WOODIE’S in Manor West Retail Park, Tralee has launched its 2016 Heroes Campaign, as part of a nationwide campaign to raise much needed funds for Ireland’s major children’s charities. Each Saturday for the month of August, Woodie’s employees in Manor West Retail Park Tralee will team-up and take turns […]

THE memory of an Abbeydorney native who shared a bond with Rose of Tralee Elysha Brennan, will be honoured, along with others who have passed away from cancer, during the festival. The outgoing Rose wanted to do something special for Hellen O’Connor Roche, whom she met on a visit to the Palliative […]

  A 52-year-old man has died following a single vehicle collision near Dingle. The collision occurred at approximately 3.20pm on the N86 between Ballintaggart and Dingle. The man was injured when the minibus he was driving left the road and struck a ditch. Four passengers travelling in the minibus at the […]

TRALEE Tennis Club is hosting a Tennis Charity Day this Saturday, August 13, from 10am to 6pm, in aid of the National Council for the Blind Ireland (NCBI) The aim for the event is to have all four courts full from within that time and they hope all those playing will make a donation. A […]

TICKETS details have been announced by the Kerry County Board regarding the All-Ireland Football Semi-Finals involving Kerry teams on Sunday, August 28. The minors will take on Kildare at 1.30pm while Kerry meet old rivals Dublin at 3.30pm in what is sure to be a thrilling and intense afternoon at Croke Park. […]

  THERE was a special welcome back for a former colleague in Tralee Credit Union yesterday, when a Rose popped in to say hello. Síle Reidy from Ballymacelligott is the Luxembourg Rose and she’s already home before the madness of the Festival begins next week. Sile worked in Tralee Credit […]

JOHN Mitchels GAA Club will hold their own ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ fundraiser this year, it has been announced. It will be held in Ballygarry House Hotel on Sunday, October 30 and the 12 couples have been carefully selected and are currently in training under the experienced eye of Ms Laura Flaherty, choreographer. […]

LAST Saturday Tyrone crashed out of the All-Ireland championship and in the aftermath, manager Mickey Harte spoke about the perceived injustice of Sean Cavanagh’s sending off and the treatment he got from Mayo defenders. Kerry legend Darragh Ó Sé, writing in the Irish Times today, is having none of the Ulstermen’s excuses. Darragh […]

OVER 130 students from Coláiste Na Sceilge made the hour long trip from Caherciveen for their debs in Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Tuesday evening. Because of the South Kerry v Dingle U21 County Final, which was being played in Austin Stack Park at the same time, a number of lads […]

OVER 100 kids between the ages of 6 and 12 are taking part in the Churchill GAA Cúl Camp this week. The camp runs from Monday to Friday and will hope to hone the football skills of those making their way to Spa each day. Taking up coaching duties were […]

THE people of Kerry are being asked to nominate someone they feel is worthy of a People of the Year Award. The awards, which are organised by Rehab are shown live on RTÉ One television and  shine a light on some of the many unsung heroes who are living in communities throughout […]

A UNIQUE artist will visit Tralee as part of his inaugural Irish tour and unleash his unique brand of sonic mayhem in The Greyhound Bar, Tralee on Sunday 14th August. Doors will be open from 9pm to 11:30pm.  Paddy Steer has been described as a “Zelig-like character along the timeline of […]

KERRY star Kieran Donaghy will have his autobiography out in the shops by the end of October according to Easons. The Austin Stacks man should have an interesting story to tell about his rise as basketball star and footballing exploits with Austin Stacks and Kerry over the years in ‘What Do […]

AROUND 65 stars of the future are taking part in the St Pats GAA Cúl Camp at the club grounds in Blennerville this week. The camp runs from Monday to Friday and young St Pats players from 6 to 13 will practice all the skills of Gaelic Football along with having […]

THERE were 144 patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry during the month of July, the highest for that month since records began. The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation’s (INMO) trolley/ward watch analysis has confirmed that this July saw record numbers of admitted patients on trolleys nationally, as compared to previous […]

