Alan Cantwell previews tonight’s Hula Hoops National Cup semi-final between Garvey’s Tralee Warriors and Pyrobel Killester at the Mardyke Arena in Cork… GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors will contest a National Cup semi final for the first time in their short three-year history tonight when they take to the court at the […]

TRALEE CBS students have won the Overall award in the Senior Social and Behavioural Sciences category at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition in Dublin tonight. Michael Kirby, Padraig Crean and Michael Carroll created a farm safety book. Their project was ‘A study into the effectiveness of teaching farm […]

THE live register figure for Tralee increased in December by 88 people from the previous month, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. There were 3,458  people signing on last month compared to 3,370 in November. However, the figure is down 478 on the same month in […]

KERRY Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris joined with Ireland South MEP Liadh Ní Riada and Cllr Pa Daly in Tralee Town Centre this lunchtime to launch Sinn Féin’s Housing & Rental Crisis campaign in Kerry. “Every week for several years now my offices and the offices of other elected representatives […]

IT’S set to be a star-studded night of entertainment later this month when well-known faces from the north Kerry sporting fraternity take to the stage for ‘Stars In Their Eyes’. Taking the format of the well-known ITV show, 10 acts will take on the persona of famous music stars for […]

STUDENTS at the Kerry College of Further Education took over the canteen on Thursday morning for a special fundraiser for Jigsaw Kerry. The Software Development and Games Development class in conjunction with KCFE hosted a retro, board gaming and FIFA gaming event and it eventually raised €240 for the mental health […]

THE National Live Life Film Competition for 2019 was officially launched on Thursday in Kerry College of Further Education and entries are now invited with the theme of “It All Works Out!” This is the 6th year of this hugely popular competition in memory of Tralee teenager Donal Walsh. The Competition aims […]

TIME to get active again after the Christmas/New Year period and what better way than to achieve this than by getting the bike out for a cycle. The Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle takes place this Saturday, at 11am from St. Pat’s GAA Club, Blennerville. The event is held annually to […]

THE issue of the main gates to Rath Cemetery being closed on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and St Stephen’s Day was brought up by two councillors at Monday’s meeting of Tralee Municipal District. Sinn Féin Cllr Toireasa Ferris said she was contacted by a recently widowed woman who was spending her […]

WHAT a game. What an atmosphere! Tralee Sports Complex was packed to capacity on Thursday afternoon to see Mercy Mounthawk take on CBS The Green in an all-Tralee U19A National Subway Schools Cup Semi-Final. In a thrilling game, it took overtime to separate the sides and Mercy Mounthawk emerged victorious […]

AFTER hosting parties, weddings and debs balls over the Christmas and New Year period, the staff at Ballyroe Heights Hotel finally got a chance to get together for a night out on Wednesday. Over 50 of them gathered at Kirby’s Brogue Inn for a well-deserved night of great food and […]

FOUR local men were at Kerry Hospice Foundation on Wednesday to present a cheque for €3,475 after a series of fundraisers over the past few months. Jack Ferguson (DJ Fergie), David O’Brien, Tim Dennehy and Shane O’Sullivan took part in a Movember Challenge, while a number of DJ gigs around […]

THE Kerry GAA Supporters club annual social takes place on  January 19 in the Ballygarry House Hotel and will honour achievements of successful Kerry teams. The highlight was the five in a row of All Ireland minor titles and captain Paul O’Shea and former minor manager Peter Keane will be […]

A LOCAL man has highlighted the extent of the rubbish washed up in Tralee bay in a video uploaded this week. Jack O’Callaghan’s YouTube video shows that rubbish is washing up in the area near the Wetlands and the railway track running to Blennerville. He is hoping people can put […]

A VIDEO of an Irish woman’s reaction to a Great White Shark has been featured on a few websites this morning and she’s from Ardfert. A news channel in Sydney, Australia featured a segment about a person who uses drones to find sharks near beaches and Clare Dwyer from Ardfert […]

