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Kerry ETB Further Education And Training Fair Is Well Worth A Visit

Kerry ETB Further Education And Training Fair Is Well Worth A Visit

April 17, 2018 at 1:21 pm Comments are Disabled

EXCITEMENT is building for the Kerry ETB Further Education and Training Event of the year as the list of live skill demonstrations and event activities continues to grow. The event takes place on this Thursday, April 19 from 11am-6pm at the Brandon Hotel Tralee. And if you live outside Tralee, […]

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SPONSORED: How Tralee VTOS Took Tara From The Classroom To The Staffroom

SPONSORED: How Tralee VTOS Took Tara From The Classroom To The Staffroom

April 17, 2018 at 12:57 pm Comments are Disabled

Tara Conway tells her story about how Tralee VTOS set her on the way to a new career… Returning to education can be daunting for any adult, especially when school never suited them. I left school when I was in 5th year, my school reports always said ‘giddy in class […]

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Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass.

Councillors Off To Brussels For Meetings At European Parliament

April 17, 2018 at 12:25 pm Comments are Disabled

A DELEGATION from Kerry County Council will attend a series of meetings at the European Parliament in Brussels next week to engage with Ireland South MEPs and EU officials on matters of interest to Kerry. The focus of the visit is on policy and recent developments at European level in […]

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A Major Conference Takes Place In Tralee This Week

A Major Conference Takes Place In Tralee This Week

April 17, 2018 at 12:02 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE will host planners from all over the country this week for the Irish Planning Institute Annual Planning Conference 2018. The event will be based at The Rose Hotel, but will also see many of the 220-plus people attending taken on a walking tour of Tralee on Thursday afternoon. Victoria […]

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Tralee Imperials Win U16B All-Ireland Title

Tralee Imperials Win U16B All-Ireland Title

April 17, 2018 at 11:00 am Comments are Disabled

Tralee Imperials won an All-Ireland Under 16B title in Dublin at the weekend. Martin Conway reports on a great weekend for the club… Tralee Imperials headed to Dublin at the weekend for the All Ireland U16B Girls Finals. This has become a yearly outing for this team having gone to the same […]

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Money Taken After Break-In To Pub In Ballymac

Money Taken After Break-In To Pub In Ballymac

April 16, 2018 at 3:31 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information after a public house was broken into last week. In the early hours of last Friday morning, between 1am and 4am, O’Riada’s Bar/Restaurant in Ballymacelligott was broken into and an amount of cash was taken. Gardaí are asking if anyone saw anything […]

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Looking forward to the PROBUS event in Tralee next month were Liam Sayers, Kay Lewis Dick Spring, Mayor of Tralee Norma Foley and Charles Lewis of Audiology Medical Services. Photo by Dermot Crean

Mary O’Rourke And Dick Spring To Speak At All Ireland PROBUS Rally In Tralee

April 16, 2018 at 3:12 pm Comments are Disabled

  TWO of Ireland’s best known public figures from the last 40 years will be among the list of high-profile speakers at the 2018 PROBUS All Ireland Rally from May 15-17 in Tralee. Dick Spring and Mary O’Rourke, who have both served as Tánaiste over the course of their careers, […]

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At the presentation of a cheque to the Cashel Childrens Ward at the Ashe Hotel on Monday morning were, from left; Leonie Flaherty (The Ashe Hotel), Kellie Sheahan (Tralee Chamber Alliance), Jane Boyle (The Ashe Hotel), Jackie McCull (Cashel Ward), Mary Fitzgerald (Cashel Ward), Aidan Kelly (Tralee Chamber Alliance), Angela Hickey (Cashel Ward) and Ruth O'Sullivan (Group Manager The Ashe Hotel). Photo by Dermot Crean

Easter Tea Party At The Ashe Hotel Raises Funds For UHK Children’s Ward

April 16, 2018 at 1:19 pm Comments are Disabled

THE annual Children’s Easter Tea Party held on Easter Sunday at The Ashe Hotel raised €820 for Cashel Children’s Ward at University Hospital Kerry. The sell-out event organised by Tralee Chamber Alliance and The Ashe Hotel welcomed over 100 children and their parents to the hotel for an afternoon of […]

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PHOTOS: Kerry Garda Division Holds Black Tie Gala Ball

PHOTOS: Kerry Garda Division Holds Black Tie Gala Ball

April 16, 2018 at 12:48 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Kerry Garda Division held a Black Tie Gala Ball in the Killarney Oaks Hotel on Friday night last. The last similar function was 26 years ago in Kerry and Gardai, business community and members of the public across the county gathered for a great night of entertainment. Scroll down […]

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PHOTOS: Cathaoirleach Of KCC Thanks Thousands Of Volunteers In County Clean-Up

PHOTOS: Cathaoirleach Of KCC Thanks Thousands Of Volunteers In County Clean-Up

April 16, 2018 at 11:12 am Comments are Disabled

THE Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Sheahan, has thanked the almost 6,000 volunteers who took part in the County Clean-Up across Kerry on Saturday. Thousands of bags of litter were collected from the roadsides and towns and villages during the seventh annual clean-up which was organised by KWD […]

