A TRALEE woman is the latest person to find their ‘Twin Stranger’ as part of experiment by Irish students. Student Shannon Lonergan was contacted by Sara from Sweden who found her on TwinStrangers.com after they both had signed up to the site. The website was set up by Castleisland native, Niamh Geaney and her […]

WITH the Christmas shopping period now in full swing two local primary schools went out and about to spread a bit of festive cheer for shoppers. Out caroling on Wednesday afternoon, were Scoil Eoin who went to Manor West, while Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn set themselves up in the Mall. “We’re just out entertaining […]

LESS than ten days until Santa comes knocking and I, along with a lot of others, am thinking about New Year’s. I have said it before and I will say it again, I don’t see the hype around New Year’s. This whole “New Year, New You” idea is nothing more than […]

TUI members in Institutes of Technology, including IT Tralee, have voted by a margin of 92% to engage in a campaign of industrial action in order to tackle a number of  issues in their sector. In a vote with a 56% turnout of members, announced yesterday, the Union said strike […]

AN asbestos type tile will be removed during work on the refurbishment of two wards at Kerry General Hospital. The HSE South Estates Department obtained the services of a competent asbestos surveying company to undertake a survey of Valentia and Reask wards which are being prepared for refurbishment. This identified an […]

IT’S set to be a great afternoon of fun in The Mall on Saturday at the second Annual Christmas Office Chair Racing Competition in aid of St Vincent de Paul. Following on from the success of last year’s inaugural event, the event gets underway from 3pm and you can expect the action to be fierce […]

THERE was great excitement for pupils and staff from St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville last night as they put on their annual Christmas Concert in St John’s Church. Hundreds of family members came to the church to hear the pupils sing Christmas classics and some well known modern festive songs as well. […]

A FAMILY is fighting against time to find a home before Christmas after their home was damaged when their dishwater burst into flames and pumped noxious black smoke around the house. Two weeks ago, Geraldine Whelan, was sitting in her living room in Lios Rua when her dishwater caught fire. She […]

NA GAEIL is getting set to celebrate Christmas in style with a huge hamper worth over €500 up for grabs in a raffle at their bingo night next Monday. The hamper worth €500 contains a huge range of Christmas food, drink, Lidl, Peter Marks, Boots and meat vouchers and the draw for it will […]

THE Tralee Credit Union AGM was held last night in the Fels Point Hotel and members heard about the healthy state of the financial institution. It was the first AGM since Killorglin Credit Union was integrated with Tralee and the Union now has assets of €185m. Killorglin brought an additional €30m […]

THE people at Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre had a treat on Monday when they enjoyed entertainment courtesy of the pupils from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. Two busloads of children arrived at the centre in Caherslee with their musical instruments and in full voice for the morning. “Our school choir paid their annual […]

SO it’s nearly here, the big day that every child in the country has waited for, Christmas. The letters to the big man himself have been posted and now the wait begins to see if you are on the naughty or nice list. There is such a lovely buzz around […]

A TRALEE woman will be re-connecting with RTE 2 audiences on Thursday night when a show she appeared in returns for a one-off special. Alanna Diggin, originally from Alderwood Road, appeared last year in ‘Connected’, an RTE 2 reality show which covered the lives of six Irish women from all […]

KERRY legend Declan O’Sullivan has announced he will no longer be playing football. After undergoing knee surgery this morning the three-time All-Star made the announcement on Twitter, stating “After my op this morning sadly my football journey is over”. The five time All-Ireland winner hung up his boots with Kerry […]

THERE’S a photo that’s causing a bit of a stir online this morning. Sent in by ‘Mark’ to the Radio Kerry Facebook page, it’s an image taken at St John’s Church of one of the statues there. However, when he posted the photo online, many people said they can make out […]

THE corridors and halls of Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh came alive with colour and festive spirit this week as pupils put their talent on display for the annual Christmas Concert. For weeks now the children of Scoil Eoin guided by their teachers and music co-ordinator Triona Daly have been rehearsing for this […]

  IT’S going to be a wet one tomorrow, apparently. We got off relatively lightly at the weekend, considering the Orange rainfall alert for Saturday, but the rain hasn’t gone away you know. Met Eireann tonight has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall Warning for Cork, Kerry and Waterford with rainfall totals […]

FOUR students with artistic talent from around the county received prizes today as part the Kerry Education & Training Board Christmas Card Art Competition. Kerry ETB ran its annual Christmas card competition which is open to all students in the eight Kerry ETB Schools and there was a high standard of […]

Gavin O’Connor reports on the Senior Football County Championship Relegation Play-off game at Lewis Road, Killarney, on Sunday… Austin Stacks 2-10 (16) Laune Rangers 1-6 (9) IN the end, it was a comfortable seven point victory for Austin Stacks that guarantees them senior football in 2016, but the final score […]

JOE.IE have put up a video of a someone clinging on to the roof a moving car in Manor West. According to the website, the video was sent in by a someone from the 24/7 Cabs Tralee twitter account. It shows one of the doors of the car open with a […]

THE rain stayed away thankfully for the third annual 5k Santa Fun Run which began and finished at the Wetlands on Sunday morning. Held in memory of Tralee girl Fiona Moore, who died in 2013, hundreds of runners and walkers decked out in festive garb took part in the charity run […]

Not long now til turkey time! With this in mind, Mark Doe, of ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies, gives us his top tips for a stress-free Christmas lunch… Christmas lunch often means a lot of stress if you are the one cooking for friends and family. I think this […]

  AS part of their Leaving Certificate Vocational Programme (LCVP) programme, students from Presentation Secondary School had their 5th Year LCVP Christmas Trade Fair on Friday in the school. Twenty-seven students produced, marketed and sold a wide range of products which included chocolate truffles, cup cakes and candy canes. All students have […]

AUSTIN Stacks will play in the county senior championship next year after a 2-10 to 1-6 win over Laune Rangers in Lewis Road, Killarney this afternoon. It’s a sad day for Laune Rangers, a club which jointly holds the most county championship title wins (12) with the Rock side, as […]

  CENSUS 2016 takes place on April 24 and the Central Statistics Office have announced that they’re looking for enumerators in Kerry. The application process for census enumerators will open on  January 5 at 9am. There will be 167 enumerators recruited in Co. Kerry with a total of 4,660 enumerators nationwide to deliver and […]

IT’S debs ball season and the first Tralee school students to step out in style did so on Saturday night. Gaelcholaiste Chiarraí students looked elegant and stylish for the event in the Brandon Hotel, which saw nearly 80 students sit down for a three course meal. They were joined later […]

WITH less than two weeks to Christmas, it’s time to party. At least that was the case for hundreds of people gathering in hotels around town on Saturday night. We visited Fels Point, Manor West and Meadowlands where companies and organisations treated their employees to a great night out. Nearly 300 people […]

WHILE the forecast for Saturday was terrible, thankfully the heavy rain cleared away for the afternoon and people were able to get out and about. One place many of them headed to was a Christmas bazaar in the St Brendan’s Pastoral Centre. Organised by Listellick NS,  parents, pupils and staff […]

A MEDAL presentation for Na Gaeil GAA club’s under 8 and 10 boys was held at the clubhouse on Friday. The medals were presented by Andrew Barry, Na Gaeil’s two time All Ireland minor medal winner. The presentation was at the end of a year which started with indoor training in January […]

POLONIUS: This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man. Farewell, my blessing season this in thee! This is a quote from Shakespeare’s play ‘Hamlet’ and it is the advice that Polonius […]