Gavin O’Connor looks forward to the Kerry v Dublin Allianz National Football League clash this evening… LAST year’s league win over Dublin as All-Ireland champions may have given the impression Kerry had turned the tide on a poor record against the Dubs. 70 odd minutes in September reinforced the often […]

OVER 270 people from across the county attended the Lee Strand/Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards 2015 in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel in Tralee on Friday (photos below). The celebration commenced with dinner and was followed by a presentation of 32 awards, accompanied with an inspiring citation of each winner’s achievements. Twenty six Merit […]

KERINS O’Rahillys will have a very special guest to present medals at their 10k event this coming Sunday. “We honoured to announce that we will have the great grandson of “The O’Rahilly” John O’Rahilly with us for the day on Sunday to present the medal commemorating his great grandfather to […]

ARE you a published writer? Well then, this might be of interest to you. Kerry County Council, in partnership with the Arts Council of Ireland, is seeking a Writer in Residence as part of its Artist Engagement Programme for 2016. Previous Writers in Residence included Galway’s Maire Holmes, and Tralee’s […]

  A TRALEE women was among the volunteers from Citizens Information honoured at a recent awards ceremony for five and 10 years voluntary service to their community. Board Member Billy Mullins and Manager Frances Clifford presented awards to Monica Fitzell from Tralee Citizens Information Centre (CIC), Denis Lane from Listowel CIC, […]

THE Taoiseach was in Ballyseedy Home and Garden Centre on Friday morning to launch a rural broadband network as part of the The National Broadband Plan. “The National Broadband Plan is an essential component of the Government’s plan to keep the recovery going by providing the necessary infrastructure for economic […]

FORMER St Brendan’s Park player Jesse Stafford Lacey will be part of the Republic of Ireland’s U18s Schoolboys squad taking on Scotland in Killarney on April 14. Stafford Lacey, who currently plays with Limerick FC’s U19s, is the only Kerry player on the squad for the Centenary Shield series. The […]

A PUPIL from St. Brendan’s National School, Fenit, has been recognised as one of Ireland’s best young painters after her entry into the Sightsavers Junior Painter of the Year Awards 2016 impressed the judges. Lauren Tuite’s painting, entitled ‘Nobody’s Homeless’, was inspired by this year’s theme ‘Imagine 2030’, and is the […]

OVER 70 family businesses were represented at the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development (CEED) Family Business Conference in the IT Tralee on Thursday. The event was designed to tease out what it takes to make a family business work and look at some successful second generation businesses that are thriving […]

MERCY Mounthawk students are currently in the midst of a sell-out run of their latest production in Siamsa Tíre. Around 70 students in all are involved in the cast an when we visited just before curtain-up on Wednesday night, they were busily preparing for the opening performance. “We do a […]

THIS year’s Allianz National Football League has thrown up four away fixtures for the Kingdom. That means the travelling Kerry support will clock up some serious mileage. 2,576km to be exact and 30 hours on the road in total. Continued below… It’s a good job petrol and diesel prices are […]

  JUST eight of Kerry’s 2015 All-Ireland Final side are named in the starting 15 for Kerry’s Allianz National League opener against Dublin in Croke Park this Saturday at 7pm. Three Kerins O’Rahilly’s men feature in the team that will look to get one back on Dublin after the disappointment […]

FOUR Trelee women have been picked in the Ireland 6 Nations squad it was announced this afternoon. Tralee RFC’s Zoe Grattage, Ciara Griffin and Ciara O’Connor and Ruth O’Reilly, who plays her rugby with Galwegians, were named in the squad of 30 that will defend Ireland Six Nations crown. The Tralee RFC trio have […]

THE Irish Cancer Society has called on the Kerry public to volunteer as support on Daffodil Day is needed more than ever. The event, which takes place on March 11, raises money for the  Irish Cancer Society’s free nationwide services for those with, and affected by, cancer in Ireland. Daffodil Day […]

AS if you hadn’t noticed already, it’s pretty windy out there today. Well it’s about to get worse as Storm Gertrude arrives tonight. Met Eireann has issued a Status Orange Wind Warning for Kerry from midnight tonight to 9am tomorrow morning. Southwest winds later veering westerly will increase 65 to 80 […]

