KERRY stars turned up to see the next generation of blues at a family fun day at the Kerins O’Rahillys Club on Sunday. David Moran and Barry John Keane were fresh from their efforts against Mayo the night before and, along with fellow Kerry squad member Cormac Coffey, gave tips […]

WHILE just under 9,000 people paid in to see the Kerry v Mayo match on Saturday night, it’s almost certain that the next Kerry game under lights in Tralee will be a sellout. Tickets for Kerry v Dublin are flying out of the shop in Garveys Supervalu at the moment. TraleeToday.ie was in […]

GARDAI are looking for the public’s help in relation to a burglary in town last week. On Thursday night last, February 9, there was a burglary at a house at McCowen’s Lane between 11.30pm and 6am. During the incident a 58 inch JVC television was taken. The front door of the house […]

  Fáilte Ireland has announced the installation of thirty new engaging interpretation panels at all of its Discovery Points along the Wild Atlantic Way in  Kerry. The panels are situated at local spots such Banna Beach, Fenit Harbour and Ballyheigue  featuring local stories chosen as a direct result of local consultation and engagement […]

THE ten charities and services to benefit from the Ring Of Kerry Charity Cycle 2017 were announced this morning in Killarney. The wildly popular event has raised more than €11.9 million raised to date and draws entrants from all over the country. It was also revealed organisers are scrapping the lottery system which […]

THAT was cold. It was a very chilly Sunday morning for the runners in the Kerry’s Eye Tralee International Valentines Weekend 10 Mile Road Race yesterday. A crowd of around 400 took part in the sellout event which was run over a section of the full and half-marathon route to give runners a […]

Mike O’Halloran reflects on Kerry’s great comeback yesterday against Laois in Austin Stack Park… JUST over 500 people braved the biting cold to see Kerry rise Phoenix like from the ashes of a slash and burn first half Blitzkrieg from Laois to eventually win by 3-14 to 0-19. Laois led by […]

EARLIER we told you about the enormous success of last night’s Ballymac GAA Club ‘Strictly Love Dancing’ event (click here for previous coverage). Hundreds had a fantastic time at the Ballygarry House Hotel watching the action and there was no shortage of style off the dance floor as well, as […]

Tralee CBS provided this report of an amazing Munster A U18 1/2 Corn Uí Mhuiri Semi Final Replay, plus loads of great photos from Adrienne McLoughlin… Tralee CBS 2-11 Coláiste Críost Rí 1-14 (AET) The term “epic” in a sporting context is reserved for contests that surpass the norm in […]

OVER 100 ladies were upstairs in CH Chemists on Saturday for the first of two sellout masterclasses from a hugely popular beauty blogger. Lisa Jordan (Just Jordan) was fashionably late, but she didn’t disappoint those present, many of whom came from Kenmare, Killarney and north Kerry to see her at […]

THE parish of Ballymac descended on Ballygarry House Hotel on Saturday night for the local GAA Club’s second ‘Strictly Love Dancing’ event. A sellout crowd of around 700 people were entertained by the slick dance moves of the 12 couples – put through their paces over the past number of weeks […]

Cork International Hotel Cork Airport THERE was something soulless in the past about airport hotels that made you glad you weren’t staying very long. They were normally a stop-gap for an early morning flight or somewhere to lay your head if the plane gets in late and you were too tired to drive […]

A PACKED house again saw Garveys Tralee Warriors win a vital game against Killester to retain fourth place in the Men’s Superleague. They’re now nine points clear of Killester in the table, although the Dublin club have two games in hand on Tralee. Warriors knew what they had to do and […]

IF we are to be honest I’m sure even though we might not like to admit it there is a bit of a detective hidden in all of us. I used to love watching the TV detective ‘Columbo’ many years ago, when he would turn around at the last minute […]

KERRY 1-10 MAYO 0-15 MAYO fans are enjoying their night in Tralee after their side overcame a four point half time deficit to win by two at Austin Stack Park tonight. Kerry couldn’t capitalise on their victory last week in Donegal and some good work in the first half was […]

