A GOOD workman always has the appropriate tools for the job. Everything required is at hand which in turn makes any given procedure so much easier and stress free. In life it is also extremely important to have readily available tools, but the type of tools I am referring […]

A FANTASTIC event for a great cause was held on Friday at a pub on Pembroke Street. Numerous musicians from all over town and beyond, held a music marathon at Joe’s Place all in aid of Pieta House. “We decided on a music marathon rather than a 5k walk or […]

IT was quite a day on Thursday as hundreds of people participated in the St Patrick’s Day Parade in Tralee. The event really highlighted the community spirit in the town and clubs and societies were out in force to proudly display their colours. In the last of our photo coverage, […]

AND so it ends. After 195 entries, 28 races, €19,500 in prize money, the winner of The Castle Bar rollover was announced on Friday evening…but what a dramatic way to win the cash! The ‘Speed And Degrees’ duo of Tom Clifford and Danny Diggins were languishing behind in the field with […]

A DOCUMENTARY, two years in the making, is set to be screened for one night only at Siamsa Tire, on Easter Saturday, March 26, and it will feature an exclusive interview with the men involved with the Marita Ann and what happened on the ship. It is the sequel to the […]

The County League begins tomorrow and the highlight of all the fixtures is the delayed Dr Crokes v Austin Stacks, 2015 Credit Union Senior Football League Division 1 Final at  Lewis Road (3pm)… FOR the second year in a row the Austin Stacks v Dr Crokes county league fixture will double up […]

I THINK that the current generation of teenagers have a bad reputation, but for all the wrong reasons. Personally, I think that the teens of today get an awful hard time. It’s quite possible that all teenagers of every generation get a hard time. But considering that I am speaking for […]

BRYAN Cooper will probably get free flights for life as the Tralee man won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Don Cossack just after 3.30pm. It’s the young jockey’s first Gold Cup win and joy was etched on his face as they past the finishing post to win for trainer Gordon Elliott and owner […]

THE Mayor of Kerry continued his US trip this week with a visit to New York for the St Patrick’s Day parade. Cllr Pat McCarthy was joined by Kerry Tourism Officer, John Griffin, in promoting the county by meeting with business people while in the States and they met many Kerry […]

THERE is no mountain high enough for a thrill-seeking woman from Tralee, who plans on climbing an impressive eight mountains this year including Kilimanjaro in Africa. Sarah Guerin is taking part in Concern Worldwide’s annual mountain challenge, ‘Climb4Concern’, which sees adventurers climb some of the highest mountains in Ireland and […]

WHILE the St Patrick’s Day parade was a colourful and well attended affair and gardaí reported no public order arrests yesterday, there was still one element to the day which spoiled things a bit. The Square was left heavily littered by the late afternoon, which prompted the Tralee Chamber Alliance facebook page […]

WITH St. Patrick’s Day and the 1916 centenary on everyone’s mind of late, the girls over at ‘Social Box TV’ tested the people of Tralee on their basic Irish skills. They put forward words like ‘airgead’, ‘arán’, ‘amadán’ to people on the streets during Seachtain Na Gaeilge to see if they […]

THE St Patrick’s Day parade drew thousands to the streets of the town yesterday and we were there to capture the atmosphere. It took about 70 minutes for the participants to make their way down from Boherbee to the Ashe Memorial Hall and many family members of those taking part were in […]

MIGHTY Mikey Milk created lots of excitement when he visited Glenderry NS, Ballyheigue this week to present a cheque of €500 in the Cash 4 Schools Draw. Speaking at the presentation Principal Gerard Pierce stated; “We are delighted to win €500 from Lee Strand. It is a timely boost to […]

WEDNESDAY night was a very good one for CBS The Green as they held a fundraiser in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre which attracted 1,000 paying customers. ‘The Kube’ was a star-studded evening for the Lee Strand Protein+ Milk and Moriarty Construction sponsored event and saw GAA stars, politicians, radio presenters and CBS […]

