Our movie guy, John McCann, says ‘All The Money In The World’ is a terrific tense thriller worthy of your attention… Veteran director Ridley Scott’s latest offering ‘All the Money in the World’ is a film that has gained notoriety on its release for the eleventh hour replacing of Kevin […]

By Mike O’Halloran THE Kerry Team to play Cork on Sunday at 2.00 pm in Tralee has been announced. Martin Stackpoole of Lixnaw, who I presume is the number one shot stopper for the season ahead, returns between the sticks. Niall O’Mahony and fellow Abbeydorney clubman James O’Connor are at […]

GREAT news for Kerry holidaymakers. It has been announced that Ryanair’s Kerry to Faro route will return again this summer and flights are on sale now. The flights begin from Saturday, June 2 and will run on Tuesdays and Saturdays until the end of September. There had been a doubt over […]

A SPECIAL county board meeting was held las night where the format for this year’s Kerry senior football club championship was agreed. There will be two groups of four teams with the groups decided on an open draw basis, no seedings. Teams will play each other once on a home, […]

THE Rose of Tralee, Dr Jennifer Byrne was joined by RTÉ’s Rose of Tralee Presenter, Dáithí Ó Sé in Galway today to launch the search for her successor who will be crowned in the Festival Dome on Tuesday, August 21. Dr Jennifer Byrne, the first ever Offaly Rose to take the […]

Early January is pretty miserable but there’s still a few things to get up to over the weekend… Friday 1. Test your knowledge… There’s two table quizzes tonight in town. One is the Kerry heat of The Big Ireland Quiz in aid Muscular Dystrophy Ireland/ It takes place in O’Donnell’s Mounthawk at […]

‘OPERATION Transformation’ is back on our screens this week and Garveys Supervalu Tralee have again teamed up with the show to promote a healthier lifestyle. Over 150 walkers of all ages and fitness levels gathered in the car park on Thursday evening to take on a 5k walk and get […]

WEATHER warnings have been a feature of the start of 2018 with wind, rain, snow, ice and fog alerts issued by Met Eireann for Kerry. The latest one to affect the county is a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for Friday afternoon through to Saturday morning. Heavy rainfall expected later Friday, […]

THE Presentation Tralee U16 Basketball team won their All Ireland U16 Cup Semi-final against Causeway on Wednesday in the Pres gym. With a final score of 44 to 30, this is a great achievement for this basketball squad who have given so much of their time to training and matches […]

WITH next Monday infamously branded ‘Blue Monday’ by the media, the local branch of the Samaritans are asking the public make it a little easier by joining them for a fundraiser. ‘Blue Monday’ is somehow regarded as the day the Christmas bills accumulate and well-intentioned new year resolutions fall by […]

CBS The Green are through to the National schools Cup Under 16 A  Final at the end of the month following a nail biting climax at the University of Limerick on Tuesday last where they clinched a 39-38 victory against Bandon in  the semi-final. Resilience was the key ingredient for […]

MEP for Ireland South, Sean Kelly, has expressed an interest in running for President of Ireland. President Michael D Higgins has not yet decided whether he will stay on, but if he doesn’t, the Kilcummin man said the role would appeal to him should the Fine Gael Party decide to […]

THE Oesophageal Cancer Fund (OCF) needs the help of Kerry people this February for their 17th annual Lollipop Day. The OCF is calling for volunteers in the county on Friday, February 23 and Saturday, February 24 to help raise vital funds for oesophageal cancer. Lollipop Day involves thousands of people […]

IF you fancy yourself as handy at table quizzes then an event this Friday is definitely for you. The Big Ireland Quiz is a fundraising event for Muscular Dystrophy Ireland and heats already have taken place around the country. The final local quiz heat will take place in O’Donnell’s Mounthawk […]

STUDENTS from three Tralee schools are in Dublin this week for the annual BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition. There are sixteen Kerry projects in all competing at the event which gets underway in the RDS in Dublin on Wednesday, continuing until Saturday. In Tralee, Mercy Mounthawk has four entrants […]