TRALEE man Ultan Dillane has committed to Connacht for the next two years after he signed a two year contract extension that will keep him at the Sportsground up to the end of the 2020/21 season. The 25 year old former Tralee RFC player, who has made 11 appearances for Ireland, joined […]

WITH the Hula Hoops Men’s National Cup semi-final just days away, sports website Balls.ie visited Tralee recently to find out more about Garvey’s Tralee Warriors who face Killester on Saturday night in the Mardyke Arena in Cork. The video they made (below) features interviews with captain Darren O’Sullivan, players Keith […]

ROCK fans are set to flock to the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre next month for a night of music for three great causes. Local Bon Jovi tribute act, ‘Bon Jovee’ will be joined by Oracle and Mickey Joe Harte for the event on Saturday, February 16 which will help out […]

THE staff at a local creche showed their generosity just before Christmas by holding a fundraiser for a local community initiative. Tiny Tots Creche was even more colourful than usual when the children and staff held a Christmas Jumper day at the Castlewood Park facility on December 14. One of […]

KERRY finalists in the BT Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition (BTYSTE) are in Dublin this week for the 55th annual exhibition and Tralee schools are well represented. Taking place at the RDS, Dublin from today (Wednesday) to Saturday, January 12, the brightest minds from across the island will gather under one […]

A DIVISIONAL Protective Service Unit (DPSU) has been established in the Kerry Garda Division. Gardaí say DPSUs will deliver a consistent and professional approach to the investigation of specialised crime types, including sexual crime, child abuse and domestic abuse. Training for personnel attached to each of the units commenced in the […]

COIS Lí Camera Club Tralee have announced that they have John Bermingham of ‘All That Can Be Productions’ coming to give a talk and demonstration at the club on Tuesday, January 15 at 7.30pm at The Greyhound Bar on Pembroke Street. They promise a fun, informative,  learning experience, but numbers […]

THE Board of Radio Kerry has approved an offer to the shareholders of Clare Community Radio Holdings Ltd. to purchase the entire share capital of the company, Clare FM. It has also made an offer for Clare FM’s controlling interest in Tipp FM. The Board of Clare FM are recommending […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre at Monavalley is holding its first ever Open Week from Monday, January 21 to Saturday, January 26. It is a chance for parents, school leavers, job seekers, career changers, those who wish to re-skill or up-skill and guidance professionals to visit the Monavalley campus and see […]

NURSES and midwives will go on strike for 24 hours on January 30th, it was announced today . The union is legally required to give one week’s notice, but has given three to allow for safety planning. Should the dispute go unresolved, there will be further 24-hour strikes on 5th […]

WORK is to take place on part of the North Kerry Way just outside Tralee, after funding was allocated under Measure 2 of the 2018 Outdoor Recreation Infrastructure Scheme. The funding of €98,665 is for upgrade of the walkway at The Point, Cockleshell Road. In all some €362,463 has been […]

IT looks like a canopy to cover part of the Square will have to wait a while after a councillor sought an update from the Council on the project. Back in September, a draft of the Tralee Town Centre Public Realm Strategy 2018 featured a recommendation for a contemporary canopy […]

KERRY County Council is to reapply for funding this spring to get the steam train at Blennerville up and running again. Cllrs Norma Foley and Toireasa Ferris both asked for updates on the Council’s commitment to the project at Monday’s meeting of Tralee Municipal District. A previous application to Fáilte […]

THE north Kerry men and women who have made their mark on the national political stage over the past 100 years will be the focus of a talk by the authors of a new book at the Seanchaí Centre in Listowel on Thursday, 17th January at 8.00pm. The authors of […]

KERRY TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, confirmed yesterday that €1.65 million is to be made available to Kerry County Council (KCC) by Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) for the resurfacing of four kilometres of the N69  Listowel to Tralee Road at […]