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YESTERDAY it was revealed that Tralee had received 338 points in the Tidy Towns Competition, thus receiving a Gold Medal for the ninth time. The judges, who visited town earlier this year, also issued a full report on the Tralee entry and you can read excerpts of what they had to say […]

TRALEE has once again received the Tidy Towns Gold Medal. While in 2020 the competition took a break, Tralee had previously received gold for eight years in a row, so this year takes up where 2019 left off. Tralee received 338 points, up eight on 2019’s total. Tralee was also […]

THE annual Tidy Towns contest will go ahead this year, Minister for Rural and Community Development Heather Humphreys has confirmed today. Tralee Tidy Towns secured its eighth Gold Medal in a row back in 2019 and will hope another supreme effort will be made by volunteers to retain its status. […]

KERRY community groups are reminded to apply for their share of a €1 million Tidy Towns top-up fund. Last December €1 million in Government funding was made available to support Tidy Towns groups across the country, with €1,000 available to every eligible group. The closing date has been extended until […]

A ‘DAY Of cleaning’ is planned for this Saturday in The Square to welcome the Chinese New Year festival in a clean environment. The public is invited to volunteer and and join volunteers from Glan Tralee, Team Bramble, Tralee Tidy Towns, Kerry Sustainable Energy Co-op, Tidy Tralee Together, Kerry County Council, […]

STUDENTS from all Tralee’s secondary schools were represented at a Neat Streets schools conference ‘The Tralee Town Takeover’ at The Rose Hotel on Wednesday. An Taisce’s Neat Streets programme aims to inspire young people to take environmental action in their town. The Tralee event, which was supported by Kerry County […]

FUNDING totalling €55,000 has been granted for 42 Tidy Towns groups in the county. It was announced recently by Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring TD. Tralee Tidy Towns will receive the largest allocation of €4,000, with Killarney getting €3,000, and €2,000 allocated to Dingle, Listowel Ballybunion, Abbeydorney, […]

SO Tralee increased its mark in the Tidy Towns competition, rising by eight to 331 this year. The hard work of the voluntary groups was rewarded with an eighth gold medal in a row and great credit is due to all involved. But what exactly did the judges like and […]

TRALEE has once again retained its Tidy Towns Gold Medal for the eighth year in a row. It received 331 points, up eight on last year’s total. Kenmare, Killarney and Listowel also retained their Gold status at the Tidy Towns competition awards at the Helix in Dublin today. Bronze medal […]

WHILE Tralee is the place to be for the Rose of Tralee Festival next weekend, a village not far from town are hosting their own event. Tidy Towns Kilmoyley will host a ‘Love Our Waters Weekend’ in conjunction with the Local Authority Waters Programme as part of National Heritage Week […]

TRALEE Tidy Towns was honoured for receiving the gold medal in competition at a Fáilte Ireland ceremony in the Listowel Arms Hotel at the weekend. They were joined by representatives from towns and villages all over the county and west Limerick at the event which honoured the efforts made by […]

AN allocation of €55,000 has been announced for 42 Tidy Towns committees in Kerry and Tralee will benefit to the tune of €4,000. The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, has announced a €1.4 million national grant scheme to mark the 60th anniversary of the Tidy Towns Competition. […]

A LARGE crowd gathered last night at The Rose Hotel for Tralee Tidy Towns awards which honoured, businesses, estates and individuals for their efforts over the past year. Taking place just a day after hearing the news that Tralee had won its seventh Tidy Towns Gold Medal in a row, […]

TRALEE retained its Tidy Towns Gold Medal status today at the Tidy Towns Awards in Dublin and the report from the judges has just been released. Tralee increased its mark from 314 last year to 323 this year, so the town is going in the right direction. The report makes […]

TRALEE has retained its Gold Medal for the seventh year in a row, while Listowel was named Ireland’s Tidiest Town for the first time. Listowel also won Ireland’s Tidiest Small Town. The awards ceremony is taking place this afternoon in Dublin. The Gold Medal is the seventh in a row for […]

