LAST night Tralee Musical Society embarked on a five day run in Siamsa Tíre performing the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ‘The Beautiful Game’. This dramatic and powerful West End hit combines sports, politics, and a Romeo and Juliet-style romance. Set in 1969 Belfast, this Irish story concerns a local young Catholic […]

THERE’S a lot at stake on the Austin Stack Park pitch this weekend with Kerry in action in both hurling and football. Tralee is set to benefit too as they will welcome Laois and Cork supporters to the town for the clashes. The hurling game has a 5pm throw-in so it’s […]

AN 18 year old woman in University Hospital Kerry is still waiting to be transferred to Cork or Limerick hospital for a life-saving operation, after her brother went public on national radio yesterday about her situation. Breda Kevane has been in an induced coma in intensive care in Tralee for the […]

A KERRY based dance group has came back with five trophies from the International Dance Competitions in Barcelona over the Easter weekend. The Academy of Dance under the directorship of Clarissa Michaux won the overall team competition plus a gold World Cup in Jazz, silvers for Character and Classical and bronze for Overall […]

THE Darkness Into Light Tralee event was officially launched on Tuesday evening at Pieta House in Moyderwell. A number of people gathered at the centre to hear about the event which takes place at 4.15am on May 7 from CBS The Green. Among those attending were Elma Walsh, mother of Donal […]

  ORGANISERS of the fifth annual Miss Bikini Ireland competition have issued a call for Kerry women to take part. The organisers are offering a chance to win the €15,000 top prize which includes an all expenses paid trip to the Swimsuit USA International for seven days where the top prize is $80,000. Miss […]

KERRY County Council’s Commemorations Office has details of plans for several commemorations around the county including Valentia Island, from where the telegram was sent to US to alert Clan na Gael to the outbreak of the Rising; at Ballykissane near Killorglin, where three Volunteers drowned on their way to seize wireless […]

STAFF at the Revenue offices in Tralee traded their normal work attire and wore yellow for the day on March 10 for a worthy cause. The colourful event was organised as part of a fundraiser for the Kerry – Cork, Health Link Bus, and the Irish Cancer Society. The staff also ran a bric-à-brac […]

JACK O’CONNOR will be able to call upon the talents of three former minor All-Ireland winners when the Kerry U21s face Cork in the Munster Final on April 7. Kerins O’Rahilly’s, Cormac Coffey and Dingle men Mark O’Connor and Matthew Flaherty all won All-Ireland minor medal’s in 2014, with Mark […]

BRIAN O’Sullivan, who hopped up on the bar at Falvey’s Pub in Killorglin to pay tribute to his late friend Ger ‘Farmer’ Foley, has been put on the guestlist for the next concert by The Killers in Ireland. After seeing the video go viral in the past number of days, the […]

  A SHORT-TERM Garda Chief Superintendent has been appointed for the Kerry division until a permanent appointment is made. David Sheahan, the Garda Chief Superintendent for Limerick, takes over the job on a temporary basis. He has been Chief Superintendent in Limerick since February since 2010, based in Henry Street in Limerick City and remains […]

THE 1916 Proclamation will be read by the well-known actor, Dominic West in Ballybunion this weekend, in a commemoration to honour three north Kerry men who died in the Rising.   The actor who is famous for his roles in The Wire and The Affair will be at Scoil Iosagáin, Ballybunion on Saturday, […]

THE cost of buying a house in Kerry has risen by 3.11% in the last three months. That’s according to a national survey carried out by REA Average House Price Survey which since the beginning of the year. The survey also found that new houses on the market are being […]

A FOODIE’S paradise awaits in The Tankard next week at special fundraiser for three charities. ‘Taste For Africa’ will feature cookery demonstration chef, Frank Moynihan, who has invited 10 local producers, largely from Fenit and surrounding area, to present a dish of their choice on the night. It’s not a sit […]

IT appears the good days of cheap petrol that motorists experienced at the beginning of the year could be coming to an end. Since we last did our check at the end of February the price of petrol at most stations was around €1.17 per litre. Now, all stations have […]

