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RAIN? What rain? Met Eireann predicted it would be blustery and showery but (apart from the very odd bit of rain) it stayed dry so people could travel around and enjoy the cookery demos and taste trail around town during Saturday afternoon. Crowds enjoyed some delicious fare in the artisan […]

THERE were a lot of women left Bridget Jones-less last night in town, as a power failure resulted in the Tralee Omniplex having to close for the evening. The power went off in the Fels Point area leaving hundreds of customers disappointed at missing Ben Hur, The Magnificent Seven and other offerings. However, […]

THE importance of healthy lifestyle choices was the main lesson at Spa NS last Friday as the school hosted their annual ‘Health and Fitness’ day. As part of the school’s participation in the European Week of Sport and in association with National Fitness Day, a wide variety of activities were organised […]

DELICIOUS platters of seafood greeted visitors upstairs in Kirbys Brogue Inn last night to kick off a weekend of culinary events in Tralee. Spa Seafoods laid on salmon terrine, oysters, crab claws and much more, washed down by a glass of Guinness and those present really enjoyed the fare at the […]

PUPILS , parents and teachers of Tralee Educate Together National School participated in a walk around the woods at the back of their school on Thursday as part of European Mobility Week. The event which was funded by a grant through Tralee Active Travel and Kerry County Council was a tremendous […]

THERE was great news for the town this afternoon as it’s been announced that it will once again host the Fleadh Cheoil Chiarraí next year. This year’s event back in May was a huge success and brought thousands of people to the town over the five days of concerts, sessions and competitions, creating […]

THE pupils, parents and teachers of Moyderwell Mercy Primary School left the books and pencils behind as they participated in Walk a Mile with A Smile around Tralee Town Park on Thursday. This was an event organised in conjunction with Tralee Active Travel and Kerry County Council as part of European […]

Kilmoyley and Ballyduff have it all to do again in Saturday’s Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC final replay at Austin Stack Park (throw-in 5pm). Mike O’Halloran ponders how it will go… THE lyrics of the old Johnny Nash song go; “There are more questions than answers and the more I find out the […]

ELMA Walsh of the Donal Walsh Livelife Foundation will launch a fundraising book for Pieta House at the Meadowlands Hotel this Saturday evening. ‘Pedal The Planet’, a book detailing the extraordinary and inspirational story of how Breifne Earley stepped back from the brink of suicide, redesigned his life and became […]

MINISTER for Education and Skills, Mr. Richard Bruton, T.D. has appointed Mr. Lionel Alexander as Chairperson of the Governing Body of the Institute of Technology, Tralee. Mr. Alexander has been selected by the Minister having come through the process run by the Public Appointments Service. The appointment is for a period of five years. Continued below…   […]

MET Eireann has issued a Status Yellow rainfall warning for Kerry from midnight tonight until noon tomorrow. So hopefully it won’t be too bad for people to get out and about for the Tralee Food Festival and the hurling final that afternoon/evening. The warning was issued for Galway, Mayo, Cork and Kerry where […]

  KERINS O’Rahillys and Dr Crokes Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship quarter final on Saturday, October 1, has been brought forward to 1.30pm in light of the replayed All-Ireland final. It also means the second game on the double-bill in Austin Stack Park between South Kerry and Dingle will throw in […]

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí students had a great time at the National Ploughing Championships at Screggan, Tullamore on Wednesday. A group of 42 Transition Years joined their teacher Dónal Breathnach on the bus at 6.30am for what has become an annual adventure for the students. They were part of an attendance of 111,000 on day […]

A KERRY county councillor claims that a missing Ballybunion man was turned away by University Hospital Kerry before he disappeared. Sinn Fein Councillor Robert Beasley is calling for an inquiry into University Hospital Kerry policy, after the disappearance of Willie Mulvihill at the end of August. “My main difficulty is in relation to […]

KERRY  County Council has recently agreed to provide funding of €10,000 annually to the Kerry-Cork Health Link Bus which provides transport for patients from Kerry attending Cork University Hospital. Cllr Donal Grady, who proposed the donation, said he was delighted to have put forward the suggestion of this financial support for […]

