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Profits And Passenger Numbers Up At Kerry Airport

Profits And Passenger Numbers Up At Kerry Airport

May 9, 2017 at 11:11 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Airport is reporting an operating profit after taxation for the period of €287,613 – an increase on operating profit of €30,980 on the previous year — in their Annual Report & Accounts for the 12 month period ended 31st December 2016. Passenger numbers through the Airport up +6% on previous comparative period […]

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Mercy Mounthawk Basketballers Win All-Ireland Schools Title

Mercy Mounthawk Basketballers Win All-Ireland Schools Title

May 9, 2017 at 10:40 am Comments are Disabled

MERCY Mounthawk’s 1st year boys team created history becoming the 1st boys team from the school to capture an All-Ireland A schools title on Sunday at University of Limerick. They defeated a St Pats of Castleisland side on a scoreline of 29 to 26 in a nail biting contest, capping off a magical […]

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‘Digi Tralee’ Event As Part Of Bank Of Ireland’s Enterprise Week

‘Digi Tralee’ Event As Part Of Bank Of Ireland’s Enterprise Week

May 9, 2017 at 10:12 am Comments are Disabled

  BANK of Ireland in Tralee will host a business event during their National Enterprise Week later this month. ‘Digi Tralee’, a business event for SMEs and startups takes place on Monday, May 15 from 8.15am to 9.15am in the Castle Street branch. Guest speakers include local media business owner Ken Tobin, co-founder of HQ […]

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Tralee Jobless Figure Falls Again In April

Tralee Jobless Figure Falls Again In April

May 9, 2017 at 10:12 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE’S jobless figures is down over 600 on the same month in 2016 according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office. There was a drop of 118 people signing on the live register from March to April in Tralee. The number now stands at 4,301, a fall of around 12% from […]

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Ashe Memorial Hall To Be Rededicated To Thomas Ashe

Ashe Memorial Hall To Be Rededicated To Thomas Ashe

May 9, 2017 at 10:11 am Comments are Disabled

  TO mark the centenary year of the death of the Lispole native and Kerry 1916 leader, the Ashe Memorial Hall on Denny Street, Tralee is to be rededicated to Thomas Ashe at a ceremony hosted by Kerry County Council on Monday, May 22 at 11am. The building, which was […]

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Kerry Minor Team To Face The Rebels Named

Kerry Minor Team To Face The Rebels Named

May 8, 2017 at 9:03 pm Comments are Disabled

TWO Na Gaeil players will line out in the Kerry minor football team to play Cork in the Electric Ireland Munster Minor Football Championship Semi -Final at Páirc Uí Rinn on Wednesday evening. There are two changes in personnel and a number of positional changes from the side that defeated Clare in […]

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QUIZ: Can You Name These 20 Tralee Pubs By Emojis?

QUIZ: Can You Name These 20 Tralee Pubs By Emojis?

May 8, 2017 at 3:47 pm Comments are Disabled

MONDAY may be the start of the working week for most, but that doesn’t mean it we can’t have a little fun the brighten things up even further on this glorious day. Friends of TraleeToday.ie sent in this quiz, made up by some ladies enjoying Saturday night on the town. They’re […]

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The committee and well wishers of the Fleadh Cheoil Chiarraí 2017 at the launch of the event at The Ashe Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

Tralee Looks Forward To Hosting Fleadh Cheoil Chiarraí

May 8, 2017 at 2:57 pm Comments are Disabled

A LARGE crowd gathered at The Ashe Hotel on Friday night to launch Fleadh Cheoil Chiarraí. The event takes place in Tralee between May 17 to May 21 and it promises to be a nice tourism and economic boost to the town, as it was last year. Friday was a lovely night of entertainment […]

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Number Of Tralee Businesses Nominated In Irish Hospitality Awards

Number Of Tralee Businesses Nominated In Irish Hospitality Awards

May 8, 2017 at 2:13 pm Comments are Disabled

  A NUMBER of Tralee businesses are among the contenders in various categories for The Irish Hospitality Awards 2017. Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre, Bella Bia, Bailys Corner, Kirby’s Brogue Inn, Spa Seafoods, Denton B&B, Rosemont B&B and Castlemorris House are all shortlisted in categories in the first Irish Hospitality Awards, taking place on Sunday, […]

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Mary McDaid from Listowel, Co. Kerry has won €21,000 on last Saturdays (6th May 2017) National Lottery Winning Streak game show on RTE.  Pictured here at the presentation of the winning cheques were from left to right: Marty Whelan, Winning Streak game show co-host; Mary McDaid, the winning recipient; Jenny Fisher, Head of Legal & Regulatory Affairs, The National Lottery and Sinead Kennedy, Winning Streak game show co-host. The winning ticket was bought from Esso Spar Service station, Bridge Road, Listowel, Co. Kerry. Pic: Mac Innes Photography.

