THE Kerry Volunteer Centre is calling for the public for local nominations for the eighth annual Volunteer Ireland Awards. The Volunteer Ireland Awards are open to volunteers of all ages working in any part of Ireland and there are ten different award categories, along with the prestigious Christine Buckley Volunteer […]

  KERRY photographers are being actively encouraged to enter into a photography competition in which they will need to take their best possible photo of local monuments and then upload them to the competition page for judging. The ‘Wiki Loves Monuments’ competition is an international photo competition and is scheduled […]

  A WOMAN has told of her shock after a racist verbal attack in Tralee about her support for the Kerry team. Speaking on Radio Kerry’s ‘Kerry Today’ programme this morning, Beverly, who is originally from South Africa, was putting a Kerry flag on her car in Tralee when a passer-by told […]

THIS latest rainfall radar graph from Met Eireann doesn’t make for happy viewing, even if Kerry is bathed in the county colours. Kerry is stuck in the epicentre of a heavy downpour of rain that is set to continue for the rest of the afternoon. In fact Met Eireann issued […]

AS everyone knows there’s no love lost between Kerry and Dublin in football, but the same can be said for the Dubs when it comes to their closest neighbours in the Royal County. A photo of a car in Navan decked out in green and gold with ‘Up Kerry’ written […]

KERRY star Darran O’Sullivan has lent his support to a fundraiser where the prize is two tickets to the All-Ireland final next week. The Presentation Secondary School annual sports fund raffle was launched on Wednesday with the aim of raising as much money as possible for a vital part of the school programme. […]

TRALEE VTOS graduates enjoyed a celebration barbecue on Wednesday night before their annual awards ceremony on Wednesday night. VTOS, which facilitates a return to education for adult learners, held their awards night for both leaving cert and QQI level graduates who were presented with their certificates. Continued below… “Some of our students are […]

THE Tralee tourist information kiosk, which is now in its fourth year of operations, last week closed the door again until next summer, but not before it enjoyed one of its most fruitful seasons yet. The kiosk, located in the very heart of the town, was manned by 32 volunteers over the […]

THE Tralee Red Cross are set to go to the dogs this coming weekend as part of their fundraising activities for their new HQ building. The local branch of the organisation are hoping a big crows shows up at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium at 7pm this Saturday night September 12 where there will be […]

KERRY properties went under the hammer at the two Allsop Auctions in Dublin this week. On Tuesday, a two-bedroom apartment 105 Fairway Heights was sold at its reserve of €55,000 at the RDS event. Also sold was a semi-detached three-bedroomed house in Sunnyhill Drive, Dromnevane, Kenmare which fetched a price of […]

YOU wait a year for a Tralee primary school-related music video cheering on Kerry and then two come on the same day! Are they doing any lessons this week in our primary schools? First we had the two CBS pupils expertly grilling Darragh Ó Sé on his career, then the […]

  TODAY, September 10, marks ‘World Suicide Prevention Day’ and with this in mind, one local woman has taken the time to upload a short clip promoting suicide awareness. Alanna Diggin recently uploaded the clip in which she asks people to take the time to ask themselves or someone they […]

THE weather has been great for the past few days but I’m afraid that’s coming to an end this evening. Met Eireann have issued an Orange Alert Rainfall Warning for Connacht, Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary. They’re saying that widespread, very heavy rain, with some thundery downpours will […]

RESIDENTS of a local estate have recently completed their ten week long course to learn the basics of sign language. The people of Croilar Na Mistealach estate and members of the wider community have been coming together once a week over the last number of months to learn the skills. […]

ONE of the most well known shops in Tralee is getting set to close its doors this coming weekend. Galvin’s shop on Rock Street has been a mainstay of the town since it first opened its doors back in the 1920’s and even to those who have never stepped foot inside […]

STUDENTS from all over Tralee celebrated getting their Junior Cert results on Wednesday morning with some great grades reported in all schools. In CBS The Green, Deputy Principal, Robert Flaherty, told us that 111 students sat the exams in June. “We had a number of students who had eight A’s […]

