GARDAÍ are warning people to be vigilant after a spate of burglaries around the county in the past week. The incidents took place in Tralee, Listowel, Moyvane and Killarney and they are appealing for any information which can lead to the apprehension of the offenders. In Tralee on Saturday, February 27, […]

IT’S all over now…for the moment anyway. An exhausting weekend in Killarney for candidates and their loyal supporters came to an end on Sunday night after all the successful politicians had been elected just after 8pm. Brendan Griffin, Martin Ferris and John Brassil were hoisted on high by their supporters and the […]

WHILE Kerry’s Michael Fassbender didn’t have any luck last night at the Oscars, another man from the Kingdom saw his designs paraded on the red carpet. Don O’Neill from Ballyheigue dressed Oscar nominee, Emma Donoghue, for the occasion, as well as RTE reporter Catriona Perry. Emma Donoghue wore a custom made […]

  WE have our five TDs for the next Dail. Just after 8pm this evening, Martin Ferris, John Brassil and Brendan Griffin were elected on the 11th count with sitting Fine Gael TD Jimmy Deenihan losing out. Fine Gael’s Brendan Griffin took the third seat followed by Sinn Fein’s Martin Ferris, then Fianna Fail’s John Brassil. […]

FINE Gael’s Jimmy Deenihan will need a miracle if he is to retain his seat in the next Dail. After the tenth count in the Kerry constituency, he lies 4,106 behind his closest rival, Fianna Fail’s John Brassil – who now has 11,955 – for the last seat. It is certain that […]

MARTIN Ferris has overtaken Brendan Griffin in the race for the remaining seats in the Kerry constituency after the ninth count. After the distribution of Michael ‘Pixie’ O’Gorman and Brian Finucane’s votes, the Ardfert man received 1,139 votes. This put him ahead of Griffin who only received 173 votes. Ferris now […]

BRIAN Finucane and Michael ‘Pixie’ O’Gorman were eliminated after the eighth count which saw John Brassil extend his lead over Jimmy Deenihan. The Fine Gael man is now 1,916 behind the Fianna Fail candidate from Ballyheigue as Brendan Griffin and Martin Ferris lead the way on 11,223 and  10,583 respectively and are virtually assured […]

AFTER the seventh count, things haven’t changed that much with Jimmy Deenihan still chasing the pack. The Fine Gael man is 1,880 votes behind Fianna Fail’s John Brassil with Brendan Griffin and Martin Ferris still in a great position to be re-elected. They are now distributing Michael Fitzgerald of the Green Party’s […]

AFTER the sixth count in the Kerry Constituency, it looks at this stage like Fine Gael’s Brendan Griffin, Sinn Féin’s Martin Ferris are certain to be elected with Fianna Fáil’s John Brassil taking the last seat at Jimmy Deenihan’s expense. Brendan Griffin is on 10,872 with Martin Ferris next on 10,418 followed by Brassil on […]

MICHAEL Healy Rae expressed his thanks to the people of Tralee for their votes and said he and his brother will be fighting for the town when they take their places in the Dail. Despite coming from the south of the county, Michael polled over 4,000 first preference votes in […]

YES, the Irish rugby team didn’t exactly set the world alight yesterday, but this year is clearly a transition period thanks to retirements and injuries, so we can write it off now and look to 2017. The future looks pretty bright in one sense as Ultan Dillane from Tralee really made an […]

IT has been a simply remarkable weekend for the Healy Rae clan as they will have two representatives in the next Dáil. Michael was elected on Saturday night after 11pm with over 20,000 first preference votes – the most in the country – and Danny follows today. Of course this has […]

WELL it took some time, but Michael Healy Rae was eventually elected with the biggest first preference vote in the country on 20,378 votes on the first count on Saturday night in the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre in an historic night for Kerry politics. It was initially expected that the first […]

IT was a proud day for the Dillane family in Tralee as a local man made his debut for Ireland, making a great impression in the game against England in Twickenham. The former Tralee RFC player came on with 15 minutes to go and made an immediate impact. On 70 minutes he was instrumental […]

