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Teacher Eddie Ó Murchú with visitors to the open evening at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Large Crowd Attends Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí’s Open Evening At New School

October 27, 2023 at 8:06 am Comments are Disabled

IT’S the time of the year when parents and their children who are now in their final year of primary school, think about ‘the next step’. Well Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí surely helped them make up their minds on Thursday when they held an open evening to showcase the new school. After […]

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Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí To Hold Open Evening At New School This Thursday

October 25, 2023 at 10:48 am Comments are Disabled

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí will be hosting their Open Evening for the first time at their new school in Cloonmore on this Thursday, October 26. Commencing at 6.30pm, pupils from primary schools accompanied by parents/guardians will have an opportunity to meet with staff and students and to discover what the school can offer to […]

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Tralee School And Kerry-Based Companies Among Tech Industry Alliance Awards Nominees

Tralee School And Kerry-Based Companies Among Tech Industry Alliance Awards Nominees

October 24, 2023 at 11:08 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE school is among the Kerry-based nominees in the Tech Industry Alliance annual Leaders Awards which takes place next month. Tech Industry Alliance, the leading cluster organisation connecting, growing and advancing an innovative and thriving tech and tech enabled business environment and economy across Cork and Kerry, has announced […]

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Derek O’Brien; BiOrbic SFI Bioeconomy research centre Executive Director, Amanda Mathieson; BiOrbic SFI Bioeconomy research centre
Public Engagement, Education and Communications Manager and Prof. Kevin O’Connor; BiOrbic SFI Bioeconomy research centre Director.

‘Biobus’ To Visit Tralee Next Friday

October 22, 2023 at 10:53 am Comments are Disabled

THE interactive ‘Biobus’ is to visit Tralee this coming week as part of five-week tour of Ireland. The first of its kind, interactive ‘Biobus’ is designed to show people how to reduce their reliance on fossil fuels in everyday life. It will call to The Square, Tralee, from 1pm-5pm, on […]

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Presentation student Malwina Mierzinska showing a family around the art room at the Presentation Secondary School Tralee Open Night on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Learning All About Presentation Secondary School At Open Night

October 20, 2023 at 10:55 am Comments are Disabled

PARENTS and sixth class pupils of primary schools from the greater Tralee area were mightily impressed by Presentation Secondary School Tralee at its Open Night held on Thursday. Staff and students were on hand to welcome them and show all the school has to offer. They were greeted on arrival by […]

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Sponsored: CBS The Green — Empowering Young Men To Achieve Their Fullest Potential

Sponsored: CBS The Green — Empowering Young Men To Achieve Their Fullest Potential

October 19, 2023 at 12:17 pm Comments are Disabled

CBS The Green is an all-boys Catholic secondary school nestled in the heart of Tralee town, with over 750 bright minds under its wing. At the heart of our mission is a commitment to academic excellence, which drives us to provide a wide range of subjects and cutting-edge woodwork and […]

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Sponsored: See All Caherleaheen NS Has To Offer At Open Week

October 19, 2023 at 11:47 am Comments are Disabled

CAHERLEAHEEN National School Principal, Mary Connolly, is inviting prospective parents to call in to Caherleaheen National School to see pupils, teachers and staff in action next week. “Our Open Week runs from Mon Oct 23rd to Thursday 26th of October,” said the Principal of the school, which is located just outside Tralee […]

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Sponsored: Presentation Secondary School Tralee To Hold Open Night This Thursday

October 18, 2023 at 11:36 am Comments are Disabled

By Principal Mairead Finucane At Presentation Tralee, we take immense pride in our tradition of educating young girls since 1809. Our stellar reputation of academic excellence surpasses national standards consistently producing top-performing students. Our incoming first-year students experience a one of a kind ‘Tus Maith’ induction week. Together with a […]

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Billy Ryle: Well Done To The Junior Cycle Class Of 2023

Billy Ryle: Well Done To The Junior Cycle Class Of 2023

October 18, 2023 at 11:26 am Comments are Disabled

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle says there is great credit due to Minister Norma Foley for progressive exams’ reform as Kerry’s Junior Cycle candidates deliver superb results… Junior Cycle exam results were issued by the State Examinations Commission (SEC) on Wednesday to 70,727 candidates nationwide. Junior Cycle results are available to […]

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Looking forward to the Mercy Mounthawk fashion show next week were TY students Vanessa Anthony, Hazel Guilfoyle, Rita Feely, Anna Collins, Sinead Knightly and Bao Foley. Photo by Dermot Crean

‘Kens And Barbies’ To Grace The Catwalk At Mercy Mounthawk

October 18, 2023 at 10:04 am Comments are Disabled

ONCE again the Transition Year students at Mercy Mounthawk will don the latest designs at their annual fashion show next week. The theme of this years show is, rather topically, ‘Barbie & Ken’ so the audience can expect a lot of colour on the runway. The beneficiary charity this time is […]

