Rows of Tralee: Sásta Sausages and Skellig Pantry both have successful stalls at the Tralee Farmers’ Market

A meeting of Fianna Fáil in Tralee last night saw former ceann comhairle John O’Donoghue elected to one of the key positions in the new all-county organisation.

Kerry Group can offer Irish graduates opportunities all over the world, chief executive Stan McCarthy told the group’s AGM yesterday.

MEMBERS of Kerry Co-op have approved a change in shareholder regulations which is now likely to lead to the transfer of 25% of their shareholding to Kerry Group PLC.

KERRY Group has given firm commitments on milk price and any capital investments required for future processing at strategy meetings with farmer groups in Dublin yesterday.

Public sector working arrangements and entitlements are to be standardized to match those in the private sector.

SPECIAL St Valentine’s Day cards are on their way to young men in Tralee today.

“STOP laughing at me,” implored 16-year-old Hugh Nash as he stood before 600 of his peers in a cavernous Brandon Hotel conference room in Tralee yesterday.

ROSE of Tralee bosses last night judged the festival a roaring success after taking a gamble on switching the spectacular to a new home.

GLITZ, glamour, style, elegance - any number of superlatives can be used to describe a major, five-day dancing event which began in Tralee last night.

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte last night criticised the Government decision to sell off a majority stake in Aer Lingus as his party’s annual conference got under way in Tralee, Co Kerry.

The Government is out of touch with voters and can be beaten at the next General Election, the Labour Party claimed tonight.

Kerry county board chairman Seán Walsh has reiterated his belief that next year's GAA Annual Congress will make the decision to open up Croke Park to other sports.

KERRY GAA chairman Seán Walsh believes next year's GAA Congress will take the landmark decision to open up Croke Park to soccer and rugby.

RISING RTÉ star Ryan Tubridy will compere the Rose of Tralee selection again this year, as part of a revamped festival.

IMAGINE, if you can, that first your husband and then your son have been murdered by burning and you are told you are next on the list. You feel you must leave the country and go to a safer place — a place where you believe and hope you can find sanctuary.

STRIKING clerical workers in the Department of Agriculture are to take High Court action against the Government on Monday in a bid to have themselves put back on the payroll.

JUDGEMENT day is nigh for this summer’s roses, but they’re not wilting under the strain. The judges hover everywhere, even when the girls make their way up the aisle at St John’s church during Sunday mass.