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GARDAÍ are investigating after a break-in at Abbeydorney GAA Club last week. Two males forced their way into the club through the main door at around 2.30am on Tuesday, October 27. They were disturbed by a staff member and fled the scene without taking anything. One man was described as being 5′ 10″ in height […]

TRALEE will access to the fastest broadband in the country next year as a new company begins work on putting the infrastructure in place from December. When the work is finished, 13,500 homes in town will have access to broadband speeds of 1GB per second, on a par with cities like Tokyo […]

IT was a colourful morning at St Vincent de Paul on Saturday as they hosted a fun event for kids to mark Halloween. Everyone was invited to come along and enjoy the sweets, cakes and refreshments at a face-painting and storytelling morning at their shop in Friary Lane, one of a […]

THE death has occurred of well-known Kerry GAA figure, Leo Griffin, today. Leo, who grew up in the Mitchels area, was a familiar face around town, but came to be known nationally when he accompanied the Kerry team of the 1970s and 80s during the glory years as their bagman. […]

A TRALEE couple are organising a charity event for a cause close to their hearts later this month. A charity fight night in aid of the Miscarriage Association of Ireland will take place on Thursday, November 26, at the BTS Fitness gym in Manor West. Continued below… Katie Donoghue and Akeem […]

  MARCUS Howlett, CEO of Run the Kingdom, will give a talk at IT Tralee (North Campus, Room T106) on November 3 at 7.30pm on the setting up of the Tralee Sport Tourism Alliance. Run the Kingdom wants to increase Tralee’s capacity to attract and host sport tourism events, develop adventure tourism, bring […]

THE buzzer went on Kieran Donaghy’s ‘Be A Star Basketball’ camp on Friday which saw 150 kids take part over the course of the week. Taking a brief time-out from his football career, Donaghy was putting local kids through their paces this week at his camp held in John Mitchels Sports Complex. […]

  A COMMUNITY group in the Mitchels area has been busy all week with activities for kids  in the area and held a Halloween party for kids on Friday. The Croilar Na Mhistealach residents community has set up in Aras an Phobail building and provided fun events for kids to do in […]

  ALL of the Kerry Citizens Information course participants received their FETAC accredited, Advanced Certificates for the Information, Advice and Advocacy Programme with distinction, in the Institute of Technology in Blanchardstown last week. Development Manager, Frances Clifford, commended the programme participants, who were both staff and volunteers, for making the […]

YOU know Shane Kenny don’t you? The Churchill GAA man came to prominence during the festival when he was named Rose Escort Of The Year, but he’s also a serious rugby fan and it shows with what he has managed to do for Halloween. He’s only gone and carved this likeness (below) […]

  NARCOTICS Anonymous will host its 30th regional convention this year in the Brandon Hotel from November 6 to 8. The convention is aimed at professionals and volunteers who work with people with drug addiction issues. The forum will centre around how NA can work for addicts in recovery and there will […]

SPA National School pupils were in Killarney for the Hugh O’Flaherty Memorial Weekend where they collected a prize on behalf of the school for their efforts in an art and literary competition. The weekend is all about commemorating the Killarney native, Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty, who was became a hero when he helped over 6,500 Jews, US and […]

ROUNDY’S Bar was the venue last night for a special fundraiser for the Sera Husky Animal Rescue Charity. The promotion of the event got off to a bad start earlier this month, when some youngsters stole raffle cards from their shop on Rock Street and tried selling lines down in the […]

WELL there’s good news and bad news regarding the weather this weekend. First the bad… A Yellow Status Rainfall Warning is currently in effect for Kerry, Galway, Mayo, and Clare for all day on Friday. We’ll see heavy rain in west and southwest coastal counties, with a risk of thundery downpours, mainly near […]

Well lo and behold, it’s the weekend again. It’s set to be a great one too with Halloween upon us, so there’s bound to be loads to get up to. Here’s a few suggestions… Friday 1. Watch some great live music The annual Celebration of Christie Hennessy takes place this […]