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Teacher Deirdre Harty, pupils Jessie Moussa and Shane O'Keeffe, Gloria O'Connor of Tidy Towns, Helen O'Keeffe, Mary Jo Quigley of Tidy Towns, Principal Maria O'Regan and Anne Marie Fuller (kneeling) of Tralee Tidy Towns at the launch of the new initiative at the school. Photo by Dermot Crean

Tidy Towns Teams Up With Holy Family School For Growing Initiative

October 14, 2023 at 10:48 am Comments are Disabled

HOLY Family School has formed a new partnership between the school and the Tralee Tidy Towns Committee. Deirdre Harty who is a teacher in the school recently secured resources from the Grow at School programme to establish a school garden and a garden committee is formed to help manage the […]

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Sponsored: Presentation Secondary School Tralee — Driving Academic Excellence

Sponsored: Presentation Secondary School Tralee — Driving Academic Excellence

October 12, 2023 at 11:22 am Comments are Disabled

By Principal Mairead Finucane At Presentation Tralee, we take immense pride in our tradition of educating young girls since 1809. Our stellar reputation of academic excellence surpasses national standards consistently producing top-performing students. Our incoming first-year students experience a one of a kind ‘Tus Maith’ induction week. Together with a […]

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Kerry College teacher Miranda Cournane; Caoimhe Keogan of Jigsaw Kerry; Animation studies student Trevor Leen; Principal of Kerry College Stephen Goulding and teacher Mary Galvin at the Kerry College Clash Campus marking World Mental Health Day on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Kerry College Creating Positive Environment For World Mental Health Day

October 11, 2023 at 12:20 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY College held a special event to mark World Mental Health Day on Tuesday. An animation student, Trevor Leen, created a display with special messages from students with thought provoking messages just inside the entrance to the Clash Campus. “We’re also distributing green ribbons from seachange.ie to raise awareness of […]

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Teacher Ms Linda Hanafin, who retired on Friday after 35 years in the school, with her First Class pupils. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: A Farewell To Ms Hanafin After 35 Years At Holy Family NS

October 7, 2023 at 11:06 am Comments are Disabled

IT was quite the emotional Friday at Holy Family NS as they said farewell to a teacher who retired after 35 years at the school. Linda Hanafin spent her entire teaching career in the one school, having joined the staff there after graduating from Mary Immaculate College in Limerick in […]

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David Moran with teachers Laura Daly, Aileen Twomey an Sinead Bhreathnach and pupils with the Active School Flag on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean

David Helps Raise Active School Flag At Holy Family NS

October 5, 2023 at 11:01 am Comments are Disabled

A WELL-KNOWN past pupil came back to Holy Family NS on Wednesday to help the school celebrate another great achievement. Former Kerry footballer David Moran assisted in raising The Active School Flag (ASF) which is awarded to schools that strive to achieve a physically educated and physically active school community. […]

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Pictured are, Bohdan Bilash, 6th student Colaiste Gleann Li Kerry ETB, Bernie McNally, Secretary General Department of Educatio and John Lonergan, Writer & Former Governor Mountjoy Prison, at day two of the 2023 ETBI Annual Conference, at Cork City Hall, Cork.
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Kerry ETB Represented At Annual Education Conference

October 4, 2023 at 1:23 pm Comments are Disabled

CHIEF Executive Officer at Kerry Education and Training Board (ETB), Colm McEvoy, was a featured speaker at this year’s Education and Training Boards Ireland (ETBI) annual education conference in Cork City Hall. Mr. McEvoy spoke on a panel discussion about the future of ETB’s which covered topics such as demographic […]

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In front; Merit Award Winner Erin O'Sullivan from Tralee with, at back; Sergeant Tim O'Keeffe, Megan, Louise, Paul and Caroline O'Sullivan and Garda Cathy Murphy at the Lee Strand Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Celebrating The Youth Of Kerry At Lee Strand Garda Youth Achievement Awards

September 30, 2023 at 9:30 am Comments are Disabled

ONE 170 people from across the county attended the 26th celebration of the Lee Strand Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards 2023 in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel, on Friday night. The evening commenced with dinner and was followed by a presentation of 25 awards, accompanied with an inspiring citation of each […]

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‘Walk To School Week’ To Take Place From Monday

‘Walk To School Week’ To Take Place From Monday

September 28, 2023 at 11:04 am Comments are Disabled

GREEN-SCHOOLS National Walk to School Week (WTSW) begins next Monday, October 2 for five days celebrating walking, active transport, and sustainable solutions to congestion outside schools around Ireland. The Green-Schools Travel Programme works in partnership with schools to promote active, sustainable travel on the journey to school. Green-Schools Travel Officers will be busy working directly with […]

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Alison Meyler, aged 13, Basil Amin, aged 14 and Lily-May Ennis, aged 13, as BT Ireland encourage students to get their project entries in for the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) 2024 ahead of the deadline on October 2nd. 

