THE Kerry senior football and hurling Allianz league games have been postponed the GAA has announced. Kerry were due to play Dublin in Croke Park on Saturday night, while the hurlers were to be in action in Westmeath on Sunday. All Allianz Football and Hurling league fixtures scheduled for this […]

THE elaborate costumes, the excitement of dressing up and the giddiness of finding out the weather alert would ensure a four day weekend, created a fantastic atmosphere at Presentation Secondary School on Wednesday…and that was just among the teachers! Presentation Secondary School Tralee was celebrating their highly anticipated, high octane […]

SOME updates on reviewed opening times for businesses due to the Status Red Weather Alert. • Tralee Bay Wetlands and the Ballyseedy Wetlands Cafe will be closed today and Friday. They are hopeful that the centre, cafe and facilities will re-open for business as usual this Saturday. • The Aqua Dome […]

ST Patrick’s Day is only a little more than two weeks away and the deadline for entries for the highlight of the day in Tralee is almost upon us. The organisers are inviting local community groups and organisations, as well as clubs, schools and businesses to take part in the parade […]

LAST night at 11pm, Met Éireann extended its Status Red snow-ice warning for the whole of Ireland with immediate effect. The warning has also been extended until 3pm on Friday.  Heavy snow showers will bring accumulations of significant levels with all areas at risk. Blizzard conditions will develop from the […]

WITH the storm approaching and a Status Red weather warning issued, the large supermarkets have had to review their opening times for Thursday and Friday. Tesco Stores in Kerry will open from 9am-2pm on Thursday and on Friday they will open from 1pm. They will keep these trading hours under review. […]

THE Kerry Local Coordination Group met again this afternoon to review preparations for the severe weather forecast for Kerry over the next two days. A Status Red weather warning for Kerry is effective for the period from 4pm on Thursday to 12 noon on Friday. The group has stated that […]

ALL schools and colleges in Kerry are to close for Thursday and Friday, the Department of Education has confirmed. The decision to close schools and colleges in Munster and Leinster has been made for safety reasons due to the Status Red snow/ice warning issued this morning for the two provinces, […]

LOOKS like we’re going to get a real blast of Storm Emma down here after all. Met Eireann has updated their warnings for the cold weather with a Red Status snow/ice warning issued for Munster and Leinster for Thursday at 4pm to Friday midday. Blizzard-like conditions will develop in heavy […]

THE Parents Council at Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School is holding a table quiz on Thursday, March 8at 7.30pm. This will be a great night for all ages to pit their general knowledge skills on a wide range of questions. The Parents Council has decided to hold their quiz in the […]

PRESENTATION Secondary School Tralee completed a double of national titles when they won the U16 B League All Ireland at National Basketball Arena, Tallaght yesterday. Having won the U16B Cup in January, their opponents were St Paul’s Oughterard and the girls ran out 47 to 14 winners. There was joyous […]

IN their update on the cold weather situation this morning, Met Eireann has not issued any snow/ice warning for Kerry. It appears, at this stage, that Kerry will escape the worst of the adverse conditions with the east coast under a Status Red, neighbours Cork under Status Orange and Clare […]

A  KERRY work syndicate claimed a whopping €333,913 EuroMillions Match 5 + Lucky Star prize today from National Lottery HQ in Dublin. The winning ticket was bought from The Reeks Gateway Centra on the Tralee Road in Killarney and was won in the Tuesday, February 13, draw. It was a […]

  THE IT Tralee has announced that Brent Pope will keep the business community of Kerry entertained at the annual IT Tralee ‘Business Leaders Gala Dinner’ taking place in the Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday March 8. Brent is a New Zealand born rugby player, professional rugby coach, and one of Ireland’s […]

IT wasn’t a vintage year for Kilmoyley GAA, but around 150 of the club faithful gathered to honour a club great and look back on the year at their annual social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night. Chairman of the club, Joe Walsh, said it was a quiet year […]

