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Sorcha Ryan, Aine Quinn, Denise Shanahan, Anne Marie Scott, Gillian Lawlor and Debbie Moriarty at 'The Chaser' fundraiser in The Rose Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Great Fun, Cash Won And Thousands Raised For Blennerville NS At ‘The Chaser’

October 19, 2019 at 8:29 am Comments are Disabled

A FUNDRAISER, based on the popular TV show ‘The Chase’, saw hundreds of people enjoy an entertaining Friday night at The Rose Hotel with around €25,000 realised for Blennerville school. Hosted by the school contestants had the chance to win up to €1,500 if they could beat the Chasers who […]

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Nicola Howard, Billy O'Donoghue, Rachel Lane, Eimear McNamara and Clodagh Higgins (General Nursing) at the IT Tralee graduation ceremony in the Kerry Sports Academy on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Over 1,000 Students Graduate At IT Tralee Ceremony (Part 1)

October 19, 2019 at 8:20 am Comments are Disabled

THE ‘Class of 2019’ received their graduation awards at the Institute of Technology, Tralee’s Conferring of Awards Ceremonies on Friday. This year’s graduation marked a particularly special occasion for IT Tralee with all conferring ceremonies taking place at the newly opened Kerry Sports Academy facility that is home to the […]

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Kerry Man Nominated In Two Categories For RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards

Kerry Man Nominated In Two Categories For RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards

October 19, 2019 at 8:19 am Comments are Disabled

KILLARNEY singer/songwriter Junior Brother has been nominated in two categories for the RTE Radio 1 Folk Awards. RTÉ Radio 1 earlier this month announced the shortlist for the upcoming Folk Awards taking place in Vicar Street on Thursday, October 24 and Junior Brother is nominated for Best Folk Album and Best Emerging […]

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Kerry People Asked To Take Part In ‘Wear A Hat Day’ For Brain Tumour Ireland

Kerry People Asked To Take Part In ‘Wear A Hat Day’ For Brain Tumour Ireland

October 19, 2019 at 8:17 am Comments are Disabled

IRISH charity Brain Tumour Ireland (BTI) is calling on the people of Kerry to don their favourite hat in support of its annual fundraising campaign #WearAHatDay on Friday,  October 25. The annual campaign raises funds for the charity’s vital support and information services for people diagnosed with brain tumours and […]

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Know Your Rights: Tax Relief On Tuition Fees 

Know Your Rights: Tax Relief On Tuition Fees 

October 19, 2019 at 8:17 am Comments are Disabled

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: My brother and I have started in third-level college this year. Can my parents claim any tax relief on our fees? Answer: Your parents may be able to claim tax […]

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Kerry Schools Invited To Enter Competition With €25,000 Top Prize

Kerry Schools Invited To Enter Competition With €25,000 Top Prize

October 18, 2019 at 2:07 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Bank of Ireland Money Smarts Challenge was launched today and Kerry schools are invited to take part with a chance of winning €25,000. This is a new secondary school competition that will see students learn essential Financial Wellbeing skills while competing for the chance to win the top prize […]

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Enda To Run New York City Marathon In Aid Of Palliative Care Unit

Enda To Run New York City Marathon In Aid Of Palliative Care Unit

October 18, 2019 at 8:10 am Comments are Disabled

A KILFENORA man is preparing for a fundraiser to help out a facility which provided great care to his parents during their illnesses before they passed away. Enda O’Sullivan of The Tankard Bar is in training to join around 50,000 runners for the New York City Marathon on Sunday, November […]

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Kingdom Swimming Club Members Make Munster Squad

Kingdom Swimming Club Members Make Munster Squad

October 18, 2019 at 8:09 am Comments are Disabled

THE strides being made among the youth in Kingdom Swimming Club were rewarded recently when eight members made the Munster swimming team squad. The eight members, who range in age from 12 to 16, are Rory Boyd, Jack Costello, Aisling O’Connell, Kim McTigue, Joe Reidy, Grace Reidy, Evelyn Fox and […]

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Noel Keane of Croí Restaurant on Princes Street.

Croí Restaurant Celebrates Several Accolades In Past Month

October 18, 2019 at 8:09 am Comments are Disabled

IT’S only been open at its current location since April, but Croí Restaurant has been picking up accolades galore since then. Having moved from Dominick Street to its present home in Princes Street (just up the street from The Brandon Hotel) in April, the restaurant’s chef/owner Noel Keane is continuing […]

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IT Tralee Team Co-Champions Of Culinary Pentathlon Event

IT Tralee Team Co-Champions Of Culinary Pentathlon Event

October 18, 2019 at 8:08 am Comments are Disabled

A TEAM of students from IT Tralee were announced as Dingle Invitational Culinary Pentathlon 2019 co-champions earlier this month. The IT Tralee Culinary Arts Team were Karl Noctor (Tralee), Aidan King (Tralee), Kerrie Daley (Ballyheigue) and Shannon Curtin (Limerick) under the guidance and mentorship of Chef Lecturer Dan Browne. After a […]