A SPACE museum, micro-brewery and events centre were just a few of the ideas put forward from members of the public who gathered for two workshops in the Brandon Hotel on Tuesday to discuss plans and pitch ideas for the old Denny factory site near the Island of Geese which is due to […]

BASKETBALL, football, book launches, signings and a TV appearance are all booked into Kieran Donaghy’s schedule over the next month. The Austin Stacks man is to appear on ‘The Late Late Show’  the day after the launch of  his autobiography, ‘What Do You Think Of That?’. The book will hit […]

ONE of the coolest features on Google Maps is the ability to zoom in and scan around streets and buildings in 3D. Google first brought in this feature in 2006 and finally ten years later Tralee has been given the 3D Google Maps experience. The feature allows the user to […]

  EDUCATION and Training Boards Ireland is hoping that a Community National School will be established in Kerry by 2018. Community National Schools (CNS) are state-funded, multidenominational schools which were established in 2008 on a pilot basis. There are now 11 Community National Schools (CNS) in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, […]

ALMOST €25 million in commercial rates have been collected by Kerry County Council rate collectors so far this year. €24,856,809 was collected in total since rate demands were issued in March to end of August. The figures were published at the local authority meeting this week. The figure represents half of […]

THERE was never going to be an official homecoming for the Kerry minor team after their heroics in Dublin and the team was told of this three weeks ago. Speaking to Radio Kerry’s Fiona Stack, Chairman of the Kerry County Board, Pat O’Sullivan, said the policy of the county board is to only […]

TWO local charities will this year benefit from the annual Tralee Golf Club Captains Charity Day. It takes place on Friday, October 14 at Tralee Golf Club and all funds from the day will go towards charities, Kerry Hospice and Family Carers Ireland, Kerry Branch. All funds raised will stay […]

THE Ombudsman, Peter Tyndall, and staff from his Office will be visiting Tralee on Thursday to take complaints from the public about public services. It is part of the Ombudsman’s ‘Outreach’ programme, and staff from his office will be in the Rose Hotel, Tralee from 10am to 7pm on this […]

ANAM Cara, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is hosting a Bereavement Information Evening on Tuesday, October 4 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee. The event gives parents an opportunity to hear a professional, experienced in bereavement support, talk about the many challenges families have to face into […]

  REPRESENTATIVES from Kerry businesses, enterprise support agencies, Kerry County Council and IT Tralee gathered at the Ballygarry House Hotel to launch the Interreg Entrepreneurial European Region (iEER) Project “Boosting Innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Europe”. The aim of this project is to create an opportunity for entrepreneurs, aged between 25 and […]

FINAL preparations are being made at CBS, The Green as it looks forward to hosting its second 5k and 3k fun runs this Sunday at 1pm. The fun run, which saw over 500 runners take part last year is a fund raiser for the school’s all-weather pitch which is currently under construction. […]

GARDAI are urging people to be on the lookout for two women claiming to be collecting for charity and calling to the homes of elderly people in Tralee. Gardaí first received a report on August 11 that two women, pretending to be Spanish students were calling to elderly people in […]

IT’S getting close now to a weekend of culinary delights around the town for the Tralee Food Festival. The event, which returns after last year’s successful debut, will feature longer Taste and Craft Beer Trails, an Artisan Food Market, Cookery Demonstrations and a variety of menus at some of Tralee’s top […]

A CAR Free Day will take place across Kerry this Thursday as part of European Mobility Week, an annual campaign on sustainable urban mobility which runs from September 16-22. The aim of the campaign is to encourage and promote sustainable transport measures and to invite people to try out alternatives to […]

THE doctor who has been accused of raping a woman at the Bon Secours Hospital in Tralee, has left the country, according to a report in the Irish Independent. Gardaí in Tralee are investigating the allegation that a 61 year old woman was raped earlier this month and are appealing to anyone who has any information […]