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AGE & Opportunity’s innovative Creative Exchanges training programme is being delivered in Tralee for the first time, with 25 participants taking part in the first session on Thursday last at Siamsa Tíre. Age & Opportunity is the national organisation that works to inspire and to create opportunities so that Irish people can […]

Coiste na nÓg Trá Lí has nominated Na Gaeil CLG as Juvenile Club of the year 2017. Colm Ó’Suilleabháin, Tim Lynch and John Keating were presented with the trophy by the Coiste chairperson, Tom Keane at their AGM in the Rose Hotel recently. Tom congratulated Na Gaeil and complimented all […]

THE Ashe Hotel  hosted auditions for people aiming to appear on one of Britain’s most popular TV shows. Talent scouts from ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ checked out singers, dancers, magicians and more at the hotel. There was a huge turnout too and the hotel had to open up an area for people […]

KERRY County Council is inviting applications for funding under the new RAPID Programme under the theme of ‘Community Safety and Anti-Social Behaviour’. The funding relates to capital projects only and is available for projects in disadvantaged urban areas. The programme is being administered by Kerry County Council in conjunction with […]

  THE culmination of years of hard work by students, the first 2017  IT Tralee conferring ceremony took place on Thursday in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre, with two more sessions planned for Friday. Over 1,000 students will graduate over the two days including people from 30 different nations, including China, Malaysia […]

GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors head coach, Mark Bernsen, has won the Basketball Ireland Super League Coach of the Month for October after leading his team to an unbeaten run of four games in the league throughout last month which sees them currently top of the table. Bernsen is no stranger to […]

HIS voice has been heard over the tannoy at grounds around Kerry and he has supplied the county with updates on the GAA scene over the past five years, but John O’Leary will be stepping down as Kerry GAA PRO at annual county  convention next month. The Spa Killarney clubman […]

KERRY County Council has supplied the following update as of 5pm this evening regarding roads issues due to Storm Ophelia. #Fenit #Lighthouse & #Pier today 11.30am in the height of #Opehlia @radiokerrynews @Traleetodaynews @TeamCAS_Ire @kerryman_ie Staysafe &High pic.twitter.com/b3VWFGMy4E — kevin finn (@caoimhinfinn) October 16, 2017 The Council is aware of […]

WHILE there are still more strong winds to come according to Met Eireann, many people have been tweeting pictures and videos of the sun shining in Tralee over the past half hour. It was incredibly windy around 12.45 in Tralee and while it’s still blustery, it’s seems like a lull […]

WELL Lixnaw and Ballyduff will be back in Tralee next Sunday for the replay of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC county final and hopefully the atmosphere will be just as special as it was yesterday. County hurling final day is always a great occasion and both the minors and seniors […]

  IT is nigh on 40 years since I did my Junior-Cert and anyone of my vintage would even remember that it was then called the Inter-Cert. One of the subjects that I undertook for this exam was music. My music teacher in St Brendan’s Killarney at that time was a […]

TRADING online vouchers to the value of €2,500 are still available to support small Kerry businesses to enhance their online trading presence. The vouchers can be used in a variety of ways, including to advertise online on websites such as TraleeToday.ie. There is a free training session in Tralee next month and is the first […]

RESULTS Ladies Club Singles 12th July 2017 1st Marion Cahillane 38 pts (22) 2nd Goretti O Connor 33 pts (20) Senior Ladies 10th July 2017 1st Mary Underwood 2nd Michelle Moore 3rd Gloria Walsh Scramble Friday 14th 2017 1st Gerard O’Sullivan (21) Geraldine Hughes (15) Mark Teehan (14)  30 5/6 2nd […]

A MEMBER of Tralee Community Responders put his skills to good use last week when he came to the aid of a teenager hit by a motorbike in Tanzania last week. Jimmy Murphy and his wife Maureen are over in the African country where they visited the Tír na nÓg […]

MINISTER of State for Tourism and Sports Brendan Griffin TD announced today that Fáilte Ireland is teaming up with cycling specialists Ride Wild (www.ridewild.ie ) to launch the Wild Atlantic Way Cycle Sportive which will take in stages in Kerry and could prove a huge tourism boost to the county during the off-season. This […]

