THE National Youth Council of Ireland (NYCI) is encouraging the 1,997 young people in Kerry who have turned 18 in the past 12 months, to make sure they are registered to vote, given that a General Election is just weeks away. If the election is held at the end of February, […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn pupils are getting business savvy as part of  The Junior Entrepreneur Programme (JEP). Fifth class pupils have been busily putting together a second hand clothing sale called ‘Cloze Mania’ with a emphasis on branded items. Pupils are looking for people to pledge their unwanted gear to the […]

THE Kerry Library is holding an Open Day in its Local History and Archives section on Saturday, February 13, between 10am and 4pm for donations of family artefacts, photographs and letters relating to the Easter Rising. It will be part of an exhibition that will commemorate the role of the […]

OVER the last three weeks, the 2nd class pupils from Moyderwell Mercy Primary have been participating in their version of Operation Transformation. The pupils participate in at least ten minutes of additional exercise per day, adding it to their regular P.E. classes of football and swimming. The extra activities include walking, […]

I’VE debated with myself for a while on whether or not to write about this subject as thankfully it is not something that has ever knocked on my door but it has affected many friends. The subject is suicide and there is not a day that I don’t hear of […]

IT’S going to be the highlight of spring for fashion lovers as the Kerry Boutique & Designer show returns to Ballygarry House Hotel Pavilion on Wednesday, March 2. Kellihers Toyota, Tralee, were today officially announced as the official associate sponsor of the show which is a major part of Kerry Fashion Week. Featuring […]

OVER 500 people recently attended a coffee morning at the Ballygarry House Hotel to mark the retirement of Chief Superintendent Pat Sullivan after 41 years service in An Garda Síochána. The event on Friday, January 22, doubled as a fundraiser for the Kerry Hospice Foundation, which is a charity very […]

EMPLOYEES of Bon Secours hospital will be raising money for Tralee Rotary Club and getting active when they take on the Tralee Valentines 10 Mile Run Walk organised by Run the Kingdom. The event is being used primarily as a health initiative for Bon Secours employees and takes place on […]

TRALEE area schools were to the fore in the prizes in the Tralee Credit Union Noreen Lynch Annual Schools Quiz on Sunday in the Brandon Hotel Conference Centre. This year, 164 students participated in their Quiz representing 23 primary schools throughout Tralee, Castleisland, Killorglin and surrounding areas. It was a busy […]

IT’S become a bit of a forgotten art form of electioneering, but the Healy Raes do have a thing for preserving old ways and traditions. With the general election around the corner, Micheal Healy Rae features in a new video to soundtrack his campaign with a reworking of farm machinery cult-classic ‘Hit the […]

THE Friends of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway are to walk the line next Sunday and are hoping to be joined by as many members of the public as possible. “We last Walked the Line in protest nearly four years ago in April 2012,” reads a press release from the group. “Since then, the […]

IT was a day of great excitement in Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Monday as grandparents got a chance to see their beloved grandchildren at school. Grandparents Day is celebrated as part of Catholic Schools Week and coincides with St Bridget’s Day. All grandparents are invited to the school and are presented […]

TRALEE will be one of the Kerry towns to host the ‘Darkness Into Light’ event this coming May. The event, in aid of Pieta House, has captured the hearts of people all over the country as a fundraiser and a powerful way of raising awareness of mental health issues. It has […]

FOR any of you looking for tickets for the Katie Taylor fight against Queen Underwood in Tralee later this month, please note that Tralee Chamber Alliance will not  be selling tickets for this event. This was the previous arrangement, but tickets for the February 20 event in the Brandon Hotel, will […]

GARDAI say burglars are hitting homes while people are out to work and are looking for cash and jewellery, rather than bigger items. They are warning the public to be vigilant after two homes were hit in the Abbeydorney and Ballymacelligott areas in the past week. On Monday, January 25, […]

