LOCAL residents in a Mitchels estate were angered about clouds of dust raised during construction work in the area last week. The work being undertaken is part of the Mitchels /Boherbee Community Regeneration Project, will see €1 million invested in the upgrade of services and environmental improvement works in the Mitchel’s Avenue, Mitchel’s Court […]

UNIVERSITY Hosital Kerry is set to feature in episode 1 of the new RTE documentary series ‘Keeping Ireland Alive: The health service in a day’ later this month. In making the five-part series, 75 camera crews were sent to locations nationwide and filming was carried out over a 24-hour period on May […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE Roses are having great fun since they arrived in town and yesterday were getting out and about in north Kerry. Ballybunion hosted some of the Roses who weren’t part of last night’s first qualifying […]

A TV DRAMA series directed by Kerry man Gerard Barrett and starring Pat Shortt will begin its run on TV3 next month. Last night on Twitter, the former IT Tralee student and Knockanure native released the poster for ‘Smalltown’ which he wrote, directed and produced with the message ‘I’m going […]

KERRY County Museum has unveiled a packed programme of events to be held to coincide with Heritage Week which runs from Saturday, August 20 to Sunday, August 28. As well as a lecture on the Kerry witnesses at the trial of Roger Casement, there will be a walking tour of medieval Tralee and a […]

THE first national GP Awards will be closing for nominations this week and organisers, GPBuddy.ie, are asking Kerry patients to nominate their GPs for the Patients’ Choice Award. The Awards will be announced by celebrity TV doctor, Pixie McKenna at a glittering awards ceremony in Dublin’s Shelbourne Hotel on Thursday, September 15. […]

THE wait is over for hundreds of Tralee students who received their Leaving Cert results today. Nerves were at tipping point this morning as students opened those precious envelopes that were the result of years of work. Presentation Secondary School and Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí were two of the first schools to […]

THE rain stayed away and the wind died down, for a fundraising event which has proved so popular over the past few years. The Celebration Of Light drew hundreds to Tralee Bay Wetlands on Tuesday night for a short and beautiful ceremony, organised by Recovery Haven, which is a moving tribute to those […]

A LOHERCANNON man enjoyed a nice windfall recently when he won the St Pats GAA Club Lotto draw. James O’Connor collected his cheque for €7,300 at the club on Tuesday evening, but it’s not the first time this has happened to the O’Connor family. His daughters Paula and Martina have already […]

AROUND 130 boys and girls are enjoying the Kerins O’Rahillys GAA summer camp at the club’s Pat Healy Park, also known as the ‘Cliff’ pitches in Ballyrickard this week. In an effort to entice young blues, O’Rahilly’s have run the camp free of charge the last couple of years and it’s […]

DEBS season is coming to a close soon, but Ballyroe Heights Hotel has been very busy hosting students from all over the county and beyond over the past month. Last night it was the turn of the students from Coláiste Íde Agus Iosef in Abbeyfeale to party at the venue. […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose Of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… THE Roses arrived in town at 5pm yesterday, with the buses pulling into their base for the next week, The Rose Hotel. Owners Dick and Eibhlín Henggeler were there with the hotel staff to welcome each […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose Of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… AND so it begins. A big crowd turned out in The Square last night to welcome the 65 Roses and their escorts to the town with music, dancing and a lot of fun kicking off what […]

KERRY County Council has so far received over 200 submissions from members of the public in relation to the future use of the former Denny factory site in Tralee. Since the launch of the first phase of public consultation on the site three weeks ago, the council has received a steady […]

AROUND 270 glamorous young people packed into the Ballyroe Heights Hotel for the Killarney Community College Students’ Debs Ball on Monday evening. The red carpet was laid out and the sun was shining when students from the greater Killarney area arrived for a night of food, fun and dancing at the […]

A CONTRACTOR  has been appointed to construct IDA Ireland’s new Advance Technology Building (ATB) in Tralee. Contracts were signed in recent days allowing Eamon Costello (Kerry) Ltd. to proceed to construct the c.2,322m 2 building on a c.1.0 hectare site at Kerry Technology Park (KTP). IDA has agreed terms with Shannon […]

