OUR Lady and St Brendan’s Church was packed for the second day in a row on Friday as scores of pupils made their Confirmation. With Scoil Eoin pupils enjoying a great day on Thursday, it was the turn of children from Holy Family, Listellick and Tralee Educate Together who gathered […]

MATT LeBlanc got to experience the magical town that is Kenmare yesterday and there was no shortage of cameraphones out there to capture his visit. Travelling in a blue convertible Rolls Royce, the Top Gear star caused a traffic jam on Henry Street… Matt LeBlanc top gear Kenmare pic.twitter.com/5JAwFFh953 — […]

The Stonehouse Restaurant The Square THE column changes from ‘Out To Lunch’ to ‘Dinner’ for the second time in as many weeks (I know, I know, the decadent life of a journalist) as there was a birthday in our little family and we decided to head down town for an early bird to a place […]

ECO-theologian and Columban Missionary Fr. Sean McDonagh will be the speaker for the Diocese of Kerry Earth Week 2016. His talk, entitled “The Prophetic Challenge of Laudato Si”, will take place in St Brendan’s Parish Centre, Upper Rock Street, Tralee on Thursday 21 April at 7.30pm. Fr Mc Donagh will […]

IF you go on to the Ryanair Twitter page this week you’ll find a Kerry woman and her son staring back at you. The airline’s Twitter page, which has 226,000 followers, runs a #RyanairFotoFriday competition where the public is invited to send in pics via the social media platform and […]

WORK is in full swing out in Blennerville as a popular bar/restaurant is set to reopen. There is no opening date as yet, but it’s expected that a new restaurant at The Station House will be up and running, serving food to the masses sometime in May. The exterior of the […]

A FAMILIAR face from this website features prominently in the latest edition of Image Magazine. Zoe O’Connor from Ballyfinnane, who writes a column on TraleeToday.ie, is in the popular fashion magazine in a feature on ‘Millennials’ who are young social influencers in Ireland today. The 17-year-old, who is a fifth year in […]

IT was a special time for the sixth class pupils of Scoil Eoin yesterday as Confirmation Day arrived. The church at Our Lady and St Brendan’s was packed as 85 children received the holy sacrament from Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne. The day stayed dry which made it ideal for photos outside, […]

AN Austin Stacks player dished out an unmerciful shoulder that his opponent’s ancestors must have even felt, earlier this week. Young Rockie, Dylan Casey, has since been dubbed ‘Crusher Casey’ after dishing out the big hit, which was caught on camera (below) and gained the attention of the popular ‘Pundit Arena’ […]

A BALLINORIG man and his band are currently battling it out at the top of the Irish iTunes charts with the likes of Adele and Taylor Swift. Gary Keane and his bandmate Eoin Walsh make up White Boys and their new EP, ‘Stylin’, which went on release today currently sits in […]

SO Matt LeBlanc and Chris Evans are in Kerry this weekend and a lot of people are getting excited. The Top Gear presenters are on the way to Dingle later, probably via Killarney. But if they decided to pass through Tralee on the way, we’re thinking Matt LeBlanc might be channelling his ‘inner Joey’ and get peckish […]

SO the Top Gear boys are definitely going to west Kerry at the weekend and they are looking for spectators to head over to join them watching a football match on Saturday morning over in Gallarus. Word has it that the crew are already in Killarney filming. There was speculation that […]

THE IT Tralee Students Union President has criticised industrial action taken by TUI staff at the college, which he says is “causing extreme anxiety for students”. In a statement issued on Thursday, the IT Tralee Students’ Union said it was made aware of a TUI grievance, in relation to the […]

SEEMS like Matt LeBlanc is preparing himself for a ride along the Wild Atlantic Way which could possibly bring him through our neck of the the woods. The former ‘Friends’ star has posted a video of the Wild Atlantic Way on Twitter with a message attached, reading “Looks like an […]

IT is common knowledge that eventually all trends come back into fashion after some time away. Some of them we love, and some of them we fear. Unfortunately the trend that has come back is one to be feared. And when I saw feared, I mean it a lot more seriously […]

