THE popularity of Monsignor Seán Hanafin was evident by the massive crowd who showed up to the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday night to wish him well as he takes a sabbatical. A Tralee native, Fr Seán has been in St John’s Parish for the past eight years and was appointed Vicar […]

PREPARATIONS are afoot for what promises to be a great day out for all the family at the CBS The Green 3k/5k Fun Run. Taking place on Sunday, September 25, it’s set to be a repeat of last year’s huge success in raising over €3,000 for the Astro-Turf fund. “Last year was […]

ARDFERT NS and Tralee Educate Together welcomed the new arrivals to the school this week and it was plain sailing as always in both classes. There were 20 pupils in Ms Deirdre Courtney’s class starting on Thursday morning and by the time we called on Friday to take photos, they […]

WE’VE had Lip Sync Battles and Strictly Come Dancing, but they do things differently in Abbeydorney when it comes to big fundraisers. On Friday night, the teams in the forthcoming ‘Battle Of The Parish’ – to take place in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on October 30 – were announced at a […]

The Brasserie Ballygarry House Hotel AND we’re back to an old favourite. I had a wonderful Sunday lunch in Ballygarry House Hotel back in April and I didn’t expect to call back for another review for quite some time. But then they doggone went and refurbished the whole front of […]

THE junior infants at Spa NS were all chat when we arrived on Friday morning to take some photos. The girls outnumber the boys, 16 to 10, in the class and they were already well settled in after only a few days.  The pupils started on Wednesday and it went very […]

BILLY Keane will be Kerry’s Culture Night Ambassador for the event which will see events take place in Tralee and all over the county. “I’m delighted to be Kerry’s Culture Night ambassador,” says Billy. “Culture is about people coming together, telling stories, dancing listening to music, poetry. It is part […]

KERINS O’Rahillys will play their much-anticipated Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship Quarter Final against Dr Crokes at Austin Stack Park,  but  Rockies fans will have to travel to see their team play in the championship next month. The CCC has confirmed fixtures for the various football championship fixtures which will see the Kerry […]

IT’S been quite a week for children in and around town over the past three days. It’s also a big day for parents and teachers who see the junior infants adapting to their new surroundings in school. Forty-five pupils in CBS National School had their first day of school on Thursday. “It has been […]

TRALEE Lions Club celebrates its 50th year in 2016 and a golf classic resulted in a record-breaking sum for charities. President Fergus Courtney distributed cheques totalling €20,000 raised in event which was held at Tralee Golf Club. These funds were distributed to Fenit Life Boat, MS Society Tralee Branch, Eagle Lodge , […]

IT’S become an annual favourite with moms-to-be and new parents and this year it’s set to be even better at CH Chemists. This free event is, of course, the Bump, Baby and Toddler day which will be held on Wednesday, September 14 from 11am to 5pm at the award-winning store. […]

It’s a relatively quiet weekend, but there’s still some stuff to get up to around town and beyond this weekend… FRIDAY Say farewell to Fr Sean.. The Meadowlands Hotel is the venue tonight for a special event to say farewell to a much loved clergyman. Fr Sean Hanafin, of St […]

THE junior infants at two town centre schools were well settled in when we called to take photos on Thursday morning. Pupils from Presentation Primary and Moyderwell Mercy began their first days of school the day before and it all went very smoothly. Presentation welcomed in 38 new boys and girls, while in Moyderwell nearby there […]

EVERYBODY loved the beautiful film ‘Older Than Ireland’ which received its TV premiere on RTE last night. The 2015 documentary film which featured centenarians from all over Ireland talking about life and love captured the hearts of all who watched it. There was a strong Kerry connection too, besides the two […]

DON’T forget to tune into TV3 tonight for Kerry man Gerard Barrett’s new drama series. Starring Pat Shortt it will begin its three week run at 10pm. The former IT Tralee student and Knockanure native wrote, directed and produced the show which is being highly anticipated judging by the amount of […]

