CBS Primary School in Clounalour has been given the go-ahead for an extension to be built. In March, Kerry County Council granted permission, subject to conditions, to an application from the school for the removal of eight pre fabs and the construction of an extension to the school along with a […]

A FORMER Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí student has been awarded a €20,000 scholarship. Niamh O’Connell, who begins studying engineering at University College Dublin, was the recipient of the funding from the Naughton Foundation at a ceremony in Trinity College Dublin recently. Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí will also receive €1,000 towards science facilities at the […]

TRALEE-woman Mandy Mc Kenzie Vass has been appointed as Admission and Discharge Manager at the Mater Private Hospital, Cork. Mandy trained as a Registered Nurse in St Vincent’s Hospital Elm Park, Dublin and during her career she worked in Cardiology, Medical, Orthopaedics, General Surgery and Palliative Care Settings. Mandy is […]

IT was an exciting time last week for pupils of Moyderwell Mercy Primary School, when their new playground was ready for use and Mercy Day was held at the school. We called up on Friday morning to see the senior infants get their first turn on the €30,000 playground which […]

THE launch of the Kerry 2016 Centenary Programme Book & DVD will take place at 7pm on Thursday, October 5 in The Rose Hotel in Tralee. Commemorative events to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising took place all over the county last year and the year has been marked in a […]

TRALEE Library will host this year’s Press Photographers Association of Ireland [PPAI] Photojournalism Exhibition from Monday, October 2 to Wednesday, October 18. A selection of Ireland’s best examples of press photography from Ireland and overseas will go on display at the library. Kerry photographers are well represented among the prize winning photographs on […]

KERINS O’Rahillys Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC semi-final against South Kerry in Fitzgerald Stadium will be the opening game of a double header on Saturday, October 7. It will have a 3pm throw-in and will be followed by Dr Crokes v West Kerry at 4.45pm. The county final will this year be […]

A MYSTERY chef, helped by the experts at Croí Restaurant, provided a great night for diners on Friday as part of a fundraiser for the Donal Walsh Livelife Foundation. It was in the style of ‘The Restaurant’ TV show and Radio Kerry’s ‘Kerry’s Full Breakfast’ presenter, Elaine Kinsella, was the […]

CALLING all budding local artists, you are invited to submit entries for this year’s Credit Union National Art Competition. The theme for this year’s competition is “Set your imagination Free..” which is sure to allow the imagination run wild. Now in its 34th year, the competition attracts up to 30,000 entries […]

Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 75 KUBS 37 Report by Alan Cantwell Following a narrow defeat to Demons in Cork last weekend The Garvey’s Tralee Warriors opened their Super League account with a comprehensive win over KUBS from Dublin in front of a full house at the Tralee Sports Complex last Saturday […]

THIS Wednesday lecturers who are members of the Teaching Union of Ireland (TUI) will protest outside the North Campus of IT Tralee this Wednesday lunchtime from 1pm to 2pm. They TUI say they are holding the protest to highlight ongoing lack of funding of the sector. Protest will take place at […]

GARDAI are appealing to vehicle owners to be vigilant after cases of theft and criminal damage over the past week. There were two incidents in town when a drivers window was smashed and valuables taken from the vehicles in the Caherslee area overnight on Friday/Saturday, September 22/23. Gardai are telling […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses to the stabbing incident in Strand Street on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Two people were injured in the incident which occurred between 11.30pm and 12.15am. Four people were arrested in relation to the stabbings. They have since been released from custody. One person remains in hospital […]

THE wonderful new Palliative Care Unit was officially opened last Friday at University Hospital Kerry and among its many great facilities is a new space for younger people. ‘Donal’s Den’ is a room funded by the Donal Walsh ‘LiveLife’ Foundation and Fionnbar and Elma Walsh were at the unit to […]

THERE was good news on the double this afternoon when it was announced that Tralee had retained its Gold Medal in the Tralee Tidy Towns competition and has also has been awarded Purple Flag status. The Gold Medal is the sixth in a row for Tralee and is testament to […]

