ON Friday morning, the results of years of study bore fruit for hundreds of students from IT Tralee. The students from courses in the School of Business, Computing and Humanities gathered at the Brandon Hotel for their conferring ceremony and received the congratulations from the IT Tralee President, Oliver Murphy. […]

PUPILS had a great start to the mid-term break when the school dressed up for a Halloween party on Friday. Vampires, zombies, witches and superheroes walked the corridors of the school as each class got a chance to enjoy party games and fun in the school hall. A fun time then […]

HUNDREDS of students gathered in the Brandon Conference Centre on Friday for two IT Tralee conferring ceremonies. In the afternoon it was the turn of students who completed courses in the School of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics and the School of Health and Social Sciences to step up to […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Na Gaeil v Glenbeigh/Glencar, County Junior Premier Football Championship Final Replay, Fitzgerald Stadium, Sunday 2:30pm… THERE is a chance for both sides to reset the clock after the arduous drawn final two weeks ago, which was slog for players and those in the stand and […]

COLLEAGUES of Marc Ó Sé at CBS The Green threw a surprise party for him on Friday to say thanks for his 14 years of service to the Kerry senior football team. “I have been very lucky that they have been very supportive down through the years,” said Marc who began teaching in […]

AS we reported earlier (click here for previous coverage), Thursday saw students from the School of Health and Social Sciences conferred with degrees at the Brandon Conference Centre. They were some of the close on 1,000 IT Tralee students attending graduation ceremonies on Thursday and Friday. The graduation was a special occasion for the […]

AN Taoiseach Enda Kenny has launched a new service from the Federation for Victim Assistance,  a group co-founded by a Tralee woman. Former Tralee Town Councillor, Mairead Fernane, joint-president of the organisation, was in Dublin for the launch of the new confidential freephone number 1800 277 477 which has been established to provide free […]

The weekend is upon us and it’s a long one. Yippee! Here’s a few things you can head out to in town and beyond… Saturday 1. Go to the dogs… A night at the dogs at Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in aid of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House Kerry is on Saturday. This […]

FORMER Rose of Tralee Maria Walsh was one of the guest speakers at an evening of fashion, fun and awareness in Benners Hotel on Thursday night. ‘Think Pink, Think Positive’, in aid of Breast Cancer Research, was an evening for ladies, by ladies with some inspirational speakers, including Daily Diva Diary founder Helen Quealy-Murphy and […]

SATURDAY should be a very special day in The Meadowlands Hotel, when ladies who completed their leaving certificate in Presentation Tralee back in 1966 meet again. Anne Kelliher is the main organisers of the event and is looking forward to meeting old friends. Anne lived in nearby Moyderwell/Upper Castle Street and remembered her […]

THURSDAY saw the first of three sessions of conferrings for almost 1,000 students who are graduating from IT Tralee. The Brandon Conference Centre was the venue yesterday afternoon for students from the School of Health and Social Sciences. Hundreds donned the caps and gowns to receive their hard-earned qualifications and Dr Oliver […]

IF you haven’t got your ticket for the  the inaugural John Mitchels GAA Club ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ event this weekend then you’re out of luck. The organisers have announced that the Sunday night event is a sell-out success with 700 tickets sold at €20 a head. The Boherbee faithful really stepped […]

WORK on a new housing development in Tralee is now underway. Work on an access road to a development of 46 detached houses at  at Lisloose, off the Bracker O’Regan road has begun. The houses are being constructed on lands owned by the Lynch Family. Permission was granted for the development by Kerry […]

IT may only be October, but people are already getting ready for the Tralee Marathon Series which will be getting underway on February 12, 2017, with the Valentines 10 miler. This race was sold out last year and an appeal has gone out for participants to register as early as possible. The full […]

THE RSA and An Garda Síochána are teaming up with Applegreen Service Station to help keep drivers alert this weekend. With the clocks going back this weekend, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána today urged road-users to ensure they can be clearly seen when out on the roads as […]

