Continuing our Review of 2016, here’s some of the stories we brought you in February… •  A UK clothing chain opened a new store on Abbeycourt. A number of new jobs were created at Mountain Warehouse – the UK-based discount outdoor clothing seller which has branches in Dublin, Wexford, Banbridge and Antrim – when it […]

THE Christmas season is also a time for many students around town to enjoy their Debs Balls and take a well-earned break from their studies. The Ballyroe Heights Hotel was the venue on Thursday night for Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí students to celebrate the festive season and well over 100 enjoyed the […]

BETWEEN walks, 5k runs and rugby matches, there’s no shortage of things to do on St Stephen’s Day. Another great event to support on the day is the 2016 Daniel Coffey Memorial Tournament. Taking place at Marian Park pitch from 10.30am, the tournament celebrates a talented footballer, Daniel Coffey, who sadly passed […]

IRELAND South MEP, Sean Kelly, was in Tralee yesterday to give people a festive treat in Kirby’s Brogue Inn. The Kilcummin man is home for the Christmas period and decided to treat people to mulled wine and mince pies in the Rock Street hostelry. It was also an opportunity for constituents to […]

A DOG owner whose pet was approached aggressively by another dog on the canal walk yesterday is calling on owners to keep their dogs on the leash when they see others coming towards them. Tom Foley posted his experience on the Tralee Do You Know Facebook page yesterday and numerous other owners […]

We begin our review of the news we brought you on TraleeToday.ie this year at, well, the obvious starting point…January… • TWO Tralee teenagers blagged their way into a $1,000 New Year’s Eve party in Sydney and uploaded a video to YouTube. Jack Stuart and Rory Doyle spent $65 on […]

THE St. Vincent de Paul Christmas Food Appeal was a tremendous success in Presentation Secondary School, Tralee this year. Following a visit from Christy Lynch, regional organiser of SVP, the Student Representative Council was motivated to organise the promotion of the appeal and the collection of food items and Christmas treats in […]

THE organisers have decided to postpone the Office Chair Racing which was planned for today. Organised by Tralee Chamber Alliance, this years’s event was to take place at 1pm on Neil Armstrong Way outside Siamsa Tire. However, due to the bad weather, it was decided to postpone the event until a later date, […]

KERRY Airport is to receive a funding boost of €562,602 from the Government. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport is allocating €2.77 million between the four regional airports – Kerry, Donegal, Ireland West Airport Knock, and Waterford. Announcing the funding, Transport Minister Shane Ross says these allocations are being made under […]

MERCY Mounthawk basketball is in rude health after recent victories left them looking forward to All-Ireland quarter-finals in the new year. The under 16 boys defeated CBS Tralee in the semi finals and ISK Killorglin in the Southwest final so they now move onto the All Ireland league quarter-final stage. The boys […]

THE weeks and weeks of rehearsing ‘Born In A Barn’ and other children’s Christmas songs paid off handsomely for the Junior and Senior Infants of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville last night. The little ones were the first to perform a Christmas concert in the school hall since it opened in January. […]

FOR those of you looking for things to do over the holiday period, here’s something that sounds like a bit of craic. The ‘old-timers’ in Crotta O’Neills and Abbeydorney will take to the field in what’s billed as a ‘Battle Of The Fittest’ showdown on Tuesday, December 28 at 1pm at […]

TRALEE gardaí were out in force on The Mall on Wednesday to undertake their annual Christmas charity collection. Starting at 12.30pm, a band struck up with various guest singers throughout the afternoon and Santa Claus helping with the fundraising. Continued below… Among them were members of Inspired group – the community-based project […]

THE Christmas period wouldn’t be the same without the annual panto in Siamsa Tíre and this year is going to special yet again. Oliver Hurley is the man at the helm and he’s promising his production of ‘Rapunzel’ will have songs, dance and no small amount of laughter when it […]

AN entertaining night of boxing at the The Ashe Hotel last November raised €700 for Recovery Haven. Organised by St Margaret’s Boxing Club, the ‘Fight Night’ event on November 19 saw members of the club and others taking to the ring, with two of the bouts even being contested blindfolded. Continued below… There were 14 keenly contested fights […]

