THE restaurants, hotels and bars were hopping last night as Christmas parties were held all over town. Even though there’s another nine days to Christmas, most of the parties will be held by the end of this weekend so there’s a great atmosphere around town. We visited Kirby’s Brogue Inn, […]

FIFTH year students participating in the Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme at Presentation Tralee held their Christmas market on Friday as part of their enterprise module. A lot of advanced planning and marketing was carried out with posters on display in the 1st year area letting the students know what treats […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, says the latest instalment in the Star Wars series is a resounding success… IN ‘Star Wars: The Last Jedi’, Rey develops her newly discovered abilities with the help of Luke Skywalker, who is unsettled by the strength of her powers. Meanwhile, the Resistance prepares to […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I have ordered a few presents from a Belgian website. Can I return them if I change my mind when I get them? Answer: Online purchases from businesses based in […]

  ALL  students at Pres Tralee were allowed to wear Christmas jumpers to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald House at Crumlin Children’s Hospital on Friday. As part of the fundraising activities a bake sale was also held at break time – coordinated by students in Ms. Cronin’s German classes. Ms. […]

KERRY County Council is inviting applications from community and voluntary organisations across the county for a fund of €750,000 for local community-based projects and initiatives. The 2018 Community Support Fund was launched on Thursday evening at the Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre by the Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr John […]

TWO Kerry properties were sold at the latest BidX1 (formerly Allsop) auction this week. The two residential homes were in Tralee and Glenbeigh. In Tralee, 24 Pairc Na Dun, Mounthawk was offered with a reserve not to exceed€130,000. The vacant detached three bedroom house, extending to approximately 127 sq. m (1,367 […]

STORIES and images of families in the Mitchels Boherbee area are contained in the new calendar and CD from the Mitchels Boherbee Historical & Heritage Group. The launch of their 10th anniversary calendar and fifth Volume of the CD took place in the The Munster Bar at 7.30pm. Micheal Scannell Director […]

There’s about 10 days to go until the turkey so get the shopping done while you have a chance. If you have time though… Friday 1. Party time… This weekend Tralee will be party central as businesses and groups hit the pubs, hotels and restaurants for their annual shindig. Even […]

TRALEE’S jobless figure rose by 70 in November on the previous month with 3,893 people now signing on the Live Register. Killarney and Dingle saw much bigger increases as the county saw the number of unemployed increase by 10% on October’s figure. It’s the first time since July that the […]

A 5K/10K road race will take place on New Years Eve in Tralee to close the year on a healthy note and raise funds for a local charity. Optimal Fitness presents its first 5k and 10k event starting from The Rose Hotel at 11am on Sunday, December 31 and organiser […]

PRIMARY school pupils from Kilflynn, Ardfert, Ballyheigue and around the county demonstrated their artistic skills to highlight road safety in the 2018 Kerry County Council Road Safety Calendar competition. This week, David Doyle, Senior Engineer, Operations, Capital Infrastructure and Safety Department, Kerry County Council presented the twelve winning pupils from various primary […]

THE Status Yellow Wind Warning for Kerry is still in place for today and has been extended to 4am on Friday morning. Met Eireann updated the previous warning this morning at 9am which applies to Donegal, Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork, Kerry and Limerick. West to northwest winds veering north to […]

TWO sellout shows took place at Presentation Primary School on Wednesday as pupils performed their annual Christmas concert. Speaking to teacher Helena Hennessy before the evening performance, she said the afternoon show was a huge success thanks to the rehearsals put in over the previous two weeks by all involved. […]

PRESENTATION Secondary Tralee first year students visited the Ardfert Camera Club’s exhibition in the nearby County Library and invited the club to display their exhibition on the corridors of Pres Tralee. The stunning photographs have drawn huge attention from all the students and staff in the school – not just the […]

THE town’s largest primary school, Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh, hosted three days of festive fun as the annual Christmas concerts took place this week. There were performances during the day and in the evening with parents enjoying music, drama and dancing from pupils in all years. Madeline McCarthy’s third class […]

