A FULL house braved the weather to come out and see music legend, Albert Hammond, in Siamsa Tire on Tuesday night. His songs have been responsible for the sale of over 360 million records worldwide including over 30 chart-topping hits. The English born musician who has penned the hits ‘The Air […]

THE generosity of the people of Tralee was made evident again this week as Dan and Tomas Healy presented a cheque for €2,806.70 to Breda Dyland and Jay Galvin from the Kerry Cancer Support Group, Kerry – Cork Health Link Bus. The money was accumulated over the last two years by the […]

LEADING names from the football field, both men and women, will model to raise funds for Kerry ladies football at a night of fashion and fun in Ballyroe Heights Hotel next week The stylish event, on Wednesday, March 9, will see Kerry footballers hang up the boots for the night and take to the […]

THREE Coláiste Gleann Lí took part in a gruelling three day challenge in the south Kerry wilderness that pitted them against nature. Holly Touhy, Daniel Chung and Saoirse Hussey hill-walked and kayaked 25 kilometres across South Kerry, camping in the wild and living off the land. The senior cycle students were […]

THERE will be a feast of Kerry GAA action on TG4 this Sunday. Capping off an afternoon that will see live coverage of Kerry Allianz Hurling and Football games, the story of Declan O’Sullivan’s career will be told as part of the Laochra Gael series at 6:25pm. The three-time-All-Star called […]

KERRY GAA stars will meet an old Dublin foe when they all battle it out to win €2,000 for their chosen charity, along with raising funds for an all-weather pitch on the grounds of CBS The Green. ‘The Kube’ charity fundraiser, sponsored by Lee Strand Protein+ Milk and Moriarty Construction, will […]

PLANNING permission has been granted for the €20m advanced manufacturing facility at Kerry Technology Park, Dromtacker. The planned facility was announced in February last year by the IDA as part of a €200m programme for rural towns around the country. The planning application was lodged with Kerry County Council on December 23 […]

THE most enterprising students from around the county will come together for the County Finals of the Kerry County Council Annual Student Enterprise Awards, this Friday at the Institute Of Technology, Tralee. Over 50 mini-companies set up by local second level schools will participate in the competition, which promotes the development of innovation, […]

A CASTLEISLAND man’s work was on display at the Oscars on Sunday Night. Edward O’Sullivan, originally from Barrack Street in Castleisland, was the man who picked out the jewellery that complemented Cate Blanchett’s Armani Privé gown on the red-carpet for the 88th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The stylist, in his […]

A NEW chapter in the history of Austin Stack Park Tralee will commence this coming Sunday when the green and gold of Kerry will take to the brand new pitch to face Wexford and Donegal in the Allianz Hurling and Football Leagues respectively. The lush green surface is the centre-piece […]

A CHARITY race night was held in Seán Óg’s bar last night organised by two barmen who are off next month to run the London Marathon. Fergal Dooley and John Moriarty, are running in the event to raise money for the Irish heart disease and stroke charity ‘Croí’ and a good […]

IF you can’t make it to the momentous football and hurling double bill in Tralee on Sunday, TG4 has got you covered. For what is a unique occasion, both Kerry senior men’s GAA teams will feature live on TV on the same day. Getting the ball rolling are the hurlers […]

MET Éireann has issued a Code Level Orange wind warning for counties including Kerry for tonight and Kerry County Council are advising homeowners to take precautions. The warning is in place from 10pm tonight to 8am on Wednesday morning. The warning is for Kerry, Galway, Mayo, Clare, Cork and Limerick. Westerly winds, veering […]

SIAMSA Tíre was packed out for the past two nights as the Churchill Drama Players theatre group performed their ‘Springtime Variety Show’. Featuring a cast of 100 from the Churchill and Spa areas, the variety show featured a host of different styles of entertainment, including ‘Songs of the Sea’ to […]

SO this week wasn’t a very nice one for my family as my young cousin aged only 29 was tragically killed in a car accident last Saturday in County Galway. Laura was a wonderful person and really epitomized living life to the full. She packed an awful lot into her […]

OVER 20,000 cigarettes and 12 litres of wine were seized by customs officers in Tralee at the weekend. The items were seized after a car was stopped as part of an operation into the sale and distribution of unstamped tobacco products. A follow-up search of a private house in the town […]

THERE is sadness in town and far beyond this morning, at the news of the death of Margaret Dwyer, one of the first members of the Rose of Tralee International Festival in 1959, at the age of 97. Ms Dwyer, who died yesterday, came to Kerry soon after World War […]

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 […]