Traders urged to fund free festival events

BUSINESSES in Tralee were yesterday urged to dig deep to help lure the crowds to the town for the Rose of Tralee Festival, in August.

Free street entertainment has been scaled down for financial reasons. But Tralee Vintners’ chairman Danny Leane said there was a need for a broad range of music to bring people back to the five-day event.

Street entertainment had fallen behind in recent years, he added.