LAST Sunday at Collis-Sandes House saw students of the Yamaha School of Music competing for silverware and bursaries in an exciting curtain closing event to the school year. Throughout the week, students were ably assessed by invited adjudicator Mr. Angel Climent who is a composer native to Valencia in Spain. […]

KERRY Macra proved they have talent for fundraising  at a variety show for the Kerry Cancer Support Group, Kerry –  Cork Health Link Bus On Friday May 13, in Pat Sheehan’s Bar, Firies, Kerry Macra held a variety show ‘Macra’s Got Talent’ in aid of Kerry Cancer Support Group, Kerry – […]

A TRALEE based biotechnology company has received €246,987 in government funding. BioAtlantis Ltd, who operate out of Clash Industrial Estate, received the substantial sum as part the Seafood Processing Capital Investment Scheme announced by Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D. “These investments will assist seafood enterprises to […]

SUMMER really has arrived! After the beautiful weekend – especially Sunday – we had, we’re in for more of the same over the next week. According to just about every website and weather service we could find, Tralee is in for a great week of fine weather with just a slight […]

TWO Tralee GAA clubs are in with a great shout of winning a prestigious national sports club of the year awards run by The Irish Times.  Austin Stacks GAA and Tralee Parnells Hurling and Camogie Club are two of 20 shortlisted in the Best Sports Club in Ireland competition  which […]

OPERATING profit at Kerry Airport rose last year according the Annual Report & Accounts for 2015. Kerry Airport has released their Annual Report and Accounts for the 12 month period ended which reveals an operating profit after taxation for the period of €30,980 – an increase on Operating Profit of €12,085 on the […]

A 16 YEAR OLD boy is in serious condition in Cork University Hospital following a road accident yesterday in north Kerry. At approximately 2.30pm on Sunday, the teenager  was seriously injured when his motorcycle crashed on Ferry Road, Tarbert. Gardaí in Listowel are appealing for witnesses following the single vehicle collision. The […]

THERE was some craic in Benners on Saturday night as eight performers went to war in aid of a great cause in front of a great crowd of supporters. ‘Mime Wars’ was organised by the ‘Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin’ group of Kerry ladies and pitted the ‘singers’ against each other to see who would […]

THE sun shone on St John’s Church on Saturday for a perfect First Holy Communion day for Moyderwell Primary pupils. There were 40 pupils celebrating the milestone event in their young lives and family members were present to witness the occasion. Afterwards, they all gathered outside for photos in glorious sunshine before departing […]

A SHOWCASE of the amazing talent among young people at Na Gaeil GAA club took place in Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Saturday evening. The club is very strong in Scór so they decided to put on a show to display the talent of the young performers. “The show is based on […]

By Mike O’Halloran THE Garvey’s Super Valu Kerry County Hurling Championship was launched in Connolly Park prior to the Austin Stacks v South Kerry replay on Saturday evening. Players from Abbeydorney, Ballyduff, Causeway,Crotta, Kilmoyley and St Brendan’s were in attendance along with Jim Garvey of Garveys. As previously announced the […]

  ONE of Ireland’s biggest blogging stars was in CH Tralee on Saturday to deliver a make-up masterclass. Joanne Larby, aka The Make Up Fairy, is a full time make-up artist, stylist and model, and was in town to deliver a make-up demonstration, followed by a Q & A and a focus […]

“I THINK therefore I am” is a famous quote from the French philosopher René Descartes. This suggests that we see the world through the eyes of our thoughts. This is certainly true, but what if our thoughts are limited (which they most can certainly be!). Then that would suggest that if […]

Gavin O’Connor was in Connolly Park this evening to see South Kerry beat the hosts in the Garveys Supervalu Kerry SFC Round 2 replay… South Kerry 2-10 Austin Stacks 0-8 SOUTH Kerry took the spoils on a sun-splashed evening of championship football in Connolly Park, as two unanswered South Kerry goals either […]

THERE was standing room only in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Friday afternoon as sixth year students from Mercy Mounthawk celebrated a milestone event in their lives with their graduation from their schooldays. Over 200 students, family members and staff from the school were there for a Mass and […]

JUST over 90 students gathered at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Thursday night to celebrate their graduation from Brookfield College. Watched by many family members, the night was an occasion to reflect on their time in school and look forward to the future with enthusiasm. John Carroll made the Student Graduation Speech […]

THE Kerry GAA family were out in force at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in Tralee last night for the BoyleSports Kerry GAA ‘Night of Champions’. Kerry supporters got to meet their county football and hurling heroes and enjoy the great night of racing at the stadium, where Na Gaeil and Keel GAA were the […]

IF you’re into music and songwriting, then a trip out west could be in order for a weekend of workshops, sessions and craic in Annascaul. The Annascaul Singing Club is one of the newest additions to the West Kerry musical landscape. Dedicated also to providing a home for anyone who […]

THE Heritage Council has announced funding for a number of heritage projects in Kerry under its 2016 Community-based Heritage Grants Scheme. Three of the projects are based in Tralee; a conservation management plan for St John’s Church gets €8,000, a conservation management plan for buildings within the disused Denny factory site also […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v South Kerry, Garveys Supervalu Senior Football County Championship Round 2 Replay at Connolly Park, Saturday 6:30pm… LAST weekend we were treated to a cracker down in Cahersiveen, so there are high hopes for this Round 2 replay which will be the first Kerry […]

THE school year is coming to a close and awards and graduations are taking place in schools all over Tralee. On Thursday night, it was the lovely setting of Ballygarry House Hotel for 40 Leaving Certs from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí who joined other award winning students form other years in the school and their families for […]

THE Irish Cancer Society is urgently looking for more drivers for its Volunteer Driver Service in Kerry, to drive cancer patients to their chemotherapy appointments in University Hospital Kerry, Cork University Hospital and The Mercy Hospital Cork. The service is free to both the hospital and the patient with volunteers being paid […]

A BARGE which has become been a bit of a local landmark, could be set to leave us very soon. Traleetoday.ie has been in contact with the owner of barge moored in the canal who says plans for it to set sail out of Tralee Bay for Galway Bay are firmly in […]

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 […]