THE spirit of giving was certainly in evidence west of the bridge this Christmas as a local group decided to raise funds for a worthy cause. The Curraheen Community Choir got together on Thursday, December 14 to sing Christmas carols for an hour outside O’Shea’s Gala shop and service station […]

Billy Ryle says the CAO deadline is fast approaching for Kerry’s 2,750 third level college applicants, so students need to keep an eye on the timeline… The Central Applications Office (CAO) application season gets underway in earnest this month for about 82,000 applicants competing for about 48,000 coveted college places. […]

THE Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme 2018 – 2022 (SICAP) follows the previous SICAP 2015 – 2017 Programme, which saw an overall investment of €4.8 million in social inclusion projects throughout Kerry between 2015 and 2017. Among the many projects which have benefited from SICAP include the ‘Steps to Success Programme,’ […]

KERRY Group has announced that the Group will contribute €500,000 to assist completion of the €16.5 million Kerry Sports Academy at the Institute of Technology Tralee, North Campus. The Kerry Sports Academy development is the largest educational capital project to be undertaken in Kerry in recent years. Scheduled to open […]

MERCY Mounthawk students are set to wow audiences in their production of My Fair Lady in Siamsa Tíre later this month. Taking place from Wednesday, January 24 to Saturday, January 27, this classic piece of theatre brings some great musical pieces to the stage performed by a cast which draws […]

AN awards ceremony will take place this week to honour people who have made a significant contribution to the local community and for their achievements. Tralee Soup Kitchen, Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (KDYS), young boxer Patrick McCarthy and Dr Rizwan Khan will all receive Tralee Municipal District awards at the […]

IT’S looking unlikely that the Kerry to Faro route operated by Ryanair will be running this summer. A member of the public contacted the airline yesterday enquiring about the service to Faro and they were informed via direct message on Twitter that “this route will not be operating I am […]

THE movie awards season has arrived and that means a focus on the Red Carpet for fashion fans. As usual there’s a Kerry interest thanks to Ballyheigue native, Don O’Neill, who saw his THEIA designs worn by celebrities at the Golden Globes on Sunday night. THEIA gowns were worn by […]

KERRY County Councillor Michael Cahill has confirmed that he will be a candidate at the upcoming Fianna Fail Convention to contest the next General Election. The Rossbeigh man said he had every confidence in the Party Membership in Kerry and that he believed they would select the most worthy and […]

RTE screened ‘Micko’ last night profiling the life of the legendary GAA man from Waterville. It was a hugely entertaining programme capturing the magic of Mick O’Dwyer and the public’s reaction was overwhelmingly positive judging by Twitter as you can see below. I was genuinely excited about performing in front […]

BOTH Kerry Cancer Support and the Bon Secours Tralee Sudan Appeal received donations from a Tralee company recently. ViClarity staff crossed the finish line during their “Tour de ViClarity” fundraiser which had them taking turns on the office exercise bike to keep it moving continuously for the full 40 hour […]

TRALEE’S jobless figure rose by 44 in December on the previous month with 3,936 people now signing on the Live Register, according to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office. Killarney had the biggest increase as the county saw the number of unemployed increase by 4.6% on November’s figure. It’s […]

A TRALEE team won top honours at the Munster Finals of Scór na Mumhan held in the Ionad Pobail, Ovens, Co. Cork yesterday. It was a fantastic evening for Muintir Scór Chiarraí with victories by the Spá Set Dancers (East Kerry) and Na Gaeil (Greater Tralee Area) in Léiriú. They, as […]

WHILE most other businesses and organisations were out partying in December, the staff at CH Chemists were flat out taking care of customers for Christmas. Saturday night then was a chance to reward the staff with a fun Christmas party in The Imperial Hotel. There was cocktails, food, fun and, […]

A COFFEE morning in The Meadowlands Hotel, hosted by a Tralee woman to raise funds to help children living on the streets of Calcutta, was a big success on Saturday morning. Aedemar O’Regan, from Oakpark, is a teacher in St Francis’ School in Rochestown, Co. Cork, and  is travelling with […]