TWO juniors from Tralee Tennis Club have recently made themselves and their club very proud after they both came away victorious from various Munster Competitions held over the last two weekends. Peter Walsh was the winner of the U14 Plate at the 2016 Junior South of Ireland Tennis Championships, which […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance, Team Bramble and KWD are urging people to come out this Saturday for County Clean Up Day. Volunteers are asked to come to the Lidl Car Park at 10am for the clean-up to help clean up roads and keep the environment clean for locals and visitors while also raising awareness of […]

OVER 200 people came to Siamsa Tire on Saturday night for a special screening of ‘Spa Fenit – A Journey Through Time’. The documentary, made by Jim McCarthy of Digimac Video Productions’, takes the viewer on a historical journey through time, recording the day-to-day life, history, experiences of local people […]

THE US Masters is coming up next week and Kerins O’Rahillys are inviting people who know their golf to take on their challenge and win €500. The Kerins O’Rahilly’s ‘Masters Challenge’ has proved a very successful way of generating funds for the club but, of course, it’s not confined to club members. […]

THE video of the musical tribute to Ger ‘Farmer’ Foley has reached The Killers who sent their approval via a tweet last night. The video which featured Brian O’Sullivan standing on the bar counter of Falvey’s in Killorglin and belting out the Las Vegas band’s famous hit ‘Mr Brightside’, went viral during […]

SATURDAY was a good day for two Tralee sides in County League action. Austin Stacks enjoyed a three-point victory over Glenbeigh/Glencar at Connolly Park, while up in Strand Road, O’Rahilly’s got the better of a team who have proved a thorn in their side over the past couple of years. Kerins O’Rahillys were […]

IT was night of beauty and style in The Brehon Hotel, Killarney on Saturday, when Miss Kerry 2016 was chosen. As previously reported (click here for previous photo coverage) Niamh Enright from Listowel was deemed the winner of the contest and will go forward to the Miss Ireland 2016 event later […]

THEY had some craic in Ballyroe on Saturday night. The hotel hosted an audience of 600 people as well as the 12 couples contesting the first Ardfert NS Strictly Come Dancing event. We told you yesterday that Michael Leen and Gillian Dowling were the winners of the popular vote, while the […]

TRALEE Musical Society is on the eve of taking to the stage for their well-timed patriotic and epic production of ‘The Beautiful Game’ from Wednesday March 30 to April 3. This dramatic and powerful West End hit combines sports, politics, and a Romeo and Juliet romance. Set in 1969 Belfast, this Irish […]

MISS Kerry 2016 was a very stylish affair as we showed you earlier (click here). Well Paudie Healy of Evoque Photography was there to beautifully capture the event in these photos below. You can see many more on his Facebook page here. We’ll have many of our own photos from the […]

THERE was standing room only at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night for the Ardfert NS Strictly Come Dancing event. After many weeks of practicing under choreographer Joe Burkett, the hard work paid off as the 12 couples took to the floor to show off their moves. Radio Kerry’s Francis Jones was […]

THERE was magic tricks and a mystery surrounding a missing dog to be solved by children in Caballs Toymaster on Saturday morning. In what has become an annual event at the Bridge Street institution, children gathered from 10.30am for a series of free puppet shows – involving ‘Granny Annie’ and […]

THE Miss Kerry 2016 competition took place in Killarney on Saturday night and it was a Listowel woman who took home the crown. Over 200 people saw Niamh Enright, sponsored by Trant’s Pharmacy Listowel, chosen by judges Aideen Feely, Pawel Nowak and Miss Kerry 2016, Mairead Breathnach, from 20 contestants  at […]

The success of recovery is in discovery, Look for the extraordinary in the ordinary, Smile This is the first line of my own personal mantra which I wrote about last week. It is basically reminding me to learn something new every day and to keep my mind open. What I […]

THE kids are made of sterner stuff here in Tralee and it showed as they braved the rain this afternoon for the  fun run in the Town Park. Held as part of the Tír Na nÓg Children’s Festival and supported by Tralee Chamber Alliance, the bad weather meant that the planned Zumba warm […]