AN Oakpark woman and former Tralee Town Councillor has been added to the Fine Gael ticket for the next general election. Grace O’Donnell from Oakview, will be the third Fine Gael candidate in Kerry alongside, Minister Jimmy Deenihan and Deputy Brendan Griffin. Her nomination was approved this week after her name […]

THE price of petrol has fallen again this month, but the sharp fall in prices since the Summer has cooled off a bit. Last month the cheapest price was €1.29.8 now  it’s  €1.27.8 in the town’s Applegreen stations in Manor Village and Fairies Cross. Just behind and only around the corner from […]

A FAMILIAR face at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel will be leaving next month to manage the Fels Point Hotel. Mark Sullivan, who has been general manager at Ballyroe for 14 years, will take up the position as manager as the Fels Point Hotel prepares for a major revamp and rebrand in […]

YES, yes, we know Halloween isn’t over yet, but Christmas is only eight weeks away and people are already getting ready for it. The Tralee Chamber Alliance realises this and put up a Facebook post earlier today that they plan on putting on a Christmas market from Thursday, December 17 to Wednesday, […]

THE call has gone out for nominations for the Lee Strand/Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards 2015. The awards scheme which first commenced in 1998 is designed to acknowledge the volunteering endeavours of young people from Kerry between the ages of 14 years and 19 years. Speaking at the launch at […]

MOTHERCARE Ireland has exited the interim examinership process and the Tralee store is safe from closure. There are 10 staff employed at in the Manor Retail Park, Kerry’s only Mothercare outlet. While three out of 18 stores nationwide will close, the Tralee store will continue to trade. Over 250 jobs in all will be secured after the […]

THE high tide yesterday evening caused sea levels at the entrance of the canal to rise right to the edge and over the lock gates. It was all because of the supermoon phenomenon which occurs when the moon is closest to the Earth, meaning the moon appears much brighter and larger than usual. […]

A 5K CHARITY walk for the ‘Paint it Pink’ breast cancer awareness initiative took off from The Greyhound Bar on Sunday. “We did it because myself and participants involved know people who have cancer and we thought it would be a good cause,” said one of the organisers David Walsh. So far […]

ARDFERT Camera Club are holding their 5th Annual Photographic Exhibition at Kerry County Library, Moyderwell, Tralee on Tuesday evening November 3 at 7pm sharp which will be opened by Mayor of Tralee Thomas McEllistrim. The camera club has around 30 members of varying standard and has been in existence for nearly […]

TRALEE company, Dillon Waste, scooped a national award at a ceremony in Dublin last week. The Kerries based business won the top award in the ‘Waste Collection Operator of the Year Award’  for Small to Medium Business category in The Pakman Awards run by Repak. The Repak Excellence in Waste Management and […]

A MOTHER and daughter team cut a combined total of 27 inches off their hair for the Rapunzel Foundation’s Ponytail campaign. On Tuesday morning, mother Rachel and daughter Kelly Hayes, under the watchful eye of grandmother, Bernie, cut their hair at the Style Council salon on Ashe Street. Kelly, who […]

LOCAL arts and crafts people in Kerry have got together and opened a new shop to sell their goods in Tralee. ‘Atlantic Creations’ has been open nearly two months in Courthouse Lane, but had their official launch on Saturday with Kerry footballer Kieran Donaghy lending a hand by showing up […]

YESTERDAY evening, the Shannon Rescue Helicopter was called to Blennerville for what eventually turned out to be a false alarm. A search was carried out on the marshland which was flooded just opposite Kearney’s Road near the old Tralee to Blennerville to Tralee train tracks. Someone alerted the Velentia Coastguard that […]

The Kerry Cancer Support Group – Kerry Cork Health Link Bus received a very welcome donation of over €10,000 on Monday last from proprietors of Siopa Ceoil an Daingin, Michael and Dara Herlihy and Caitriona Nolan who had organised a fundraiser in August at the shop to benefit the charity. […]

WE’VE been contacted by a German lady to see if we can find her a man. Not just any man though! Gloria Meier from Berlin was in Tralee last week and met a guy in The Abbey Inn. He made a big impression on her and she wants to make […]