YOU know we’re well and truly into All-Ireland final countdown when the schools are recording songs to support the lads. Last year, Moyderwell pupils told Kerry to ‘shake’ off the challenge of Donegal, this year it’s the kids from across town in Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, who have recorded  a video encouraging Kerry […]

  BALLYROE Heights Hotel and Stein Travel have teamed-up to ensure that one lucky couple will live happily ever after on their honeymoon. When you book your wedding reception at Ballyroe Heights Hotel and also book your honeymoon with Stein Travel, you could be in with a chance of receiving […]

THERE was great celebrations around town on Wednesday morning as the Junior Cert results were handed out to excited students. One young lady who had a special reason to celebrate was Róisín Ní Churraí, a student at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí who got 11 A grades in the exams. The Principal of […]

  WHO was Darragh Ó Sé’s most difficult opponent? What does he think of Joe Brolly? Who’d win in a fight between himself, Marc and Tomás? Expert interviewers from Tralee CBS Primary School, Enda and David, got the midfield legend into the Radio Kerry’s studios recently, to ask him about Kerry’s […]

THERE was a buzz of activity outside the gymnasium in Mercy Mounthawk, on Wednesday morning as expectant students waited to receive their Junior Certificate results. Among the high achievers were five students who received 10 A’s and four who got nine A’s. “We’re really happy as our students performed comfortably above […]

TRALEE Omniplex last night hosted the exclusive national screening/premiere of one of the most exciting and anticipated films of the year in Tom Hardy’s ‘Legend’. The omniplex was celebrating its eighth year in its new location at Fels Point and marked it by treating invited guests from the media and business community […]

THE employees of a two local businesses have decided that they will be donating all of their wages and takings from the day of Thursday, September 10 to help the Migrant Aid Offshore Station (MAOS). Hairdresser Cathriona Rohan and her team at Cathriona’s Hair Salon Tralee and Castlegregory have all […]

A MAJOR fundraising scheme to ensure Austin Stack Park will continue to host Kerry league games and enhance the facilities at the iconic Tralee landmark has been launched. A five year All-Ireland Final ticket-scheme, costing €1,000 a year for the next five years, has been created to encourage the business and wider […]

KERRY footballer Darran O’Sullivan, took time out from his preparation for the All-Ireland Final against Dublin in two weeks to drop into students at Coláiste Gleann Lí on Tuesday morning. Story continued below… The player delivered a workshop with the students on developing life skills through sport. The workshop is […]

Brian Caball writes about the Roger Casement Gathering which took place in Tralee at the weekend…. Tionól Mhic Easmainn 2015, or the Roger Casement Gathering, was held in Tralee and was hosted at Fels Point Hotel on Friday and Saturday last, 4th/5th September. The official opening was by our own Celine Slattery […]

  WHEN people think of Ireland, the first thing that seems to pop into their heads tends to be something to do with rainbows or leprechauns. This is an unfortunate scenario considering that our culture is so vast that it doesn’t need a dancing man in a green suit to […]

TWO Meath men will take charge of Kerry’s All-Ireland senior and minor finals on September 20. David Coldrick will officiate the senior final between Kerry and Dublin, while his county man, David Gough, will be blowing the whistle for the minor final between Kerry and Tipperary. It’s a good omen for […]

COUNCILLORS from the Tralee area are to use their Councillors Allocation to fund a new pedestrian crossing on the Killerisk Road. The issue has been brought up a number of times over the past couple of years and Cllr Norma Foley (FF) again raised it at this month’s meeting of the […]

ORGANISERS of a charity collection campaign being run around Kerry for the refugees in Greece are warning the public about fake collectors calling to doors on their behalf (see previous story here) The group behind the ‘Help For Humans-Kerry Ireland’ collection campaign have contacted us here at TraleeToday.ie to reiterate that they do […]