Mike O’Halloran was in Austin Stack Park on Thursday night to see Kerry take on the All-Ireland champions in the The C0-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League… Limerick 4-14 Kerry 0-11 The All Ireland Hurling champions came to Tralee last night to take on Kerry in The C0-Op Superstores Munster Hurling League. […]

TENDER documents for the construction of the the N22 Macroom-Baile Bhuirne bypass scheme will be published today, with construction envisaged to begin in 2019. Kerry Fine Gael TD and Minister of State in the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin, this morning announced the documents will be published on […]

ROUNDY’S Bar is used to hosting artistic events and on this Saturday the place will be full of handmade items which would make ideal Christmas presents. A group of local artists are having a pop-up Christmas craft fair at the bar from 1pm to 6pm. The artists are Rebecca Lyons […]

IT was a special day for Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Wednesday as they celebrated the 40th anniversary of the school with their annual Christmas Mass. But it was also an opportunity to celebrate a member of staff, Jim O’Sullivan, who has spent the past 21 years as caretaker in the […]

THE Bishop of Kerry has emphasised the importance of the family and highlighted the need for generosity in the community in his annual Christmas message. Bishop Ray Browne also gave thanks for the World Meeting of Families event and the Pope’s visit in his address to people in the diocese. […]

ULTAN Dillane, Tralee’s rugby international and forward for Connacht, has become an ambassador for the 31 Day Challenge in January to promote positive mental health into 2019. The 31 Day Challenge has been a big success over the past few years thanks to Tralee man, Poshey Aherne, who saw the […]

IT’S that time of year again, when Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership have teamed up with Sport Ireland and Healthy Ireland to bring the National Operation Transformation Walk to Kerry. Now in its ninth year, the walk will see people all over the county put on their walking shoes, embrace […]

THERE were over 100 music lovers in St John’s Ashe Street on Wednesday night for a wonderful night of entertainment from the Dingle New-Music Choir And Orchestra. The works of Stamitz, Vaughan Williams and Ennio Morricone were performed under conductor and composer Gabor Peli, as the Orchestra and Choir’s repertoire […]

WITH just a few days to go until the holidays, children at CBS Primary were in understandably giddy mood as they prepared for their annual Christmas concert. The whole school got to see a preview of the show on Monday before parents packed the hall for performances on Tuesday and […]

CANCER support charity Recovery Haven Kerry has received the ultimate Christmas present this week with confirmation that proceeds from their recent Movember challenge have exceeded a staggering €30,000. The charity, which offers free support to cancer patients and their families across Kerry, had hoped to raise €10,000 from the initiative, […]

THE Dingle New-Music Choir And Orchestra will perform a concert in St John’s Ashe Street tonight (Wednesday). It’s set to be a wonderful occasion with the works of Stamitz, Vaughan Williams and Ennio Morricone performed under conductor an composer Gabor Peli. The Orchestra and Choir’s repertoire will include freshly written […]

A LOCAL family received a fantastic early Christmas present during the week when they won a big cash prize. During the ad breaks for this year’s Londis-sponsored ‘Tastes Like Home’ RTE ONE series  with Catherine Fulvio, a text-in competition was run for a family to win a cheque for €5,000 […]

WITH the holidays in sight, Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí kids got festive for a great cause last week. Transition year class 4Y at the school in Moyderwell ran a small fundraiser for Bumbleance. They sold personalised Christmas candy canes at break time during the week to students. Santa Claus then distributed the […]

JOHN Cleary’s new book ‘As Time Goes By’ is a wonderful collection of photographs from the 1990s in Tralee and Kerry. It’s the third book in as many years from the well-known Tralee photographer, having previously captured the 1970s and 1980s in ‘Through The Lens’ and ‘Twas Only Like Yesterday’ […]

MEMBERS of the Mitchels Boherbee Historical & Heritage Group gathered at The Rose Hotel on Monday evening to launch their 10th annual calendar ‘Memories Of Times Gone By’. The calendar is always a must have for residents in the area and indeed for people from Mitchels/Boherbee who now live elsewhere. […]

