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Breda Furlong, Jean Devane, Ciara Cashman, Eilish Griffin and Julie Cashman at the CH Chemists 'Strictly'-themed Christmas party at Ballygarry House Hotel on Saturday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: CH Chemists Staff Enjoy A Belated ‘Strictly’-Themed Christmas Party

January 6, 2019 at 11:27 am Comments are Disabled

BETTER late than never! The folks at CH Chemists were working flat out over the past couple of months to make sure Santa came to people in Tralee and beyond, so much so that they didn’t have time for a Christmas party. Well that was rectified on Saturday night when […]

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Roger Harty: Ten Mighty Words

Roger Harty: Ten Mighty Words

January 6, 2019 at 11:25 am Comments are Disabled

I WAS in the restroom (fancy name for toilet!) of a local hotel recently when someone asked me if I was enjoying my evening. I replied that I was having a ‘mighty’ night and he immediately retorted that I must be from Galway seen that I used the word ‘mighty’ […]

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Participants of the Kerins O'Rahillys 10k run on Sunday morning. Photos by Lisa O'Mahony.

Local Man To Be Honoured At Kerins O’Rahillys Annual Race

January 5, 2019 at 11:26 am Comments are Disabled

THE Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club 10k/5k race returns again later this month and this time it will honour a local man who has served the club and local community over the past 40 years. After 41 years teaching in Holy Family school, Francie Quill retired from his role as Deputy […]

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Labhrás Long (left) controls the robot with Principal of Mercy Mounthawk John O'Roarke (left) and John Walsh of IT Tralee (centre). Photo by Dermot Crean

Full STEAM Ahead As Coding Students To Take Part In Vex Robotics Challenge

January 5, 2019 at 11:25 am Comments are Disabled

MERCY Mounthawk pupils are embracing Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths in their latest project. Taking part in the Irish Vex Robotics competition in March, they have to build, code and drive a robot to carry out challenges in the Institute of Technology Tralee with other local schools. This is a […]

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Diocese Of Kerry To Host Annual Public Talk

Diocese Of Kerry To Host Annual Public Talk

January 5, 2019 at 11:24 am 1 comment

THE Diocese of Kerry will host the annual Public Talk in The Gleneagle, Muckross Road on Wednesday January 9 at 8pm. Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick Diocese will speak on “A Church of the Future”. He has written on themes such as: peace and forgiveness; faith questions; ecumenism; and spirituality. […]

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Know Your Rights: Pay For Public Holidays

Know Your Rights: Pay For Public Holidays

January 5, 2019 at 11:23 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: I work part-time from Wednesday to Friday. This year Christmas fell on a Tuesday. Should I get paid for Christmas Day, even though I didn’t work that day?  What […]

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McCann At The Movies: A Magical Musical To Delight All Ages

McCann At The Movies: A Magical Musical To Delight All Ages

January 5, 2019 at 11:22 am Comments are Disabled

John McCann says ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ is a worthy sequel to the classic family movie… Remaking classic movies can often be risky business with more misses than hits (remakes such as Sylvester Stallones’ take on Get Carter simply can’t be unseen!). Therefore, it was with a little trepidation that I […]

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Another Kerry Winner Claims National Lottery Winnings Of €100,000

Another Kerry Winner Claims National Lottery Winnings Of €100,000

January 4, 2019 at 5:43 pm Comments are Disabled

A KERRY woman has claimed a nice €100,000 after winning in the Christmas Millionaire Raffle draw. The shocked Kerry woman was at Lottery HQ in Dublin today to pick up her prize and admitted that she completely forget she had bought a ticket for the Raffle and only found out […]

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Rachel Ryan, Sorcha Ringland and Meabh McElligott at the Mercy Mounthawk Students' Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: More Glamour From The Mercy Mounthawk Students’ Debs Ball (Part 2)

January 4, 2019 at 3:02 pm Comments are Disabled

EARLIER we brought you some of the style from the Mercy Mounthawk students’ debs ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel held on Thursday night (click here for previous coverage). Over 340 teenagers had a great time at the event and they certainly dressed to impress as you can see from […]

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Rebecca O'Brien, Jessica Moynihan, Amy Kerins, Christine Fitzgibbon and Natalie Daly at the Mercy Mounthawk Students' Debs Ball at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Style From The Mercy Mounthawk Students’ Debs Ball (Part 1)

January 4, 2019 at 2:34 pm Comments are Disabled

WITH school starting again next week it’s a timely occasion to end the holiday season with a party. Well, Mercy Mounthawk students did just that by organising their annual Debs Ball and over 340 people gathered at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel for a serious shindig on Thursday night. They certainly […]

