THE weather stayed dry and the crowds arrived in their thousands to picturesque Killarney Racecourse on Thursday for the Dawn Milk Ladies Day. Ladies from all over the county (including many from Tralee) and beyond were in with a chance of winning trips for two to Paris and Milan in […]

PRELIMINARY findings for the 2016 national census conducted earlier this year were published yesterday and shows an increase in Tralee’s urban area population. Since 2011, the population of the Tralee urban electoral area has grown by 4.4%, up 216 to 5,101, but the rural area has seen a minimal fall of 0.3% to […]

A KILLARNEY milliner is off to Paris after winning being crowned the Dawn Milk Queen of Fashion Winner at Ladies Day at Killarney Races earlier today. Agne Kremeneskiene has been living in Killarney for 14 years and her stylish outfit impressed judges TV3’s Expose Lisa Cannon and Marketing Manager at Dawn Milk, […]

A LUXURY super yacht which has been seen around Kerry this past week was off the coast at Fenit this morning. (Photo below) The €119 million yacht has been making an impression off the shores of the county, it has also been spotted off the coast of Rossbeigh and Kinsale, Co […]

WHEN comedian Brendan Grace arrived by horse and trap to unveil a plaque dedicated to the memory of Tralee character, Nedeen Kelliher, it was a fitting tribute for a much loved town figure of the past. Nedeen Kelliher, ‘Tralee’s last jarvey’ was a great friend of Brendan Grace and was […]

  THE South West launch of ‘Connect MBC Network’  –  a new peer-to-peer community for women with advanced or metastatic breast cancer (MBC)  –  will take place on Saturday, July 23 from 10am to 12 noon at Il Forno Restaurant, Courthouse Lane, Tralee. The free event, which is hosted by Europa […]

THE full programme of events has been announced for the Féile Fáilte free, outdoor, day-long celebration of the dancing body on the beach made famous by Roger Casement’s ill-fated 1916 landing. Taking place on Saturday July 23, on Banna Strand, locals, visitors, young and old are invited to come along to dance performances, […]

A FORMER Dublin manager says Kerry haven’t a hope of winning the All-Ireland senior football final this year as they “don’t have the legs”. Tommy Carr, was speaking to journalist Jackie Cahill in the Irish Examiner where he said Tyrone are the only side capable of stopping Dublin from retaining their […]

  THE death has occurred of popular Tralee woman Tess Leane. Originally from Tipperary town, Tess, wife of Danny Leane of The Abbey Inn, passed away last night after a very short illness. Tess was known to many who frequented the Abbey over the decades for her kind and genial manner. Tess almost […]

COLOURFUL works of art filled Kerry County Library on Tuesday night for the opening of the ‘Gentle Reminder’ exhibition. The inspirational art exhibition is showcasing the work of adults with intellectual disability at the Tralee library until the end of the month. The ‘Gentle Reminder’ exhibition is the culmination of work done by […]

A COUNCILLOR is to put forward a motion that Kerry County Council move to establish a twinning arrangement with the US city of Philadelphia. Fine Gael Cllr Pat McCarthy believes it would be beneficial to establish such links from an economic and tourism perspective. He said there is a large Irish community in […]

HORANS Healthstores has been unveiled as the official Healthfood Partners of the Kerry GAA for the next three years. Among those present at the launch of the partnership on Monday evening at the Rose Hotel Tralee were Dan Horan, Sandra Breen, Deirdre Murphy and Mary McElligott from Horans Healthstores with […]

SINN Fein Cllr Toireasa Ferris has had a complaint that the Irish Times breached Principle 1 (Truth and Accuracy) of the Code of Practice of the Press Council of Ireland upheld by the Press Ombudsman. Cllr Ferris made the complaint after an article was published in January this year which she felt […]

A TRALEE woman is off to play for Ireland in the European Seniors Team Championships in Poland next month. Mary Sheehy was selected for the Irish Ladies Seniors Team for the competition which takes place at the end of August. Mary, daughter of former Kerry player and John Mitchels legend […]

THE local community has come together to help a mother of one who was a victim of a sneaky theft of her bag. Last week, Vicky Wilson, was going into her home in Tralee when her bag, which she had left in her car, was stolen behind her back. The bag contained a month’s […]

