LAST Friday over 10,000 people in the vicinity of Tralee cast their vote into one of the 30 ballot boxes scattered around the nine different schools turned polling stations, in and around the town. In Tralee, Yes for Marriage Equality carried by 58.8%, but to give a better picture of how the Tralee […]

BEAUTY and hair experts will be battling it out for the Kerry Hospice this Friday in what promises to be a fun night. ‘The Beauty Battle’ at CH Chemists pits the beauty knowledge of TraleeToday.ie’s and RTE’s ‘Today’ programme’s Mary O’Donnell, hair expert Danny Russell and Helen Parker from Lancome […]

KERRY South TD Michael Healy-Rae had an unusual request for the Taoiseach last night in the Dáil, eventually getting him to agree to be interviewed on Radio Kerry. During the Order of Business on Tuesday evening, Healy-Rae said to Enda Kenny that he was the only Taoiseach to have refused to go on Radio Kerry […]

Our hurling analyst, Mike O’Halloran, on the Christy Ring Cup semi-final this Saturday as Kerry travel to Kildare…  THE stated aim of the Kerry Hurling management team for the 2015 was to win The Christy Ring Cup and not be relegated in the Allianz Hurling League. Not alone were they not […]

  A TRALEE man has traversed the hills and walks of the county to bring a great guide to ‘The Kerry Way’. Donal Nolan has travelled on Ireland’s longest way marked trail, looping around the Iveragh Peninsula, following narrow country roads, forest paths, abandoned coach roads and mass paths, national park land and […]

WELL the Regional Rose of Tralee contest takes place over this weekend up in Portlaoise and for one hopeful, the experience got off to an interesting start. The London Rose, Aisling Hillary, whose dad hails from Kerry, shared a flight to Dublin with former X Factor judge Louis Walsh and […]

RECOVERY Haven Cancer Support House Kerry has won the top prize at the Rural Innovation Awards. The awards, sponsored by Dairymaster, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Teagasc and the Farmers Journal, took place in the Ballygarry House Hotel last night. Continued below… There were three categories – Farm Innovation, Rural Business […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance has asked the Minister for Justice to allocate more Garda resources to Tralee to help overcome some anti-social behaviour problems in the town centre. Minister Frances Fitzgerald has been asked formally by the Chamber, to prioritise Tralee when the next 200 Garda Probationers are allocated to various […]

  TWO entries from north Kerry schools have made it to the national finals of the ‘Our World Irish Aid Awards’ in which just 12 finalists were chosen from 1,000 entrants. Third and sixth class students Shane Browne, Neave Tugwell and Katelyn Curtin from Loughfouder NS in Knocknagoshel will be there as one […]

  STUDENTS from Causeway Comprehensive went to the Kerry ETB offices in Monavalley on Monday to try and persuade head office there to use Fairtrade products. Fairtrade is a social movement, whose stated goal is to help producers in developing countries achieve better trading conditions and to promote sustainability. The presentation, […]

  JAMES O’DONOGHUE has played down any notion he could miss the start of Kerry’s All-Ireland title campaign after a calf injury sidelined him at weekend. The 2014 Player of the Year, was meant to run out for Legion in their county championship opening round match against Mid Kerry, but […]

  THE volunteers at a Tralee charity organisation came across an unexpected item when they were going through donations at the weekend. A box was handed into the Kingdom Care charity shop at the Mart Buildings at Mounthawk last week. The box contained Christmas lights, wreaths and decorations, but at the bottom of […]

  KERRY tourism is to receive a big boost this week after the county and the ‘Wild Atlantic Way’ were featured in a Canadian travel magazine. Over 120,000 Canadians will read about our county in a new feature in travel magazine ‘Ensemble Vacations’, on the 2,500km long driving route ‘Wild Atlantic […]

SOMETIMES there is someone who is on our TV screen that seems to be part of the family. We enjoy his banter and opinions, we love his laugh, we love his catchphrase and we never turn the channel when his face is on. This person for me was Bill O’Herlihy. […]

A NEW training group is starting up on June 16 that will help new runners compete in the ‘Rose of Tralee 10km’ on August 16. The new ‘novice’ training programme will be aimed at those just starting to run or who have little or no experience of the sport. The programme has […]