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Stephanie’s Delighted With Her New TV Thanks To Nolan’s Londis

Stephanie’s Delighted With Her New TV Thanks To Nolan’s Londis

January 4, 2019 at 11:31 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE woman received a nice surprise while doing the Christmas grocery shop on the Saturday before Christmas. Stephanie Kerins from Caheranne Village was pushing the trolley in Dunnes Stores when Niall Nolan of Nolan’s Londis rang to tell her she was the latest winner in the  Nolan’s Londis Christmas TV […]

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Rose of Tralee 2018, Kirsten Mate Maher in the Town Park on Wednesday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

As Festival Celebrates Diamond Jubilee, Search Begins For Rose Of Tralee 2019

January 4, 2019 at 10:45 am Comments are Disabled

THERE’S never been a better time to apply to be the Rose of Tralee because, this year, Ireland’s most famous family festival will celebrate 60 years in 2019. Rose of Tralee regional selections will be staged in towns and cities all over the world from February to June and anyone […]

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Kerry Airport’s Gateway Bar To Be Revamped

Kerry Airport’s Gateway Bar To Be Revamped

January 4, 2019 at 10:19 am Comments are Disabled

THE Gateway Bar and Restaurant at Kerry Airport is to get a new look for the New Year. Work on the four-week refurbishment is set to start on Monday, January 12, during which time the queuing system and general ambience of the restaurant will be transformed. A coffee dock facility […]

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Tralee Warrior Paul Named Basketball Ireland Player Of The Month

Tralee Warrior Paul Named Basketball Ireland Player Of The Month

January 3, 2019 at 2:50 pm Comments are Disabled

A WARRIOR and a local Tralee man were among the Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for December 2018 announced yesterday. In the Men’s Super League, star point guard Paul Dick of Garvey’s Tralee Warriors scooped the Player of the Month award for December after some superb performances […]

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Family Collects €1,000,000 Winnings After Getting Ticket From Tralee Shop

Family Collects €1,000,000 Winnings After Getting Ticket From Tralee Shop

January 3, 2019 at 1:16 pm Comments are Disabled

A LUCKY Kerry family celebrated the start of 2019 as lottery millionaires as they travelled to National Lottery headquarters in Dublin to collect a cheque for €1 million after they won the top prize of the Daily Million game on Friday, December 28. The winning ticket was printed at the […]

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Time To Hit The Road With Born To Run Club’s ‘Couch To 5k’ Programme

Time To Hit The Road With Born To Run Club’s ‘Couch To 5k’ Programme

January 3, 2019 at 10:55 am Comments are Disabled

YOU’VE demolished the last of the USA biscuits, there’s barely a Bounty left in the box of Celebrations and you don’t want to see another turkey and ham dinner for 12 months. But despite the best of intentions to get back on the straight and narrow in January, it can […]

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Cian Barden, Kristyna Cieslarova, Jason Hellstrom and Gillian Boardwell and Noel Brassil and Emer Forde at the CBS The Green Students' Debs Ball at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Wednesday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Glamour At The CBS The Green Students’ Debs Ball

January 3, 2019 at 10:54 am Comments are Disabled

THE party season may be over but nobody told the students from CBS The Green who held their Debs Ball at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Wednesday night. Organised by the students, around 180 teenagers sat down for a meal followed by a DJ who kept the party atmosphere going and […]

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Fitness And Nutrition Talk To Benefit Children’s Hospital

Fitness And Nutrition Talk To Benefit Children’s Hospital

January 3, 2019 at 10:42 am Comments are Disabled

A TALK will be held tonight (Thursday) on weight loss, fitness and nutrition, with all proceeds raised going towards Crumlin Children’s Hospital. ‘Fat Loss Made Easy’ at The Rose Hotel from 7.30pm will feature three speakers from the world of fitness and nutrition; Michael Dillon of Kinetic Health and Fitness, […]

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Kerry Man Diagnosed With Cancer Seeks Public’s Help

Kerry Man Diagnosed With Cancer Seeks Public’s Help

January 2, 2019 at 3:52 pm Comments are Disabled

A KERRY man is asking people to help him in his fight for life after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October. Ross Hurley (38) from Killarney needs specialist treatment to fight the type of cancer which, according to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer […]

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Fifteen Drink-Driving Detections In Tralee Area During December

