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Continuing our review of 2023 we look back at some of the news we brought you in April…
• THE Mall was the place to be for fans of all things automobile-related on Saturday April 1 as some of the cars taking part in the Circuit of Kerry Rally lined the thoroughfare.
‘Rally Town’ returned to the town centre, with support from Tralee Chamber Alliance, and they certainly attracted a lot of attention. The cars were taking part in the rally stages on the Sunday.
Rally Town was a great attraction at an event which is proving a timely economic boost to the town as the tourism season kicks off.
• TRALEE was nominated to participate in the Ireland’s Best Kept Towns Competition for 2023. The town, which had another impressive result in this year’s Tidy Towns Competition, was an entrant in the Best Kept Large Urban Centre category.
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• TWO students from Tralee secondary schools were prizewinners in the 69th Texaco Children’s Art Competition announced this week. Seventeen-year-old Clodagh McCluskey from Presentation Secondary School and 13-year-old Jolin Weng from Mercy Secondary School were Special Merit Winners.
• KERRY produced a stellar performance at Croke Park to earn their 12th Lidl NFL 1 crown with a comprehensive win against Galway of 5-11 to 1-10.
Louise Ní Mhuircheartaigh, Hannah O’Donoghue and captain Siofra O’Shea all scored goals over the course of the action to complement a two-goal salvo from Niamh Ní Chonchúir as the Kingdom reached the top of the NFL ladder for the first time since 1991.
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• A NEW Tralee Heritage Trail and accompanying audio guide and story map was launched in April at the Ashe Memorial Hall.
The free audio guide is available to download as a podcast and the accompanying Story Map is freely available online and can be used by the local community to brush up on their knowledge of Tralee or by the visiting community to interpret the many historic buildings and stories of Tralee both in advance of and during their visit.
• STUDENTS and staff from Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí gathered at the school in Moyderwell for the last time on Monday, April 24 as they said goodbye to the building that had been home for the last 34 years.
They then walked from Moyderwell to Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí Campas Nua in Cloonbeg to mark the move to the new building. They were joined by Kerry Education and Training Board Senior Management and Board Members.
The new campus marked the beginning of an exciting chapter in the history of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí.
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• THE Bon Secours Hospital Tralee announced the appointment of ECKL Ltd as the main contractors for their €15m development of a new Day Ward, Minor Operations Suite and new entrance.
This project will cost in the region of €15m and is part of the Bon Secours Health System 2025 Plan which is seeing €300m invested across the Bon Secours Health System.
• THE life and legacy of the late Vicky Phelan was celebrated in poignant style in Tralee in late April as local cancer support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry, hosted the Kerry stage of the nationwide Vicky Phelan Campaign and Portrait Tour.
The Tralee-based charity joined forces with portrait owner David Brennan and friends and family of the late cervical cancer campaigner for the two-day awareness raising initiative, which was kindly hosted by MTU Kerry and supported by Tralee Chamber Alliance.
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