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PHOTOS/REPORT: Kerry Camogie Team Wins League Title

PHOTOS/REPORT: Kerry Camogie Team Wins League Title

April 16, 2018 at 10:26 am Comments are Disabled

Mike O’Halloran watched the Kerry camogie team claim the Division 3 League title yesterday with victory over Roscommon… Kerry 2-8 Roscommon 0-4 A comprehensive win then for Kerry Camogie over a fancied Roscommon team in The Ragg in Tipperary, in the final of Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League division three. The […]

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Cockleshell Road residents taking part in the clean-up on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Thousands Of Volunteers Take Part In County Clean-Up

April 15, 2018 at 11:46 am Comments are Disabled

THE rain stayed away around Tralee as volunteers took to the roads to take part in the annual County Clean-Up day on Saturday. Almost 6,000 volunteers took part around the county with many schools also joining in on Friday. The initiative of KWD Recycling and Kerry County Council is now […]

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A group of St Pat's GAA members launching the Dingle Way Challenge up in Tonevane on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

St Pats Get Set For Dingle Way Challenge 2018

April 15, 2018 at 11:45 am Comments are Disabled

THE Dingle Way Challenge, an annual fundraiser by St Pat’s GAA Club, is set to be bigger and better this year and the club is looking for participants. The date has been set for Sunday, June 3 and Chairman of St Pats, Jimmy Mulligan, is promising a fantastic day out. […]

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Catriona And Fellow Kerry ‘Winning Streakers’ Are In The Money

Catriona And Fellow Kerry ‘Winning Streakers’ Are In The Money

April 15, 2018 at 11:43 am Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE woman won €18,000 on Winning Streak last night, but she wasn’t the only Kerry person in the money. Catriona Dunne from Caherslee was joined by Margaret Flaherty from Milltown and Brosna native Pat Joe Walsh and between them they won €79,000. Catriona (37), a retail assistant in Penney’s Tralee, […]

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Roger Harty: What Is Mercy?

Roger Harty: What Is Mercy?

April 15, 2018 at 11:31 am 1 comment

I RECENTLY heard someone give a definition of the true meaning of mercy and I must say I found it very interesting. To be honest I had not given it much thought prior to this. He said – “Mercy is sending a loving reaction to any given human situation”. What […]

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This New Stone Flowerbed In Town Centre Looks Great

This New Stone Flowerbed In Town Centre Looks Great

April 14, 2018 at 2:39 pm 1 comment

NOW that was a good morning’s work! The junction at the bottom of Rock Street looks a whole lot brighter thanks to the trainees at Kerry ETB. The Traditional Stonewall Construction trainees, along with instructor Donal Corcoran, installed a drystone flowerbed structure in front of the Brogue Inn on Saturday […]

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Artist Elisha Buckley with Elaine Costello at the Kerry College of Further Education students' 'The Pursuit Of Artyness' exhibition at The Ashe Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Artistic And Musical Talent Shines At KCFE Exhibition In The Ashe Hotel

April 14, 2018 at 11:54 am Comments are Disabled

SOME fantastic art was on display at The Ashe Hotel on Friday evening as students from Kerry College of Further Education held an exhibition and CD launch. ‘The Pursuit Of Artyness’ saw the QQI Level 6 Art, Craft and Design Post Leaving Certificate students put on a wonderful art and craft […]

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Four Kerry Properties Fetch Nearly €600,000 At Auction

Four Kerry Properties Fetch Nearly €600,000 At Auction

April 14, 2018 at 11:52 am Comments are Disabled

A DETACHED five-bedroomed house in Ballyheigue and eight houses near Banna were among four Kerry lots which sold for a total of €594,000 at an online auction on Friday. Bidx1 (formerly Allsop) held the online auction where a detached five bedroom house at Dirtane, Ballyheigue, with a reserve not to exceed €120,000 eventually sold […]

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Around 1,000 People Take Part In Survey On Tralee

Around 1,000 People Take Part In Survey On Tralee

April 14, 2018 at 11:52 am Comments are Disabled

HAVE you had your say yet? Time is running out to complete the ThisIsTralee.ie Survey aimed at helping build a strong brand for Tralee. Close to 1,000 people have completed the survey since it began last week. Tralee Chamber Alliance is developing a strong brand for Kerry’s capital town and the opinion […]

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Know Your Rights: Renewing A Passport

Know Your Rights: Renewing A Passport

April 14, 2018 at 11:52 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 have a valid passport, but it will expire two weeks before I go on holiday. Will two weeks give me enough time to get a new one?  […]

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McCann At The Movies: ‘A Quiet Place’ Will Haunt You For Days