Kerry Students Encouraged To Apply For BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

September 20, 2023 at 11:13 am Comments are Disabled

THERE’S just days left for Kerry students to enter the 2024 BTYSTE before the deadline on Monday, October 2. According to a study of 500 secondary school students1 in Ireland, conducted by BT Ireland to examine their attitudes towards STEM, almost two thirds of secondary school students in Ireland (64%) do […]

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Art teacher Deirdre Ní Shiochán with students Nia Ní Chiarba, Roisin Ní Mhathúna, Iseult Ní Bhriain and Nicole Arefjeva and the design packaged up ready for its travels to events in London and New York.

Gaelcholáiste Students’ Design To Feature At London And New York Events

September 12, 2023 at 3:20 pm Comments are Disabled

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí students will have their fashion creation feature in a number of Junk Kouture events and premieres in September and October in New York and London. Nia Ní Chiarba, Roisin Ní Mhathúna, Iseult Ní Bhriain and Nicole Arefjeva created ‘Hauticouture’ which featured in the Junkkouture Final last May. The organisers […]

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Junior infants at St Brendans NS Blennerville settled in for their schooldays. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Junior Infants Settled In For Schooldays At Blennerville NS

September 8, 2023 at 11:19 am Comments are Disabled

JUST typical, isn’t it? We get a mini-heatwave, just in time for back-to-school, depriving the children of the beach time they couldn’t avail of during the miserable weather we endured during July and August. However, the mood was buoyant when we visited St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville on Friday morning. […]

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Tralee And Lisselton Pupils Design Covers Of Lee Strand Journal

Tralee And Lisselton Pupils Design Covers Of Lee Strand Journal

September 5, 2023 at 10:39 am Comments are Disabled

LEE Strand officially launched the 2023 Lee Strand Homework Journals recently and pupils from Tralee and Lisselton schools were chosen to display their art on the front and back covers. Over 10,000 hardback homework journals will be distributed to national school pupils, with pupils invited to design the front and […]

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Happy junior infants beginning their schooldays at Caherleaheen NS this week. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: All Smiles In Caherleaheen NS As Schooldays Begin

September 3, 2023 at 11:26 am Comments are Disabled

THEY’RE one big family out in Caherleaheen National School and they welcomed 16 more into their home last week. The junior infants began their educational journey last Wednesday and parents need not have worried about their little ones as they were in good hands with Ms Adrienne Heaslip as their […]

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Junior infants on their first day at school at Scoil Eoin on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Fab Friday At Scoil Eoin For First Day At School

September 2, 2023 at 10:09 am Comments are Disabled

THAT Friday feeling was certainly in evidence yesterday morning as families of the new arrivals made their way from the sunshine into the town’s largest primary school. Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh had 70 junior infants divided into the three classes under the expert supervision of Ms Aileen Griffin, Ms Laura […]

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Junior infants beginning their schooldays at Moyderwell Primary School this week. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Moyderwell Primary School Welcomes New Junior Infants

September 1, 2023 at 8:21 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was a warm welcome to all pupils at Moyderwell Mercy Primary School on Wednesday as the new school year began. It was an especially exciting time for the new arrivals who will spend the next eight years of their education at Moyderwell. There were 48 junior infants beginning at […]

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Junior infants on their first day at school at CBS Primary on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Big Day For Little Ones At CBS And Presentation Primary Schools

September 1, 2023 at 8:15 am Comments are Disabled

IT’S a big week for primary schools all over Tralee as they welcome pupils back for the upcoming year. But the main attention was focussed on the the new arrivals who started their schooldays. CBS Primary saw 55 junior infants pupils enter the classrooms of Ms Laura Donoghue and Ms […]

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Junior infants on their first day at school in Spa NS on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Happy Faces As Junior Infants Arrive At Spa NS

August 31, 2023 at 9:00 am Comments are Disabled

SPA National School was a hive of activity on Wednesday morning as nearly 30 new arrivals  began their schooldays. Junior infants class teachers Ms Treasa Ahern and Ms Ciara O’Reilly made the youngsters feel at ease as they made their way into the classrooms and got used to their surroundings. […]

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Junior infants on their first day at school in Holy Family NS on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Juniors Infants Settle In For Schooldays At Holy Family NS

August 30, 2023 at 4:03 pm Comments are Disabled

AS usual, it was the parents that looked anxious and teary rather than their little ones, as the  junior infants began their school journey at Holy Family NS on Wednesday morning. There are 43 pupils separated into Ms Laura Daly’s and Ms Claire Fitzgerald’s two classes and they immediately set […]

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Junior infants on their first day at school in Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Wednesday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Welcomes New Arrivals For First Day At School

August 30, 2023 at 3:32 pm Comments are Disabled

ANOTHER school year began for staff and pupils at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Wednesday morning and of course it was an extra special day for the junior infants. There were 52 new arrivals making their way into the classrooms of teachers Laura Ní Dhonghaile and Olive Ní Ghearáin and the […]

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Kerry College To Offer Two Tertiary Degree Courses In Coming Year

Kerry College To Offer Two Tertiary Degree Courses In Coming Year

July 7, 2023 at 3:04 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) will now offer two new tertiary degree programmes at Kerry College for the academic year 2023/2024. A tertiary course is one that commences in an Education and Training Board (ETB) and continues in a Higher Education Institution (HEI), culminating in the award of […]

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