GARDAI are warning the public about another phone scam. A woman contacted Tralee Garda Station, saying they were called by a man this morning, with a middle eastern accent, claiming to be from an Irish bank headquarters. The call was made to a landline. The caller had the person’s name and address, which […]

OVER 340 runners and walkers took off from the Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club on Sunday for their second annual 10k fundraising event. There was a bit of a breeze and ‘misty’ rain but otherwise conditions were fine for the run, which also celebrated the 1916 hero The O’Rahilly, from whom […]

CBS The Green have been crowned Munster Champions in the U14s division of the Munster School Boy’s Badminton. The competition took place in the Sports Arena, University of Limerick, on Thursday, January 28. It was a tough day for competitions, with the team playing 30 games in total. They had […]

THE Status Orange wind warning for Kerry and other counties has been extended until 4am on Tuesday. Kerry County Council has advised people to take precautions ahead of strong winds and gusts which are forecast for Kerry this afternoon and evening. The warning was initially valid until midnight but Met […]

STUDENTS of Master Don Dalton’s Tralee Taekwondo Club will be aiming for gold when they travel to the 2016 Open European Championships, which is being held in Budapest, Hungary from February 3-7. The students will also participate in the International Instructor and Referee Course, which runs from February 8-9. This will […]

ARDFERT & District Community First Responders attended 42 emergency callouts in 2015 after going live with the National Ambulance Service on February 23. In the time the scheme was live in 2015, it attended 10 stroke calls, seven cardiac arrest calls and 25 chest pain calls. The busiest month was November. It has […]

KERRY County Council is advising everyone to take heed of a Status Orange wind warning for counties including Kerry which has been issued by Met Éireann. Met Éireann is forecasting strong winds for the county from 10pm tonight as Storm Henry arrives. Southwest to west winds will reach mean speeds […]

AROUND 190 Rockies gathered at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday night for the annual Austin Stacks GAA Club social. Despite not having as good a year as 2014 (that would be near impossible!), there was a lot of silverware on show from the various teams in all codes. The […]

THREE Kerry properties will go under the hammer at the next Allsop Auction in February. An apartment in Tralee, a house in Listowel and land in Cordal are the Kerry lots month the other 198 properties going to auction at 12 noon on Thursday, February 25 at the RDS in […]

THE stars of Kerry hurling will be honoured at a special event in Ardfert next weekend. The Kerry Hurling All Stars on Saturday, February 6 in The Abbey Tavern, Ardfert, with a pre-awards reception at 7.30pm. Special guest is Sean Kelly MEP while Andrew Morrissey of Radio Kerry – a huge hurling enthusiast – will […]

ALL the best young scientific minds in Kerry are invited to enter SciFest 2016, which takes place at the IT Tralee, on May 5. Now in its ninth year as a national project, SciFest is an all-inclusive, all-island science competition where second-level students showcase science, technology, engineering and maths projects […]

  PICTURE, if you will, a large ship with many sailors on board in heavy storm conditions heading for the rocks off the Southwest coast of Ireland (not too difficult to picture with the weather we have been experiencing recently!). The sailors are terrified as disaster seems imminent, when suddenly a […]

  A CROWD of 300 people gathered in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday night for the launch of Martin Ferris’ election campaign. Ireland South MEP Liadh Ní Riada was the guest speaker on an evening when the  Kerry Sinn Féin TD accused both Fine Gael and Labour of betraying the people […]

WE all woke up to the sad news this morning that Terry Wogan has died and many Tralee people will have fond memories of the broadcasting legend from his time as Rose of Tralee host. The 77 year old broadcaster passed away surrounded by his family after a short battle with […]

  BASKETBALL is back with a bang in Tralee with St Brendan’s winning the Mens Hula Hoop’s National Intermediate Championship Cup in Tallaght this afternoon. The Tralee side beat Leixlip by 78 points to 60. Kieran Donaghy was named MVP for his dominant contribution and his teammate Darren O’Sullivan was top scorer with […]