ST Michael’s Drama Group Lixnaw will present the hilarious comedy “The Maiden Aunt”, written by Irish playwright Jimmy Keary, at An Ceolann, Lixnaw running for four nights from Thursday, February 16 to Sunday, February 19. With a cast of eight, the play, directed by Mike O’Halloran, revolves around Gertie O’Grady, […]

TRALEE basketball legend, Rick Leonard has been unveiled as the Grand Marshal for the 2017 St Patrick’s Day Parade in Tralee, with the theme: A Celebration of Tralee Sport. Local community groups and organisations, as well as clubs, schools and businesses are invited to take part in what is always […]

THERE was a rush for bargains on Saturday afternoon at Benners Hotel for a sale of ‘New and Pre Loved Clothes. Held in aid of Blennerville National School, the sale saw a very busy opening hour and steady stream of people visit during the afternoon, eventually raising €965 at the weekend. Continued […]

WHEN I started writing articles and blogs, I did so because I was trying to be the voice for the teenagers around me and I was trying to be the much needed primary source for parents of teenagers out there. In many ways, I think that I have been quite […]

KERRY’S top stylists will do battle at a fantastic charity event next month which is a must for fashion lovers. ‘Rags To The Runway’, which takes place at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday, March 11, is a unique fashion event for anyone with an interest in thrift shopping, vintage clothes […]

THERE are two McNamee awards on their way to Kerry this Friday after the winners of the GAA National Communication and Media Awards were announced. The awards are presented annually in recognition of outstanding contributions made by individuals and Association units in the area of media and communications. Past Kerry […]

THERE was a lot of excitement in Spa National School on Monday at the launch of its upcoming ‘Night at the Dogs’ fundraiser. The school will host the night at the Kingdom Greyhound Track on Saturday March 11, and it promises to be a fantastic family night out. All funds raised […]

TRALEE schools produced winners in one of the country’s biggest art competitions, run by the Irish League of Credit Unions (ILCU). The prize-winners were announced at a special  ceremony in Croke Park on Sunday last with broadcasting legend Marty Whelan as MC. Continued below… Cash prizes awarded to each of the […]

WORKS to convert Denny Street into a two-way and the creation of a pedestrian-friendly Mall area will begin in days. John Craddock Ltd, a Kildare based contractor, signed the contract for the Tralee Town Centre improvement works funded by the Department of Transport and Kerry County Council as part of […]

SO that’s breakfast sorted. McDonald’s will hand out over 100,000 free Egg McMuffins this Free Breakfast Friday, on February 17, including at their Tralee restaurant. All 91 McDonald’s restaurants around Ireland will participate in the giveaway, whereby customers can exchange vouchers – available in the restaurant –  for either a free Bacon […]

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 […]