Town Championship Final  Austin Stacks 1-9  Kerins O’Rahilly’s 0-9 AUSTIN STACKS overcame old foe Kerins O’Rahilly’s in the Town Championship final played Ballymacelligott on Sunday afternoon, to claim back to back victories in the competition. Shane O’Callaghan’s goal after three minutes was  the first score in the match and was […]

WE’VE been contacted by a German lady to see if we can find her a man. Not just any man though! Gloria Meier from Berlin was in Tralee last week and met a guy in The Abbey Inn. He made a big impression on her and she wants to make […]

WE’VE been bringing you the photos from the IT Tralee graduation ceremonies which took place over Thursday and Friday. If you missed our previous coverage, you can click here, here and here. Meanwhile here’s the last of   our photos of the hard-working students who received their qualifications. Scroll down […]

MUCH has been written about the great Maureen O’Hara since she passed away on Saturday. The actress was 95 years old when she passed away at her home in Boise, Idaho, but Ireland was always close to her heart. Maureen was in Tralee in 2008 when the Kerry Film Festival inaugurated […]

FRIDAY was a fun day at Blennerville NS with pupils (and many teachers) really getting into the spirit of Halloween. Fancy dress was the order of the day, as pupils donned all sort of costumes and enjoyed traditional Halloween games like apple-bobbing, before breaking up for the mid-term break. Everyone had great […]

TRALEE Parnells held an Awards Night for Under 10 and older players and parents, at Kerins O’Rahillys on Friday. Kerry hurling team captain, John Griffin and Kerry Camogie captain, Michelle Costello, were both special guests on and shared their words of wisdom and encouragement with the players attending. Both Michelle […]

A KERRY company has reached the national final of the prestigious 2015 Sustainable Energy Awards. Killorglin-based company Astellas Ireland has been selected as a finalist of the awards, now in its 12th year. The Awards encourage and reward excellence in energy management and are organised by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland […]

FOR the past couple of days, we’ve been bringing you photos from the ITT graduation days at the Brandon Hotel (click here and here for previous coverage). Over 950 students from all over Ireland and beyond received their qualifications on Thursday and Friday, before heading off to celebrate with family […]

Mike O’Halloran reports on Kilmoyley’s exit at the Munster Club Intermediate Hurling Championship Quarter Final in Sixmilebridge yesterday… Wolfe Tones 4-12 Kilmoyley 2-6 “A bad day at the office most Kilmoyley folk will want to forget about,” is how an avid Kilmoyley supporter described their exit from the Munster Club […]

  Roger Harty responds to Gareth O’Callaghan’s controversial view on suicide expressed in a Facebook post last week (click here to read O’Callaghan’s post)… Dear Gareth, I call you Gareth as I feel as if I know you, even though I have never met you. Ten years ago I was […]

A WOMAN aged in her 8os has died in a fire at her home in west Kerry. The alarm was raised around 9pm last night when a fire was reported at a house near Ballyferriter. Two units of the Dingle Fire Brigade arrived at the scene and two units of the Tralee […]

WELL Tomás Ó Sé is having a busy weekend. The five-time All-Ireland medal winner was over in the Kerry GAA store in Killarney at 11am on Saturday morning, where he signed hundreds of copies of his autobiography, ‘The White Heat’. Fans queued patiently for the former Gaeltacht player, whose book has been […]

A MARTIAL ARTS group from Tralee represented their country proudly last weekend by bringing home nine medals from the World Martial Arts Organisation Championships held in the town of Rugby in England. Among the 35 strong Irish WMO team there were seven future stars from Tralee, who qualified from the […]

SHANAKILL Resource Centre was draped in pink last Tuesday for a coffee morning to highlight awareness of breast cancer. ‘Paint it Pink’ is the Irish Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Campaign encouraging people across Ireland to hold their own pink fundraiser in their community or at work to do something pink to […]

IT was a busy two days down at the Brandon Hotel as hundreds of IT Tralee students got their reward for years of hard work. Hailing from all over the county, country and beyond, 950 men and women received their qualifications in the presence of family at the annual graduation […]

THERE was a great atmosphere in Tralee schools on Friday as pupils (and teachers no doubt!) looked forward to a well-earned mid term break. Of course, with it being Halloween next Saturday, children in the primary schools donned all sorts of costumes creating an army of witches and zombies across town. CBS […]