“TIS only massive.” That’s what the ladies were saying as they watched Jamie Dornan in ‘Fifty Shades Darker’ last night. Yes they really were impressed with the size of that screen. The OmniplexMAXX experience finally came to Tralee last night. We had a good look at what it offers before the punters […]

AN inspiring evening featuring guest speakers from the sport, fitness and positive psychology world took place in The Ashe Hotel on Friday night. Operation Transformation’s Dr Eddie Murphy was one of the guest speakers at The Kerryman-sponsored event, along with Gerry Duffy, Shane Finn, Zoe O’Connor and Caroline McEnery. Continued below… […]

ST Vincent de Paul Tralee will hold their first customer appreciation event this year on Valentine’s Day, February 14. The customer appreciation day will begin at 12pm and finish at 4pm. The event will take place in the Saint Vincent de Paul’s Clothes shop, Friary Lane. The society of St Vincent […]

TRANSITION Year students from Presentation Tralee attended the afternoon session of the iWISH conference in Cork on Thursday. iWISH is targeted at female students making subject choices for senior cycle and encourages the students to take up STEM subjects – Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Applied Maths so as to be […]

Our columnist, Jennifer Kissane, writes about her experience of weaning with son Fionn… Since I last wrote, two weeks ago, we were awaiting the arrival of Fionn’s first tooth. We have had a double celebration as two bottom teeth arrived, one a few days after the other. Peace has now […]

THE hugely popular SciFest is returning to the IT Tralee this May and students from all over the county are invited to enter this year’s competition. Last year was a good one for one Kerry student as Natasha Myers from Killorglin Community College was awarded an Excellence in STEM award, for […]

THE Kerry Senior Hurling Team to play Laois in the opening round of the Allianz Hurling League on Sunday next in Austin Stack Park at 2pm captained by Aiden McCabe of Kilmoyley is as follows: 1 Aiden McCabe  – (C) Kilmoyley 2 Sean Weir  – Crotta O’Neills 3 Rory Horgan  – […]

AUSTIN Stacks’ Ronan Shanahan has been given his league debut for Kerry as Jack Barry of Na Gaeil starts with David Moran for midfield against Mayo on Saturday night. Jack Savage of Kerins O’Rahillys holds his place while his club mate Barry John Keane is on the bench for the clash. The […]

THE Institute of Technology Tralee has now started taking applications for the position of President of the college. Dr Oliver Murphy’s five year contract is coming to an end and the successful candidate will be taking on the role at a very important time for the college, as it prepares to merge […]

TRALEE Lions Club are holding their annual table quiz at the Meadowlands Hotel, at 8.30pm on Thursday, February 16. All are welcome to come and test their knowledge in aid of Kerry Cancer Support Group, Kerry Cork Health Link Bus. All funding comes entirely from sponsorship and fundraising events. The annual table […]

Well-known photographer John Cleary’s book, ‘Through The Lens’, is a treasure trove of memories for the people of Tralee and Kerry. Here’s just a few images from the book – which covers events from the 1970s – where you might see some familiar faces… John Cleary describes how this photo came […]

OVER 200 people from all over Munster attended the launch of Caroline McEnery’s book “The Art of Asking the Right Questions” on Thursday night. Causeway native Caroline McEnery is a HR & Employment Law Expert and Managing Director. Her book, ‘The Art of Asking the Right Questions’ is the ‘must […]

CHILDREN all over the country got out this morning for some physical activity as part of the Operation Transformation TV show drive to get people more healthy and active. Among the Tralee schools taking part in the ’10@10′ – which asked schools to take 10 minutes exercise at 10am – […]

A TRALEE woman who saved the lives of many schoolchildren during World War 1 will be remembered in London this summer. Teacher Mary O’Donnell ran into the Upper North Street primary school in the London district of Poplar in 1917 which had been bombed and pulled the children from the burning […]

There’s absolutely loads on this weekend in town, between sport, fashion and fun events. While Ballymac GAA Strictly Come Dancing and the Valentines 10 Mile run events are sold out, there’s still things you can get out to… Friday 1. Get Energised… Tonight sees well-known speakers from sport, fitness and positive psychology take the […]