What’s Happening in Tralee

Esteemed Irish folk singer, recording artist and grandmother of two, Mary Black, launched this year’s Grandparent of the Year Award.
Specsavers Audiologists in Tralee, in association with Beaumont Hospital’s Cochlear Department is calling for nominations as […]

Des Horan from Cloonmore, Tralee is the latest winner of Cara Credit Union’s Members Car Draw when his name was picked from their live members car draw on International Credit Union. Des drives away with […]

Kerry’s premier monthly lifestyle magazine, Connect Publications, is hosting their annual Ladies Lunch and Fashion Afternoon at the Ashe Hotel Tralee, on Sunday November 25th. The day will commence at 12.30pm with a Christmas Bellini […]

The Lee Strand/Kerry Garda Youth Achievement Awards 2018 was officially launched on Friday, October 26th in Lee Strand in Tralee. The awards are held for youths between the ages of thirteen and twenty one years […]

Tralee’s favourite cocktail bar ,Roundys, is having a Mexican Day of the Dead party tomorrow, Saturday November 3rd.
The highlight of the party with be “The taco truck “ .Believed to Irelands only authentic texmex taco […]

Kerry native Eamonn Costello and his company patientMpower are profiled in a report launched this week by the Local Enterprise Office for Dublin City.
Mr. Costello – who hails from Ballymacelligot – is co-founder and CEO […]

Cara Credit Union joined more than 68,800 credit unions around the world to celebrate the 70th annual International Credit Union Day on Thursday 18th of October. As the Irish credit union movement celebrates 60 years […]

It’s time to run away to the circus as The National Circus Festival of Ireland lands in Tralee this November
Every November, Tralee becomes a haven for the eccentric and wonderful world of contemporary circus as […]

MEADOWLANDS Hotel is the venue for the 5th Annual Tralee Rock, Blues & Motorcycle Festival on November 9th-11th2018 in aid of Kerry S.P.C.A. Run by the Gin Palace Bar-Stewards who have organised an exciting line […]

AFTER THE SELL OUT CARL COX SHOW IN DUBLIN THIS SUMMER JON RUNDELL is coming TO IRELAND TO ROCK THE ABBEY INN FOR A HALLOWEEN SPECIAL,

JOINED BY INTEC LABEL ARTISTS JONNO & GIBSON
AND KERRY FAVOURITES […]

Pierse McCarthy Lucey Solicitors are pleased to announce the recent appointment of the experienced solicitor Alex Hoffman as an associate to the firm which is situated on Ashe Street, Tralee, Co Kerry.
Originally from Annascaul, County […]

Dan Horan of Horan’s Fruit & Veg and Health Stores with chef Oliver Mccabe at Horan’s Health Stores Open Day at Manor West Hotel Tralee on Saturday

Following inclusion in the annual exhibition of Turner watercolours in the National Gallery of Ireland earlier this year, Irish printmaker, Niall Naessens brings his ‘Good Morning Mister Turner’ exhibition to the Siamsa Tíre Galleries. The […]

We regularly receive contributions from the public towards our “It’s only a Joke ” page ,which is one of the most popular pages in our magazine.We regret that in last Friday’s edition we published ,in […]

What an experience for the Kerry College of Education Students this week when Garda Aidan O Mahoney and his colleagues were in the KCFE Clash Campus for their inaugural session with the Pre-Garda Studies Students. […]

In this, the 60th Anniversary year of the TidyTowns competition, Listowel was best of a record number of 883 entries from towns and villages throughout the country in the SuperValu National TidyTowns competition.Listowel, Co. Kerry […]

The National Circus Festival of Ireland returns once again to Tralee to celebrate its 17th year in the town. Today the festival confirms its lineup release for 2018, running from the 8th – 11th of […]

Get the girls together for a fabulous Ladies Lunch in the Rose Hotel on Sunday, October 7th at 2pm. Ladies will be welcomed with a prosecco reception at 2pm, followed by a delicious three course […]

THE season of food festivals has arrived in Kerry and where better to set the table to treat the palette than Kerry’s Capital, home to Tralee Food Festival from Friday 21st to Sunday 23rd September.The […]

Kerry’s architectural heritage will be the focus of the inaugural Architecture Kerry festival which takes place from the 28th to 30th September. The event will feature talks, free guided tours, exhibitions, workshops and family events […]

Tralee Toastmasters will be holding an opening meeting (no charge for guests) on the 17th of September at Kerins O’Rahilly’s Club (Strand Road). Everyone is welcome.
For those who are not familiar with Toastmasters its aims […]

Academic achievement and personal success was celebrated at the Kerry College of Further Education (KCFE) Graduation Ceremony at the Brandon Conference Centre, Tralee on Friday 31st August. An annual highlight in the college calendar, […]

Last year they lifted the roof off the INEC Killarney with two sell out shows and we are delighted to announce 2FM Live with Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra are returning to the […]

Maureen’s Montessori Pre-school & Childcare Centre , 48 Casements Avenue , Upper Rock Street Tralee is delighted to launch our new MORNING SESSIONS for both our 2 year FREE ECCE Pre-school Programme for all children […]

Tralee Golf Club members celebrate the opening of the new Par 3 Course at Barrow

Last week, AIB Merchant Services hosted a masterclass in Dublin with UK retail expert Matthew Brown (Echochamber) and representatives from the Top 100 retailers in Ireland. Kerry retailers

Jim Garvey of Garvery’s of Listowel and Peter […]

Sigmar this week announces the creation of 50 jobs in Co. Kerry. The positions are for international recruiters to work in the company’s European Talent Hub, which has just opened in Tralee.

