Ok, so let me start this column by saying that I only realised that football is a religion when I moved to Kerry ten years ago, before that I had only a mild interest in it. The reason for this is that I come from a town where hurling and […]

AFTER last year’s emotional event at the Tralee Bay Wetlands, Recovery Haven’s Celebration Of Light, in association with Rose of Tralee International Festival and Kerry Choral Union, returns to the centre next month. The annual fundraiser for the Cancer Support House is in its sixth year and will see the candle […]

THE Sinn Féin councillor who initially proposed Tralee make an application for Purple Flag status, has criticised opponents of the process. The judges arrive tomorrow to assess the town for Purple Flag status, which is a positive initiative that indicates an entertaining, diverse, safe and enjoyable night in a town. […]

THE Open Arms Kerry project, which aims to provide help for people with mental health issues, is looking for volunteers to man their new office when it opens in September. “It is one of our aims to set up a movement of people who will play a part in helping […]

TIS only weeks away now. The images below are enough to bring joy to hundreds and a sense of foreboding to many more younger readers. The Dome is going up which means the Rose of Tralee Festival and all the fun it brings is near. But as night follows day, […]

THE time is fast approaching when judges arrive to consider if the town should be awarded the Purple Flag and the town’s businesses have really got behind the effort. Receiving Purple Flag status is an internationally recognised endorsement of a town centre’s ambience between the hours of 5pm and 5am. […]

WE are all driven by something. Whether it be by a singular dream, by money, by love or perhaps by a particularly pleasant glass of wine. Without drive, we would all lie marooned on our couches, moaning away. Sadly, those people do exist and they can drag those around them […]

A TRALEE singer-songwriter who has received great reviews for her music so far will release her new single this Friday (watch below). Twenty-seven year old Kate Dineen is from the Spa outside town, but is now based in Dublin. The former Presentation Secondary School student’s new single ‘Flames’ is the […]

THERE was some great skill and talent on show at the KDL pitches in Mounthawk on Tuesday for the annual Tralee Garda Soccer Blitz. The event was organised by Tralee Community Policing and KDYS Key Service -A Kerry Garda Divisional Service Model Funded by IYJS & Supported by EU structural […]

Mike O’Halloran previews this weekend’s Garveys SuperValu Senior Hurling Championship action in Austin Stack Park… Friday 7pm Round 2B — Crotta O’Neill’s V Causeway Causeway come into this game having two games under their belt after drawing with St Brendan’s in the first round. Crotta O’Neills went down to Kilmoyley in […]

A TRALEE woman was one of the winners at the annual U Magazine ’30 Under 30′ awards last night She has a background in journalism and new media and had been blogging on other sites since 2011, before starting her website. BeforeMamDies.com is a celebration of life and travel with […]

IT’S become a very popular annual event at the Oakpark club and this year is set to be no different as Na Gaeil prepares for its annual fundraising cycle. Over 100 cyclists took to the road last year and on Saturday, August 26, the club is hoping as many people […]

WELL we won’t see Nancy Myles opening again as a pub. Kerry Independent TD, Michael Healy Rae, owns the property and has applied for planning permission to redevelop the building which ceased operating as a public house/restaurant some years ago. He is seeking permission from the Council to change the […]

IT was a massive success last year and it’s hoped the public will respond for a great cause when Enable Ireland Kerry holds its ‘Lip Sing’ event this autumn. However, they’re going to need some performers first, so the call has gone out for participants in this year’s event which […]

IF you’re not Dublin-bound for the big Kerry match this Sunday, then this might be something to do. Abbeydorney GAA are hosting a free Family Fun Day which will take place in Tom Healy Memorial Park this Sunday at 2pm. Activities will include Novelty Races, Fun Hurling and Football Games, Penalty […]

A TRALEE native is currently recording his debut album over in Los Angeles, where he has been living and playing to audiences for the past year. Steven Forde, a 24 year old recording artist/actor who performs under the name Stiofán, left Ireland in 2016 to follow his musical dreams in […]