THERE’S been huge interest in tomorrow night’s ‘Home For Christmas’ event at Benners Hotel according organisers. The Castle Street venue came up with something a little bit different for people back home for Christmas who want to catch up on with friends on Friday, December 23. ‘Home for Christmas’ is offering a new venue for the […]

CORCORANS Furniture & Carpets  will create 12 new jobs across Killarney and Tralee Stores with the launch their new 20,000ft Superstore in Manor Park, Tralee next week and their Bathroom, Tile, Stove & Fireplace Department in Killarney. The grand opening of the new Tralee Showroom on Tuesday, December 27 will coincide […]

KERRY businesses will champion the county as one of the top choices in Ireland for people to live and work at an event in the spring. To promote this, fourteen of Kerry’s largest industries together with twelve sponsors such as Kerry County Council, IDA, Enterprise Ireland, Local Enterprise Office to mention just a few […]

ALL students at Presentation Secondary School, Tralee were invited to wear Christmas Jumpers on Tuesday in order to raise funds for the Ronald McDonald house at Crumlin Children’s Hospital. However, students are being asked to use their creativity to “Upcycle” an existing jumper rather than wearing a shop-bought version. Continued below… […]

A FORMER Tralee Dynamos player has signed for Cobh Ramblers. The League of Ireland Airtricity First Division side made the announcement today on their website. The Tralee man – son of Paul Lowth of The Huddle Bar and wife Linda – joined the Cork club from Limerick FC. According to their […]

FIRST year students at CBS The Green took part in a travel challenge which saw them walking /cycling/carpooling to school to help ‘Keep the Green’s Air Clean’. This initiative organised by Ms C Kelliher is part of the school’s attempt to secure the fourth Green Flag from An Taisce. This year the theme […]

ENABLE Ireland Kerry will benefit to the tune of thousands in 2017 after being chosen as one of two organisations to benefit from TLI Group’s fundraising efforts. As a company TLI Group, based near Abbeydorney, continuously donate to worthy charities throughout Ireland and the UK.  For 2017 their staff voted and […]

THE Recovery Haven received a nice Christmas present of €1,857 this week after staff of a business in Manor West held a fundraiser earlier this month. Halfords were celebrating 10 years in Manor West on December 11 and to mark it they decided to raise funds for a local charity. […]

BANK of Ireland staff raised over €51,000 for charitable causes in Kerry in 2016 through the bank’s flagship charity and community initiative, Give Together. The charity programme gives Bank of Ireland staff throughout Ireland the chance to lend support to their chosen charities or causes through fundraising and volunteering. Four flagship charities; […]

WHILE we’re only entering the season of mince pies and turkey, many people’s thoughts will be turning to getting into a more healthy mode in the New Year. Well the perfect start would be hopping on your bike on Saturday, January 7 for the  Jimmy Duffy Memorial Cycle. Continued below… The […]

GARDAI in Kerry are warning homeowners to be vigilant against bogus callers over the Christmas period. There is an increase in these type of door to door callers at this time of the year. Homeowners are advised that big companies always introduce themselves and have identification. These companies let clients […]

GARDAI are trying to trace the movements of a vehicle they believe may have been involved in a burglary last week. A quantity of phones were taken from the Carphone Warehouse at Manor West shopping centre on Thursday morning, December 15. The gardaí are looking for a BMW SUV X5 […]

THIS is very good indeed. Remember when the guys at IT Tralee did Pulp Fiction Kerry Schtyle a few years back? Well more students from the college have given Star Wars the Kerry accent treatment in this new video. It was recorded, edited and mixed by third year Music Technology BA group […]

SUNDAY shopping was brightened up in Manor West shopping centre by the presence of Inspired, a community group working with adults with learning difficulties. The group took up position in Manor West Retail Park to sing carols. They were joined by the Transition Year students from both Mounthawk and Presentation […]

THE St Vincent de Paul team is very active these days in trying to get food hampers to the needy in Tralee and beyond. On Saturday, local TDs Martin Ferris, Michael Healy Rae and John Brassil helped out at the depot in making up the hampers and to highlight that donations […]