  ‘HOLDING True Ground’, an exhibition by Lisa Fingleton will be opened by artist Aideen Barry on Friday 30th of October at 6pm in Siamsa Tire, Tralee. ‘Holding True Ground’ is a feast of new work by this multimedia artist, including drawings, found objects, documentary and immersive installations Working with local growers, the artist cultivated deep-rooted […]

THE Union Jack will grace Siamsa Tire as the new play from the writer of the acclaimed ‘September 82’ will be performed later this month. ‘A Queen’s Speech’, by Mike O’Halloran, will be performed on Friday, November 27 and Saturday, November 28 at 8pm. It’s a blend of comedy and drama set in the summer of 2011 […]

  TWO new counselling rooms in memory of the anti-suicide campaigner, Donal Walsh, were opened at the Console building at Balloonagh on Friday. Minister Jimmy Deenihan watched Donal’s mother, Elma, cut the ribbon on the rooms which will be aimed at counselling young people. The Donal Walsh Rooms in the national suicide […]

  A REALITY TV show which followed the life of a Tralee woman over the course of a year, won an Irish Film and Television Award last night at a ceremony in Dublin. Alanna Diggin, originally from Alderwood Road and now living in town, featured in the RTE2 reality show ‘Connected’, which […]

A PRESENTATION Secondary School Tralee teacher is the latest person to drive off with a brand new car courtesy of the Tralee Credit Union members car draw. There were plenty of smiles outside Tralee Credit Union, as draw winner, Kay Kirby from Ardfert, was joined by family members and ex-pupils […]

A TRALEE service station property was sold at a Dublin auction on Thursday for €490,000, making €90,000 over the reserve. The Monavalley property is at present let to Doon (Mayfly) Limited, and had a reserve of between €350,000 to €400,000 at the Allsop Auction where it was sold at the RDS on […]

IT was quite a day for hundreds of IT Tralee students on Thursday afternoon as the first of this year’s graduates received their qualification at the Brandon Conference Centre. Students from the School of Business Computing and Humanities were graduating on Thursday and we were there to capture the day in […]

A BALLYROE man has raised €11,216 for Enable Ireland after completing two mammoth cycles during  the summer. Last May, Tommy Sheehy cycled from San Sebastian to Barcelona in aid of Enable Ireland. The challenge covered 600km over the rugged landscape of the Pyrenees taking five days to complete. The following month […]

  Gavin O’Connor looks at the Austin Stacks v Kerins O’Rahillys Senior Town Board Championship Final, Ballymacelligott, Sunday 2pm THOUGH both sides have exited the county championship, their seasons are not quite over yet. Still, no matter the time or place, Tralee’s big derby is always worth winning for either […]

CH TRALEE and French cosmetic brand, Bourjois, have teamed up to bring renowned make-up artist Tara O’Farrell to The Kingdom next month. Make-up artist, model and Instagram sensation Tara O’Farrell is set to hold an exclusive masterclass at CH Tralee this November, in association with the iconic French brand. As […]

THE Kerry Film Festival held its gala opening at the Killarney cinema last night, where the theme of the event was ‘Made In Kerry’. Guests enjoyed a pre-drinks reception in The Ross Hotel before the cinema screened shorts from Bertie Brosnan (‘Sineater’), Gary Lennon (‘After Words’), Brian Bowler (‘Fides’), Kevin Kelleher (‘The […]

ONE of the main highlights of the IT Tralee calendar takes place today and tomorrow with over 950 students due to graduate. Each of the 26 counties, in addition to a number of graduates from Northern Ireland, the UK and mainland Europe will be represented at the conferring ceremonies, the first […]

  TRANSITION Kerry is holding an exhibition on renewable energy from October 27 to 31 at the Kerry County Library. This is combined with the launch of a new Kerry Sustainable Energy Co-operative to be launched at the library at noon on Saturday October 31. The exhibition will include: public […]

WITH his tenure as Kerry captain now over, Kieran Donaghy is facing into a winter away from Kerry football and going back to the sport closest to his heart. Along with hosting a juvenile basketball camp (see details below), the former football player of the year will be returning to […]