McCann At The Movies: ‘A Quiet Place’ Will Haunt You For Days

April 14, 2018 at 11:51 am Comments are Disabled

John McCann says ‘A Quiet Place’ is a terrific tense horror thriller that might turn out to be one of the year’s best films… With the recent critical and commercial success of films such as  ‘Get Out’, ‘It Comes at Night’ and ‘The Witch’, the horror genre has enjoyed a […]

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Tralee Company Issues Statement On Restructuring Process

Tralee Company Issues Statement On Restructuring Process

April 13, 2018 at 5:07 pm Comments are Disabled

ASPEN Grove Solutions has issued a statement in response to media reports on its current restructuring process. The statement by the company, which has its offices at a premises on the Castlemaine Road, says that eight jobs out a total workforce of 145 “may be at risk”. The statement reads […]

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DSI Kerry members pictured at the recent launch of the Unsung Hero charity cycle 2018. The 75km cycle will kick off at 10am from Ballyseedy Home and Garden Centre, Tralee. The cycle will pay homage to renowned explorer Tom Crean and will also remember DSI Kerry member Emily Keohane who sadly passed away last year. The cycle is free to partake in, but donations to DSI Kerry are gratefully accepted at registration which begins at 9.15am. For further information visit www.facebook.comunsungherocycle2018

Emily To Be Remembered At Cycle And Family Day At Ballyseedy

April 13, 2018 at 4:43 pm Comments are Disabled

BALLYSEEDY Garden Centre is the place to be on Saturday, April 21, as the Kerry Branch of Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI) are set to host the inaugural Unsung Hero charity cycle. The cycle will pay homage to renowned explorer Tom Crean and will also remember DSI Kerry member Emily Keohane […]

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Deputy Michael Healy Rae with  Chairpeople of the Mercy Mounthawk European Youth Parliament event, David Fitzgerald, Mary O'Connell, Danny Sheehy, Mairead Kearney, Darragh Clark, Sean Hennessy and Cllr Sam Locke. Photo by Dermot Crean

Mercy Mounthawk Holds European Youth Parliament Event

April 13, 2018 at 3:20 pm 1 comment

THE transition year European Studies class in Mercy Mounthawk  hosted a mock European Youth Parliament for all second year students on Friday. Kerry Independent Deputy, Michael Healy Rae, was the special guest speaker on the day and he spoke on a wide range of topics for the students. The TD […]

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Kerryman Comes Second At World Press Photo Awards

Kerryman Comes Second At World Press Photo Awards

April 13, 2018 at 2:30 pm Comments are Disabled

A CAHERSIVEEN man’s photo has come second in the World Press Photo awards last night. Stephen McCarthy’s image was taken during a British and Irish Lions game last summer and it took the runner-up gong at in the sports category of the awards in Amsterdam. Working for Sportsfile, Stephen took the […]

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Declan Breen from Tralee.

Tralee Man’s Slice Of The Pizza Chain Action

April 13, 2018 at 12:52 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE man is part of a new food venture in Dublin which it is hoped will see around 30 outlets opened around the country in the next number of years. Declan Breen, originally from Cloonanorig, has just opened NKD Pizza in Rathgar with two friends John Nolan from Wicklow […]

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Principal of St Ita's and St Joseph's, Grace Sheehan, accepts a cheque for €3,000 from Fiona Hyde and Liane Dee of the fashion show committee. Also in front is Fiona's son Dylan with the students and staff in the back. Photo by Dermot Crean

St Ita’s And St Joseph’s School Receives €3,000 From Fashion Fundraiser

April 13, 2018 at 10:33 am Comments are Disabled

A LOCAL school received a cheque for €3,000 on Friday thanks to a fashion show back in October. Fiona Hyde, whose son Dylan attends St Ita’s and St Joseph’s School in Caherslee for the past five years, helped organise the annual fundraiser in Sol y Sombra and around €9,500 was […]

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Five Things To Do Around Tralee This Weekend

Five Things To Do Around Tralee This Weekend

April 13, 2018 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

Thankfully, it’s the weekend and while it’s a bit of a quiet one, there’s still a few things you can get up to… Friday 1. Check out some art… Students from Kerry College of Further Education will hold an exhibition and CD launch in The Ashe Hotel. The QQI Level […]

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Attendees at a recent Kerry Film Film Bursary Development Seminar at Kerry County Council.

Filmmakers Gather For Seminar At Kerry County Council

April 13, 2018 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

JUST under 30 filmmakers gathered at County Buildings on Thursday to discuss the current call for applications to the county’s first Film Bursary. With the recent announcement of a new short film bursary funded by Kerry County Council and The Arts Council, film making in Kerry is set to get even […]

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Aspen Grove Solutions In Middle Of Restructuring Process

Aspen Grove Solutions In Middle Of Restructuring Process

April 12, 2018 at 6:13 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE-BASED company is in the middle of a restructuring process. Aspen Grove Solutions has offices on the Castlemaine Road where around 100 people are employed. There is comment from the company on whether this will mean any job losses, according to a report by Radio Kerry news. The restructuring process […]

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