TraleeToday.ie’s coverage of the Rose Of Tralee International Festival is brought to you by AIB Tralee… WELL it’s almost time now. The town is getting ready to party for the week and the Roses are heading for Tralee at last. The 65 contestants are set to arrive at their base in […]

TRALEE people raised an incredible €45,226.00 for Pieta House through the ‘Darkness Into Light’ walk in May. Over 3,000 people took part in the emotional walk that highlights the vital message that there is help and support out there for people suffering from mental health issues. The Tralee walk took place in […]

THE Tralee Parnells GAA Cúl Camp got underway on Monday with glorious sunshine in Caherslee. Over 50 young hurlers are attending the camp, no doubt spurred on by the heroics in Croke Park of Austin Gleeson, Richie Hogan and Paudie Maher at the weekend. Parnells are based in Caherslee and have […]

NOT all superheroes wear capes or indeed have the wealth of Hollywood stars or the big houses of the mega rich musical artists. Some are just ordinary folk who are leading extraordinary lives. I write this having just watched the interview on the RTE Player of the Miriam O’Callaghan show […]

  TRADITIONS and skills of the past will take centre stage in Churchill on Saturday week. Spa/Fenit Community Council will celebrate National Heritage week at the Old Forge, Churchill on Saturday, August 27. This is one of the most popular social events in the area which will again showcase many […]

GARDAI are investigating a case where an elderly couple were robbed by two women in the old Gallowsfield area. It’s one of three burglaries over the past few days being investigated by Gardaí. On Thursday, August 11, two women called to the house of the couple claiming to be collecting for charity. One […]

GARDAI are looking for the public ‘s help with two cases of suspected arson in the past two weeks. In Listellick on Tuesday, August 2, a house was damaged in a fire at 7am. Then, just last night (Sunday) in Laccamore, Abbeydorney, another house was damaged by fire. Gardaí are investigating both incidents […]

Kilmoyley’s second-half comeback was just enough to see them past St Brendan’s in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC semi-final at Austin Stack Park on Sunday. Mike O’Halloran reports… Kilmoyley 1-13 St Brendan’s 0-15 Fionan MacKessy of St Brendan’s had a chance to level this game at the very end, but […]

KERRY’S newest club Fenit were in the medals in three categories in the All Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships in Ballyshannon over the weekend. Fenit were rowing in a brand new boat, which was built in Tralee and it accommodated medal-winning teams in various categories. In the pre-veteran mixed, Paula Moloney, Edel O’Sullivan, Pat O’Connor, […]

NEVER one to mince his words, Joe Brolly, has a few strong opinions about where Kerry football is headed under Eamonn Fitzmaurice. Writing in the Sunday Independent, Brolly says “Kerry are the new Donegal. Half-forwards are defenders now. Midfielders are defenders. The obsession with defending has left them without a forward plan, […]

A TRALEE institution has been shortlisted in the prestigious Irish Times Best Shops in Ireland 2016 competition. CH Chemists has been included in the Best Family-Run Shop category in the competition. Now in its fifth year, the Irish Times Best Shops in Ireland awards, backed by AIB, seek to reward independent […]

MARTIN O’Neill could be keeping a close eye on John Egan following his incredible home league debut at his new club Brentford at the weekend. The centre-half bagged himself a brace of goals in the 2-0 win over Mick McCarthy’s Ipswich Town in Griffin Park on Saturday. In July, the […]

Mike O’Halloran watched Ballyduff snuff out Abbeydorney’s challenge yesterday, to reach the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC final next month… Ballyduff  1-20 Abbeydorney 0-11 In my preview, I tipped Ballyduff to win this encounter with Abbeydorney, but I did not expect that the margin would be so wide. After the first two […]

WHILE The Square will be buzzing with action over the Festival period with many concerts staged in the open space, one business is stressing it is open during all the fun. No.4 On The Square has been contacted by many patrons since they heard the concerts were taking place, asking […]