THIS year’s Christmas Jumper Day was another enormous success and had already raised over €15,000 for St Vincent de Paul. Organised by the charity with Radio Kerry, it saw people all over the county in schools and businesses don the jumper and donate to the great cause on Friday, December 15. […]

AN event is taking place in The Abbey Inn on St Stephens Night which is definitely one for the dance music purists, with the legendary Mark Kavanagh and internationally renowned Tralee woman DJ Eibhlin, appearing at the venue. Back in 1997, nightclubs in Tralee were still adjusting to the new […]

IT’S the busiest time of the year for St Vincent de Paul as they try to help as many people in need as they can at Christmas. Their job was made a bit easier on Thursday when Kerry Group made a donation of €10,000 to the organisation in the county. […]

IT was an emotional day at CBS Primary School on Thursday, as the pupils and staff said farewell to a much-loved member of the school family. Catherine Dolan from Knockmoyle has been school traffic warden for the past 18 years at the school and hung up her ‘lollipop’ this week. […]

THE Chairman of the Dr Crokes Club has informed the Chairman and Executive of Kerry GAA that the club is nominating Fionn Fitzgerald as Kerry Senior Football Captain for 2018. The 27 year old defender previously captained Kerry to lift Sam Maguire in 2014 when they beat Donegal. He succeeds […]

STUDENTS at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí showed their generosity by fundraising for Arlington Lodge this Christmas. On Thursday night, 48 sixth year students held a sponsored overnight stay at the school to highlight the homeless situation in the country. “It’s a good opportunity for the students to learn about Arlington Lodge,” said […]

Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies has recipes and tips to serving up an amazing Christmas dinner… The key to a stress free Christmas lunch is preparation and timing. You want to be able to enjoy the day without being tied to the stove all day long. Below you […]

SMALL businesses in Kerry received almost €350,000 in grant aid this year according to Kerry Local Enterprise Office, while Kerry County Council spent a further €260,000 on training initiatives. In their end of year review, Kerry LEO say they demonstrated a strong performance in 2017 as renewed confidence becomes evident […]

THE Tralee Sports and Leisure Complex will receive €31,000 from the government in the latest sports capital grants allocation. The Kerry District Soccer League and Kerry GAA will also benefit from grants. Sports Capital grants for Kerry in 2017 have broken through the two million euro mark with these three […]

THE price of petrol and diesel at the filling station pumps around Tralee has risen by around four cent per litre since we last did a survey eleven weeks ago. But looking a little further back, the cheapest price back on August 10 for petrol was €1.26 per litre compared […]

THERE was huge excitement at Presentation Secondary School, Tralee on Monday as the first ever “Pres Got Talent” competition celebrated the huge range of musical talents from all years in the school. Two shows were held for the school in the Pres Primary Hall – Junior cycle students between 10 […]

IT’S become a Christmas tradition over the past number of years and yet again the gardaí brought some seasonal cheer to the streets of Tralee on Wednesday. Members of the force came out to The Mall for their annual festive fundraising drive aided by local musician and created a great […]

Following an investigation into the theft of Quad Bikes following burglaries in the Limerick, Kerry and North Cork area over the past twelve months, Gardaí attached to Newcastlewest Garda Station have arrested two men. Both men (aged 55 and 37) were arrested in the Kilmallock area of Co Limerick yesterday […]

THE Rose of Tralee International Festival is to receive €30,000 in funding from Fáilte Ireland next year. Funding for the Festival had been cut to €15,000 in 2017, a move heavily criticised at the time by Rose of Tralee International Festival CEO, Anthony O’Gara. Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism […]

STUDENTS of Coláiste Gleann Lí have created and produced a CD in support of the work of the ISPCC this Christmas. The CD consists of five tracks which showcase the talent among the student body at Tralee’s fastest growing post-primary school. The tracks consists of an eclectic range of musical […]

