Humanities got their just rewards for their hard work. Here’s the final part of our coverage from the two days of conferrings at the Brandon Hotel Conference […]