Tralee, Ireland News

THE family of anti-suicide campaigner Donal Walsh has issued a heartfelt "thank you" to the public for the support they received during his illness and after his death.

The Co Mayo station was honoured at the Iarnrod Eireann Best Station awards after topping the list of criteria including staff helpfulness, station appearance and customer information.

LIMERICK won't entirely be without a Rose in the Dome in Tralee, as the Queensland Rose is from the city.

Leitrim Rose Edwina Guckian in full flight during her Sean Nos Dancing at the Regional Rose of Tralee Selection Night in Portloaise over the weekend.

JOHN Dundon, who was due to stand trial today charged with the murder of innocent rugby player Shane Geoghegan, has been taken from prison to hospital.

Brilliant news from the Raleigh Irish Community this week, On Saturday June 2nd our 1st ever Miss Rose of Tralee got placed in Ireland for the final 22, The Finals will be held in Tralee Ireland in August, we want to wish Miss Jessica Giggey the very best of Irish luck, this is a huge honor for her and for us here in Raleigh .

IF the indifferent weather has not met expectations for the bank holiday weekend, the round-up of festivals has proven a roaring success, with roads jammed with revellers and day-trippers. With the scent of summer in the air, many of the activities over the weekend centred around the country's waterways, with entertainment from Galway to Dublin ... (more)

The Tanaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs Eamon Gilmore has described the Rose of Tralee as one of the great Festivals of Ireland that mobilises the entire Irish Diaspora around the world.

A Clonmel army officer will be among the 61 Roses taking part in the Rose of Tralee Regional Festival this weekend, one of the outstanding ambassadors who exemplify the true spirit of modern young Irish women Aoife Shanley, a lieutenant in the Irish Defence Force, will be representing her native county in the fore-runner to the international ... (more)

KERRY legends Eoin 'Bomber' Liston, Mikey Sheehy, Ogie Moran and Darragh O Se, who share a haul of 29 All-Ireland medals, led a county board delegation to New York that netted $210,000 in four days.

The Celtic Tenors began life as the Three Irish Tenors on RTE's Theatre Nights on October 1995.

INSPIRATIONAL teenager Donal Walsh has been nominated for a Rehab People of the Year Award - two weeks after his death.

A BRAZILIAN man accused of murdering a fellow countryman in a remote bog has claimed he is the victim of a conspiracy, a court has heard.