IT WAS a special day in Blennerville National School on Thursday when a pupil got her lovely locks chopped for charity. Third class pupil, Kayla O’Connor, from Curraheen, decided during the summer that she would donate some of her hair to the Little Princess cancer charity and today was the […]

THE 4th annual Connect Ladies Lunch & Fashion Afternoon was officially launched this week at a photo-call in Ballyroe Heights Hotel. In support of Recovery Haven Cancer Support House in Tralee, the Connect Lunch on Sunday, November 27, will begin the Christmas season in style with a champagne reception, 4 course luncheon […]

THE programme and line-up for The Celebration of Christie Hennessy Festival, which is now in it’s sixth year, has been announced. This year’s festival which will be held in The Rose Hotel on November 25-26 and will feature performances from, John Spillane, Mikey Harte and Aonghus McAnally. There will also be […]

A report on the Munster Under 15A Semi Final… Tralee CBS 4-13 Rochestown College 5-6 Tralee CBS have qualified for the Munster U15 final following a tremendous 2nd half comeback in which they scored an astonishing seventeen points with no reply. Played in ideal conditions in Millstreet “The Green” started […]

THE inaugural Kerry Science Festival, which is a week-long schedule of science events taking place across the county, takes place between Sunday, November 13 and Sunday, November 20. People of all ages will be invited to enjoy and participate in a programme of free public engagement events, community talks, exhibitions, shows and school workshops. According […]

IT’S going to be a busy couple of days around town as almost 1,000 IT Tralee students will attend their graduation ceremonies. One of the main highlights of the IT Tralee calendar, the students will graduate on Thursday and Friday at the Brandon Conference Centre in Tralee. Each of the 26 counties, in addition […]

SIX different Tralee schools converged on the gym at Mercy Mounthawk for the school’s first annual Primary Schools Basketball Tournament. The purpose of the day was to promote basketball within local schools and too have some fun as well. Fifth and sixth class boys were chosen to represent their schools in the […]

THE past week has seen a return of ghosts and zombies to Kerry County  Museum as visitors have been thrilled by the Haunted Hall. Scores of pupils from primary schools have braved the experience over the past number of days, but it will be the turn of the general public to […]

TWO men in their 20s are to appear in court today in Tralee after over €26,000 worth of crystal meth was seized by Gardai in Killarney. It was between 2 and 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon when Gardai in Killarney carried out a planned operation yesterday afternoon where two vehicles were stopped separately, in the […]

A MOUNTAIN climb  held by workers at an Abbeydorney-based company raised over €10,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. On Monday, Nicola O’Callaghan of the Business Development Team at TLI Group, handed the cheque for €10,081 to Helena Bibby, Corporate Development Manager, at Temple Street Hospital who thanked the company for their efforts. […]

SO last weekend I was walking to my car after work at about 10.45pm and I encountered two guys who were clearly drunk, so I walked off the path and on to the road as they were blocking my way. As I walked by, they were joined by a third guy […]

UNIVERSITY of Limerick has appointed former editor of The Kerryman and Managing Director of The Irish Daily Star, Ger Colleran, as Adjunct Professor of Journalism. Mr Colleran lived in Ballymac when he was editor of The Kerryman newspaper from 1994 to 1999. He then moved to Dublin to become editor of The Star and later […]

IT was a memorable Monday for Kerry man, Ljatif Saiti who won the top prize of €200,000 on his All Cash Spectacular scratch card which he purchased in Healy’s Newsagent in his hometown of Killarney. Ljatif, who is originally from Kosovo, was joined by his family as he collected his whopping […]

CAPITALISING on tourism potential, attracting investment and generating more positive PR about Tralee were some of the issues discussed at the 2016 Tralee Chamber Alliance Think In held at Ballygarry House Hotel and Spa last week. Five key action areas were identified by the 38 positive-minded representatives of all professional sectors […]

DINERS are invited to take part in a fun night whilst dining blindfolded in order to raise much-needed funds for the National Council for The Blind Ireland (NCBI) Cassidy’s Restaurant on Abbey Street is taking part in ‘Dine In The Dark’ for NCBI this November and it’s being promoted by one of Ireland’s top […]