THE Tralee Branch of the Irish Red Cross will host a ‘1916 Irish Rising’ themed table quiz at Stokers Lodge, Tralee on Friday, April 29 at 8.30pm. The fundraiser is for money to go towards a building for the Tralee Branch of the Irish Red Cross. A table of four costs €20 and […]

IF you are interested in getting involved clubs from Lohercannon to Derrymore West, this could be the night for you. Curraheen Community Council will host an information evening on Tuesday, April 19th in Fels Point Hotel, from 7.30pm to 9pm. All local voluntary groups from Lohercannon to Derrymore West and surrounding areas will have […]

FIVE Kerry properties in all will go under the hammer at the next Allsop Auction later this month. The properties are in Tralee, Ballyheigue, Ballybunion and Cordal and are part of 195 properties in the RDS Dublin auction at 9am on Thursday, April 28. As we reported earlier, The Sportsfield Bar […]

THE live register figure in Tralee dropped in March for the first time since November 2015 and by almost 10% since March 2015 according to the latest figures from the CSO. The latest figures for March showed there were 5,008 people signing on in the Tralee area, down 179 from last […]

THE Free Radicals Youth Theatre will host an evening of new plays titled, ‘Proclaimers’, which will take place at Siamsa Tire on Sunday, April 17, at 8pm with admission €10. The evening is the culmination of months of work undertaken by members of the youth theatre group culminating in this […]

AN 85-year-old Lohercannon man is proving age is just a number through his mastery of table-tennis. A video of Tom Russell, who is originally from Scotland, but has made Tralee his home for many years shows him in full flow playing table-tennis and winning a set. The video was posted […]

IT looks like former ‘Friends’ star Matt Le Blanc is coming to Kerry this weekend with his ‘Top Gear’ co-presenter Chris Evans. Speaking on his BBC Radio show this morning, Chris Evans said; “Matt and I are going to Ireland on Friday to make a couple of ‘Top Gear’ films […]

THE Student Representative Council at Presentation Secondary School, Tralee co-ordinated the Annual Mental Health Awareness week in Presentation Tralee last week as a range of activities and talks were provided for all students by representatives of agencies such as Kerry Jigsaw and Aware. While different groups were scheduled for formal […]

THE Mods & Minis’ store in Tralee, along with their other five stores in Munster, came together with their customers and held a recent fundraising drive throughout all their stores, raising nearly €3,000 for local charities. The Tralee store raised over €495 for The Cashel Ward, which is the Children’s Unit […]

RISING waters have destroyed the swans nest along with six eggs contained in it at Tralee Bay Wetlands Centre. The nest is located on an tiny island near the entrance to the Wetlands on the town side and has been used by a pair of swans even before the centre opened in 2012. […]

ANY of you who read the Sunday Independent last week could not have been anything but touched by the poignant piece Sarah Molloy wrote about her late sister, Cathriona White who sadly had taken her own life a short few months ago. Due to the fact that she was the ex-girlfriend […]

THE Chief Executive of the Tralee Chamber Alliance is calling for the government to make grants available to refurbish rooms in listed buildings in Tralee so they can house start-up businesses. Speaking on Radio Kerry’s ‘Kerry Today’ programme this morning, Kieran Ruttledge especially identified listed buildings in Denny Street and Day Place that […]

LOOKING to dispose of that broken fridge/TV/toaster/anything with battery for free? ERP Ireland in association with Kerry County Council are holding a free recycling event this Saturday, April 16 at Tralee Mart, Caherslee. Members of the public can bring along items such as TVs, washing machines, IT equipment, fridge freezers and stereos – anything that has, […]

OVER 250 second level students attended the Kerry Education and Training Board 1916 Commemoration Event on Tuesday April 12 in The Rose Hotel, Tralee. The event was co-hosted by Kerry Music Education Partnership, a music education initiative led by Kerry ETB, in partnership with Kerry County Council, the Institute of […]

THE Sportsfield Bar up in Boherbee is set to go under the hammer at the next Allsop Auction later this month. The building which is home to the famous pub, a favourite of sports fans on match day at nearby Austin Stack Park, has a reserve range of between €110,000 – €130,000. The […]