Post Tagged with: "Tralee Town Park"

TRALEE Bay Wetlands Eco and Activity Park and Tralee Town Park  were recognised once again with Green Flag awards. They were among the 101 parks, gardens, grounds and wildlife sanctuaries around the country announced as Green Flag Award winners this year. The award benchmarks excellence in the management of green spaces […]

GARDAI are appealing for any information regarding a theft at Tralee Town Park last week. At around 11.30am on Wednesday, April 12, a woman was walking in the Park with her child.  A male approached them and snatched her handbag, fleeing the scene. He is described as wearing dark clothing […]

GREEN Flag Awards were announced today for Tralee Town Park and Tralee Bay Wetlands by An Taisce Environmental Education, acknowledging Ireland’s best public parks and gardens. Green Flags were also awarded to Killarney House and Gardens, Childers Park & Woodlands in Listowel and Derrynane Historic Park. Under the Pollination Awards, Tralee […]

TRALEE Town Park has a brand new water refill station thanks to a Tralee Tidy Towns project which was funded by the Community Foundation for Ireland Environment and Nature (Sustainable Communities) fund and by Kerry Count Council. The Community Foundation-funded water refill station is set off by a  custom-made stone […]

TRALEE Town Park and Tralee Bay Wetlands have received 2021 Green Flag Awards. The awards were announced by An Taisce Environmental Education, acknowledging Ireland’s best public parks and gardens. Childers Park & Woodlands in Listowel also received the flag award. The Green Flag awards are available to public town parks, country […]

MEMBERS of the St John’s Care of Creation Group, Tralee are organising guided tours of the Creation-Spiral Walk in Tralee Town Park (convene near Playground) on Saturdays at 11am and Wednesdays at 4pm during the Season of Creation. The walk charts the evolutionary cycle of the Universe from the ‘Big […]

CONCERNS were expressed about crime and policing in Tralee Town Park at the online meeting of the Kerry Joint Policing Committee meeting on Friday afternoon. A question was submitted by Chris O’Shea from Tralee asking what were the gardai doing about “open drug dealing and drinking sessions in our Town […]

THE results of a survey on Tralee Town Park shows that members of the public in town would recommend the facility to visitors, but more needs to be done in terms of safety and some other facilities. The findings of the survey were presented at the Tralee Municipal District meeting […]

AN Taisce has awarded a Green Flag for Tralee Town Park for the first time. Only awarded for exceeding tough environmental standards in green space management, and excellence of visitor attractions – the Green Flag Award for Parks is the mark of a quality park or green space and is recognised […]

BECAUSE of the current public health emergency and the coronavirus pandemic, Kerry County Council has closed its playgrounds from Saturday morning (including in Tralee Town Park) and is also closing Tralee Regional Sports and Leisure Complex and Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre. Kerry County Council is also asking members of the […]

KERRY County Council has officially opened a new extension to the playground in Tralee Town Park which includes specialised play equipment for children with disabilities and special needs. Kerry County Council received grant aid of €12,000 from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs for the upgrade of the playground, […]

MEMBERS of the public are being invited to have their say on the future of Tralee Town Park. Kerry County Council is currently developing a strategic plan for the park and is inviting submissions and opinions from park users and the wider public. Tralee Town Park is one of the […]

KERRY County Council have appointed a second gardener to maintain Tralee Town Park. Welcoming the announcement made at the Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday, Sinn Féin Councillor Pa Daly said; “We have been highly critical on the state of the town park in recent months, the park was left deteriorate after […]

TRALEE Town Park is to see upgrading works in the near future including the provision of inclusive play equipment. Following a motion from Cllr Jim Finucane, where he asked the Council to look at the further enhancement and development of the play area in the park, Council management replied that […]

A HUSBAND and wife team of gardeners received a small gift from the Rose of Tralee Festival on Wednesday to mark their upcoming retirement. Brendan and Lorna Enright, who live in Causeway, have been tending to the Rose Garden in the town park since it was created in 1986 but […]

A TRALEE Municipal District Councillor is calling for more resources for Tralee Town Park after she said it was not receiving the same attention as previous years. Sinn Fein Cllr Toireasa Ferris asked for clarification on whether there was a full-time caretaker in the park, saying the grass wasn’t cut […]

KERRY County Council are to look into installing an adult exercise facility in Tralee Town Park. Mayor of Tralee, Norma Foley, asked the local authority to investigate the potential of installing the facility. The Council said it would investigate the feasibility of the request and they would look at possible […]

YESTERDAY we brought you some images showing how good the town centre is looking at the moment. We also took some photos of the Town Park on the same day with the intention of using them in that article, but having walked into the park I realised that the town’s greatest asset […]