THE ‘Yes Equality Kerry’ campaign group have thanked the people of Kerry for their support in Friday’s referendum. In a statement, Lisa Fingleton, the chair of the group, said: “We want to sincerely thank the people of Kerry for your support. We especially want to thank the grandparents who voted in […]

STAINED-GLASS artist, Mary J Leen, had the honour of creating an award for Bill O’Herlihy which was presented to him a few weeks before his untimely death on Monday. Mary J Leen, created the one-off piece for the great broadcaster, which was presented to him at the Spirit of Cork awards three weeks ago. “I […]

AFTER last year’s success, Pet Sitters Ireland have proudly announced the second year of the Annual Nose of Tralee Pet Competition. Organisers are looking to show off your pets hidden talents, like the Kerry entry last year, Roxy ‘the talking dog’ from Tralee, owned by Maria O’Carroll (see video below). They are […]

  GARDAÍ are investigating thefts of gas cylinders from garage forecourts and businesses in the Tralee area. Thieves are striking at night when the businesses are closed and about 20 cylinders are taken at a time. Gardaí say the orange cylinders have been offered for sale in estates around Tralee. […]

  GARDAÍ are investigating two incidents of vandalism in the town centre at the weekend. In the early hours of Saturday morning, a beer bottle was thrown at the upstairs window of Dan Fitzgerald’s in The Mall. The bottle broke the window fronting onto the Square and the incident is […]

ANYTHING that McDonald’s do, it seems that Burger King can do better. Two months ago, McDonald’s launched its ‘Free Breakfast Friday’ where they gave away free Egg McMuffins in the Tralee and Killarney branches, which led to massive crowds queuing up to get some. (See previous story here) Now Burger King at […]

A FASHION fundraiser was held in Ardfert on Friday night in aid of an Irish charity building and refurbishing schools in the townships in South Africa. Pauline Barrett organised the event in Bamboo Boutique where visitors paid an entry fee and enjoyed food and browsed through the fashions in the store, with […]

TWENTY students from Transition Year in Presentation Secondary School received certificates marking their participation in the Children’s Liturgy programme in St John’s Parish. The certificates were presented by Eileen Doyle (Children’s Liturgy Co-ordinator) and Fr Bernard Healy. The Children’s Liturgy programme has been up and running at the 10.30am Sunday Mass […]

A NOVENA to the Sacred Heart will be held in St John’s next month. It will take place from June 4-12 each evening at 6.10pm. “The Novena is run by the priests of the parish and everyone is welcome,” said Norma Foley. “It’s the first time we’ve held anything like this and […]

A FILM that was shot in south Kerry has won a top award at the Cannes Film Festival. ‘The Lobster’, which was shot in Sneem and Kenmare last year and stars Colin Farrell,  Rachel Weisz and John C Reilly won the Jury Prize at the French film festival. The Jury Prize, […]

IT’S been a very good week for two local musical societies after they received five AIMS Award nominations between them. The Association of Irish Musical Societies (AIMS) will hold their awards on Saturday June 13 in the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney and there will be considerable local interest. Tralee Musical Society […]

KERRY Airport showed an operating profit after taxation of €18,895 in 2014 according to its annual report and accounts issued today. This is an increase on Operating Profit of €4,161 for the year ended to 31st December 2013. However, passenger numbers through the Airport fell 4% on previous comparative period to […]

JAMES O’DONOGHUE has picked up an injury that put him out of Legion’s county championship opener, while David Moran will have his shoulder looked at today after taking a knock at the weekend. O’Donoghue was meant to start Legion’s championship opener against Mid Kerry, but had to be sidelined with […]

  A BALLYHEIGUE man kept up the family tradition of winning large sums in the lottery, when he picked up €16,000 on Saturday night. Francis Kenny won the cash on the National Lottery’s The Million Euro Challenge TV gameshow, where a Tralee man was selected to take part in next week’s show. […]

THE Rockie faithful enjoyed a great evening out on Friday for their annual ‘Night At The Dogs’ fundraiser. The event was in aid of the redevelopment of the ‘Nuns Field’ in Connolly Park and everyone enjoyed a super night of entertainment for all the family with a bouncy castle and face-painting for […]