FORMER Kerry great, Darragh Ó Sé is saying Cork have it in them to beat Kerry in the Munster final this Sunday in his weekly column in The Irish Times. The six time All-Ireland medal winner says Cork are in the perfect position coming into the game having failed to […]

LAST week saw the annual Institute of Technology of Tralee’s Steps to Success Networking Event for the Computing and IT Departments take place. This is a unique careers module delivered to final year students to assist in the transition from the world of college to the world of work. The aim […]

  KERRY County Council says there is a delay to Denny Street becoming a tw0-way system and work will not be completed by the May Bank Holiday weekend. A meeting of Tralee traders on Tuesday night heard that the two-way system will be delayed until June 7, however the Council […]

IF you are a parent or guardian of a school leaver, then next Wednesday, March 1 is a date for your diary. Kerry’s largest provider of full-time further education courses, Kerry College of Further Education, Tralee, is hosting an event that is aimed at informing parents of options available to school […]

PAUL Galvin has decided to throw his lot in with a Dublin football club this year. Appearing on Today FM’s Dermot and Dave Show this morning to promote his new line of clothing with Dunnes Stores, he told the lads he would be playing for North Dublin side St Oliver Plunker’s, the club side […]

ROSE of Tralee, Maggie McEldowney, has challenged young Kerry men to see if they have what it takes to be a Rose Escort at this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival from 16-22 August. The Festival takes its name from a 19th century love song, so it was fitting that Maggie and […]

STRICTLY LOVE DANCING Ballygarry House Hotel hosted the Strictly Love dancing last Saturday evening and a great evening’s entertainment was enjoyed by all who attended the event. Congratulations to Tomas O’Connor and Nicole Mc’Ellistrim who won the judges vote on the night and were crowned as Strictly champions. The winners […]

A TRALEE councillor has asked Kerry County Council to talk to a company who are interested in bringing an online car hire service to town. Go Car is a Dublin-based company who operate a service in the same way as DublinBikes, where people can book a car by the hour online, take […]

PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: Our Sunday morning sessions are really motoring in the Mercy Mounthawk Gym!! Great enthusiasm! Might football! Training times: the Under 6 boys @ 10am, the Under 8s @ 11am and the Under 10s @ 12.00. Thanks to all! PEIL FAOI 14: (i) Under 14 boys are the second group of […]

BIRTHDAY celebrations were put on hold for the Rose of Tralee, Maggie McEldowney, so that she could announce details of the 2017 Rose of Tralee International Festival from August 16-22. Instead of blowing out the 28 birthday candles in her native city of Chicago, Maggie arrived into Ireland to launch […]

A MIST shrouded the town park on Saturday morning but the enthusiasm of the people there was clear as they gathered for the Park Run. This particular run was held in conjunction with RTE’s Operation Transformation and resulted in nearly 320 participants circling the park three times to complete the 5k […]

IT was looking dodgy for a while such was the extent of the fog, but it lifted for the hordes of cyclists setting off from St Pats GAA Club on Saturday morning. Hi-vis jackets were the uniform of the day as around 130 participants made their way to Castleisland and back for the […]

THE Kerry senior hurling team to play Cork on Sunday in the Co-op Superstores.ie Munster Senior Hurling League Round 1 game has been announced. The team – which will be new manager Fintan O’Connor’s first competitive match in charge – will be captained by Aiden McCabe who has been nominated by […]

A BRIT award-winning artist with ties to Tralee makes a welcome to town on February 19 at 8pm. Eddi Reader is probably best known – by people of a certain age – as lead singer with Fairground Attraction who had a No.1 hit back in 1988 with ‘Perfect’. The Scottish singer has enjoyed […]

LOCAL animal welfare groups received a boost yesterday when it was announced they would get funding from the Department of Agriculture. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, announced funding awards of €2,460,500 to 137 animal welfare organisations throughout the country involved in protecting animal welfare. The […]