THE Sixth National Reflexology Symposium is coming to Tralee soon which is a must for anyone with an interest in the therapy. Joan O’Reilly, a Reflexologist from Gortatlea, and founder of The Kerry School of Reflexology, is one of the organisers of this year’s event, which takes place at the Meadowlands Hotel in Tralee, on Saturday […]

THE building that houses Tesco and eight other businesses in the town centre has been sold to a Kerry businessman for in excess of €10m. The Central Plaza building is the biggest retail property to be sold in the town centre in years. The 43,000 square foot building is also home to well-known chain stores […]

WE’VE bad timing. It was break time when we called to Listellick NS on Wednesday morning and the junior infants were a bit bemused with us interrupting them mid-sandwich to take some photos. All 30 of the new pupils seemed to be very happy though, as their teacher Riona Ruane explained. “They settled in […]

THOSE with an interest in getting back into education should pay a visit to Tralee VTOS at Clash on tomorrow morning (Thursday) for an Open Day about the services they offer. The information morning gives information on the two year Leaving Cert course, Level 3 General Learning, Level 4 Employment Skills and Level […]

PLANNING permission has been granted for a new petrol station on the John Joe Sheehy on the grounds of the old John Mitchels GAA pitch. Last December, Corrib Oil Company Limited, applied for permission to construct a two storey retail/office building and a petrol filling station. Permission was granted in March but the […]

NOT a bother on them. That seemed to be the consensus on the children beginning their schooldays at Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, on Wednesday morning when we called to take some photos. There were three junior infants classes starting and they were all settled down and happy with their teachers, Mrs Carol Anne O’Donoghue, […]

OUR website passed another milestone yesterday when we went over the 900,000 pageviews a month mark, for the first time. TraleeToday.ie has been averaging over 750,000 page views a month from over 80,000 users since January 2016, but there was a huge surge of users hitting the site over the Rose of Tralee […]

WHAT’S Limerick’s loss is Kerry’s gain as Ciaran Carey has said he will be staying with Kerry, despite interest from within his native county. The three time All-Star is just one of the high-profile figures linked with the Limerick managerial job vacated by TJ Ryan, but Carey has maintained he is […]

IT’S set to be a swish affair this autumn when a black tie Masquerade Ball takes place in Tralee in aid of Pieta House. A committee headed by Tralee woman Mary Stapleton-Foley and her colleagues from The HR Suite are organising the event at The Rose Hotel on Friday, October […]

KERRY Education and Training Board has announced the appointment of Mr. Owen O’Donnell as the new Director of Further Education and Training with Kerry Education and Training Board. The Education and Training sector has been through a period of restructuring in recent years with the establishment of 16 Education and Training Boards […]

LEE Strand welcomed the 2016 Rose of Tralee Maggie McEldowney, to the launch of the Lee Strand Homework Journals at the Lee Strand milk plant in Ballymullen, Tralee. This year over 10,000 Lee Strand hardback homework journals will be distributed to National School pupils in Kerry, West Limerick and North Cork. […]

IT’S the time of the year when parents around the country can get very emotional as a milestone event in their child’s life comes around. Schools around Tralee are welcoming new Junior Infant classes and we’re going to travel around town all week to see how they settle in. Though […]

THE founder of the successful ‘Hairy Baby’ company, who hails from Tralee, has revealed that a t-shirt, inspired by the O’Donovan brothers from Skibbereen, is their biggest selling t-shirt to date. Daragh Murphy, of the Cork company which makes novelty t-shirts and other products, also said he received inspiration for a t-shirts from […]

KERRY had some outstanding performers in the clash against Dublin at the weekend, but one of them has beaten off blue opposition to win the the GAA.ie Footballer of the Week award. Paul Geaney, who scored 1-4 for the Kingdom, topped the poll with 7,956 public votes. Dublin’s Kevin McManamon came […]

NOW that the Kerry seniors are out of the All-Ireland championship, the focus returns to the Garvey’s Supervalu Senior Football Championship which is at the quarter-final stage. The competitions control committee (CCC) will meet on this Wednesday evening to put the finishing touches to the autumn schedule of games. The […]