THE Tralee Pastoral Area, consisting of the parishes of St John’s, Our Lady and St Brendan’s and Spa/Churchill announced a series of Lenten events in preparation for the World Meeting of Families in Dublin later this year. These events, times of prayer and reflection with special guest speakers, will be […]

THE ladies behind two well-known beauty brands came to Tralee on Friday evening and really enjoyed the hospitality at CH Chemists. Holly Carpenter and Pamela Laird are the creators of the LoveLift and Moxi Loves brands respectively and were hugely impressed with their visit to CH to promote their products. […]

SCIFEST returns to IT Tralee on Wednesday, May 9 this year and Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton TD has called on second-level students in Kerry to put their skills in science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) to the test as he launched the event. SciFest is the largest […]

TG4 is looking for Ireland’s most talented family to take part in a brand new TV show. If you and your brother or sister, father, mother, granny has a talent, now is your chance to make your family a household name. Presented by Síle Seoige, this brand new talent show […]

WELL known sports broadcaster Tim Moynihan was delighted with the fundraising sports table quiz held in The Rose Hotel on Thursday night. The quiz saw funds going towards a charity event for Pieta House in Tralee which will see Radio Kerry’s Terrace Talk host Tim Moynihan and friends Louise Ryan […]

THE year in Kerry Camogie was celebrated at the annual awards social in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night with over 170 people attending. Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh was the special guest at the occasion where presentations were made to teams who excelled throughout the year. “It’s been a fantastic year […]

THE inaugural Allianz Cumann na mBunscol Ciarraí Primary Schools Cross Country Championships took place in Caherslee  on Thursday last and Tralee schools did very well indeed. A total of 34 schools had 368 athletes competing from throughout the county  coming from Asdee NS in North Kerry down to St Finian’s […]

THE Kerry minor football team of 2017 was honoured at the Kerry County Council Awards Night on Friday at Council Buildings. Some of the team attended the ceremony with team manager Peter Keane to be feted by the local authority. Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John Sheahan, welcomed the […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I know that medical treatments available in Ireland can be accessed in other EU countries instead. What if I need a treatment that is not available in Ireland? Answer: If […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, says ‘The Post’ is a masterful, nostalgic yet timely film… Combine the magnificent iconic acting talent of two Hollywood heavyweights in Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks, with the skills of one of the worlds most decorated movie makers in Steven Spielberg to retell a poignant, […]

THE Barry brothers from Na Gaeil will start the Allianz Football League Division 1 game against Monaghan in Iniskeen on Sunday at 2pm in a team which features five Tralee men. Ronan Shanahan of Austin Stacks moves to corner back while Jack Savage starts in the forward line (instead of […]

THE Tralee Omniplex #BringItBack series will return next week with some very special screenings some modern classics and old favourites. Featuring films such as ‘The Lion King’, ‘Thelma & Louise’ and ‘Avatar’, there’s something for all tastes and this time there’ll be more than one screening of the movies. The […]

IRISH Water is currently rolling out an extensive multi-million mains rehabilitation and lead replacement programme in Tralee. It’s part of Irish Water Capital Investment Programme with €5m works planned for the Tralee Town Area in 2018. Commencing in March, contractor Coffey Northumbrian Ltd will work in O’Rahilly’s Villas, Strand Street, Rae Street, […]

THERE was another large turnout for the Women’s Health And Well-Being event in the Manor West Hotel last night. The free event, organised by Sam McCauley’s Chemists for the second year in a row, saw a number of speakers including former X-Factor contestant and Celebrity Operation Transformation participant, Mary Byrne and experts […]

IT was a massive success last year with over 1,100 people packing the Brandon, so it’s no surprise that Kerins O’Rahillys ‘Strictly Club Dancing’ is returning next month. The GAA club on Strand Road has announced it will take place on Friday, March 16 next in the Mount Brandon Hotel […]

FOUR students from the National Learning Network centre in Tralee were among the medals at the  prestigious Chef Ireland Competition held recently. The NLN Kerry Learners won four Bronze Medals at the event in the City West Conference Hotel in Dublin on Tuesday last. Craig Coady, Liam O’Brien, Imelda O’Reilly, CarrieAnn O’Connor […]