WITH an expected 1,000 athletes registering, The Tralee International Marathon takes place on Sunday of St. Patrick’s weekend. Tralee Harriers Athletic Club, the organisers, of the Marathon, which includes a 5K & 10k, a half marathon and a full marathon – are predicting a great turnout of athletes taking to […]

THE Kerry Local Coordination Group met again at County Buildings today to review preparations for the cold weather conditions expected over the coming days with regard to weather advisories issued by Met Éireann. The salting of major routes across the county will continue as required in the coming days. Motorists […]

COMMUNITY groups and projects in the Tralee Municipal District will receive over €81,000 as part of the Community Support Fund for 2018. Kerry County Council has announced details of the allocation of €750,000 in funding support for community groups and projects across the county under the Fund. A total of […]

COULD you or someone you know be the 2018 Kerry Rose? Breda O’Mahony 2017 Kerry Rose kicked off the search for the 2018 Kerry Rose with Jonathan Collins, Manager of Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday. The selection night will be held on Saturday, May 26, at the hotel with Kerryman […]

STUDENTS are set to take the stage in The Blasket Bar this Wednesday for the annual I.T. Factor 2018 Finals. The competition, run by the I.T. Tralee Music Society for all ITT students, has been running since the first auditions back in November and the final begins at 9pm. The […]

RADIO Kerry is welcoming two new members to the On-air and Training teams respectively. Former Kerry footballer Sean O’Sullivan will join the Radio Kerry’s Sports Department while Eoghain Fitzgerald, formerly Assistant Programme Director and Afternoon Show presenter at Spin South West, joins Radio Kerry as Manager of its Training Centre. […]

NA Gaeil clubhouse was the place to be last weekend where the hilarious comedy, ‘One Murder & A Christening’ was staged over Friday and Saturday nights. Due to the success of last year’s ‘One Wedding & A Funeral’, tickets for this event sold out within days of being advertised. Those […]

Clare 0-4 Kerry 1-8 Kerry travelled to Meelick on Sunday to take on Clare in the first round of the Littlewoods National Camogie League Division 3. Conditions were perfect for Camogie. At the outset it was clear that Clare were aware of the threat posed by Kerry No. 14 Patrice […]

A DOG-LOVING hotel duty manager from Killarney, won prizes worth a cool €25,000 when she appeared on the 1,000th episode of the National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE One last Saturday. In addition to cash of €22,000 Angela O’Sullivan won a luxurious holiday to Sorrento and the Amalfi coast […]

GARDAI investigating an incident in Tralee Town Park when the slide in the playground was doused in bleach are following a definite line of enquiry and have examined CCTV footage. A Tralee father took his child to the playground on Saturday. The young girl used the slide and when her […]

THE annual Kerry Month of Enterprise was officially launched on Monday at Kerry County Council by Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Brendan Griffin. Now in its fifth year Kerry Month of Enterprise shines a spotlight on just some of the enterprise activities on offer […]

THE Kerry Local Coordination Group met at County Buildings this morning to review preparations for the adverse weather conditions forecast for later this week. While it looks like, at this stage, Kerry will escape the worst of the low temperatures and snowfall, the group which consists of Kerry County Council, An […]

IT wasn’t the best of days for the Kingdom as Galway came and conquered in a rare victory for the Tribesmen on Kerry soil. They were worthy of their 0-14 to 1-14 victory too, as Kerry failed to gel and lost their second game of the league campaign so far. […]

THE Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle is celebrating 35 years’ as Irelands largest one-day charity fundraising event in 2018. Taking place on Saturday, July 7, this year, registration for the charity cycle will open on the March 10 and the event is expected to see 10,000 recreational cyclists take part, […]

Alan Cantwell on an amazing night at the complex which saw Garveys Tralee Warriors win against rivals Swords Thunder… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors kept their hopes of Super League glory alive on Saturday night in the most dramatic fashion possible with a stunning one point win over Griffith College Swords Thunder […]