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National Learning Network Tralee Group Enjoys Finnish Adventure

National Learning Network Tralee Group Enjoys Finnish Adventure

October 18, 2019 at 8:08 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was great excitement among two Kerry groups last week as they departed for Tampere in Finland on an Erasmus Plus Exchange programme. A group of 13 students and four staff from National Learning Network Tralee along with a smaller youth group and leaders from South West Kerry Family Resource […]

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Fantastic Effort By Scoil Eoin Pupils In Shoebox Appeal

Fantastic Effort By Scoil Eoin Pupils In Shoebox Appeal

October 17, 2019 at 12:40 pm Comments are Disabled

SCOIL Eoin Balloonagh took part in the Team Hope Shoebox Appeal once again this year for Team Hope and hundreds of boxes were made up. The project was undertaken by the Student Council with the help of their coordinator Mrs. Carol Anne O’Donoghue. They were overwhelmed with the response and generosity […]

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Sponsored: Cara Credit Union Launches New Full-Service Current Account

Sponsored: Cara Credit Union Launches New Full-Service Current Account

October 17, 2019 at 12:31 pm Comments are Disabled

CARA Credit Unions and Killarney Credit Union are introducing a new full-service Current Account today (Thursday) which is International Credit Union Day. The new Current Account includes the globally accepted Mastercard Debit Card with Contactless Payments, Standing Orders, Direct Debits, and the option of an Overdraft facility. Members of Cara Credit […]

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Kerry ETB Shows Solidarity With LGBT+ Community

Kerry ETB Shows Solidarity With LGBT+ Community

October 17, 2019 at 12:17 pm 1 comment

KERRY ETB schools in Tralee and their staff members at the Centrepoint building showed support for the LGBT+ community in the county by raising the pride flag yesterday. They showed their support as ‘Visible in Kerry: An LGBT+ Perspective’, a major new survey of attitudes of LGBT people living in Kerry […]

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Gardaí To Conduct 24 Hour ‘Slow Down’ Day

Gardaí To Conduct 24 Hour ‘Slow Down’ Day

October 17, 2019 at 12:01 pm Comments are Disabled

AN Garda Síochána in Kerry and around the country will conduct a national speed enforcement operation “Slow Down”, supported by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and other stakeholders, for a 24 hour period from 7am tomorrow Friday to 7am on Saturday. The aim of “Slow Down Day” is to remind […]

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Teacher Ciara Culloty with pupils taking part in activities during Holy Family Maths Week. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Holy Family Pupils Enjoy Maths Week Activities

October 17, 2019 at 11:22 am Comments are Disabled

HOLY Family is a hive of activity this week as pupils taking part in Maths Week. The events of Maths Week were designed to present the subject as fun. Each day begins with a daily maths joke and a memory task. Over the course of the week, the pupils visit […]

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Nearly €130,000 Presented To Pieta House From Kerry Darkness Into Light Walks

Nearly €130,000 Presented To Pieta House From Kerry Darkness Into Light Walks

October 17, 2019 at 10:40 am Comments are Disabled

THE eight Kerry Darkness Into Light groups gathered in Ballygarry House Hotel last night to present a cheque to Pieta House. Thousands of people took to the roads back in May to take part in the event which raises much-needed funds for Pieta House which provides a free, therapeutic approach […]

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Mike’s Sister To Represent Him On ‘Winning Streak’ As He Plays Football

Mike’s Sister To Represent Him On ‘Winning Streak’ As He Plays Football

October 17, 2019 at 10:20 am Comments are Disabled

THE sister of a footballer from Spa, Killarney will fly into Ireland this weekend to go on the National Lottery’s Winning Streak TV game show on RTÉ One this Saturday, after his name was selected to appear on the show on the very same day he has to play an […]

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Mark Griffin Won’t Be Involved With The Kerry Senior Panel Next Year

Mark Griffin Won’t Be Involved With The Kerry Senior Panel Next Year

October 17, 2019 at 9:24 am Comments are Disabled

MARK Griffin is stepping away from the Kerry senior football squad for the forthcoming season. In an interview with the Irish Examiner, the St Michael’s Foilmore clubman cited work commitments — he is a project manager with Enercon — and a wish to do a bit of travelling as reasons […]

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€280m Upgrade For N22 Cork-Kerry Road Approved

€280m Upgrade For N22 Cork-Kerry Road Approved

October 17, 2019 at 8:35 am Comments are Disabled

THE Government has approved plans for a €280m upgrade of the N22 Cork-Kerry road, which will include the long-awaited Macroom bypass. It will see travel times between Cork city and Tralee and Killarney shortened considerably and will be welcomed by tourism and business interests in Kerry. The cabinet gave approval […]

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Festival Of Light To Take Place In Listowel

