Alan Cantwell Reports on Garvey’s Tralee Warriors win over DCU St Vincent’s on Saturday night… DCU St Vincents 74 Garveys Tralee Warriors 110 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors produced arguably their best performance of the season as they outplayed and outclassed DCU Saints by 110-74 in St. Vincent’s on Saturday night. The […]

MORE of this please. The weather gods smiled on Tralee on Saturday afternoon, as families gathered on the Mall for a party to mark the revamp of the area. While we’ve seen horrendous showers for what seems like every 15 minutes over the past week, the rain stayed away for […]

A NUMBER of Tralee and Kerry businesses have been nominated for the 2018 Irish Hospitality Awards. Over the last few months a campaign has been running where the public have been able to nominate their favourite establishment under a number of different categories. Well the full shortlist has been announced and […]

THEY’VE got some record in the competition and now the next Transition Year ‘generation’ of students are vying to keep up a winning tradition in the AIB Build A Bank Challenge. Last year The Butterfly Bank won the top prize of €5,000 at the AIB Build A Bank Challenge competition […]

NOW in its 21st Year, the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2018 programme has officially opened for nominations from Kerry. The theme of this year’s programme is “Ambition” and all sectors and businesses of all sizes are invited to submit their nominations until  February 16. The 24 finalists for 2018 will be […]

THE owners of Kirby’s Brogue Inn are set to for a major expansion of both the famous hostelry on Rock Street and their sister restaurant, MJ’s Diner, in Clash over the coming months. Both MJ’s Diner and Kirby’s Brogue Inn will extend their premises and well in excess of 30 […]

CAHERLEAHEEN staff and pupils are getting ready for a fantastic fundraising day at The Rose Hotel with a ‘Bingo Bonanza’ afternoon. It’ll be ‘eyes down’ at 2pm on Sunday, February 4, with well over €1,500 in prizes and a huge crowd is expected. The event is open to the general […]

A TRALEE company is to expand its operations and will create seven new jobs to add to the workforce of 60. BioAtlantis, based in Clash Industrial Estate, operates in the biostimulant and nutraceutical sectors and will advertise new positions in the areas of chemistry, biology and sales. The company, founded […]

SIXTY-SIX student awards were presented at the annual Kerry ETB Student Award ceremony at the IT Tralee on Friday night. The event celebrates the achievements of students and learners from their Post Primary Schools and Youthreach centres. Students from Coláiste Gleann Lí, Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí, Coláiste na Sceilge, Coláiste na Ríochta, […]

IT was a miserable Friday night with the rain spitting down, but well done to those who showed up for an event organised by students from Mercy Mounthawk. Family First, a group of Young Social Innovators from the school, organised the family fun walk by the canal. While it was hoped […]

  Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: There is a long wait for a medical procedure that I need. Can I get my medical costs refunded if I have the procedure done in another European […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, says ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ is a must-see from director Martin McDonagh… London-Irish director’s third feature, ‘Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri’ sees the filmmaker return to the promise shown with ‘In Bruges’ after the disappointment that was his second film ‘Seven Psychopaths’. This black comedy […]

  THE award winning ‘Cutting Edge’ show is coming back our screens this spring and they want big personalities from Kerry to take part. They are seeking people who are opinionated, outgoing and chatty to star in Brendan O’Connor’s hit show on RTÉOne. Those who are familiar with the show […]

THE Council has begun planting the trees in the square pots on The Mall this week as the final touches are put in place on the revamped space. While obviously there’s no leaves on the trees at this time of the year, it still adds a nice look to the […]

IT’S all systems go for a fundraiser where staff from University Hospital Kerry will dance the night away for a great cause. The Hospital Social Club has organised a ‘Sickly Come Dancing’ Contest where 12 fleet-footed couples will take to the floor in the Ballygarry House Hotel on Friday, February […]