  AIB are inviting people to come along to their branch in Castle street on Tuesday, March 22nd to open a Student Account with Kerry GAA Footballer Colm Cooper. The ‘Gooch’ will be present in branch from 10am -4pm to meet customers and talk about the advantages of opening an account with AIB. You’ll also be in with […]

THE weather was kind again this year as thousands came out in the sunshine for the annual St Patrick’s Day parade in Tralee. Centred around the theme of Tralee’s 800th anniversary, the parade saw hundreds of people from clubs, community groups and businesses take part as it got underway at […]

KERRY’S Darran O’Sullivan may be quick on the football field, but it appears he is even more quick-witted of it as he beat his team-mates to win ‘The Kube’  last night. He was joined by a host of GAA stars, radio stars and local politicians in the Brandon Hotel where […]

IN case you hadn’t noticed (which would be excusable if you haven’t opened a newspaper, or turned on a radio/TV/computer/phone/tablet/hearing aid since Monday)  there’s a popular racing event going on at the moment. This would explain the bustling crowds at The Castle Bar in Rock Street since Tuesday, as the interest in Cheltenham intensifies. […]

OVER the last two days, schools around Tralee have been taking part in Proclamation Day. Tuesday was the official day for the patriotic celebration of the Irish Proclamation of Independance but many schools had theirs the following day. Thankfully the sun was shining for the most part, so teachers, pupils and […]

THE children of 5th Class in Spa National School have been working hard for the Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP), coming up with the idea of sketching their own set of unique postcards titled, ‘SPA’s Picturesque Postcards’. And last week they received very special visitors in Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on the EirGrid U21 Munster Football Championship Semi-Final in Austin Stack Park on Wednesday night… Kerry  1-14 (17) Limerick 2-8 (14) TO call Limerick ‘gutsy’ would do them a huge disservice after they pushed hot favourites Kerry to the pin of their collar in a thrilling encounter […]

KERRY Sinn Fein Deputy Martin Ferris will visit the East coast of the United States to take part in St Patricks Day and 1916 celebrations. The trip takes in Boston, Springfield Tampa, Miami and New York State and will focus on ongoing developments in Ireland and Irish emigrant issues including the undocumented […]

WHILE the town prepares for the St Patrick’s Day parade tomorrow afternoon, the pupils at one school jumped the gun for a colourful morning in Balloonagh. Scoil Eoin has been holding their own parade for years now and it has become a real tradition at the school. At around 9.15am this […]

AS it’s Paddy’s week I decided to have a look at what we miss when we are away from our little green isle. As there are so many of our friends and relations who live abroad, I am sure that we are all familiar with the excitement of sending or […]

PROCLAMATION Day took place around Tralee and all over the country on Tuesday and two of the schools we visited were, Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn And Caherleaheen. On the day, every school in the country was invited to share their Proclamations for a New Generation, and all other creative projects relating to 1916 that the student […]

BALLYGARRY House Hotel has picked up yet another accolade, this time for its excellence in human resource management. The Irish Hotels Federation (IHF) recently announced the winners of its national Quality Employers Awards 2016, celebrating standards of excellence in human resource management across Ireland’s hotel and guesthouse sector. Ballygarry House Hotel […]

A GRADUATE of the Kerry ETB Radio Broadcasting Course run by Radio Kerry Training, has won a prestigious Global Award. Castleisland native, Dan Kearney, has been awarded a City & Guilds Medal for his portfolio, which includes his documentary ‘Once Were Champions’ about Castleisland Desmonds’ winning the 1985 All-Ireland Senior Football […]

PRESENTATION Tralee students are trying to raise public awareness of a weed causing serious problems in the county. The transition year students are taking part in the Eco Unesco Young Environmental Competition and are tackling the issue of Japanese Knotweed’s spread in Kerry. The weed is an alien invasive species introduced as […]

A TRALEE dog owner and his pet have brought home an award from the world renowned  competition, Crufts, held in Birmingham last weekend. First time Crufts competitor Tim Galvin and his rottweiler Rocky, finished second place in the junior dog category in his breed. Second place meant the 18 month old […]