KILLARNEY will receive 55 refugees into the town in the coming days. They will be accommodated in Linden House on the New Road which has previously housed asylum seekers. Mayor of Killarney, Cllr Niall Kelleher, has expressed concern that the local community and Kerry County Council had not been consulted […]

THE launch of the 5k a day January challenge for positive mental health took place in The Ashe Hotel on Tuesday night and already over 150 people have registered to take part. Colin ‘Poshey’ Aherne was present at the hotel with Elma Walsh from the Donal Walsh Livelife Foundation and […]

Ok, so your family has opted for ‘Kristkindl’/Kris Kindle and you have gone into an immediate panic.  How in all reality can you find clever, inspired and attractive gifts for everyone with a spending cap of €50 each? Fear not, Traleetoday.ie got advice from an expert.  Heather from John Ross Jewellers […]

TRALEE Imperials BC took over the hall in Mercy Mounthawk on Saturday and did a marathon 12 hours of basketball raising funds for club and the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Starting at 9am with the enthusiasm of the young academy members evident, each age group took to the floor filling an hour […]

TRALEE photographer, John Cleary’s new book ‘T’was Only Like Yesterday’ is a great stocking filler this Christmas. The follow up to ‘Through The Lens’ — which featured images of life in Tralee in and Kerry in the 1970s — his latest book of photographs concentrates on the 1980s with images from sporting, […]

WORK is due to begin next month on the construction of a new road at the Kilderry Bends on the N70 between Milltown and Killorglin following the appointment of a contractor for the €10m project. Kerry County Council has received approval from Transport Infrastructure Ireland to appoint Cork-based Sorenson Civil […]

THE Mall and Bridge Street in Tralee will re-open to traffic on Thursday evening at 6.00pm following the completion of works costing approximately €1.7m as part of the Tralee Active Travel Town Project. New taxi bye-laws have been in place since Tuesday and the part-pedestrianisation of The Mall will come […]

A SPECIAL  celebration was held recently to mark the retirement of the Tralee Golf Club Course Superintendent. JJ Young retires from Tralee Golf Club after 41 years’ service and the club honoured his service by holding a charity golf competition and dinner attended by club members and guests. Continued below… […]

THE talented and hardworking Ballymac Strictly Love Dancing participants will take to the floor in less than two months to dance their hearts out for the chance to be crowned winners in the 2018 competition. The dancers rehearsals are well underway and this year’s event at the Ballygarry House Hotel […]

The ITA (Irish Taekwon-Do Association) National Blackbelt Grading took place in Tralee, at the John Mitchels GAA Complex at the weekend. Students were tested on hand and foot techniques, patterns, sparring, self defence, theory and power breaking. The standards were very high, with students from Dublin, Cork, Waterford, Tipperary, Kildare, […]

TRALEE Credit Union will be known as ‘Cara Credit Union’ after the motion to change its name was passed last night at the AGM in The Rose Hotel. There was a large attendance at  the 50th Annual General Meeting where the Board of Directors  reported a very positive year of […]

TEACH an tSolais at St John’s Ashe Street will be a busy spot this Saturday as the parish hosts a Christmas Fair from 10am to 4pm. The Fair has returned after a break of three years and there’s some great prizes including a weekend away at Breaffy House Resort in […]

THE Christmas Crib in the Square received a blessing yesterday afternoon. Fr Tadhg Fitzgerald PP of St John’s and Church of Ireland Rev. Jim Stephens performed the joint ceremony watched by a small gathering, while Mark Leen concluded the blessing with a Christmas hymn. The crib was subject to vandalism […]

FRIDAY should see a huge crowd of Rockies converge on their Connolly Park headquarters at 8pm for another event to mark the centenary of the club. This time it’s for the launch of a book which is sure to be in many a Christmas stocking on December 25. The Austin […]