THE Tralee branch of Library will host a lecture on Austin Stack as part of a number of  events due to take place on their February programme. The lecture will take place in the Tralee Library at 7pm, on February 23, and will be given by Rev. J. Anthony Gaughan. Other events […]

THERE’LL be some familiar faces from the hospitality industry in Tralee on your TV screens this Valentine’s Day. Ballygarry House Hotel & Spa will feature on this week’s episode of Francis Brennan’s “At Your Service”, which will air on RTE 1, on February 14, at 8:30pm. In this week’s episode, Francis enlists […]

THE Ashe Hotel, Tralee, has received two awards recently, from the IASI (Irish Accommodation Services Institute) and from worldwide hotel sales agent Booking.com. The first of the awards is the Gold Medal Award for Accommodation Excellence. Accommodation Manager, Kathleen Dollard, and Accommodation Supervisor, Anna Kaczamarcyk, were presented the award by […]

A VERY popular cycling club is looking for some new recruits and will be mentoring them in a new programme. The Chain Gang Cycling Club based in Tralee has been bringing leisure cyclists together since 2008, and is one of the busiest cycling clubs in the county. Now the club is […]

THE 2016 Saint Patrick’s Day Parade in Tralee will be the most celebrated in the town’s history as the theme will be based around Tralee 800 – a celebration of the birthday of Kerry’s county capital. The Grand Marshall this year will be Special Olympics Gold Medal Winner, Brendan O’Connell, from Tralee. “We’re […]

A HOLOCAUST survivor is set to give a talk on Tuesday, March 8, at Ballygarry House Hotel and Spa, Tralee.  The event will run from 6pm-9.30pm. Eva Schloss, who is an acclaimed author and the stepsister of Anne Frank, will give the talk as part of the International Women’s Day […]

NINE of the side who beat Derry in the Christy Ring Cup final back in June will start Kerry’s  Division 1B Allianz Hurling League Round 1 game against Laois on Sunday. Jack Goulding, a member of the All Ireland winning minor football panel last year makes his League debut at corner forward […]

KERRY County Council is to launch the Kerry Arts Strategy (2016-2021),  at 5pm, on February 23, at the Tralee Library. The Arts Office at Kerry County Council will build on the accomplishments of the previous Arts Plan and continue to facilitate the provision of aid to support professional artists, in particular through […]

TECHNICALLY, winter is over. You wouldn’t know it considering that we are going through the storm alphabet like there is no tomorrow. When we got to Gertrude I decided that I want the job of choosing those names. All I am saying is that if we ever get to Z, it […]

A KERRY actress is set to appear in the programme ‘EIPIC’, which will air tonight, February 11, at 10pm on TG4. Roisin Ní Cheillachair from Dunquin will be the main star of Thursday’s episode which, although contemporary, tells a story that echoes past events as five rural teenagers take over […]

THE Healy Rae’s are known for having a trick or two up their sleeve at election time. Today they caught the public by surprise with the last minute inclusion of Danny Healy Rae as a candidate. Have they sprung an ace or will they be left holding a joker? The […]

TWO Tralee business received Tidy Towns business awards at a Tralee Chamber Alliance event on Thursday morning. The new Tidy Towns Monthly Business Awards scheme was launched last month by Tralee Chamber Alliance in association with Tralee Tidy Towns Group to help get Tralee into the best possible shape for success in this […]

DEPUTY Tom Fleming pulling out of the General Election race was the catalyst for a second Healy Rae candidate to join the ticket. Speaking to Traleetoday.ie on Thursday afternoon at the Courts Services office in Tralee, where he was handing in his election papers, Cllr Danny Healy Rae said “we’re confident we’ll […]

  THE Fels Point Hotel Tralee won a Gold Award at the IASI (Irish Accommodation Services Institute) Awards on January 30. In order to achieve an IASI Gold Award Fels Point Hotel had to achieve a minimum score of 97% during the inspection which inspects guest bedrooms, public areas and bathrooms. In addition to receiving […]

DANNY Healy Rae has declared himself as a candidate in the next general election. In a move which will shock the political world, the brother of Michael Healy Rae, who is strongly tipped to top to poll in Kerry, will bid to get two seats for the Healy Rae clan. The independent […]