Listowel Woman Mary Wins Thousands On ‘Winning Streak’

May 8, 2017 at 1:45 pm Comments are Disabled

A LISTOWEL woman enjoyed her trip to Dublin at the weekend and came home considerably richer. Mary McDaid appeared on The National Lottery’s Winning Streak gameshow on RTE where she won €21,000. Mary, who will be celebrating a big birthday this July, is a Special Needs Assistant at the Nano Nagle […]

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Dancers from the Oliver Hurley School Of Musical Theatre at the Bank of Ireland Enterprise Towns event on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Businesses And Sports Clubs Showcased At Enterprise Towns Event

May 8, 2017 at 10:30 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE businesses and sports clubs were to the fore over two days at the Bank of Ireland Enterprise Towns event at Tralee Sports and Leisure Centre over the weekend. There were over 100 stalls set up in the gym to showcase businesses on Friday evening at the beginning of the event […]

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Revenue Office Raises Funds For Kerry Hospice

Revenue Office Raises Funds For Kerry Hospice

May 8, 2017 at 10:15 am Comments are Disabled

KIND-HEARTED employees from the revenue office at Spa Road decided to raise funds for the new palliative care unit at University Hospital Kerry recently. Two weeks ago the workers decided to hold a cake sale where the staff brought in home baking and the staff donated into jars, raising around €600. […]

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CH Fashion And Beauty Night Raises Funds For Great Cause

CH Fashion And Beauty Night Raises Funds For Great Cause

May 7, 2017 at 11:36 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was a good turnout in CH Chemists on The Mall on Friday evening for a night of beauty and style tips from the experts. The Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre benefitted from donations on the night where guests enjoyed refreshments on arrival, followed by health, beauty and style […]

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The Listellick pupils who made their First Holy Communion at Our Lady and St Brendan's Church on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Pupils From Schools Around Town Celebrate First Holy Communion Day

May 7, 2017 at 11:14 am Comments are Disabled

CHILDREN from four schools from around Tralee enjoyed a dry day as they made their First Holy Communion on Saturday morning. Caherleaheen NS pupils were in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in Rathass, St John’s Castle Street hosted Moyderwell sixth class, Listellick NS pupils and their families converged on Our […]

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VIDEO: Have You Got A Fidget Spinning Problem Like Tadhg?

VIDEO: Have You Got A Fidget Spinning Problem Like Tadhg?

May 7, 2017 at 11:05 am Comments are Disabled

MANY of you will probably recognise this problem. People have become obsessed with those fidget spinner yokes and video-blogging funny guy, Tadhg Fleming from Ballymac has captured how difficult life can be when you’re a ‘spinaholic’. Take it away Tadhg…

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Roger Harty: In Doing We Learn

Roger Harty: In Doing We Learn

May 7, 2017 at 11:04 am Comments are Disabled

YES, there are many great pleasures in life, but I always feel a certain deep pleasure in being able to do something new that I initially doubted was within my remit to do. You see, when we do something new, self-doubt comes as part of the package. In fact, I […]

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Kerry Rose Danielle O'Sullivan cuts the tape to start the Darkness Into Light Tralee event on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Thousands Take Part In ‘Darkness Into Light’ Walk In Tralee

May 6, 2017 at 4:33 pm 1 comment

IT was a special morning as thousands made their way to CBS The Green for the second annual ‘Darkness Into Light’ Tralee walk held in aid of Pieta House. Numbers were difficult to quantify, but one of the organisers we spoke to this morning thought it may have even surpassed the 4,000+ who […]

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Contestants Megan Buckley Heelan, Sandra Fleming, Carol Ní Liathain, Shannon Ní Dhálaigh and Emma O'Connor at the Miss Kerry 2017 contest in The Brehon Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: More From Miss Kerry 2017 (Part 2)

May 6, 2017 at 2:50 pm Comments are Disabled

MISS Kerry 2017 was held last night in The Brehon Hotel in Killarney and, as reported earlier (click here for previous story), it was a Ballyduff woman who won the crown. Tamara Goggin will now go forward to the Miss Ireland contest. Here’s some more photos from the event in […]

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Carol Kennelly, Noel Keane and Mary Stapleton Foley at the pre-opening party for Croí Restaurant in The Square on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Croí Hosts Pre-Opening Party At New Restaurant

May 6, 2017 at 10:13 am Comments are Disabled

A NEW restaurant opened on Friday night in The Square, but the night before was an occasion to welcome suppliers, friends and well-wishers to Croí. Noel Keane, Kevin O’Connor and Paul Cotter served up some wine, beer and canapés to guests who wished the lads well in their venture on […]

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Contestants at the Miss Kerry 2017 contest in The Brehon Hotel on Friday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Glamour At Miss Kerry 2017 Contest In The Brehon

May 6, 2017 at 10:12 am Comments are Disabled

THE Brehon Hotel was the venue for the glamour of the Miss Kerry 2017 contest last night and the venue was packed to see another north Kerry winner. After Niamh Enright from Listowel was crowned last year, she handed over her title to a Ballyduff lady, Tamara Goggin. She beat […]

