A TRALEE man has been compensated for cutting short his holiday with friends in Turkey to attend ‘Winning Streak’, by winning a €3,000 trip to Croatia, as well as €18,000 in cash. Marian Park native, Vincent Lynch, heard he was going to appear on the show while on holiday in […]

THE Fenit Lifeboat cycle took place on Saturday morning as riders set off in dry conditions on the 50km route. Around 65 people departed from O’Donnell’s Bar & Restaurant in Mounthawk at 10.30am  and headed off to Farranfore, Castleisland and finished up back at O’Donnell’s again where refreshments were provided. This was fewer than the 85 […]

A GROUP of three Mercy Mounthawk students have won first prize in a prestigious national competition. Mounthawk transition year students, Richard Bowler, Lauren O’Grady and Nessa McGarty will be awarded with the CSO John Hooper medal for statistical analysis and also bagged€1,000 for the school and €600 for themselves after the […]

Adrienne McLoughlin provides a report and photos from the Kerry Camino event held last weekend on the Dingle Peninsula… The Kerry Camino annual 3-day walk of the Dingle Way, Tralee to Dingle, took place on the May Bank Holiday Weekend and 185 pilgrims took part this year. This year’s event […]

WHEN the announcement of the engagement of Prince Charles to Lady Diana was made in 1981, Charles came out with a ‘classic’ when asked “if they were in love?” His answer hit the headlines of every newspaper around the world; it was “Whatever in love means”. Now I think it […]

Kerry 1-13 Westmeath 1-18 KERRY were rocked by a Westmeath side who well deserved their victory at Austin Stack Park this afternoon, as the home side’s challenge collapsed in the final quarter in this Leinster Senior Hurling Championship tie. Played in light, but persistent, rain at the Tralee venue, Kerry couldn’t deal […]

NEXT weekend, Round 1 of the Garveys SuperValu Senior County Football Championship will throw in at grounds around Kerry. On Friday evening, players representing most of the clubs and districts made their way to a sunny Austin Stack Park for the launch of this year’s championship. Continued below… Eamonn Fitzmaurice was there […]

A NUMBER of demonstrators lined up outside the entrance to University Hospital Kerry on Friday afternoon to protest at €12 million goverment cuts to mental health services. “To cut €12,000,000 off a budget for services that already can’t cope defies belief really,” said one of the demonstration’s organisers, Ger Collins. “The staff […]

Dott’s Bar The Rose Hotel SO much for waiting for things to quieten down! When The Rose Hotel revamped its bar back in late March, I looked forward to writing about the food, changes to the decor and menu in the amazing new look hotel. But I decided it would be unfair […]

MERCY Mounthawk is celebrating a fantastic two successes in the 2016 Bord Gáis Energy Student Theatre Awards on Thursday in Dublin. In what was an amazing achievement for the students, the school took home the top prize in the Best Set category for its set design in the school’s production ‘Les Misérables’ and then the […]

THE first Darkness Into Light Tralee event, held in the early hours of Saturday morning, was an emotional celebration of all that is good about the people in our community. They turned up in their thousands – figures mentioned were between 2,000 to 3,000 – at CBS The Green for the fundraiser in aid of […]

Mike O’Halloran says Kerry has the ability to make it a second home victory in as many weeks at Austin Stack Park on Saturday against Westmeath… Kerry began their journey to a Leinster quarter-final with a great win over Carlow last week. Playing into the wind in the first half, Kerry were […]

IF you’re sitting in front of the TV tomorrow night, it might be worth flicking on RTE 1 to see a face that will be familiar to some. Tralee man, Vincent Lynch, had his name drawn out of the drum on the National Lottery game show ‘Winning Streak’ last Saturday, so […]

IT’S set to be a huge and wonderful event in the early hours of Saturday morning, as a massive crowd is expected at CBS The Green for Tralee Darkness Into Light. There are five walks taking place at 4.15am across the county in Tralee, Killarney, Listowel, Dingle and Cahersiveen and preparations are in place […]

TWO nights of great entertainment came to a close on Thursday when CBS students staged ‘A Wake In The West’ at the school. Transition Year students tread the boards for a public performance last night and there was a fantastic response from the audience who thoroughly enjoyed it. Written by  Michael J […]