A TRALEE standup will perform his first hour long show in the renowned Whelans venue in Dublin next month. It’s a big stepping stone for Oakpark man Ronan Grace, who has been honing his craft in the capital for the past eight years. Clocking up on average 100 shows a year, his comedy […]

THE Ring of Kerry Cycle Committee has released a statement in response to feedback around the Registration process which was changed to a lottery system this year.   There has been some criticism of the new process, but they explain the new system is a fairer way for all. “Many of […]

WHEN you think of fashion, you may think of Paris or New York or London, but another fashion capital may be growing just on our doorstep. In the last number of years Ireland has really raised it’s stakes in the fashion industry. Designers have been cropping up all over the country, […]

THREE Kerry schoolchildren have been shortlisted for Doodle for Google Awards 2016 and they need your help if they are to win the competition. Seanie Feehan, from Scoil Niamh Eirc, Kilmoyley and Kyran Boyle and Jack Lynch, both from Scoil Nuachabháil, Ballymacelligott, are among the 75 children shortlisted from over 4,000 entries. This […]

FIGHT fans in town got a big surprise on Tuesday when it was announced that Katie Taylor is coming to Tralee to fight American, Queen Underwood.  It has been confirmed by Tralee Boxing Club, the venue is The Mount Brandan Hotel and tickets are priced at, €30 ringside, €20 regular […]

WELL-KNOWN local singer/songwriter, John Buggy, is releasing his second album next week, which he has dedicated to the memory of his late son, Adam. The ‘Long Journey Home’ is John’s second full-length and will be launched in Benner’s Hotel on Friday, February 5 at 9pm in The Courtyard Bar. The launch will feature […]

THE Irish Blood Transfusion Service needs your help, and today, Thursday, January 28, will be your last chance to donate blood at the mobile clinic, which has been at the Brandon Hotel all week. The service is urging members of the public to donate blood due to a shortage in […]

A MAN has been arrested after entering a shop with a hatchet and robbing a sum of money last night. The man threatened staff at the convenience store next to the petrol pumps at Kelliher’s Inver in Rathass at around 8.20pm. The man, aged in his 40s, made off through Rathass cemetery […]

A TRALEE man currently caddying in the Singapore Open gave a special gift to current US Masters Champion today. Freelance golf writer, Kenneth Quillinan, from Derrylea, Oakpark, is carrying the clubs for Corkman, Niall Turner, at the Asian Tour event, but couldn’t resist presenting Jordan Speith with an Irish soccer […]

THE Xtra-Vision store in Tralee has closed, as well as other stores in the chain around the country, as hundreds of jobs nationwide are expected to be lost with the appointment of a liquidator today. The company’s owners, UK-based Hilco Capital, petitioned the court for the appointment of Michael McAteer of Grant Thornton Ireland […]

THE Kerry County Mobile Library Service will receive €250,000 as part of the new Library Capital Investment Programme announced today by Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government Alan Kelly, T.D. The Department will invest some €22 million nationally in the Library Capital Investment Programme for the period 2016-2021.  The programme will build […]

AN important charitable service in Tralee which provides meals on wheels to the elderly, as well as to those who are physically and mentally impaired, is under threat as a result of the Government’s decision to increase the minimum wage, according to a local TD. Kerry TD Tom Fleming (Ind) has […]

TUESDAY was a historic day for Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn,  a day that will live long in the memory of all the children and the staff. Three members of the Irish Defence Forces, Ceannfoirt Peadar Ó Catháin, Gunnadóir Dáithí Breathnach agus Ceannaire Marcus Ó Dulaing visited the school as part of the ‘The […]

CORK City Council has voted to suspend the merger between Institute of Technology Tralee and Cork Institute of Technology. The Council has backed a motion calling on Education Minister, Jan O’Sullivan to suspend the colleges forming a Munster Technological University and to enter into meaningful talks with unions. Of the 20 Councillors at the […]

ON Monday, I attended the launch of Kerry Fashion Week in the Intercontinental Hotel in Dublin and believe me, all you fashionistas are in for a treat when the event takes place the first week of March. The fashion editor of the Irish Independent wrote about it today and dubbed it […]