KERRY  County Council has recently agreed to provide funding of €10,000 annually to the Kerry-Cork Health Link Bus which provides transport for patients from Kerry attending Cork University Hospital. Cllr Donal Grady, who proposed the donation, said he was delighted to have put forward the suggestion of this financial support for […]

TRALEE Musical Society held an open night on Tuesday to help entice former members to dip their toes back into theatrics for the group’s 30th anniversary show. “What we’re trying to do is get in touch with people who have gone through the society over the years,” said Des Hurley of […]

A SPACE museum, micro-brewery and events centre were just a few of the ideas put forward from members of the public who gathered for two workshops in the Brandon Hotel on Tuesday to discuss plans and pitch ideas for the old Denny factory site near the Island of Geese which is due to […]

BASKETBALL, football, book launches, signings and a TV appearance are all booked into Kieran Donaghy’s schedule over the next month. The Austin Stacks man is to appear on ‘The Late Late Show’  the day after the launch of  his autobiography, ‘What Do You Think Of That?’. The book will hit […]

ONE of the coolest features on Google Maps is the ability to zoom in and scan around streets and buildings in 3D. Google first brought in this feature in 2006 and finally ten years later Tralee has been given the 3D Google Maps experience. The feature allows the user to […]

  EDUCATION and Training Boards Ireland is hoping that a Community National School will be established in Kerry by 2018. Community National Schools (CNS) are state-funded, multidenominational schools which were established in 2008 on a pilot basis. There are now 11 Community National Schools (CNS) in Dublin, Kildare, Wicklow, Meath, […]

ALMOST €25 million in commercial rates have been collected by Kerry County Council rate collectors so far this year. €24,856,809 was collected in total since rate demands were issued in March to end of August. The figures were published at the local authority meeting this week. The figure represents half of […]

WHEN writing my column every week, I tend to look to the news headlines to give me some inspiration to write about a relevant topic. Instead of seeing my newsfeed spattered with the usual news articles (which I often cite as depressing) – I saw something even more tragic. Angelina and […]

THERE was never going to be an official homecoming for the Kerry minor team after their heroics in Dublin and the team was told of this three weeks ago. Speaking to Radio Kerry’s Fiona Stack, Chairman of the Kerry County Board, Pat O’Sullivan, said the policy of the county board is to only […]

TWO local charities will this year benefit from the annual Tralee Golf Club Captains Charity Day. It takes place on Friday, October 14 at Tralee Golf Club and all funds from the day will go towards charities, Kerry Hospice and Family Carers Ireland, Kerry Branch. All funds raised will stay […]

SINCE 2009 Tralee has been in the wilderness when it comes to top flight basketball on this island. This Friday night that will all end when the Irish TV Tralee Warriors play their inaugural game of the Men’s Super League in Cork. And it doesn’t come more difficult for The […]

THE Ombudsman, Peter Tyndall, and staff from his Office will be visiting Tralee on Thursday to take complaints from the public about public services. It is part of the Ombudsman’s ‘Outreach’ programme, and staff from his office will be in the Rose Hotel, Tralee from 10am to 7pm on this […]

ANAM Cara, the organisation that supports bereaved parents, is hosting a Bereavement Information Evening on Tuesday, October 4 from 7:30pm to 9:30pm in the Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee. The event gives parents an opportunity to hear a professional, experienced in bereavement support, talk about the many challenges families have to face into […]

IT’S set to be busy couple of Sundays ahead in Blennerville, where families are invited for two great days out. This Sunday sees the Tony O’Donoghue Memorial Walk take place from St Pat’s GAA Club at 11.30am. All proceeds of the walk will go to the Palliative Care Unit /Kerry Hospice which […]

  REPRESENTATIVES from Kerry businesses, enterprise support agencies, Kerry County Council and IT Tralee gathered at the Ballygarry House Hotel to launch the Interreg Entrepreneurial European Region (iEER) Project “Boosting Innovative Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Europe”. The aim of this project is to create an opportunity for entrepreneurs, aged between 25 and […]

FINAL preparations are being made at CBS, The Green as it looks forward to hosting its second 5k and 3k fun runs this Sunday at 1pm. The fun run, which saw over 500 runners take part last year is a fund raiser for the school’s all-weather pitch which is currently under construction. […]

GARDAI are urging people to be on the lookout for two women claiming to be collecting for charity and calling to the homes of elderly people in Tralee. Gardaí first received a report on August 11 that two women, pretending to be Spanish students were calling to elderly people in […]

IT’S getting close now to a weekend of culinary delights around the town for the Tralee Food Festival. The event, which returns after last year’s successful debut, will feature longer Taste and Craft Beer Trails, an Artisan Food Market, Cookery Demonstrations and a variety of menus at some of Tralee’s top […]

A CAR Free Day will take place across Kerry this Thursday as part of European Mobility Week, an annual campaign on sustainable urban mobility which runs from September 16-22. The aim of the campaign is to encourage and promote sustainable transport measures and to invite people to try out alternatives to […]

AN event will take place in Killarney next month to mark National Women’s Enterprise Day. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Ms. Mary Mitchell O’ Connor T.D.  launched the full programme of events to mark the 10th annual National Women’s Enterprise Day, which is being organised by the Local Enterprise […]

THE doctor who has been accused of raping a woman at the Bon Secours Hospital in Tralee, has left the country, according to a report in the Irish Independent. Gardaí in Tralee are investigating the allegation that a 61 year old woman was raped earlier this month and are appealing to anyone who has any information […]

KERRY minors completed a fantastic three in a row in Croke Park this afternoon beating Galway 3-7 to 0-9 and displaying again how the future is so bright for Kerry football. A nervy first half by both sides – where Kerry only managed four scores – was followed by a […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel IT’S all over now for another year and you can be sure they’re already looking to organising the 2017 racing festival over in Listowel. The highlight for many is Ladies Day and […]

A NEW series on RTE One called ‘The Pet Surgeon’ will feature a little dog from Tralee this Tuesday. Filmed at Gilabbey Veterinary Hospital in Cork, the third episode features a gorgeous little dog called Peanut who lives between his mammy Karen O’Connor, her brother Shane O’Connor and their dad Sean O’Connor in […]

Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies looks at some classic dishes of the 70s and 80s which have disappeared from restaurant menus… I am at a certain age where I can remember some of the classic dishes that not only popped up on restaurant menus during the 70s and 80s, […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel WE’VE brought you some serious style from the Honda McElligott’s Ladies Day at Listowel Races already (click here and here for previous coverage), but there’s a plenty more where that came from. Organisers say 29,278 people […]

I WAS in John B Keane’s pub in Listowel last Friday night celebrating the last hurrah of the Listowel races. I must say there is something about the human body that loves routine and just like sheep, there is certain routine that we follow like clockwork – especially in Kerry – […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day at Listowel Races is brought to you by the Dingle Skellig Hotel IT’S a day when the stylish ladies of Kerry and beyond, converge on Listowel for an afternoon of style and socialising. Ladies Day is not just a fashion extravaganza – it […]

TWO Tralee students will head to Dublin next week to take part in the Miss Ireland pageant. Bláthín Griffin and Shannon Lonergan both took part in the Miss Kerry pageant back in March and finished first and second runner up respectively to the winner, Niamh Enright from Listowel. Now all three are […]

SIAMSA Tire was buzzing with activity on Friday night as crowds enjoyed a host of events for all ages during Culture Night. It was just one of many venues hosting get togethers for the artistic community in town for an annual event which continues to grow. The highlight in Siamsa […]