IT was a busy night for Ballymacelligott GAA. First of all the the seniors played Stacks in the Tralee Town Board Town League Final at Austin Stack Park. They came away disappointed losing to Stacks, but then the club officials headed out to Ballygarry House Hotel where a lady was waiting […]

THE Austin Stacks senior team secured their first silverware of the season when they beat Ballymac last night in the Tralee Town Board League Final. Played under lights at Austin Stack Park, the Rockies proved too strong and clinical for Ballymac team running out 1-18 to 0-10 winners and captain […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I’m starting a new job. I heard that there are changes to the rules about terms of employment for new employees. What are they?  Answer: Your employer must provide you […]

Anchored by some magnificent performances, John McCann says ‘The Favourite’ is a worthy of all the praised lavished upon it… It’s fair to say that Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos is an acquired taste. His previous features ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ and ‘The Lobster’ whilst bold and at times brilliant, […]

KERRY senior footballers are going for five in a row league wins this Sunday with Monaghan standing in the way. The Round 5 game of the Allianz Football League Division 1 has a 3pm throw-in (the Kerry hurlers are on first in a double-header from 1pm) at Fitzgerald  Stadium. Peter […]

KERRY’S representative organisations have united to ask the Director of the Southern Regional Assembly for an extension to the March 8 deadline for receiving submissions to the Draft Regional Spatial and Economic Strategy (RSES) Plan. The plan, which is a new framework for economic development and planning for the Southern […]

THE Golf Doc Academy has announced the official launch of the inaugural Kerry Schools Cup golf competition for 12 – 16 year olds. Teams of six kids are being invited to represent their secondary school in the Kerry Schools Cup and unlike other sports for 12 -16 year olds, teams […]

THERE was the usual steady stream of customers to Nolan’s Londis on Thursday morning and many of them were in generous mood. The garage on North Circular Road hosted a fundraising coffee morning  in aid of the Kerry Cancer Support Group/Kerry Cork Health Link Bus and people enjoyed a free […]

LAST year, dancers from University Hospital Kerry took to the stage for “Sickly Come Dancing 2018” event where a phenomenal €67,000 was raised. Well the staff are doing it all over again later this month when they hold ‘UHK’s Got Talent 2019’ at the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre on Friday, […]

March is here and while spring was in the air this week, the weather isn’t supposed to be as kind in the coming days. Nevertheless, you should try to get out and about to a few things… Friday 1. Tops of the town… There’s some silverware up for grabs in […]

ROUNDYS Bar in Tralee has shut its doors…but only for two weeks. The popular bar had been run by Stewart Lyons for over four years, but the lease has expired and the owners have decided to take up the mantle again. Alan and Francis Fitzgibbon will be reopening the bar […]

A KERRY woman who loves a game of bingo, will be hoping to hit the jackpot and spin the Winning Streak wheel when she appears on the Winning Streak TV game show on RTÉ One this Saturday. Patricia Foley from Killarney was out and about last Saturday evening when she […]

A STUDENT at a Kerry school will be recognised at an awards ceremony in Dublin in a couple of weeks. Hannah Ní Shearcaigh of Coláiste Íde in Dingle won the “Young Translators, 2018” competition for Munster with the European Commission recently. Hannah had to undertake a specific test for translating […]

THE Kerry College of Further Education campus in Clash was buzzing on Wednesday as they held an Open Day to showcase the courses, facilities and wide range of options available. There were hundreds of secondary school students from around the county as well as people who want to upskill and […]

IF you are in Tralee town on Saturday, March 9, don’t be surprised if you are approached by a parishioner inviting you to visit St John’s Church. The Tralee Pastoral Area which includes: St. John’s parish; St. Brendan’s parish and The Spa parish, is hosting a ‘Homecoming’ event for Lent. […]

KERRY Education and Training Board has announced funding for a Creative Youth Partnership pilot. Kerry ETB is one of three ETBs set to pilot this local creative partnership which was funded by the Department of Education and Skills. Kerry ETB along with its local partner Kerry County Council’s Arts Office […]

THERE was a great turnout at Kirby’s Brogue Inn on Wednesday night for a table quiz organised a local man. Conor Cusack, a member of the Born to Run Club, held it in aid of the Irish Heart Foundation and it was well-supported by the club members and quiz fans. […]

GARDAI have arrested and charged a woman in her late teens and a man his 20s in relation to a theft incident that took place on a bus in Listowel yesterday. At approximately 5:30pm, Gardaí received a report from a man who had his mobile phone stolen whilst on a bus […]

IT was an event which drew around 370 people to the Rose Hotel just two weeks ago and yesterday evening the proceeds from the Tralee 10 Miler and 5k Road Race were presented to Kerry Hospice. Organised by Michelle Greaney of Optimal Fitness, she said she was delighted with the turnout […]

TIME is running out for Kerry men to apply to be Rose Escorts at the Rose of Tralee International Festival. This year is a particularly special one for the Festival as it will celebrate 60 years from Friday, August 23rd to Tuesday, August 27th. Thursday, March 20, is the deadline […]

THE Zyber Theatre Company returns to the Siamsa Tíre stage over the next three nights to stage a hugely popular play which explores the lives of men who worked on the building sites of London in the 1970s. Productions of Jimmy Murphy’s ‘The Kings of the Kilburn High Road’ have […]

A FILM written and directed by a Tralee man and co-produced by another local, is to premiere at a film festival in California on St Patrick’s Day. ‘Misty Button’ is an Irish/American  dark comedy written and directed by Seanie Sugrue and co-produced by Bertie Brosnan. It will receive its world […]

IF you want to find out more about fostering, then next month sees a couple of events in Tralee which may interest you. The Kerry Branch of Irish Foster Care Asscoiation (IFCA) is a voluntary group that meets on the second Friday of each month for a Coffee Morning in the Meadowlands […]

IF you’re heading west, take note of some road works taking place on the N86 over the next number of weeks. Works will commence on road surface improvements on the N86 Tralee to Dingle road between Camp and Annascaul on Thursday, February 28. The resurfacing works will take place between […]

THERE’S still time to get to Kerry College of Further Education’s Open Day which is being held today at their Clash campus. Continuing until 7pm this evening, this annual event provides an opportunity for those attending to gain an insight into the college and the many courses on offer. Teachers […]

TRALEE’S Darkness Into Light event was a massive success again last May and this year’s walk was launched at a cheque presentation at Kirby’s Brogue Inn last night. The cheque of €41,198.97 raised in the 2018 event was presented to Con O’Connor, Co-ordinator of Pieta House in the South West, […]

WITH 60 lunches sold in half an hour – sushi, tapas, paella, pizza – Foodie Fridays at JRI America in Tralee is proving a big hit. The initiative at the Kerry Technology Park-based company has been a great success since it began last December, creating awareness among staff of local […]

KERRY had the seventh lowest percentage of driving licence holders with penalty points in 2017, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office. The figures showed the number of drivers in each county in Ireland who had penalty points in 2017 as well as the percentage of drivers in each county […]

AFTER two hit comedy dramas in the past couple of years, the trilogy will be complete later this week when ‘One Ordination and a Donation’ will be performed at Na Gaeil GAA clubhouse. The play will be staged on Wednesday, February 27, Thursday, February 28 and Saturday, March 2, (7.30pm) […]

A KERRY-BASED chef has been snapped up by Virgin Media TV for a new cookery show which will be beamed into tens of thousands of homes. Killarney restaurateur Paul Treyvaud has signed contracts with the station for the six-programme series which will see him preparing and cooking several delightful dishes. […]