WITH the Rose of Tralee International Festival just two and a half months away, things are already hotting up in terms of ticket sales for one particular event. With 66 Roses coming to the Festival this year, the demand for Rose Ball tickets is high and 25% extra tables will […]

THE public toilets at Ladies’ Beach in Ballybunion have undergone an upgrade worth €60,000 following an investment by Kerry County Council. Ahead of the traditionally busy tourist season, the toilets have had a significant facelift. There are also plans in train to upgrade the main public toilets on the main road […]

PROCEEDS from the sale of a book on the old Blennerville school and community, were donated to the new school on Thursday afternoon. The book, ‘Blennerville National School And Community – A Story Worth Telling’ is a compilation of stories, photos and a history of the area which went on sale last […]

THE Square will take over from the Denny Street stage to host ticket-only concerts for this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival. And a new canopy-type structure will partially cover the 2,000 capacity space to keep punters dry in case of rain. The details of the concerts were revealed at the Tralee Chamber Alliance […]

THE Rose of Tralee won’t have a permanent ‘Dome’ building until at least 2018, said Rose of Tralee International Festival Chief Executive, Anthony O’Gara, this morning. Mr O’Gara was speaking at a Tralee Chamber Alliance Business Breakfast meeting at the Rose Hotel where details of the festival’s street entertainment were revealed. […]

  A TRALEE-based author is launching his new book on Saturday at Listowel Writers Week. ‘Gravespeakers: Maria’, is the new offering from award winning presenter and author Anthony Garvey. Aimed at 8-12 year olds, ‘Gravespeakers: Maria’ is the first of a six-book series which will be released over the next 18 […]

THE ANNUAL ‘One Furlong Dash’ on Rock Street will this year be held in honour of the late Joe Flynn who was well-known face at the event down the years. Organised by The Castle Bar, starters orders for the race is at 3pm this coming bank holiday Monday. The fun charity […]

A BALLINORIG man is in with a shot of picking up a brand new car for him and his band. Gary Keane, who is one half of Irish funk duo ‘White Boys’, is now just one step away from getting his hands on the keys to a brand new, taxed […]

  THE Town Park said farewell to its caretaker this week. Michael O’Regan, from Currovough,  finished up in the job after 14 years in the job and his fellow workers gathered in the Park to mark his retirement. “It was six and a half hours a day, six days a week. […]

MOYDERWELL pupils travelled back in time to medieval Tralee as part of a schools competition that celebrates the town’s 800th anniversary this year. Around 60 third and fifth class pupils took part with some decked out in the garb of the middle ages. The pupils also created their very own […]

COMMUNITY spirit is so vital in rural Ireland to ensure that we are not forgotten about by the urban folk. Lately I have been privy to just how great community spirit works. As you all know, I am an avid fashion follower and regularly act as MC for fashion events […]

AN Garda Siochana is running the Supporting Safer Communities National Campaign from June 2 to June 8. Using the acronym PLANS, the key aim of this campaign will be to educate the public on how they can enhance their personal security and lessen their exposure to incidents of assaults, thefts […]

A CHILDHOOD favourite for many who grew up in the 80’s and early 90’s is the chosen movie for the first open air cinema of the Summer. The Tom Hanks, 1988 American fantasy comedy ‘Big’ will be shown in Pearse Park on Friday June 10, at around 9:30pm, but the park will be […]

THE latest CSO figures on baby names has revealed the most popular names for boys and girls in the county last year. For the third year in a row, Jack is the most popular boy’s name while Amelia is the name most given to girls in Kerry in 2015. Amelia takes over […]

KERRY County Council and the Kerry Recreation & Sports Partnership, in collaboration with local cycling clubs, are inviting families of all ages to participate in a  ‘Pedal To The Park’ in Tralee. It’s part of three events which are aimed at getting all the family involved in a cycle in the county’s amenities […]

FÁILTE Ireland is hosting a group of high profile international journalists on a trip to Skellig Michael to follow in Luke Skywalker’s footsteps to see for themselves how the force was awakened. The journalists write for some of the world’s leading magazines and newspapers including the National Geographic Traveller India, the […]

ROSE of Tralee, Elysha Brennan has called on young Irish people to stop self-hating and self-shaming, but instead show the world that they are all beautiful #insideANDout. She has launched a social media campaign, entitled #insideANDout, which is aimed at empowering teens and young adults to feel good in their own skin […]

KERRY County Council is urging people to take care at beaches and along the Kerry coast in the coming days as the fine weather is expected to attract large crowds to the county’s beaches. The council is asking people to take care in the water during the warm weather and […]

MEMBERS of Save Tralee are growing increasingly frustrated with county councillors whom, the group feel, are not taking on their recommendations to proposed work that will remove 66 car spaces in Denny Street and The Mall. After the first Save Tralee meeting last week, it was recommended to the group […]

THE man who died in yesterday’s road accident at Ballyroe yesterday has been named. Michael ‘Mikey’ Martin was killed when he was struck by a car while walking on the road near the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Tuesday morning at 8.35am. The driver of the car, a man in his 20s, […]

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TRALEE Credit Union members will be among the first in the country to have access to a fully functional Debit Card designed and developed specifically for credit unions. The local branch, along with ten other credit unions, announced today the arrival of their long awaited Debit Mastercard. The card is supported by MasterCard and […]

AFTER losing his father, Maurice, to suicide last year, Gary O’Dowd wanted to try to use his grief for good. To raise funds for suicide prevention charities and to honour his father, the Castlemaine man now looks like he been following in the footsteps of the town’s most favourite son, ‘The Wild Colonial Boy’ […]

THE games in the Round 1 of the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship have been fixed for venues around north Kerry at Monday night’s meeting of the CCC. Ballyduff, Abbeydorney and Kilmoyley are the pitches for the four games taking place on Saturday, June 25/Sunday, June 26. Here are the fixtures; Saturday June […]

  A MALE pedestrian has died after a road accident this morning on the main Tralee to Ardfert road near the Ballyroe Heights Hotel. It’s believed that the pedestrian was a middle-aged local man. Gardaí are investigating the accident which occurred at 8.35am and have appealed for witnesses to contact them at […]

FAIR City actor Ryan Andrews, better known as Sean Cassidy, the barman and shop assistant from Carrisgtown, officially opened Byrnes SPAR and TOP service station in Caherslee on Thursday. There was a charity auction in aid of Kerry Hospice also held where members of the public bid on household goods, electrical items and other […]

LAST Sunday saw over 150 guests attend the launch of the recently re-furbished offices of the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus/Kerry Cancer Support Group in Maine Street. Special guest on the day was Entrepreneur/ former Dragon’s Den Investor and Newstalk Broadcaster Bobby Kerr. Bobby, recently recovered from cancer himself and having first […]

TWO local campaigners, took their ‘Sweets Out For School’ campaign to the next level by formally writing to Government ministers. Last month, Kate Guerin and Caitriona Py Collins got together to start a national campaign called “Sweets Out For School” to see if they could build a momentum for change. They were tired of […]

AUSTIN Stacks fans won’t have far to travel to see their team, but the same can’t be said for Kerins O’Rahillys in the next round of the Garveys Supervalu Senior Football Championship. The venues and times for the Round 3 Fixtures were decided last night at a meeting of the CCC. Stacks face […]

THE unveiling of plaques in remembrance of Tralee people who died in World War I will take place this Saturday at the Munster Fusiliers Monument at  Ballymullen at 3pm. Two new plaques – one with the 101 names of members of the Munster Fusiliers and the other inscribed with 125 […]