IT WAS a very important day for 16 students of the Down Syndrome Kerry – MOTE/Latch On postgraduate course who graduated on Friday at the IT Tralee. There were smiles aplenty also from family members and tutors who gave their time and worked with the students over the course of the year. […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance organised a familiarisation trip for the front-of-house staff of member hotels and attractions and the Tourist Information Kiosk Volunteers on Wednesday. The group of over 25 people visited a number of tourism hot-spots throughout the day with a view to better informing visitors to Tralee and the surrounding area […]

THE 2016 Eamonn Kelly bursary recipients were announced at a presentation at Killarney Library on Thursday evening and a singer and an actor were the recipients. The joint winners are Grace Foley, a singer and musician from Killarney and Darragh Guerin, an actor from Beaufort. Grace intends to develop her career […]

WE’VE escaped the rain so far this week but it looks like there’ll be some showers this weekend. But the good news is that in between there’ll be lovely sunny spells too. Searching through various websites for forecasts for Tralee, we found a consensus that it will be mostly fine, dry weather […]

KERRY Gardaí are taking part in the national speed enforcement operation ‘Slow Down’ between 7am this morning, Friday and 7am Saturday, May 28. An Garda Síochána and GoSafe speed detection vans are conducting a large scale operation with the objective of reducing the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries […]

PEOPLE are really liking Tadhg Fleming’s latest video on his Facebook page. Nobody likes lawn-cutting season and the Ballymac-based comedy video maker decided to dress the part when asked by his dad to do the task. The NWA-soundtracked video has already got over 100,000 views on his Facebook page. See what […]

OVER 130 Mercy Mounthawk students celebrated the end of their year with an awards ceremony held in the school on Wednesday night. Individual awards were handed out to around 60 students with the Student of the Year awards going to Ali Feely and Liam O’Leary. Over the course of the […]

A FUNDRAISING lunch for organised by Presentation students for staff at the school raised €1,600 for Cuan Mhuire. On May 11, staff members were treated to a wonderful selection of quiches, cold meats and salads followed by desserts and tea/coffee – all prepared freshly by the TY students from Ms O’Connor’s Home Economic […]

CBS pupils left the books in the classroom and enjoyed a day of exercising and fun at the Clounalour school Uniforms were replaced by  tracksuits as all students spent the day taking part in a huge variety of sports including basketball, athletics, spikeball, yoga, tae kwon do, handball, aerobics, tennis, hurling and much […]

CONCERN has been expressed about the state of the footpath on Russell Street as two people have already fallen over holes in one part of the path in recent weeks. A local business owner brought the holes – located just outside Barbereile barber shop – to our attention and said they had seen […]

AS the Summer tourist season begins to crank into action, Kirby’s Brogue Inn held a hospitality night for fellow businesses who bring in and cater for visitors to the town. “It’s something my parents did for years and we wanted to continue the tradition,” said Fiona Kirby of the Brogue Inn. […]

  FENIT harbour and marina will raise a Blue Flag this year after joining the 13 other beaches, including Banna and Ballyheigue, awarded the excellent standard by An Taisce. Kerry beaches have again maintained their excellent standard with the awarding of 14 Blue Flags for 2016, two more than in 2013. […]

THERE was colour, exotic rhythms and great food at the Tralee International Resource Centre on Wednesday, for a celebration of ‘Africa Day’. Africa Day is the annual commemoration of May 25, 1963, the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) when leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed […]

THOSE with an interest in getting back into education paid a visit to Tralee VTOS on Wednesday morning for an Open Day about the services they offer. The information morning, which was hosted by the students at the centre in Clash, gave information on the two year Leaving Cert course, Level 3 […]

THE indefinite strike by staff at Tesco stores, including the Manor West branch, which was due to begin tomorrow, has been deferred. Mandate has cancelled tomorrow’s work stoppage, which was due to begin at 7am. Tesco said it has accepted an invitation to talks at the Workplace Relations Commission. The dispute is […]

