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A LEGENDARY Tralee footballer’s medals will go to auction in Kilkenny later this month. Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers will conduct an auction specialising in GAA memorabilia, which comprises of over 800 lots, at The Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, Ormonde Street, on Wednesday, September 28 at 10.30am. Among the lots is Kerry and Austin Stacks […]

AROUND 30 or so people crammed themselves into a room at the Tralee International Resource Centre (TIRC) on Monday evening looking to help Syrian and Iraqi refugees who have recently come to Tralee. There are 81 refugees from Syria and Iraq in Kerry. Twelve families are located in Tralee, four […]

  A WEST Limerick man who bought his winning Lotto ticket in Listowel, collected a cool €131,795 in Dublin today. The man, who wishes to remain anonymous, won the prize when he matched five numbers and the bonus in the Lotto draw on Saturday, July 30 2016. Speaking today, he said; “I’d three tickets […]

GARDAÍ at Killarney will today commence searching and excavating a site at Derrennageeha, Ballaghisheen Pass, Waterville, as part of their ongoing investigation into the abduction and disappearance of Charles Brooke Pickard from White Strand at Castlecove, on  April 26, 1991. The site is located in a Coillte forest off the Waterville/Ballaghisheen road, […]

  KERRY County Council is to host workshops next week for a variety of interest groups and business and community representatives to discuss the future use of the Denny factory site which has been earmarked for redevelopment. It comes following the close of receipt of submissions from members of the public […]

TRALEE Credit Union have €10,500 to giveaway in their annual Education and Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards.   The Education Awards are open to undergraduates in a full time course of at least 2 years’ duration and Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards are open to post-graduates in a full or part-time course of […]

HURLING fans will be hoping for more of the same in less than two weeks time when Kilmoyley and Ballyduff go at it again. It’ll be a late afternoon throw-in on for the replay of the Garvey’s SuperValu County Senior Hurling Championship Final which will take place on Saturday, September 24 in Austin […]

OVER 30 people slept out overnight in Pearse Park at the weekend to raise awareness of the homeless situation in the country. Organised by Marion Coffey, Charlene Tydings, Julie Fitzpatrick, Marilyn O’Shea and Tina Lonergan, ‘Under The Elements’ took place between 6pm and 6am on Saturday/Sunday. Then on Sunday afternoon there […]

AFTER the dreadful weather on Friday, the weather cleared up well for the 188 participants in the Ardfert Harvest Cycle on Saturday morning. The yard at Ardfert National School was buzzing with people as Big Jim got them warmed up belting out tunes from his soundsystem. There was coffee, tea […]

A DERRYLEA man is after winning a €500 Manor West Retail Park voucher courtesy of the Tralee International Children’s Games. Seamie O’Neil will be able to spend that money in any of the retail stores in Manor West including the Manor West Hotel. Other prizes were a weekend away in […]

KERRY County Council has made two new appointments in both writing and filmmaking. Ciara Hyland from Cork is the new Filmmaker in Residence while Máire Holmes, who lives in Galway, is the new Writer in Residence. Ciara Hyland is a documentary director behind the documentary ‘Diarmuid Lynch – The Forgotten Volunteer’ about […]

A LECTURE on a Tralee man who died during World War 1 will take place in Tralee Library during Culture Night next Friday. One hundred years ago this September, 22-year-old Denis Baily from Tralee won the Military Cross for his bravery during the Battle of the Somme. He was among […]

HERE’s a great and fun opportunity for kids to get their creative juices flowing and be in with a chance of winning a national art award. Every year Sightsavers celebrate the creative imaginations of Ireland’s children through its Junior Painter Awards competition. The competition is open to primary school students […]

IT’S about to get windy out. We’ve had extremely humid and ‘dead’ weather over the last few days, but that’s about to change tomorrow. Met Eireann has issued a Status Yellow Wind Warning for the western seaboard to include Kerry, Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Sligo and Clare. Southerly winds later veering southwesterly, […]

STUDENTS from Tralee and around the country are being invited to register to take part in the ECO-UNESCO Young Environmentalist Awards 2017. Tralee students have a good record in the competition. Just last year, Presentation Tralee Transition Year Science students won three prizes including the Senior Waste category and Overall Senior Prize […]