Festival Of Light To Take Place In Listowel

October 16, 2019 at 4:19 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Festival of Light Independent Arts Festival will take place again in Listowel from Thursday, October 31 to Saturday, November 2. The organisers say that in an increasingly isolated rural society,  public art and public engagement is a vehicle for bringing people together, the participatory process is very beneficial for self […]

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Former Kerry star Marc Ó Sé helps launch 'The Chaser' at Skelper Quane's Bar on Thursday evening with Principal of St Brendan's NS Blennerville Robbie O'Connell and organising committee members Claire Flynn, Louise Brassil, Rebecca Roche and Nora Corridon. Photo by Dermot Crean

Don’t Miss Your Chance To Win Cash By Beating ‘The Chaser’

October 16, 2019 at 2:16 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE’S just days to go until people have the chance to win cash if they can beat ‘The Chaser’ in a school fundraiser. Taking place on Friday, October 18, at The Rose Hotel, St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville a hosting ‘The Chaser’, an event modelled on the original show ‘The […]

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Tralee Student Chosen For RTÉ Youth Assembly On Climate In Dáil Éireann

Tralee Student Chosen For RTÉ Youth Assembly On Climate In Dáil Éireann

October 16, 2019 at 1:39 pm 2 comments

A TRALEE student has been chosen to participate in the RTÉ Youth Assembly on Climate in Dáil Eireann next month. Fifteen-year-old Judith Waugh will be one of 157 delegates from all over the country who will travel to Dublin on on November 15 to establish their urgent next steps for Ireland […]

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A Nice Trip To France For Two Tralee Students Representing Ireland At Conference

A Nice Trip To France For Two Tralee Students Representing Ireland At Conference

October 16, 2019 at 8:00 am Comments are Disabled

TWO Mercy Mounthawk students will head to the south of France this winter to represent Ireland at the GTTP (Global Travel and Tourism Partnership) conference thanks to a project on the Rose of Tralee. Fifth year students Michalina Gora and Cora Savage are off to Nice from November 23rd-27th with teacher […]

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Kerry Film Festival To Host Premiere Of ‘Kilimanjaro Mama’ Documentary

Kerry Film Festival To Host Premiere Of ‘Kilimanjaro Mama’ Documentary

October 16, 2019 at 7:59 am 1 comment

THE world premiere of a documentary about a Tralee woman and how she transformed the lives of children in Africa will take place as part of the Kerry Film Festival this weekend. ‘Kilimanjaro Mama’ tells the story of Louise Quill, who created the Tír na nÓg orphanage in Tanzania through sheer […]

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Rebecca Lyons with some of her origami art at Syphon Coffee Bar and Lounge on Culture Night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Syphon To Host Origami Workshops For Children During Mid-Term Break

October 16, 2019 at 7:59 am Comments are Disabled

LOCAL origami artist Rebecca Lyons will be holding origami workshops for children aged 8 to 16 on Saturday October 26 and Wednesday, October 30. The classes will take place at Syphon coffee bar and lounge on Courthouse Lane, Tralee. The €20 fee includes a 2 hour workshop, all materials and a […]

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Coláiste Íde To Hold Open Days This Weekend

Coláiste Íde To Hold Open Days This Weekend

October 16, 2019 at 7:58 am Comments are Disabled

A SCHOOL which is renowned for its high standard of Post-Primary education is holding an open day this Saturday and Sunday. Coláiste Íde is a 7 day boarding school for girls situated in the Dingle Peninsula. With a capacity for 150 students, Coláiste Íde provides education through the medium of Irish. […]

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PHOTOS: KBN Event Hears Flexibility Is What Women Want When Returning To Work

PHOTOS: KBN Event Hears Flexibility Is What Women Want When Returning To Work

October 15, 2019 at 4:24 pm Comments are Disabled

THE latest Kerry Businesswomen’s Network event took place in Tralee last Wednesday in Ballygarry House Hotel. KBN in collaboration with ‘Moving On’ — the employment programme for women in Kerry — brought Karen O’Reilly, founder of Employmum and one of Silicon Republic’s ten ‘Future of Work’ Influencers to Kerry to talk […]

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Bishop Invites People Who Worked In Developing World Or On The Missions To Celebration

Bishop Invites People Who Worked In Developing World Or On The Missions To Celebration

October 15, 2019 at 2:45 pm Comments are Disabled

BISHOP Ray Browne is inviting all who have worked in the developing world or on the missions to an Evening of Celebration on Tuesday, October 22 at 8pm in St John’s Parish Centre, Tralee. Many people in the diocese have worked with NGOs as development workers, with Viatores Christi, Trocaire, […]

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Una-Minh Kavanagh.

Úna-Minh Kavanagh To Launch First Book In Tralee Next Week

October 15, 2019 at 2:32 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE woman will launch her first book on Thursday, October 24, at 6.30pm in Tralee Library. In 2013, Úna-Minh Kavanagh, a young journalist and content creator, was racially abused and spat upon in Dublin’s city centre. Having dealt with racism throughout her young life, Úna-Minh had finally had enough. […]

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