Fifteen Drink-Driving Detections In Tralee Area During December

January 2, 2019 at 2:58 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE were 33 detections for drink driving in Kerry in December, up from 28 in December of 2017 and 20 in the same month in 2016, according to the latest figures from local gardaí. There were 15 detections in the Tralee area, 11 in the Listowel area and seven in […]

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Silver Jubilee Of The ‘Twelve Swims Of Christmas’ At Fenit Bathing Slip

Silver Jubilee Of The ‘Twelve Swims Of Christmas’ At Fenit Bathing Slip

January 2, 2019 at 12:31 pm Comments are Disabled

FENIT bathing slip swimmers maintained a long-standing tradition by once again taking on the ‘12 swims of Christmas.’ Tralee Swimming Club members first took on the challenge 25 years ago and have never since failed to complete it. Over the years they have battled wind, rain, frost, snow and ice […]

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Gardaí with award winners at the ceremony held on Christmas Day at the KDYS>

Young People Receive Awards At Christmas Day Party In KDYS

January 2, 2019 at 12:13 pm Comments are Disabled

THIRTEEN local children were honoured on Christmas Day at an awards ceremony and party in the KDYS Hall on Denny St organised by The Happy Memories Store (Courthouse Lane) and the Tralee Chamber Alliance. The event was the Valued Inspirational People awards and people were asked to nominate young people who play […]

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Worst Year Since Records Began For Patients Waiting On Trolleys At UHK

Worst Year Since Records Began For Patients Waiting On Trolleys At UHK

January 2, 2019 at 11:02 am Comments are Disabled

LAST year saw the highest number of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry since the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation began recording the data in 2006. There were 3,396 patients waiting on trolleys in UHK in 2018, an increase of over 50% on the previous high in 2017 […]

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Ten Most Viewed Stories Of 2018 On TraleeToday.ie

Ten Most Viewed Stories Of 2018 On TraleeToday.ie

January 1, 2019 at 12:58 pm Comments are Disabled

We countdown the 10 posts that garnered the most page views on the TraleeToday.ie website in 2018… Note: All figures below are page views on the website, not Facebook views which is entirely different.  10. Fashion show glamour… As with last year, many seemed to like looking at who’s wearing what on […]

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The fireworks on Denny Street on New Year's Eve. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Huge Crowds Watch The Fireworks On Denny Street

January 1, 2019 at 12:50 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE was a massive crowd on Denny Street for the fireworks last night and they weren’t disappointed as they were treated to a spectacular display. The crowd started gathering from around 6.30pm and by the time they were set off from behind the Ashe Memorial Hall less than an hour […]

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No More Library Fines From January 1st

No More Library Fines From January 1st

December 31, 2018 at 12:23 pm Comments are Disabled

LIBRARIES across Kerry will no longer be imposing fines on overdue books from January 1, 2019. In addition, all outstanding fines on members’ accounts as of that date will be removed. This is in line with all public libraries nationally and is one of the key aims of the new […]

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Roger Harty: New Years Resolutions

Roger Harty: New Years Resolutions

December 31, 2018 at 12:15 pm 1 comment

AS a wise Kerryman once said ‘A good place to begin is at the start’ so I would like to start with a good question. The question is ‘What are we trying to achieve’? The title says New Years Resolutions which by its very nature would suggest that whatever we […]

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REVIEW 2018: The News From December…

REVIEW 2018: The News From December…

December 31, 2018 at 11:59 am Comments are Disabled

Finally, completing our review of stories we brought you in 2018, here’s the news from December… • It was reported that 11 patients had their cancer diagnoses delayed at University Hospital Kerry and four of those patients had since. The news came as a result of the review of the 46,000 […]

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The late Weeshie Fogarty.

REVIEW 2018: The News From November…

December 31, 2018 at 11:54 am Comments are Disabled

Continuing our review of stories we brought you in 2018, here’s the news from November… • KERRY may have been eliminated at the Super 8 stage of the All-Ireland series but it was enough to earn one young man an All-Star. David Clifford’s star turns, especially in the games against Galway, […]

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Anne O'Donnell, Alan Teahan, Ella Smith and Laura Lee Curtin appearing in 'Snow White' at Siamsa Tíre. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Audiences Love ‘Snow White’ Christmas Panto At Siamsa Tíre

December 30, 2018 at 10:25 am Comments are Disabled

THE annual  Christmas panto at Siamsa Tíre started its run yesterday and audiences are just loving it. The Oliver Hurley School of Musical Theatre cast are bringing the story of ‘Snow White’ to the stage and it’s jam-packed with magnificent scenery, costumes, live music, spectacular dance routines, comedy capers and […]

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