COUNCIL officials and have told traders that scrapping the intended two-way traffic plan for Denny Street was not on the table and work will commence in two weeks time. However, the traders are hopeful the Council take on board suggestions including finding more parking spaces around the Ashe Memorial Hall. At a meeting of a […]

THE Stationhouse Restaurant opened its doors this afternoon after months of work. Nick Wang of Tomásín’s Bar and Restaurant in Stradbally and his business partner Jane Liu, were on hand to welcome customers to the restaurant in time for the lunchtime trade on Wednesday. Around 15 people will be employed at […]

McDONALDS in Tralee has plans to replace its existing premises with a new two-storey building, which will be nearly twice the size of the current restaurant. An application was made to Kerry County Council to demolish the existing structure for the new 618 sq metre building. The application includes the development of 23 […]

CELEBRATING their First Holy Communion last Saturday were pupils of Holy Family National School. The ceremony was held in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church and thankfully the weather held up for the pupils and their families on the big day. The school sent us in these photos from the occasion…

COLÁISTE Gleann Lí celebrated another successful year on Tuesday with its annual awards. The ceremony celebrated the school’s successes and also acknowledged the varied achievements of Coláiste Gleann Lí second level students over the past academic year. The 2015/16 year was another huge success for the growing school which has seen enrolments double […]

THE amazing talent of Tralee Art Group will be on display next month as they hold their annual exhibition of work at Tralee Library, Moyderwell. This year the theme this is the commemoration of 1916, “Remember, Reflect, Reimagine”. It will contain a wonderful selection of paintings with a variety of interesting interpretations related to the theme. The […]

  “Mmm…beer!” as our good friend Homer Simpson is wont to say. While Duff may not be on the menu in Killarney this weekend, there will be some 150  brews on offer at the Killarney Beerfest which kicks off from Friday to Sunday (May 27 to 29). Craft brewers and beer enthusiasts […]

THE Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald, says the State has identified a location for a new Courthouse in Tralee. The site, which is in State ownership, will not be at the court’s current location on Ashe Street and the Courts Service is assessing the site to establish whether it’s suitable for […]

TRALEE Library will host a lecture titled ‘Austin Stack: Portrait of a Separatist’ on Tuesday, May 31, at 7pm. The lecture will be given by historian, Rev. J. Anthony Gaughan, a native of Listowel.  The lecture is based on his biography of Austin Stack.  The lecture forms part of Kerry […]

ALMOST 200 members of the public, traders and disability groups attended a ‘Save Tralee’ meeting in the Grand Hotel on Monday. The meeting was in relation to plans being made for 66 car spaces to be removed from Tralee town centre as part of Kerry County Council proposal to make changes […]

STAFF at Tesco at Manor West are set to go on an indefinite strike this Thursday after talks broke down between the Mandate union and the supermarket giant. The Tralee town centre branch will not be affected, but staff at the Killarney outlet will also go on strike. Staff will mount pickets from 7am […]

AN Irish local community initiative is looking for people to host their own ‘Street Feast’ as part of the State’s 1916 / 2016 Centenary Celebrations. Over 850 Street Feast parties around the country have been registered to date, including two in Tralee. The 7th Annual Street Feast Day will be held on Sunday, June […]

IT was great to wake up to the sunshine in Tralee this morning and the good news is it’s set to be mainly dry for the rest of the week. Looking at various weather weather websites – including Met Eireann – it shows a consensus of highs of around 17ºC […]

  THE programme for the Tralee 800 Weekend in June has just been released and it looks like everyone will be catered for, from rock fans to history buffs, food lovers to the little ones. Medieval re-enactments, pageants, a history village, a ‘Battle for Tralee’ and ‘Ye Olde Banquet’ all form […]

A CHEQUE of €1,000 was presented by the President of the Irish International Bridge Congress Trish Stack to Maureen O’Brien of Recovery Haven. The sum was raised through the annual Bridge Congress that is played over the New Year’s period in Tralee. The Bridge community in Tralee have raised over €3,000 […]