THE RTE cameras were in town yesterday as students from three secondary schools spoke to the ‘Nationwide’ programme about a wonderful art project which will see their paintings displayed all over Tralee. Students from Presentation, CBS and Mercy Mounthawk were in Denny Lane to display some of the works which […]

THERE was good news on the double this afternoon when it was announced that Tralee had retained its Gold Medal in the Tralee Tidy Towns competition and has also has been awarded Purple Flag status. The Gold Medal is the sixth in a row for Tralee and is testament to […]

A SPECIAL ceremony was held on Friday morning to thank everyone who helped Tralee get its fifth Tidy Towns Gold Medal in a row. Chairman of Tralee Tidy Towns Sam Locke was joined in Garvey’s Supervalu, the sponsor of the competition, by Tidy Tralee volunteers, Kerry County Council workers and […]

AS dust began to settle on the Tralee winning five-in-row Tidy Town gold medals, community groups and council members were in jubilant spirits on Tuesday afternoon as they gathered for a photo. “We are very proud,” said Frank Hartnett of Kerry County Council at the Clashlehane Roundabout at the entrance to town. […]

THE Tralee Tidy Towns Business Award winners for May, June and July were announced recently. Francis Galvin of Slieve Mish Bar accepted the award for May while Baily’s Corner won the July award which was accepted by Conor O’Donnell at the recent Tralee Chamber Alliance Business Breakfast at Kirby’s Brogue Inn […]

IT’S that time of the year when the Tidy Towns judges make their way around the towns and villages of the country. Tralee is looking good, but more needs to be done if it is to retain the Gold Medal this year according to the local Tidy Towns committee. More […]

THE winners of the March and April Tralee Tidy Towns Business awards were announced at the Tralee Chamber Alliance AGM at the Grand Hotel on Monday evening. The judges were impressed by Borg Warner, Monavalley Industrial Estate, and H Factor, John Joe Sheehy Road, Tralee who both won framed paintings by renowned […]

TWO Tralee business received Tidy Towns business awards at a Tralee Chamber Alliance event on Thursday morning. The new Tidy Towns Monthly Business Awards scheme was launched last month by Tralee Chamber Alliance in association with Tralee Tidy Towns Group to help get Tralee into the best possible shape for success in this […]

THE awards for SuperValu TidyTowns winners in the South West and Mid-West region for 2015 were presented on Friday at a prize-giving ceremony in the Listowel Arms, Listowel. SuperValu TidyTowns winners, including Tralee, were presented with their awards by Jimmy Deenihan T.D., Minister for Disapora Affairs, and Grace O’Dwyer, Community and Sponsorship Manager […]

TRALEE has once again kept its Gold Medal status in the National Tidy Towns competition, but what had the judges to say about the town in their report. Here’s just a few extracts, but if you want to read the full report on Tralee or other Kerry towns and villages, click here. […]

TRALEE is one of four towns shortlisted for the Best Large Town award in the upcoming 2015 Fáilte Ireland Tourism Towns Awards. It’s fantastic news for Tralee and shows how much has been done locally to get the town to this level. Tralee will face stiff competition from Cobh, Kilkenny and […]

AS Tralee celebrates its top three finish in the latest Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) results, the Tidy Tralee awards for best estates have also been announced this week. Tralee has made huge strides in the past few years and its placing this week, rising from 25th place in January […]

MEMBERS of the public are being called upon to make one last push to help keep the town as tidy as possible over the next few weeks, with the arrival of the Tidy Towns Judges imminent. The hardworking volunteers are hoping that with this call to action, they will stand […]

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 […]

IT was disappointing to see the despicable dumping that went on in the Mart grounds this week, especially in the light of the efforts of the people at Team Bramble. The group has been working tirelessly over the past few months making the town look great, helped by the local Tidy […]