THE Healy Rae brothers are looking good to take two seats in the upcoming general election according to tallies with 69% of the boxes opened. With 146 boxes opened at the count centre in Killarney, Michael Healy Rae is at 13,544 with his brother Danny at 7,133 and Michael is […]

A FORMER St Brendan’s Park FC player is set to be offered a professional contract with an English Championship side. Manager of Ipswich Town, Mick McCarthy, has told Shane McLoughlin that he will be offered a professional contract for at least another season, according to the Ipswich Town FC website. Continued below… […]

SHE’S one of Ireland’s favourite singers, so it was no surprise to see the Ballyroe Heights Hotel packed on Friday night to see Mary Black in concert. Well over 400 fans, mainly women, arrived for the 8pm concert and they weren’t disappointed as the artist, backed by excellent musicians, gave […]

THERE were 12 properties sold in the Tralee area in January according to figures from the Residential Property Price Register. Those properties combined fetched €1,862,100, while countywide there were 63 properties sold garnering €9,851,668. The most expensive property sold in Tralee was in Beenoskee, Ballyard, for €360,000, while countywide a house […]

Gavin O’Connor looks at an important game for Kerry as they face Down in the Allianz National Football League in Newry at 2pm on Sunday (deferred coverage on TG4)… AFTER two winless outings, Kerry could find themselves once more knee deep in a relegation quagmire. Eamonn Fitzmaurice’s side will head to Newry on Sunday knowing anything short […]

  KERRY County Council has unveiled a packed programme of events and initiatives for Seachtain na Gaeilge which runs from March 1 to March 17. The local authority is promoting the use of Irish throughout the period and has announced a number of displays, competitions and community-based events, all of which […]

THREE big names return to the Kerry panel for the Allianz National Football League Round 3 match against Down in Newry on Sunday at 2pm. Marc Ó Sé will start, while Colm Cooper and Kieran Donaghy must settle for a spot on the bench. Peter Crowley also makes a return to the […]

VOTERS are continuing to cast their votes today in the general election and there was a healthy enough turnout in town in the mid-afternoon. By lunchtime there was reports of a turnout of around 15% in some areas in town, but this had doubled by 3pm  in some stations we visited. We […]

IT’S not just Ultan Dillane  Tralee people will be looking out for on Saturday, as he is poised to jump from the bench for his debut. The Irish women are also in action on the same night and Tralee RFC is well represented on the team with Ciara Griffin starting and […]

PETROL prices have dropped again over the course of the month since we last did our check. Since mid-January, when we did our survey, petrol prices  have remained under the €1.20 mark. But whereas before there was two or three cent difference between some stations, most in town have now settled on a […]

THERE were some reptilian friends on show in the Tralee Bay Wetlands on Thursday evening as a special presentation by Dingle Oceanword Aquarist,  Louise Overy. Held in association with the Kerry Branch of the Irish Wildlife Trust, the presentation was about the sea turtle rescues and some of the cetacean strandings that occurred […]

JUST three of the six Kerry properties which were to go under the hammer in Dublin yesterday, were sold at the Allsop auction in the RDS. They were an apartment in Tralee, a house in Caherdaniel and a bungalow in Listowel. A cottage in Banna was withdrawn prior to auction, while a bungalow in Moyvane […]

THE pupils from Muinteoir Eoin’s fifth class in Moyderwell Mercy Primary, Tralee had their movie premiere of their short film about the 1916 Rebellion on Wednesday night. Aptly named “They Fought for Freedom”, the film is based on local, national and international historical events circa 1916. A capacity crowd of parents, […]

TODAY, many Kerry people will take their first steps inside a poll booth and cast their vote for the first time. A total of 809 people in Kerry have been added to the supplementary register in advance of tomorrow’s general election. In response to this, The National Youth Council of […]

NEW Beginning are coming to Tralee to give a free seminar aimed at getting people burdened by debt back on track. New Beginning Advisors is a Debt Management Firm specialising in mortgage and commercial debt resolution. They are a completely independent service that receives no funding from the Banks or Government. The […]

I HAVE a new theory. Tradition in Ireland has practically faded away. Religion has been moved to the back burner in our society, and truly a lot of things have changed. Of course, you can’t just shove such tradition out the window without replacing it with something else. We have to […]