Simon Brouder News Today

The Ashe Hall on Denny Street was the home of the festival in its formative years. The first Rose Selection in 1959 took place at a local dance and after a few years the event moved to the Ashe Memorial Hall which was then used as a cinema with seating for 680 people.

Kerry Rose Kelsey Lang McCarthy is relishing her time as a Rose and says she can’t wait to get to Tralee for the official start of the Festival this weekend.

THE latest edition of the Revival music festival proved another huge hit with large crowds descending on Listowel for the two day event which took place in the Square over the weekend.

The Rose of Tralee’s street entertainment programme – now a separate event from the official Festival of Kerry – has been re-branded and re-launched.

Spa National School was a hive of excitement on Monday as the school community gathered for the launch of the 2023 ‘Donal Walsh Spa 6K Challenge’.

CAHERSIVEEN medical student Kelsey Lang McCarthy has been picked to represent Kerry at this year’s Rose of Tralee.

THREE men and a boy in his late teens have been sent forward for trial charged with the murder of a man at Rath cemetery in Tralee in October 2022.

THERE is growing concern in Tralee over the number of small town-centre businesses that have closed their doors – or which have announced their imminent closure – in recent weeks and months.

CANCER support charity Comfort for Chemo have welcomed the new that funding has been allocated for the long awaited new Oncology Unit at University Hospital Kerry (UHK).

A CONTROVERSIAL plan to temporarily relocate chemo services from University Hospital Kerry (UHK) to the Bon Secours hospital in Tralee have been abandoned due to concerns about patient safety.