THE Manor West Hotel will be the venue for a special free event next month on Women’s Health And Well-Being organised by Sam McCauley’s Chemists. The event on Thursday, February 8 at 7.15pm, applies to women of all ages and speakers include  Dr Mary McCaffrey (Consultant Obstetrician/Gynaecologist), Dr Louis Keary […]

THE South / South West Hospital Group says there have been nine patients with a delayed or missed diagnoses due to the University Hospital Kerry scans issue. The review of scans is now three-quarters complete say the Group in their weekly update on the review, with the number of images reviewed […]

TRALEE husband and wife team, Jackie O’Mahoney and Martin Hurley, are busy these days bringing their expertise to a panto in Killorglin. The Killorglin Panto Group’s 55th Pantomime is ‘Pinocchio’ and if you’re looking for something to take the kids to in the coming weekends it sure to provide fantastic family […]

COLM Cooper has been announced as Kerry Person Of The Year  by the Kerry Association in Dublin tonight. The Kerry GAA legend will be presented with the award at a gala ceremony at the Association’s annual Oiche Chiarrai which will be held at the Ballsbridge Hotel in Dublin on Friday, March 2. The […]

THE IT Tralee Foundation Board has today announced plans to hold a fundraising gala dinner this September, to honour and celebrate the life and times of one of Ireland’s most popular and much loved sons, the legendary Mícheál Ó’Muircheartaigh. Guest of honour at the gala dinner will be President Michael […]

FAMILY First, a group of Young Social Innovators from Mercy Mounthawk secondary school, are organising a family walk by the canal this Friday evening. Walkers will gather at the Marina end of the canal and take off from 7pm. It’s a fancy dress themed walk with prizes for best costume. “The […]

TRALEE athletics legend, John Griffin, is very much looking forward to the upcoming Kerins O’Rahillys 10k run being run in his honour this year. The 1988 and 1989 Dublin City Marathon winner,  was speaking at the launch of the event at the clubhouse on Saturday last and said it was […]

IN what has become an annual trip, pupils from Moyderwell Mercy Primary School headed off to Dublin last Friday to take part in the BT Young Scientist Exhibition with the curiously titled project, ‘How Can We Launch Our Teacher Into Space?’ For the past nine years, pupils have made the journey […]

A NUMBER of Tralee-based businesses are in the running for the Irish Wedding Awards 2018 which takes place later this month. The awards, organised by Creative Oceanic, celebrate the hard work of the best professionals and establishments in the Irish wedding industry. Thousands of nominations were received from the public […]

THE January blues have set in and the miserable weather isn’t helping things as the Christmas party season seems a distant memory. However, ladies have something to look forward to at the start of February with the first make-up masterclass of 2018 at CH Chemists in The Mall. Mrs Make-Up […]

CLIMBERS are being asked to consider taking part in a fundraising event this summer to climb four of Kerry’s highest peaks in two days. Organised by Ballyduff man, Kevin Maguire, this will be the seventh year of the Four Peaks Challenge and it takes place on Friday, June 29 and […]

CBS The Green have advanced to the Corn Uí Mhuirí Munster Colleges semi-final after a comprehensive win over St Flannan’s of Ennis today at Rathkeale. The Green scored 4-16 to the Clare side’s 1-7 in a game where the Tralee side really pulled away in the second half. With the […]

A REQUEST for public toilets at Rath Graveyard was turned down by the Council due to budgetary constraints and insufficient numbers of visitors to the graveyard, the meeting of Tralee Municipal District heard on Friday last. Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Norma Foley, brought forward the motion and was disappointed with […]

A UK-born woman who became known with her husband as “the couple who owned two donkeys” after her move to Kerry has been selected to appear on Saturday’s National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE One. Pauline Bell, who lives in Camp, is now looking forward to becoming known […]

KERRY Education and Training Board has announced the rollout of the National Commis Chef Apprenticeship Programme in the county this February. The Programme will provide aspiring chefs across Ireland with a two–year formal education and training programme that will kick-start their careers as professional chefs.   The Apprenticeship is two […]