OK, so Saturday was a total washout with persistent rain spoiling the planned cookery demonstrations in the Square for the Tralee Food Festival. However, there was a good crowd on Friday evening at the opening Seafood Tasting event out in Tralee Bay Wetlands, with Spa Seafoods dishing up some tasty […]

The holders are out after Ballyduff beat Kilmoyley in the Garveys SuperValu Kerry SHC semi final yesterday. Mike O’Halloran reports… Ballyduff 1-17 Kilmoyley 0-16 It was nine minutes before Ballyduff got on the scoreboard with a point from Padraigh Boyle, in the meantime Daniel Collins had three points for Kilmoyley. […]

Mike O’Halloran saw Lixnaw book their place in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC final at the expense of St Brendan’s yesterday… Lixnaw 1-13 St Brendan’s 2-8   St Brendan’s in this defeat were, to most people’s minds, denied at least two minutes at the end of the game. They were […]

THE four people arrested after two young men were stabbed in Tralee in the early hours of yesterday morning have been released from custody. The incident at Strand Street, Tralee sometime between 12.30 and 1am on Sunday morning, saw  two men  in their early twenties suffer stab wounds. One man remains […]

AFTER their dominant performance in the quarter-final yesterday, Kerins O’Rahillys reward is a meeting with South Kerry in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC final on Saturday, October 7. The Strand Road faithful will be happy to have avoided favourites Dr Crokes, but a stern test awaits them from the south. […]

Austin Stacks 0-14 West Kerry 1-17 LAST year West Kerry exited Austin Stack Park and the championship after a five point loss to the Rockies. They more than reversed that result on Saturday as their well-organised outfit outplayed the Tralee side who played well below their potential end their season on […]

Kerins O’Rahillys 3-12 East Kerry 1-6 ANOTHER fine championship performance then from Kerins O’Rahillys, but they’ll know tougher tests are ahead after their victory over East Kerry yesterday. The Tralee side were dominant throughout this Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC quarter-final, but it was remarkable that the half-time scoreline was just 1-7 […]

YOUNG ladies were treated to beauty tips from a renowned expert on Saturday afternoon at CH Chemists. A Real Techniques Makeup Masterclass with Jade Mullett Pro MUA  was held at the store and despite the weather there was a good turnout. Jade, a Profesional Make-Up Artist and Irish Brand Ambassador […]

IT’S back! After the stunning success of last year’s event in Ballygarry House Hotel, eleven couples will return to the same dancefloor to thrill audiences at the John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ 2017. The couples have been carefully selected and are currently in training for this momentous event […]

THE weather behaved and spirits were high across Kerry on Friday when public venues, communities and arts spaces offered up a great selection of free events late into the night. Thousands came out across the county with key events in Tralee, Killarney, Listowel, Dingle, Castleisland, Ballinskelligs, Kenmare, Waterville, Killorglin, Scartaglin, […]

IT will be missed. A mainstay for lunchtime diners for over a quarter of a century, Dawson’s Restaurant on The Mall, (located within Heatons) has now closed. The announcement was made on the business’ Facebook page yesterday. It read; “After 26 wonderful years in business, we have taken the decision […]

“Hospice matters. The end of life deserves as much duty, care and respect as the beginning. I hope that any of you will never need the Hospice, but the Hospice will always need you.” TED Moynihan’s words addressing those gathered as the new €6.5m 15-bed specialist palliative in-patient unit at University Hospital […]

THE sun shone down on pupils and staff of Scoil Eoin, as a morning of great fun unfolded for the official opening of their ‘Outside Storytellers Garden’ on Friday. The new outdoor space looks amazing for the kids, with a large chair and mushroom seats carved by Limerick man, Will Fogarty, […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public…  Question: I’m unemployed and planning to go to college. What funding is available for this? Answer:  Most undergraduate students attending publicly funded third-level courses for the first time will qualify […]

Our movie guy, John McCann says ‘Wind River’ is an outstanding crime thriller fuelled by a remarkable performance by Jeremy Renner… With a feast of big budget Hollywood blockbusters, armed with monstrous marketing campaigns being thrust to the cinema going public on a weekly basis, sometimes we tend to overlook […]