IF the election went by the votes cast by those present at a Tralee Chamber Alliance event this morning, Arthur Spring wouldn’t have much to worry about in two weeks time. Many of Kerry’s candidates in the forthcoming General Election gave their views on a number of local and national issues at a […]

THE awards presentation for the Donal Walsh LiveLife Film Competition took place at the ‘Live Life Love’ day on Wednesday, at the Brandon Conference Centre, in Tralee. The event, which is now in its third year, had over 700 attendees, and was in honour of Donal, a special teenager who […]

  A WEBSITE has popped up that could give undecided General Election 2016 voters a helping hand figuring out who to give their vote to. Smartvote.ie is an app and website that asks 30 questions ranging from health, immigration, Job Bridge and abortion. Users can rank each issue by level of […]

A GROUP of students at Mercy Mounthawk are trying to raise funds for a monument to show Tralee’s inclusivity when it comes to all cultures and religions. The Youth Social Innovators group is called ‘Generation I’ and their aim is to make other cultures feel welcome in Ireladand. This week […]

IT Tralee was one of 13 food businesses to have been commended at the Food Safety Professionals Association awards in Dublin. These organisations were recognised for their excellence in food safety across a number of criteria including structural and operational hygiene, food safety and protection, personal hygiene and staff facilities as well […]

TWO Sean Og’s barmen will take their place alongside the 30,000 competitors taking part in this year’s London Marathon. For the pleasure of running 42 bone-crunching kilometres, Fergal Dooley and John Moriarty, are raising money for the Irish heart disease and stroke charity ‘Croí’. Around 300,000 people worldwide apply to enter the […]

AFTER a fantastic event last year, a north Kerry nightclub is again to welcome a very different clientele than usual for the ‘FrozenFest’ party next month. Around 500 people from north Kerry, many from Tralee, went to JD’s Nightclub in Ballybunion last March, where the venue was transformed into Arendelle for the event. Children […]

VERY little at this stage of my life surprises me but I was horrified to read about the alleged behaviour of a few UCD male students. They are said to have set up a group on What’s App and shared pictures of naked girls that they had slept with and then […]

  THE Ring of Kerry Cycle Lottery was held on Tuesday evening, as the button was pushed to start the Lottery selection process in the presence of Garda Dermot O’Connell, Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle PRO Cathal Walshe, John Cleary of Eventmaster and Edel Hobbert of South West Counselling. With the lottery […]

OPERATING with the perceived wisdom that “the bookies are always right”, with just two and a half weeks to voting, we had a look at how the 2016 General Election betting is shaping up for the new five seat Kerry constituency. According to Paddy Power, they’re banking on business as usual for four current […]

IT’S Pancake Tuesday and all over town people are tucking into the sweet and savoury treats before the onset of Lent. To celebrate the day, the Shanakill Women’s Group came together in the Shanakill Family Resource Centre and held a pancake flipping competition. On Mondays the Shanakill Women’s Group regularly come together and take part in a host […]

THREE Kerry properties, including a cottage in Banna with a €30,000 reserve, have been added to the catalogue for the next Allsop Auction which takes place in February. The property in Banna, a bungalow in Moyvane and a dormer-style house in Caherdaniel have been added to the apartment in Tralee,  house in Listowel […]

VOTING for the 2016 Doodle4Google awards has now opened and three Kerry schoolchildren need your votes. Members of the public can now vote online until the closing date of February 14. Seanie Feehan, from Scoil Niamh Eirc, Kilmoyley, and Kyran Boyle and Jack Lynch, both from Scoil Nuachabháil, Ballymacelligott, are among […]

A GROUP based in Blennerville called ‘The Mothers and Others’ are coming together to run a mini-marathon  in Dublin on June 6 in aid of the Kerry Hospice. Behind the charity drive is Andrea O’Donoghue whose father Tony O’Donoghue, sadly passed away after a battle with cancer in 2014. “I’ve experienced […]

  THE woman who died tragically in a fall on Stradbally mountain on Sunday was from Knocknagoshel. Mary Cotter, who was in her early 50s, was out with a group of hill walkers when she slipped and fell on the mountain in west Kerry. The mother of three worked as a midwife in […]