THERE’S great family fun in store tomorrow night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium when St John of God Kerry Services hold a fundraiser for their Children’s Respite Services. This worthy cause will feature an all sponsored program, fantastic raffle prizes such as a signed Kerry Jersey and an auction of a pair […]

A TRALEE firm of solicitors is up a major law award tonight at a ceremony in Dublin. Leading law firms, legal practitioners and in-house legal teams across Ireland are 2016 finalists for the AIB Private Banking Irish Law Awards and Cadogan O’Regan Solicitors in Denny Street is one of the nominees […]

POST-PRIMARY school students from schools all over Kerry took science to the next level with over 60 projects at SciFest at IT Tralee 2016 on Thursday. Of the 60 plus projects exhibited at SciFest, the top prize on the day went to Natasha Myers from Killorglin Community College for her project, […]

THE London Rose will be chosen in the English capital tomorrow night and there’s three Kerry ladies in the running for the crown. A selection evening will be held in the Clayton Crown Hotel in Cricklewood on Saturday night with 15 young ladies hoping to succeed Aisling Hillary and head […]

According the people at the Met Office, summer is about to arrive later this weekend…well, in the sense that the rain will be warmer than it has been. Anyway, if we do get some sunshine, there’s no excuse for staying indoors. Here’s a few things you might get up to… […]

THERE’S just one change in the Kerry senior hurling team to play Westmeath this Saturday, from their game against Carlow last weekend. Brendan O’Leary replaces Colum Harty in the half forward line for the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship Round Robin Group, Round 2, at Tralee’s Austin Stack Park on Saturday […]

  KERRY County Council Filmmaker in Residence, Lisa Fingleton, has almost completed her residency and applications are being invited to succeed her in the role. Since last September, Filmmaker in Residence Lisa Fingleton has been sharing her passion for film with schools, organisations and community groups across the county. The […]

A BASKETBALL legend in the county is to be inducted into the Basketball Ireland Coaches Hall Of Fame at a ceremony in The National Basketball Arena in Tallaght this Saturday. Jimmy Diggins has given almost 40 years to basketball in the county and as he says himself “it’s my life”. […]

A TABLE quiz with a difference will be held next week where the family of a Ballymac woman who died from cancer will be remembered. The daughters of Marian McCarthy, who passed away in January, will host a Harry Potter-themed quiz to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society. The quiz […]

TWO Transition Year groups from Presentation Secondary School and two from Mercy Mounthawk have made the final of the Eco-Unesco Youth Environmental awards to be held later this month and you can vote for the projects online in a public vote. Both “If your dog poops, You Scoop” campaign and the […]

A CHURCHILL woman’s drawing, attempting to explain the local appeal of the Healy Raes, has gone viral today in the wake of Danny Healy Rae’s comments in the Dail on climate change yesterday afternoon. Danny Healy Rae’s view is that it is only God who controls the weather and we can’t do anything about […]

THE worst fears were confirmed for Kerry U21 and Austin Stacks player Greg Horan when a scan on Wednesday uncovered an ACL tear in his right knee. The average recovery time for a torn ACL is anywhere between six and nine months but it can often take a bit longer that, […]

THE Fenit Development Association is hoping people turn up for an important event this Friday at Fenit Island. As part of Clean Coasts week which takes place from May 6-15, volunteers are needed to plant Marram grass, which will help protect the dunes. The erosion of the dunes is becoming a […]

A WELL-DESERVED civic reception will be held on Monday for a man who has done enormous work for charity and cancer support in Kerry. Ted Moynihan of Kerry Hospice Foundation will receive the honour from the Tralee Municipal District at 1pm at Kerry County Council buildings at Rathass. The Tralee man […]

KERINS O’Rahillys and St Brendan’s will have the ‘home’ advantage of Austin Stack Park when they take on South Kerry and Kenmare respectively in a championship double headed on Sunday week. Meanwhile Austin Stacks must wait until July 9 (provisionally) to face Dr Crokes in the Club Championship Final. The […]