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McCann At The Movies: Marvellous Marvel Do It Again

McCann At The Movies: Marvellous Marvel Do It Again

May 6, 2017 at 10:12 am 1 comment

Our movie reviewer, John McCann, says Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 is a thrill-a-minute ride for audiences… Three years after James Gunn’s surprising box office smash hit, Guardians of the Galaxy, comes the long awaited Vol 2 tailored with  the unenviable task of trying to match its predecessor’s energy, […]

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Tralee’s Euromillions Winner Collects Cheque And Plans To Buy House

Tralee’s Euromillions Winner Collects Cheque And Plans To Buy House

May 5, 2017 at 10:29 pm 1 comment

THE man who won €500,000 in the Euromillions Plus on Tuesday in Tralee collected his winnings today at National Lottery Headquarters. The hardworking dad, who wishes to remain anonymous, bought his winning ticket at the Clifford & Sons Gala store in Mounthawk in Tralee and now plans on buying a […]

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PHOTOS: Students Sports Day Raises Funds For Jigsaw Kerry

PHOTOS: Students Sports Day Raises Funds For Jigsaw Kerry

May 5, 2017 at 3:58 pm Comments are Disabled

IT might have been colder than recent days, but students from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí weren’t long getting warmed up at Na Gaeil GAA pitch on Friday. The school held a sports day with donations made on the day to Jigsaw Kerry, the organisation which helps young people with mental health issues. […]

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Contract Signed To Build Four Local Authority Houses In Oakpark

Contract Signed To Build Four Local Authority Houses In Oakpark

May 5, 2017 at 2:02 pm 4 comments

  KERRY County Council has appointed Parkway Contracts Ltd to construct four new housing units in Tralee. The houses are being provided under the government’s Rebuilding Ireland programme at a cost of just over €700,000. The units, which will be constructed at Bill Kinnerk Road, Oakpark, will include two three-bedroom semi-detached […]

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Kerry Students Among Prizes At National Enterprise Awards

Kerry Students Among Prizes At National Enterprise Awards

May 5, 2017 at 12:57 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY students scooped three awards in the National Final of the Local Enterprise Student Enterprise Awards was held on the 3rd May 2017 in Croke Park. The Intermediate Category entry Dylan Mangan from Killorglin Community College secured the “Most Creative Use of  Social Media” Award for his company “grandparentsmemories.com’. This includes grandparent’s […]

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Cast members of 'Flour Babies' at CBS The Green on Thursday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Students Stage Entertaining Play At CBS The Green

May 5, 2017 at 12:24 pm Comments are Disabled

TRANSITION Year students from both CBS The Green and Presentation Secondary were entertaining audiences this week with a production of a play at CBS. Anne Fine’s ‘Flour Babies’ was staged on Wednesday and Thursday and was well-attended on both nights. The play, organised by The Green’s TY students, follows a class of […]

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Catriona O'Sullivan and her work at the art exhibition at Coláiste Gleann Lí on Thursday evening. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Beautiful Art On Display At Coláiste Gleann Lí

May 5, 2017 at 10:30 am Comments are Disabled

THERE was some stunning work on display from art students of night classes held at Colaiste Gleann Lí, at the school on Thursday night. The 42 artists, ranging in age from 18 to 86 years of age, have been attending classes in eight week courses from October to March under the […]

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Tralee Woman’s Business Shortlisted For National Start-Up Award

Tralee Woman’s Business Shortlisted For National Start-Up Award

May 5, 2017 at 9:36 am Comments are Disabled

  BANK of Ireland has announced the 96 companies shortlisted for the Bank of Ireland Startup Awards 2017 with three Kerry businesses nominated for awards. Maura’s Cottage Flowers, based in Tralee, has been shortlisted in the ‘Home or Craft Based Startup’ category, Killarney business AAC Tech has been shortlisted in the […]

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Five Things To Do Around Town This Weekend

Five Things To Do Around Town This Weekend

May 5, 2017 at 9:31 am Comments are Disabled

You’re spoilt for choice this weekend as regards things to do. County Fair, Enterprise Towns, Darkness Into Light and more… Friday 1. Fashion at CH… There is a fantastic night of beauty and fashion planned at CH Chemists tonight with donations to the Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre. There’s […]

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Paul Cotter, Kevin O'Connor and Noel Keane in Croí which opens this Friday in town. Photo  by Dermot Crean

Original ‘Gangsters’ To Create Something Special In Town With New Restaurant ‘Croí’

May 4, 2017 at 12:11 pm Comments are Disabled

A NEW restaurant opens in the heart of Tralee on Friday night and promises to create incredible  dishes with all the ingredients sourced entirely from Tralee and the surrounding area. Three members of the well known ‘Tralee Culinary Gangsters’, famous for their blogging and cookery demos around the county, are behind ‘Croí’ which will […]

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