VISITORS to two education centres in town were impressed by the facilities at open days on Wednesday. Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn and Kerry College of Further Education both opened their doors to potential would-be pupils and students at opposite ends of their journey through education. In the Gaelscoil, parents and children were given a […]

HOMES in a part of Banna are facing evacuation within years if nothing is done to counteract the effects of coastal erosion in the area according to local residents. Due to a number of factors the sand dunes which act as a barrier between the coast and residents at Carrahane are […]

ULTAN Dillane will have to wait a little longer for his first start in a Six Nations game as he has been named on the bench for the clash with Italy on Saturday. The 22 year old former Tralee RFC player impressed with his 15 minutes game time against the English two weeks […]

THE Healy-Rae bandwagon rolled up to Kildare Street this morning and there was a hooley on the street for the supporters (see video below). But before Michael headed up to the capital, he was in Ballyroe last night to strut his stuff on the catwalk to help raise funds for […]

OVER 200 people turned up at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night for the  Kerry Ladies Gaelic Football night of Fashion and Fun. Some of the ladies footballers of Kerry took to the catwalk to showcase the best of Spring Summer 2016 from top shops all over the county and to raise much needed funds […]

TRALEE has new All-Ireland champions after CBS The Green’s Under 14 team won yesterday in Gormanstown College in Co Meath. Having won the county and provincial championships over the past few months, the team of Sean Kennedy, Kevin Griffin, Seamus Bradley, David Smith along with team managers; Aine Knightly and […]

DIVING into freezing ice cold Russian waters inside the Arctic Circle wouldn’t be most people’s idea of a holiday, but Caherslee woman, Mags O’Sullivan will do exactly that when she heads east for adventure on Friday. She will be part of a group of eight Irish divers who will hold […]

TRAVEL Management Company Portman Travel, welcomed eight new full-time employees this week and there’s more jobs on the way for the town to bring a total of 24 new positions in two years by early 2017. The new employees graduated from their in-house Academy training programme at their European Centre of Excellence in Monavalley, Tralee, where […]

AH! Young love. Here’s a story that will either warm the cockles of your heart or leave you thinking ‘what a cheek!’ A young couple who met and fell in love in Dingle last autumn, have launched a GoFundMe appeal to help keep their romance alive. Eighteen year old American, Madeleine Walsh met […]

Gavin O’Connor reports from Austin Stack Park on the EirGrid U21 Munster Championship quarter-final between Kerry and Tipperary on Wednesday night… Kerry 0-11 Tipperary 1-7 A 14 man Kerry beat Tipperary to win their first game in three years at U21 level at a nippy Austin Stack Park tonight. Jack […]

KERRY man John Garvey and his family have raised €126,726 for Cork University Hospital (CUH) over the past 12 years, in gratitude to the hospital for the treatment of a family member. This week, Mr. Garvey, from Foilmore near Cahersiveen, and his daughter Clare Garvey, presented his latest donation of €10,628 […]

ENABLE Ireland will be hosting a ‘Cheltenham Preview Night’ this Friday, March 11, at The Brandon Hotel, at 8pm. Well known personalities from the racing world like Jim Culloty, Philip Enright and Brian O’Connell will attend and on the night, there will also be a sports auction held as part […]

ST JOHN’s Parish are taking a proactive step by bringing the church to the people. The parish of St John’s are organising two events one in Manor and the other in The Square on the Saturday, March 19 and Sunday, March 20 respectively. ‘Mercy in the Square’ and ‘Mercy in […]

FIVE certified townies stand a chance of winning Angus calves for their school. To do so, CBS The Green students, Michael Scanlon, Rory Ruttledge, Dara O’Brien, Dara Regan and Hugh Healy will travel to Dublin for the Certified Irish Angus Beef Schools Competition in Croke Park on March 16. While there, […]

AROUND 270 people attended a special event in Ballygarry House Hotel on Wednesday night to hear Holocaust survivor, Eva Schloss, speak about her experiences. The acclaimed author and the stepsister of Anne Frank, was present as part of the International Women’s Day Kerry event put on by the Kerry Businesswomen’s Network and […]

