THE Threshold shop in Milk Market Lane/Market Place in Tralee is to close. A statement on the shop’s Facebook page, posted last week, said; “It is with a heavy heart I can confirm that we will be closing down on September 30th. I want to thank everyone for their support […]

A FORMER All-Star goalkeeper on the Kerry panel has stepped away from the squad, according to the Irish Independent this morning. Brendan Kealy has decided to leave, but has not closed the door on a return at a later date, reports the paper. The 31 year old, who won an All-Star […]

IF you haven’t got Rose Ball tickets then you’re out of luck. This year’s Rose Ball has sold out more than a month before the start of the Rose of Tralee International Festival, but people can still put their names on the waiting list for the €150 a head event, with around […]

KERRY County Museum has been recognised by the Museum Standards Programme for Ireland. The museum, along with Muckross House, Muckross Traditional Farms and Muckross House Research Library, retained the Full Accreditation they had previously been awarded, while Seanchaí “Kerry Writers’ Museum” in Listowel was awarded Interim Accreditation. The Museum Standards […]

  THE Institute of Technology Tralee has announced the re-appointment of Dr Oliver Murphy as President for another five year term. The Chairperson of the Governing Body Mr Lionel Alexander extended his congratulations to Oliver on his appointment and stated that; “The Institute is embarking on some key strategic priorities that […]

HORAN’S Health Food Stores have come on board with Recovery Haven to stock their fundraising cookery book which was launched late last year. ‘Cook for Recovery’ will now be stocked in the stores in Tralee, Killarney, Listowel, Newcastlewest and beyond priced €10. ‘Cook for Recovery’ is a wonderful cookbook for […]

ST Brendans’ reward for beating Firies away last night is a home tie against Dingle in the Quarter finals of the Keane’s SuperValu Killorglin Minor Football Championship next week. The draw was made this afternoon and the other three pairings are (first named having home venue): • Mid Kerry or West Kerry […]

TRALEE-BASED media company StoryStock.com has teamed up with TasteofScience.com to offer its bank of food science, business & technology stories to media worldwide using the StoryStock.com platform. The deal, concluded at the beginning of May, will see stories relating to food and agri-food being shared through the platform. Speaking after the deal was concluded, StoryStock CEO […]

IT’S been a good few weeks for The Open Arms Kerry group with donations coming in and a premises secured for holding meetings. The voluntary group was set up to help people who find themselves in crisis. “At a time when mental illness is at an all time high, we […]

CLUB Óg Ógras Baile Uí Thuaidhg from Kerry has been awarded the prize for best Community Campaign at the Irish Cancer Society X-HALE Youth Awards 2017. The group scooped the award for the campaign around its short film “Ná Bac le Tobac” which was showcased at the recent event in […]

LADIES are preparing for a summer night out this Friday at the Cocktails and Canapes event. Organised by Connect Magazine, it kicks off at 7pm and will be a night of fun, food, wines, fashion and lots of tips for your skin, hair and lots more from the experts in […]

Mike O’Halloran looks forward to the Causeway v St Brendans Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 1 Replay this Saturday at Austin Stack Park (7pm)… St Brendan’s “won” the drawn game in terms of the number of scores (20 to 18 after extra time), they also had more scores at the […]

ADVERTISEMENT Now at Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee, Ice-Cream Doughnuts! TO coincide with the forthcoming centenary of the death of Thomas Ashe on September 25, 1917, Kerry Library has today  opened an exhibition at Dingle Library of archival documents, photographs, personal effects and other memorabilia relating to the west Kerry patriot. The […]

A ROOFING contractor from Cahermoneen, Tralee is the latest winner in Tralee Credit Union’s Members Car Draw. Tommy Costello drives away with a brand new 172 Ford Focus from Kerry Motor Works. “I was absolutely shocked when I received the call, I had to get my wife Veronica to phone […]

TRALEE area teams are in action tonight in the Keane’s Super Valu County Minor Football Championship. St Brendan’s play Firies away, while Austin Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys are also in action away against East Kerry (in Rathmore) and West Kerry (Lispole) respectively. All games throw in at 7.30pm. Meanwhile, a Tralee […]