TOMMY Sheehy is back on his bike to raise funds for Enable Ireland. Since 2011, Tommy — who lives in Ballyroe but is originally from Castleisland, has raised over €65,000 for Enable Ireland in Kerry and now he’ll be holding a series of spinathons in locations around the county for […]

KERRY College of Further Education, based in Tralee, has been shortlisted for an AONTAS STAR Award. The STAR Awards (Showcasing Teamwork, Awarding Recognition) are an awards initiative organised by the national adult learning organisation, AONTAS, to recognise and celebrate the work undertaken by adult learning initiatives throughout Ireland. Kerry College of […]

HERE’S  something to put a smile on your face this Friday. The good folks at CBS Primary School have got into the Valentine’s Day spirit a bit early and made a video where children from the infants class talk all things love-related. Below, they explain what love is, what happens […]

THERE was great sadness in Tralee and around the county with the news that Ted Moynihan had passed away early on Thursday morning. He died in the new Palliative Care In Patient Unit at University Hospital Kerry, the facility he had been instrumental in building through his fundraising efforts over […]

KERRY work colleagues with walking boots are being sought for an inspirational three-day adventure in the Dingle Peninsula, where the fun will help raise vital funds for butterfly skin charity Debra Ireland. Running from May 18th to 20th, ‘Debra’s Kerry Challenge’ includes three days of trekking though the beautiful Dingle […]

THE price of petrol and diesel at the filling station pumps around Tralee are identical in all but one case, since we last carried out a survey seven weeks ago. In our regular check on the prices of petrol and diesel, it shows that most garages are between the €1.34 and […]

TRALEE’S Purple Flag – which recognises the quality of the night-time experience in the town – was raised this morning at the Tralee Municipal District Offices at Prince’s Quay. The flag, which was presented to the town at an awards ceremony in Norwich in November was flown by the Mayor […]

A STUDENT from Tralee has won a national competition which will see him and some classmates off to a French-speaking country. Ciarán Ó Donnchú, a Transtion Year student in Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí won prize fund of €2,150 for his winning entry in a competition to celebrate European Day of Languages which […]

THERE was a good turnout for the opening of a photography exhibition by a local woman at Tralee Library on Tuesday evening. Catherine Dolan from Knockmoyle took a course in photography two years ago at Coláiste Gleann Lí taught by Tara Donoghue Laing and her husband Dave. They’ve certainly proved […]

  THIS Friday evening’s “Nationwide” programme on RTE 1 television will feature a fascinating segment on the creation of the new Reconciliation Window in St. John’s Catholic Church in Tralee. The documentary is produced and directed by Niall Martin of RTE and will be shown at 7pm. The widow project […]

SINN Féin TD for Kerry, Martin Ferris TD, has described as “indefensible” the revelations that over two years the HSE cut Home Help hours in the Kerry area by over 16,000 hours. The revelation came in response to a parliamentary question by Sinn Fein Health spokesperson, Louise O’Reilly TD, which […]

By Donie Jack Griffin of Tralee Boxing Club THERE  were great bouts once again at the Tralee Boxing Club annual tournament at the weekend in Monavalley. It started off with a couple of exhibitions Michelle and Mary McDonagh were very good for the home club — two young Katie Taylors […]

A TRALEE native has been announced as  a winner of one of the prestigious NUI Galway 2018 Alumni Awards. Award-winning poet, Ailbhe Ní Ghearbhuigh, originally from Derrylea, Oakpark, is one of just seven winners to be presented with the ‘Gradam Alumni don Ghaeilge’ at the 18th annual Alumni Awards Gala Banquet […]

DEPUTY Brendan Griffin TD, Minister of State at the Department of Tourism & Sport was in Fenit on Tuesday morning to meet a delegation from the Restore Fenit Diving Boards Campaign (RFDBC). While there he visited the Bathing Slip and received a briefing on the proposal for new diving boards, […]