Sigmar is currently seeking […]

Life long friends Rachel Templeman and Edwin Byrne have opened a pop up cafe in the popular Pub Roundys , Brogue Maker Lane ( near the Ashe Hotel). “We have been looking for an opportunity […]

FOR one night only, festive folk in Tralee – locals and visitors alike – will embrace their inner-German and experience a ‘wunderbar’ evening at Oktoberfest on Saturday 18th August in the Dome during the Rose […]

IT’S the beginning of August, the Dome is up, the lights are up, and excitement is building ahead of the start of Kerry’s most important annual international tourism event, the Rose of Tralee International Festival.
The […]

Roses competing for the international Rose of Tralee title later this year were treated to some Kildare culinary delights when they toured the county, courtesy of the inaugural Taste of Kildare Food Festival.
Five entrants in […]

DICK Spring has encouraged the people and business community of Tralee to buy in to Tralee Chamber Alliance’s plans for the future of the town, at the launch of the new Tralee brand at Siamsa […]

The 25th year of the Dawn Milk Ladies Day at the Killarney Races promises to be action packed both on and off the track with a host of celebrities attending on Thursday, July 19th, 2018. […]

Last year’s Crumlin Colour Run was a great success after we raised €5,050 in aid of Crumlin Children’s Hospital.“ says Micheál Dillon of Kinetic Fitness Last September the weather wasn’t great so we were thrilled […]

Ardfert Youth Club from Kerry has been awarded the Online Community prize at the Irish Cancer Society X-HALE Youth Awards 2018. The group scooped the award for the most views on YouTube of its short […]

FOLLOWING a huge in-store giveaway by Gala Retail, local woman Angela O’Donnell from Tralee has been named as the winner of a holiday after entering the competition in local store, Gala Mounthawk.

Running in store as […]

Awareness of the damage caused to the environment by pollution is top of the agenda at Ballygarry House Hotel in Tralee. What started with small efforts to reduce waste with the introduction of paperless checkouts […]

Matthew Mc Sweeney from Tralee is the latest winner of Cara Credit Union’s Members Car Draw when his name was picked from their live members car draw on June 28th, 2018 in the Cara Credit […]

Brightest at Bloom finalist Grace Mulvihill from Ballybunion in Co Kerry caught the eye of the ‘Brightest at Bloom’ judges at Enable Ireland’s Beyond Boundaries Garden in association with Solus Light Bulbs at Bloom in […]

There are a worrying number of “ists” in society today – racists, sexists, and even fascists – who’d have thought they’d make such a comeback?! For her debut one-woman show, Elaine Gallagher has decided to […]

Irelands’ most important state exam, the Leaving Certificate, is almost over. Thousands of students in exam centres across Ireland have drawn on years of learning and preparation in an effort to achieve results which best […]

On Sunday June 10th , 2018 I had the privilege of travelling to San Miniato , Italy in my capacity as an Early Childhood Care and Education Teacher with Kerry College of Further Education, with […]

Following on the success of the 2015 apprenticeship programme, Gas Networks Ireland is delighted to announce that its Apprenticeship Programme will return this Autumn, to recruit 7 new apprentices. The apprenticeship programme plays a key […]

Noel Keane of Croi Restaurant and the Culinary Gangsters along with the guys from Manna Organic Store at the launch of Tralee’s Newest Festival VEGTOPIA , which celebrates the humble but great Vegetable this coming […]

Lero, the SFI Irish Software Research Centre and IT Tralee have announced a €223,500 programme with Bon Secours Hospital Tralee (BSHT) which could advance the future use of robotics to perform hip replacement operations.

The initial […]

Tralee won the title of being Ireland’s Best Tourism Town in 2015. At the heart of that proud achievement is Kirby’s Brogue Inn. The warmth of the hospitality of the owners, Fiona Kirby and Kevin […]

Our favourite cocktail bar Roundys has a big weekend ahead . Calum Threipland of Chelsea drug store and European bartender school will be doing a guest bartender gig on Friday . Calum will be showcasing […]

Kerry School of Music’s Spring Music Festival End-of-Term Ensemble Day workshops and concert took place yesterday, Sunday, May27th in the Rose Hotel, Tralee. Musicians and singers gathered from all over the county to participate in […]

Talented primary school pupil, Elise from St. Brendan’s N.S in Fenit, is celebrating this week after winning an award in a major poetry competition.

With her poem ‘The Sea of Hope’, Elise saw off tough competition […]

Tralee’s Meadowlands Hotel will be joined by a host of sports stars including soccer legend Paul McGrath and Cork’s Seán Óg Ó hAilpín to celebrate its 20thanniversary as a business with a weekend festival from […]