ONCE again, gardaí brought some seasonal cheer to the streets of Tralee with their annual fundraiser on The Mall on Tuesday. Members of the force carried collection buckets for their annual festive fundraising drive aided by local musicians — including retired garda Dave Rath — and created a great atmosphere […]

CONSTRUCTION company Sisk & Son is delivering some 500 handcrafted wooden toys to children’s hospitals and charities in Ireland and across the United Kingdom in the lead up to Christmas and University Hospital Kerry is one of those to receive the toys. The beautiful wooden toys were handmade over the […]

  PRIMARY school pupils from around the county have used their artistic skills to highlight and promote road safety through their winning submissions to the 2019 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition which is hosted annual by the local authority. Charlie O’Sullivan, Deputy Chief Executive, Kerry County Council this […]

TRALEE will see a major boost next  Spring when thousands of cyclists are expected to base themselves in town for the SRAC Atlantic Challenge which features Irish cycling legends Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and Nicolas Roche. Cyclists from all over the world will gather in town on Saturday, March 30 to participate […]

95% of INMO nurses and midwives have voted to go on strike in a dispute over staff shortages and pay. The INMO’s Executive Council, made up of elected nurses and midwives from across Ireland, will meet on January 7th and 8th to discuss the result and decide the next steps. […]

OVER 30 bags of litter was collected by 40 volunteers in less than two hours at a Pre-Christmas clean-up on Banna beach on Sunday. It was a fantastic turnout in the cold weather where many of the volunteers  included lots of young children. The beach, the car-park and approach road […]

KERRY County Council has launched a survey of the skills of people in Kerry which will assist in targeting investment and employment for the county. The online survey is being targeted at everyone living in Kerry, as well as those thinking about relocating to the county, those planning to set […]

TRALEE and Ballybunion have been chosen as the venues for the Irish Golf Tour Operator Association National Golf Tourism Conference 2019. The Networking event and Gala Awards Dinner will be shared across The Rose Hotel Tralee and Ballygarry House on October 20/21, 2019. A golf tournament will be hosted at […]

NATIONAL Learning Network Kerry were recently honoured when its Sporting Chance course received a People Make Places award at the National Inclusion Awards in the Castleknock Hotel, Dublin. The awards, which are a Cara initiative, aim to highlight the outstanding work of people and organisations all over Ireland, who are […]

THERE was tremendous excitement in the Bon Secours Hospital Tralee earlier this month when pupils from six schools received cash prizes for themselves and their schools. As part of a staff led initiative and in conjunction with the Bon Secours Community Initiative Fund, all primary schools in County Kerry were […]

ANOTHER day, another weather warning. Saturday’s Status Orange Wind Warning was downgraded to Yellow and didn’t affect us much here in Tralee at all. But Status Yellow Wind and Rainfall warnings were issued by Met Eireann for Kerry which will be in effect overnight. South to southeast winds will reach […]

IT was such a success last year that it’s back again this New Year’s Eve providing runners with a chance to end 2018 on a healthy note. The Optimal Fitness Tralee 5k and 10k Road Race takes place on December 31 at 11am and proceeds raised will go to the Palliative […]

GARDAI are asking people to beware of people standing outside shops or in carparks selling knives in Tralee. Gardaí believe this is a distraction technique by thieves whose real intention is to steal wallets. They are telling people not to engage with them. Gardai are also warning customers to be […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information regarding an assault in Tralee on Sunday evening. A man suffered a suspected broken nose and facial injuries after he was assaulted by another male at Ivy Terrace at approximately 7.15pm. Gardaí say a number of people were in the area at […]

  A NUMBER of primary schools in Tralee and north Kerry, in collaboration with IT Tralee, have secured funding under the Department of Education and Skills’ School Excellence Fund, to implement an innovative virtual reality teaching programme. The four participating schools are Ardfert National School, Abbeydorney National School, Tralee Educate […]