SO for this week’s column I posed the question on both my personal page and my blog page (Winters Tales); “What advice would you give your sixteen year old self?” Why did I ask this question? Well I wonder if – at the age of sixteen – I knew what would happen in […]

  THE first of the three semi-finals for Macra’s F.B.D. Farm skills Competion took place at Charleville Show. Mid Kerry Macra’s team of Niall Flahive, Shane Clifford and Noel Sweeney represented the county in the semi-final. Freemount macra and Caheragh Macra qualified for the National final which will take place at […]

AUSTIN Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys will know their opposition for the quarter finals of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC on Saturday afternoon. The quarter final draw will be made live on Radio Kerry at 2:30pm with the eight remaining teams going into the hat. The winners from last weekend’s Round […]

A CENTRE at the Institute of Technology Tralee will receive €200,000 in government funding it was announced recently. Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Patrick O’Donovan TD and Minister of State for Regional Economic Development, Michael Ring TD announced last Thursday an investment package of almost €1.5 million in Dormant Accounts […]

IT’S been a very good week for students in the Kerry ETB/Radio Kerry training course. Earlier we told you about graduate Dan Kearney winning a global award in London. But another student of the course has also won a major international award. Tralee woman Gráinne McPolin, a student of radio broadcasting […]

Sponsored A TOP international make-up artist will be sharing her invaluable tips at an exclusive masterclass event in CH Chemists later this month. Benefit International Makeup Artist, Amy Lou Faulkner, arrives at the Tralee store on Thursday, July 28 to show her tips and tricks  covering everything from skincare, to […]

THE windows of two Tralee and Dingle Railway carriages have been boarded following an attack from vandals. “It is a precaution taken by Kerry County Council after three carriage windows were smashed by vandals over the weekend,” said Kerry tourism officer, John Griffin. Gardaí are currently investigating the incident. The train […]

STAND OUT performances by young Kerins O’Rahillys players in the Senior County Championship have earned them a call up for Kerry sides. After impressing for O’Rahillys and the Kerry U21s this year, Jack Savage has been called into the Kerry senior training panel as they prepare for an All-Ireland quarter […]

  A KERRY ETB Training Centre graduate received two prestigious global awards in London for his work and achievement during his training course in Radio. Dan Kearney from Castleisland received a City and Guilds Global Gold Medal of Excellence in London against global competition for his outstanding work during his […]

IT had to be said Shane. We all say ‘mom’ around these parts when referring to our dear mothers, but some accuse us as being corrupted  by American TV shows. Step forward then Shane Clifford of ‘Shanes Brilliant Page’ fame. The Tralee man has had enough vilification and explains (below) – in his […]

A FAMILY is set to raffle off Hannah the calf heifer in aid of the new palliative care unit at University Hospital Kerry. As a gesture of their appreciation to the Kerry Hospice, Gerard Ashe of Lispole and his three daughters Geraldine, Deirdre and Gráinne decided to auction off the Belgian […]

GARDAI are asking the public for help after cases of vandalism and criminal damage in Tralee at the weekend. Between Friday night at 10pm and Saturday morning at 8.30am, there were four incidents of criminal damage in Princes Street, James Street and Spa Road. There was two windows smashed in […]

GARDAI have arrested two people after an aggravated burglary at an apartment in Tralee at the weekend. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning and Gardaí received a report of a disturbance at the apartment in Edward Court on Edward Street at 1.20am. Two people are in University Hospital Kerry receiving […]

THE memory of a former Austin Stacks player was to the fore on Saturday for the Trevor Barrett Memorial Hurling Tournament. Despite the late withdrawal of the Laochra Og team from Cork and the shortage of some players on the Dr. Crokes and Causeway teams due to other commitments, the […]

A LISTOWEL woman walked away with a €2,000 voucher for Kumari-Doyle Fine Jewels and a Bulova Diamond watch worth over €500 on Saturday after winning the Kumari-Doyle Best Dressed Lady competition, judged by TV personality and Cork camogie star Anna Geary. Niamh Kenny was a vision in red and white, wearing […]