THREE GAA clubs have decided to support a local post office by encouraging members to use the facility. Post Offices are coming under increasing pressure to remain open and Austin Stacks, Kerins O’Rahillys and St Pats GAA clubs are playing their part in ensuring the survival of this vital community service. Martin and Marie […]

GARDAÍ in Listowel are investigating a fatal road traffic collision that occurred on the R557 Road – Finuge to Abbeydorney Road at Bealkilla, Lixnaw at approximately 10.40pm on Wednesday night. A male pedestrian (early 60s) was struck by a lorry and taken to University Hospital Kerry and passed away in the […]

OVER the course of a month we’ve seen a levelling off in the price of petrol around the 13 stations in town. Prices have dropped fractionally also, with a couple of exceptions, there is very little disparity between stations in terms of cost. Out in front is Top in Caherslee at €1.23.8 per litre followed […]

THE Tralee Golf Club Junior Cup team and a Tralee Harriers Club stalwart are vying for the August 2016 Radio Kerry and Randles Bros Sports Star(s) of the month. Patsy O’Connor of Tralee Harriers competed in the Over 60’s National Glohealth Master championships. He won gold in the Shot, Javelin and Discus and […]

A FAMILY in Racecourse Heights have been left reeling following an unprovoked early morning attack on their property last week, that was seemingly a case of mistaken identity. The home of Faiq Shaikh and his wife was attacked by unidentified men while they and their two children, between the ages […]

THERE are not many stretches of coastline more perfect in Ireland than Banna Strand and it requires a bit of love and care to help keep it that way. Banna Coastcare, in conjunction with the national initiative Clean Coasts, are organising a Banna clean-up on Saturday, September 17 at 10am. Clean Coasts […]

A LOCK-UP unit in Tralee and a detached house near Farranfore are the two Kerry properties to go under the hammer at the next Allsop Auction in Dublin later this month. The auction takes place at the RDS in Ballsbridge on Wednesday, September 28. The Lock-Up Unit at Walpole Lane, Tralee, has […]

A CHARITY CEO is in the midst of a rickshaw road-trip across Ireland and took in visits to Tralee and Listowel on Monday. Brian Higgins of Pieta House, the centre for the prevention of suicide and self-harm, set off from the original Pieta House in Lucan, on Wednesday, August 31 […]

THE number of people signing on the Live Register in Tralee has gone below 5,000 again as the CSO figures for the month of August shows a decrease of 109 on the previous month. There are now 4,974 people jobless in the Tralee area, down from 5,713 in August 2015, […]

TLI Group employees were out mountain climbing recently raising much needed funds for a children’s hospital. The group of 19 workers from the Abbeydorney-based company, climbed Carrauntoohil in aid of Temple Street on Saturday, August 27 and raised over €6,000. At the beginning of the year, the staff of TLI Group […]

A TRALEE woman holed an incredible 50 foot putt to give Ireland a 3-2 win over Belgium and victory in the European Senior Ladies’ Team Championship on Saturday. Mary Sheehy from Oakpark was part of captain Pauline Walsh’s six-strong Irish team at Sierra Golf Club in Poland at the weekend […]

WITH less than three weeks to go, the Tralee Food Festival programme has been released and the event is set to showcase some of our great eateries around town. Last year, thousands enjoyed the food market, food and beer trails and cookery demos around the town over the three days […]

KERRY County Council has announced details of a new monthly arts and culture slot which will be broadcast on Radio Kerry once a month. ‘Creative Kingdom’ is a new feature which will be aired on the second Saturday of every month as part of the Saturday Supplement programme with Frank Lewis. Supported by […]

EARLIER we brought you coverage of the Banna Beast Challenge held on Saturday (click here). Run by Crossfit R560 Gym in Monavalley, the event drew around 600 participants to the beach and dunes for the 7km military-style obstacle course. It was great craic and many headed back for the after-party […]

THEY came, they saw, they got a bit wet and sandy, but eventually over 600 participants conquered the Banna Beast Challenge on Saturday. Held for the second time in four months, the challenge is proving very popular with people of varying ages tackling the 7km course of 20 obstacles on […]