THE new World Of Tiles showroom will open this Saturday with the creation of five new jobs. Everyone is invited to celebrate the opening day from 11am – 2pm at unit 2, The Mile Height, Tralee. World of Tiles Tralee is the fourth branch to open in the country with other […]

A TOP DJ will play a Tralee nightclub this Saturday night. DJ Ahmed of SPIN 1038 is regarded as one of Ireland’s biggest and most popular DJs whose name is synonymous with what’s happening in all the top clubs, concerts, festivals in Ireland. DJ Ahmed has also supported big acts such […]

IT’S just one more night until Lee Strand and the National Dairy Council welcome hundreds of people for a Health and Wellbeing Evening in the Brandon Hotel, Tralee. The event on Thursday will host high profile guest speakers including: Derval O’Rourke, Irish Olympic Athlete and cookbook author; Aidan O’Mahony, Kerry Football […]

THE Kerry launch of Darkness Into Light took place at Tralee Bay Wetlands on Tuesday night. The launch was kicked off with a few words from Pieta House Chief Clinical Officer, Cindy O’Connor, where she thanked everyone for supporting Pieta House. The guests were then invited to release lighting ‘lanterns of […]

THE winners of the Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month awards for March have been announced today and Garveys Tralee Warriors are among the winners again. In fact, for the second month in a row, both star player Trae Pemberton and Head Coach, Mark Bernsen have scooped the Player […]

ANYONE who’s familiar with the classic movie, ‘The Shawshank Redemption’, might like this. Impersonator Aidan Tierney is obviously a big fan of Colm Cooper as he mimics Morgan Freeman’s character, Red’s dialogue from the famous prison flick for this tribute to the footballing genius. Uploaded around midnight last night, it’s already received […]

A TRALEE-BASED financial services consultancy, Premier Financial Services, has won the industry’s top accolade, after being awarded the prestigious LPI Best Investment Broker in Ireland Award at the annual Life, Pensions and Investment Industry Awards in the Croke Park Stadium, Dublin, recently. Over 530 financial services professionals attended the LPI Awards […]

GAELCHOLÁISTE Chiarraí Students enjoyed a concert by the Irish Band, Seo Linn, in the Rose Hotel on Tuesday. Seo Linn are a new, young, Irish band that have a passion for the Irish language. They sing original songs but also do a powerful take on some contemporary songs. Not only […]

IT’S been some few days for Garveys Tralee Warriors. In fact, it’s been a whirlwind eight months for the new arrivals in the Men’s Superleague. The weekend though was something special. They faced Templeogue in the National Champions Trophy final on Sunday afternoon in Letterkenny and after Kieran Donaghy levelled to […]

THE Tralee Tidy Town Group and Team Bramble are calling on everyone to take part in this Saturday’s County Clean-Up event. As a town, Tralee has scored five Gold Medals in a row and the groups are encouraging all to keep up our standards to receive a 6th. The Tralee Tidy Town Group are […]

A BUSINESS event with a great family entertainment element featuring something for everyone takes place this Sunday and huge crowds are expected to attend. The Kerry EXPO takes place on April 9 in the INEC and the entire event promises fun, activity and a stellar line up of family entertainment. Over […]

KERRY Education and Training Board and Kerry County Council in partnership with the Institute of Technology, Tralee, Kerry Diocesan Youth Service , Ealain na Gaeltachta and local music educators and schools, have announced their intention to apply to Music Generation for up to €600,000 in seed funding to develop new music […]

A MURDER investigation has been launched by gardaí in Listowel into the death of a man in his 70s in Rattoo, near Ballyduff, earlier today. The man died when the car he was driving was in collision with a teleporter this morning. The driver of the teleporter, a man in his 60s, […]

STRICT visitor restrictions have been introduced with immediate effect at University Hospital Kerry due to a number of patients with suspected norovirus – commonly known as the vomiting bug. This is in the interest of patient care and in order to curb the spread of the vomiting bug within the Hospital. […]