SO yesterday was International Women’s Day and I finally took the plunge and started a personal blog called Winters Tales on Facebook. It is amazing that I have no problem getting up and speaking in front of hundreds of people and writing for TraleeToday, but I am terrified of putting […]

THE decision by the CCCC to fine both Kerry and Donegal county boards €7,500 and dish out a one match ban to Neil McGee got Twitter going last night. Here’s some of the reaction… Neil McGee one match ban. Kerry and Donegal fined e7500 each. Where does money from fines […]

THREE Kerry schoolchildren recently attended the finals of the 2016 Doodle 4 Google Awards, which took place on March 8, at Google’s EMEA headquarters in Dublin and though they did not emerge victorious, the pupils gave a great representation of their schools and the county. Seanie Feehan from Scoil Naomh Eirc, […]

    WHILE Tralee businesses were unsuccessful at the Irish Restaurant Awards last night, they were celebrating a couple of miles out the road in the Spa where the Oyster Tavern won the Best Customer Service category for Kerry. The Munster Regional Final of the awards took place in the Muckross […]

AFTER a meeting of the The Central Competitions Control Committee, Kerry and Donegal county boards have both received fines of €7,500 for incidents that marred last Sunday’s encounter in Austin Stack Park. Donegal’s, Neil McGee, has received a one match ban for appearing to harm Alan Fitzgerald’s finger in the lead […]

  The annual Good Friday 10km walk and run in aid of Kerry Hospice takes place on March 25 in Tralee and other venues around the county. This year there will be a new starting point with the walkers due to get going from the Grand Hotel on Denny Street […]

TRALEE Educate Together National School student, Lenka Zigova, has been shortlisted for the ‘Have You Got Maths Eyes’ poster competition. Entrants were required to create a poster by taking a photograph in their local environment and highlighting the mathematics they see in the photo. She will now go on to […]

BLENNERVILLE National School’s motto ‘ní neart go cur le chéile’ never seemed so appropriate than in the last few weeks as last Monday, March 7, as they welcomed those who collaborated to help make shelves for their new library to the school. The school had the problem of an empty […]

THE fourth and fifth class pupils at Scoil Nuachabháil have raised over €1,000 for the school selling Ballymacelligott area-themed fridge magnets. Under the stewardship of teacher, Siobhan Curran, they created and sold the picture magnets to enter into this year’s Junior Entrepreneur Programme. To decide what images would go on the […]

THE Mayor of Tralee’s motion, calling for Tralee town to be designated and given city status, received support from councillors at the Tralee Municipal District meeting at Kerry County Council buildings on Monday. Fianna Fáil Cllr Tom McEllistrim said Kilkenny is called a city and it has a similar population to Tralee. […]

KERRY and Donegal players could face retrospective disciplinary action because of scuffles that ensued during the Allianz National League match in Austin Stack Park on Sunday. RTE are reporting that the GAA’s Central Competitions Control Committee are believed to be looking at a number of incidents from a match that saw two men […]

IT’S been some year for Ballymac-based greyhound trainer, Liam Dowling, and Monday brought another honour in the shape of a civic reception at Kerry County Council buildings. Mayor of Tralee Municipal District, Tom McEllistrim, asked for the trainer to be honoured for his services to greyhound racing in Kerry with Liam’s dog, Ballymac […]

A YEAR-LONG celebration of Tralee’s 800th anniversary was officially launched last week and there’s much to look forward to in the county capital including extended festivals and a big screen in the Square for Ireland’s opening Euro 2016 game against Belgium. The Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council and Chairman of the Tralee 800 […]

  SARAH Miles will be welcomed back to Dingle on St. Patrick’s Day, where she will officially open the Dingle International Film Festival with a screening of Ryan’s Daughter. The English actress who starred in the 1970 David Lean-directed classic, will open an event which welcomes celebrity guests and 170 screenings. […]

THE Kerry team to face Tipperary in the EirGrid Munster GAA Under 21 Football Championship on Wednesday has been named and features players from clubs in and around Tralee. Jack Savage of Kerins O’Rahillys captains the side and plays at corner-forward. He is joined on the field by Churchill’s Eoghan O’Brien […]