A MAN based at the Jigsaw Kerry centre is looking forward to a big cycle in aid of the National Centre for Youth Mental Health this September. Donagh Hennebry works at their Tralee centre in Edward Street and he’s hoping other cyclists will sign up for the Giro D’Jigsaw — […]

THE Kingdom Veteran Vintage & Classic Car Club are preparing for their annual Ballymac Vintage Car and Honda 50 Run. Taking place on Friday, July 21 at 7pm from O’Riada’s Bar, the event this year will benefit Down Syndrome Kerry. Members gathered at O’Riada’s on Monday evening to launch the […]

THE volunteer crew of Fenit RNLI rescued two people from a yacht which was drifting towards a cliff face yesterday near the Blasket Islands. The  crew were enroute to their rescue mission within minutes of their pager alerts being activated at 12.20pm on Monday afternoon. The All Weather Lifeboat carrying […]

A YOUNG woman who is studying in IT Tralee has lost sight in her left eye following an accident while on holiday in Thailand. Ciara Twomey from Bantry is a student who is in third year studying General Nursing in the Institute of Technology Tralee. She is currently in a […]

Mike Culloty of Tralee International Games reflects on a great week for the Tralee team over in Lithuania, even if incidents in a soccer match where two Tralee players had to be hospitalised left a sour taste… THE Tralee International Children’s Games teams returned from Kaunas, Lithuania on Sunday evening […]

GARDAI are looking for the public’s help in relation to a burglary in the Ballyard area last week. Between Wednesday, July 5 at 9.30pm and 7.30am on Thursday, July 6, the laundry room at Ballyard apartment complex on Lovers Lane was broken into. A cashbox was damaged with money taken […]

FOURTEEN organisations shared €40,000 as the 43rd Tralee Lions Club Annual Golf Classic was staged recently at Tralee Golf Club. The golf classic represents the club’s major fund raiser each year and the Lions are delighted to report that this year a sum in excess of €40,000 was raised for distribution to […]

CREATIVE Ireland Kerry, in collaboration with Kerry Music Education Partnership, is now rolling out one of the first Creative Ireland Kerry initiatives — access for young people ages 6-18yrs to choir and youth choral music. Creative Ireland Kerry is co-ordinated by Kerry County Council’s Arts Office. At a public meeting […]

THE Summer Stars Reading Adventure is back in Kerry libraries. This is an exciting reading-based programme which is available free of charge to primary school children across Kerry. The Summer Stars Reading Adventure will run during July and August in the Kerry Library Service. Children are invited to register for […]

THE Minister for State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin TD, led a 20-strong delegation from Cork and Kerry to Providence, Rhode Island in the United States over the weekend to promote the new Norwegian airways Cork-Providence trans-Atlantic service which commenced earlier this month. The group which included the Mayor […]

THE Austin Stacks Senior Men’s team  organised a 5K fun run/walk/Jog last Sunday in sunny Connolly Park. The event was arranged to fundraise and support the Irish Powerchair team who are playing in the FIFA World Cup in Orlando. Their senior team manager, Pat Flanagan, and his son Patrick are currently representing Ireland at the […]

FOLLOWING on from a sold-out show in February, Gavin James returns to the INEC Killarney on October 20 for an intimate acoustic over 18’s only, seated show. Gavin has had an immensely successful couple of years. He has had platinum Top 5 sales for his debut album, Bitter Pill, in […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Ballyduff overcome Abbeydorney yesterday in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SHC first round  tie at Austin Stack Park… Ballyduff 0-13 Abbeydorney 0-12 A bore fest provided Ballyduff with a one point win over an Abbeydorney team that battled hard, but were out-muscled at the back at vital times […]

WITH school finished the week before, youngsters got a chance to get out and play this week at Cúl Camps around the county. Yesterday we brought you photos from successful Na Gaeil and John Mitchels camps (click here for previous coverage). Well the biggest amount of kids were at Austin […]

IT was a huge night at  Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Friday as the Friends of University Hospital Kerry held their annual Gala Benefit Night. Sponsored by Kerry Group, the event  saw a massive crowd converge on the stadium with great family entertainment for the 27th anniversary of the fundraising programme which […]