CALLING all young entrepreneurs in Kerry! Kerry County Council Local Enterprise Office has a €50,000 county investment fund available for winners and runners-up in the Kerry finals of the Ireland’s Best Young Entrepreneur competition (IBYE). Last year a Tralee man, Derek Counihan of Harpoon, won the top prize in Kerry […]

RESIDENTS in the Ballymullen area will be hoping the weather stays kind as they plan a summer get-together this Friday. The residents of Castlemorris, Ballymullen, Murphy’s Terrace and Stephen’s Terrace are organising the event, as they put it, “to celebrate our beautiful place.” And why not? The residents there always make […]

SUNDAY will renew a rivalry between the Kingdom and the men from the west. There have been some memorable clashes between Kerry and Galway over the years but we’ll just take a look at some of the ties we won this time!… 1939, Yankee Stadium, New York: Kerry 2-6 Galway 0-7 […]

RTÉ’s Dancing with the Stars winner and former Kerry footballer, Aidan O’Mahony, will set the catwalk alight in the Festival Dome next month as the special guest at this year’s Rose of Tralee Fashion Show on Sunday, August 20. But you’ll have to be there on the night to find out […]

GARDAI have recovered a bicycle in Tralee that they would like to reunite with its owner. The bike was found in the Oakpark area of town over the weekend and it looks like it was newly purchased such is the excellent quality it is in. It’s a black, gents hybrid […]

GARDAI are appealing for the public’s assistance after a burglary from a house near Ardfert. On Monday, July 17, a house in Tubridmore, outside Ardfert village, was burgled between 11am and 4pm. A substantial amount of jewellery was taken in the burglary. Gardaí say the culprits would have had to […]

THREE Kerry women have been named in the Ireland squad for next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup. Ciara Griffin, Ciara O’Connor and Ruth O’Reilly are part of Head coach Tom Tierney’s  28-strong squad that will be captained by UL Bohemians and Munster full-back Niamh Briggs. It will be a first time involvement for […]

THE staff at Woodies in Tralee are getting ready for their annual fundraising campaign with a table quiz, a monster prize draw and a soccer tournament among the events planned. This is the 3rd year in a row that Woodie’s Ireland are raising badly needed funds for Ireland’s most vulnerable children. […]

THE GAA has announced the throw-in times for the All-Ireland football quarter finals this Sunday in Croke Park. It’ll be an early start on the road for Kerry fans as they will face Galway at 2pm on Sunday with the Mayo v Roscommon game throwing in at 4pm. Kerry will […]

JOHN Mitchels GAA grounds in Ballyseedy will be the venue for a big ladies football tournament next Saturday morning. The Sandra Keane Under 13 blitz will see 16 teams from all over the county and beyond compete for the Sandra Keane Cup and trophy competitions. The teams taking part this year […]

THE weather stayed fine for walkers who went west in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday. There were 135 people registered for the annual Jamie Wrenn walk which this year also remembered Mike Deane who passed away in March. This walk from Tralee to Castlegregory raises much needed funds for […]

GLORIOUS weather, a beautiful beach and a pumped up crowd — all the ingredients then for a fantastic ‘Sandstorm’ in Ballyheigue. The Spin Southwest event had 800 people registered for 5k of endurance and fun on the beach and it was an enormous success with people from all over Munster […]

SOMETIMES we don’t brag enough about the coastline around Tralee, with other parts of Kerry taking the plaudits. However, drone footage in a new video uploaded by ONIT Media this week shows the Tralee Bay Wetlands, Blennerville, Fenit and beyond in all their glory. Watch it below…

EVERY now and then we come across a slogan that seems to ‘fit the bill’ for our lives. ‘Not my circus not my monkeys’ is one such slogan that works very well for me. In fact, it is an old Polish proverb and if you ‘google it’ you will find […]