BANK of Ireland staff raised €39,031 for charitable causes in Kerry in 2017 through the bank’s flagship charity and community initiative, Give Together. The charity programme gives Bank of Ireland staff throughout Ireland the chance to lend support to their chosen charities or causes through fundraising and volunteering. In total, just […]

THE pupils of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville have been performing their annual Christmas concerts this week. On Monday, the junior and senior infants entertained their families in the school hall and on Tuesday it was the turn of 1st to 6th classes to shine in St John’s Church as […]

LOOKING for that last minute Christmas pressie? Well Tralee photographer, John Cleary’s new book ‘T’was Only Like Yesterday’ is a great stocking filler this Christmas. The book of photographs concentrates on the 1980s with images from sporting, religious, social and political life from Tralee and Kerry all contained therein. Here’s a […]

A DATE for your diary if you enjoy the excellent sketches of Foil Arms & Hog. The comedy trio returns to Siamsa Tíre with ‘Oink’, a fast paced sketch show featuring a collection of songs for the elderly, a baggage handler’s interpretive dance and a shop that naively only sells balaclavas….among […]

THE Minister of State for Tourism and Sport Brendan Griffin TD, has welcomed the news from his Departmental colleague Minister Ross, that Kerry Airport is to receive over €1m in grant aid towards operating costs. Welcoming the allocations Minister Griffin said: “This grant is in addition to the €583k already allocated […]

SIAMSA TÍRE was packed last night for a special show from the Cassie Leen School of Dance. There were 120 young dancers taking part in ‘Fairytale Of New York’ .This year two of the students were awarded trips to New York, from which the theme came for the show. The […]

FOUR projects have received awards from Creative Ireland Kerry. Kerry County Council, leading Creative Ireland Kerry, invited applications for a Cultural Archive Award with the aim of developing or preserving archives with the intended cultural impact of preserving such material for future generations. One award was presented in each of […]

A TRALEE company kicked off their annual charity fundraiser on Monday, this time in aid of the Kerry Cancer Support Group’s Health Link Bus. The “Tour de ViClarity” is currently taking place at the ViClarity offices in the Tom Crean business centre Tralee and finishes this Friday. This year the […]

THE annual Tralee International Bridge Congress 2017 will take place from Friday, December 29 to Monday, January 1 and big crowds are again expected. It is once again being hosted by Hazel Boyle and all her friendly and efficient  staff  at the Manor West Hotel in Tralee. They will be providing dinner and B&B  over […]

IN case you’re getting cabin fever and want to head out over the Christmas period, there’s an event in Kilflynn that’ll test your general knowledge. The annual Kilflynn Cancer Quiz is celebrating its 15th anniversary and once again organisers are inviting teams to come along to Parker’s Pub and Herbert’s […]

THE Donal Walsh #LiveLife National Film Competition 2017/18 is now open for submissions. The hugely popular competition has three categories Primary School, Secondary School and adult and always throws up some serious filmmaking talent. “We want you to remember Donal and his “Live Life” ethos by getting you to create […]

THERE’S been big changes in the town this year. First Denny Street was made a two-way street again and then work started on The Mall/Bridge Street in May. It finished just last Friday when it opened up to traffic again from 6pm to 10.30am. Well local man, John Ryle, showed […]

KERRY Education and Training Board received over 200 Entries from their eight Kerry ETB Schools for their annual Christmas Card Competition and as always the standard was very high. However there can only be one overall winner with three runners up selected due to the impressive submissions made by Kerry […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s assistance after a car was vandalised on Ashe Street recently. The incident happened on Saturday, December 9, between 9pm and midnight. The rear window of a car was smashed but nothing was taken. Gardaí believe Ashe Street may have been busy around this time […]

GARDAI are advising the public that professional beggars are operating in Tralee. They say there are organised professional gangs coming into town and in one case a person was arrested, searched and was found to have €650 in cash on them by the end of the day. Gardaí have been […]