A TRALEE based sports initiative has received €456.79 from the Tesco Manor West Community Fund. Tralee International Children’s Games is the latest group to benefit from the Tesco charity initiative locally over the past eight weeks, along with Scoil Mhuire agus Naomh Teresa Currow and The Irish Society for Autism. A total […]

THERE was another case of disgraceful behaviour by people at the weekend when bags of rubbish were dumped over a bridge just outside town. The incident happened on Saturday night/Sunday morning, with residents in the Kerries West area noticing the bags dumped over a small bridge in the area while out […]

IF you’re out and about during the festival next week (yes, it’s starting that soon!), then you won’t want to miss the spectacular Illumination of Ashe Memorial Hall. This ‘digital street mapping’ is a ten minute presentation at night where graphics will be projected onto the building to form a history of Tralee […]

THE Oaklands Daybreak Rose Cup Under 13 Boys Football Tournament will again be hotly contested during the 2016 Rose of Tralee International Festival. It was fitting that the Kerry Rose, Danielle O’Sullivan, should launch this year’s competition as her local club Killarney Legion will be aiming to retain the cup which […]

THREE local organisations have received a cheque each of €181 from Tesco’s Community Fund. John Mitchels GAA, Animal Help Net Kerry and Banna Sea Rescue were the organisations who the public gave generously to using the Tesco Community Fund blue tokens at both stores in Tralee over the past eight […]

GARDAI are investigating after separate robberies at Ballybunion and Killorglin over the past week. In the Killorglin incident, a handgun was taken in the robbery. On Monday, August 1 at around 11pm, a woman and her brother discovered a male in a hoodie in their house at Glor na dTonn, Ballybunion. The […]

GARDAI are investigating a case of criminal damage in Tralee after a shop window was broken. The front window was broken at the Mountain Warehouse shop on Abbeycourt on in the early hours of Saturday morning (August 6). If anyone saw anything suspicious please contact Tralee Garda Station on 066-7102300. […]

SPECTACULAR scenery will await cyclists later this month in the Killarney Cycling Festival, with a local charity benefitting from the event. The Festival takes place on Saturday, August 27, where participants can choose from two tantalising routes, the Wrong Way Round or the gruelling Hard Way Round. Both routes circle the spectacular Iveragh Peninsula, taking in […]

Mike O’Halloran was at the Intermediate County Hurling Championship Final at Austin Stack Park yesterday… Causeway 1-11 Kilmoyley 1-8 Causeway led by six points at halftime, one goal and nine points to six points, playing into the wind. John Mike Dooley opened the scoring with two points, Robert Collins replied […]

A TRALEE man is getting backing from his Killarney employers as he prepares to take up his escort duties in the Rose of Tralee International Festival next week. Muckross Park Hotel and Spa announced they are sponsoring their Duty Manager & Wedding Co-ordinator James O’Connor as a Rose Escort. James is due […]

THE Kerry County Museum features in a New York Times article where a travel writer retraces the footsteps of Roger Casement taking in visits to Banna and Tralee. Rosie Schaap also found time to stop off for a pint in Bettys Bar on Strand Street, where she wrote it is “a wonderfully cozy […]

AUSTIN Stacks kept their county league title ambitions on track with a win over arch rivals Kerins O’Rahillys at Connolly Park on Saturday night on a scoreline of 1-15 to 1-5. O’Rahillys were without all their key players through injuries, holidays and Kerry duty and found it tough going against a Stacks side who […]

THERE was a great turnout on Saturday night for a reunion of people who grew up in Oakpark in the 50s, 60s and 70s. The Meadowlands Hotel was the venue for the get together which was last held 10 years ago but even more showed up this time. “Some of […]

TRALEE Sailing Club was the venue for a fundraiser in aid of Fenit Lifeboat on Saturday night. The aromas of burgers and sausages wafted over the village as it was quite windy when we arrived  at the clubhouse early on that evening. Families were arriving and the little ones had […]

THE Tralee Tidy Towns Business Award winners for May, June and July were announced recently. Francis Galvin of Slieve Mish Bar accepted the award for May while Baily’s Corner won the July award which was accepted by Conor O’Donnell at the recent Tralee Chamber Alliance Business Breakfast at Kirby’s Brogue Inn […]