A BALLYDUFF man was named Best Young Business Person at the Micro Business Awards at the weekend. “It was a fantastic honour to receive such a wonderful award and I truly hope that I can live up to the title in the coming months/years,” wrote Aidan O’Carroll of Avalanche Designs in […]

EASTER is coming and it’s bringing loads of fun in the shape of the Tír na nÓg festival. Tralee Chamber Alliance is organising three events during the children’s festival, from which all profits raised will go to charity. It starts off on Friday, April 14 with Fun at the Playdium from 11am – 1pm. […]

IT was a wet and windy finish today to Listellick National School’s ‘Walk a Marathon in a Month’ Challenge. Mr. Jimmy Deenihan, Chairperson of the Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership and a former P.E Teacher himself, returned to the school having kicked off the event back in February, to present […]

THERE’S plenty of videos on YouTube displaying the genius of Colm Cooper during his Kerry career. If your feeling nostalgic and you’ve a bit of time on your hands, here’s a selection of them below. Ah, the memories…

Gardaí in Listowel are investigating all of the circumstances surrounding the death of a man following a collision involving a car and a teleporter vehicle. The incident occurred in Rattoo, Ballyduff. At approximately 8:45am Gardaí and Emergency Services were called to the scene of a collision involving a car and […]

As expected, Colm Cooper’s retirement from inter-county football is garnering tributes galore on Twitter. Here’s just a selection of them… @colmcooper13 Only fitting you should sign off on such a high note Enjoy the rest of your life#thekidwhogotitall — Eoin Liston (@EoinListon) April 4, 2017 Feel very privileged to have […]

To book tickets click here A TRALEE company has made the final six in the All Stars Technology Business Of The Year. ViClarity, a company that provide Risk & Compliance software in the healthcare and financial services sectors  have been nominated for “All Stars Technology Business Of The Year”. The awards […]

TRIBUTES have been paid to Colm Cooper on the announcement of his retirement from inter-county football this morning. His former managers Jack O’Connor and Eamonn Fitzmaurice have both released statements on the Dr Crokes man’s retirement. “On behalf of the players and management I would like to congratulate Colm Cooper […]

KERRY legend Colm Cooper this morning announced his retirement from Kerry football. In a statement on the Kerry GAA website this morning Cooper, who turns 34 in June, says it feels that now is the right time to step away from the Kerry set-up. “Today I wish to announce my […]

THE spirit of entrepreneurship was alive and well in Spa National School on Monday as the school’s 5th class students launched their 2017 J.E.P Project, “Spa’s Scrumptious Sweets”! The Junior Entrepreneur Programme is specifically designed to promote entrepreneurship amongst primary school students. Since 2010, over 26,000 primary school students in Ireland have participated […]

GARDAI in Kerry are warning the public about an email phishing scam after a woman in the county was conned out of €2,000. The email purports to be from telecommunications company Eir contacting customers to inform them they are due a refund on their bill. They direct customers to a […]

GARDAI are investigating a number of burglaries around the county over the past week. The Official men’s clothing store on Castle Street was broken into at around 5.30am on Wednesday morning. The front door was forced in and a sum of cash was taken in the burglary. In anyone was in […]

AS part of Creative Ireland, the new cultural initiative aimed at promoting wellbeing and participation through creativity, an annual ‘Culture Day’ will get its first outing this coming Easter Monday, April 17. Events are taking place across the country, including Kerry.  Kerry County Council, working in partnership with the creative […]

A FINE day for football suited Kerry on Sunday as they comfortably beat Tyrone in Killarney by 1-21 to 2-11. The result was never in doubt after a blistering start from the home side and their efforts were rewarded at the end of the day when they realised they had […]

THE Rose of Tralee organisers are expecting a flurry of entries this week when girls aged 6 to 10 (and their parents) begin to download Rose Bud application forms for this year’s festival. Each lucky Rose Bud will be twinned with a Rose, take part in two parades, attend an exclusive […]

Mike O’Halloran reflects on Kerry’s loss of Division 1B status and says the hurlers can hold their heads high as great ambassadors for the county… We left Thomond Park on Saturday evening on a high after witnessing Munster demolish Toulouse in the final minutes with an ex Leinster man Andrew […]