Articles by: Dermot Crean

Club Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €7300 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 06, 07 & 10. The five €30 consolation prizes went to: 1. John O’Sullivan Ballinorig 2. Paul Moore The Belfry 3. Marcella Finn Camp 4. Chrissy and Martin c/o […]

Senior team: Ballymac played their first game of the 2021 Junior Championship on Sunday in Cordal. Thanks to the Cordal Club for an excellent presentation of their pitch  for the game.  Their opponents for this game were Listry.  This was not the first meeting of these two teams this year.  They met in the […]

UNDER 7 BOYS & GIRLS We had a huge turnout for football this Sunday. 36 of our young boys and girls were playing Na Gaeil up in Killeen. Great fun was had by all and there were several keenly contested matches.  The boys and girls were terrific. Much thanks to Na Gaeil for hosting and […]

GARDAI in Tralee are conducting enquiries into an allegation of assault that occurred on Main Street, Blennerville between 8pm and 8.30pm on Wednesday, September 1. It is alleged that a teenage male was assaulted on the Main Street by a male adult who was unknown to him. If anyone saw […]

U7 Boys and Girls Congratulations to some of our younger under 7’s who recently started school, enjoy the beginning of your academic journey. With the return to school we had some tired players in our crew but they soldiered on and practised some well honed skills as well as picking […]

KERRY County Council will look at erecting signage on the canal walkway to advise cyclists to be mindful of pedestrians using the facility. The issue was raised by Mayor of Tralee, Fianna Fáil Cllr. Johnnie Wall at the meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday morning. Mayor Wall had a […]

THE new Tralee Skatepark has experienced delays due to COVID travel restrictions, the meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council heard on Monday. Sinn Féin Cllrs Deirdre Ferris and Cathal Foley both asked the Council to issue an update on the Skate Park and the proposed start date […]

SEPTEMBER is about to see a plethora of First Holy Communion ceremonies hosted in churches around the county as more and more restrictions are lifted. Last Saturday saw children from Caherleaheen National School gather in St John’s Church in Tralee for their belated big day out. The boys and girls […]

OVER €2.6 million in capital works and equipment funding has been announced for Munster Technological University. This capital grant allocation of €2,679,257 will facilitate MTU to address a number of key capital investment priorities including: • Minor works and equipment needs to support safe campus reopening. • Procurement of additional […]

THE annual Tony O’Donoghue Memorial Walk saw over €3,700 collected this year and in seven years nearly €60,000 has been raised in his memory. The walk in aid of Kerry Hospice took place yesterday with people invited to register at the Blennerville Windmill carpark. Andrea, Tony’s daughter, was delighted with […]

BRILLIANT sunshine lit up the glorious setting of the Church Of The Purification in Churchill on Saturday morning as families arrived for a special day. Like last year, the Spa NS First Holy Communion day was delayed until September, but there was very much a summery feel to the occasion. […]

IT’S been such as bizarre time for the Class of 2021, but the fruits of their labour were finally realised on Friday when the Leaving Cert results were revealed. Like last year, students received their results directly on the Candidate Self Service Portal so they didn’t have to go to […]

SIAMSA Tíre has reopened its doors for live events and has recently announced an exciting Autumn/Winter programme of theatre, dance, music, art, and storytelling events. Throughout September, Turas – the theatre’s in-house production showcasing the best of traditional Irish music, song, and dance – will take centre stage.  A special series of performances will take place on Culture Night, September 17th. Siamsa Tíre begins preparing for the Celtic festival of Samhain […]

KERRY Hospice is reiterating its call for people to host a Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning Social for Hospice later this month. Now in its 29th year, Together for Hospice alongside its long-term partner Bewley’s want to make this year’s event bigger and better than ever and are asking people in […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, looks at some of the films on RTE and TG4 this week… There are some weeks in this role when you have to search out for good films to recommend. Then, occasionally, there are weeks like this when there are good films no matter where […]

CULTURE Night returns to Kerry on Friday, September 17 with 40 free events to celebrate the rich and diverse creativity that is alive and treasured throughout the Kingdom. Kerry County Council Arts Office has been busy organising a very special programme of events to bring people together again to celebrate […]

KERRY International Film Festival (KIFF) has announced their new headline sponsor partnership with Kerry Airport. Running for its 22nd year, the festival will take place October 14 – 17.  Speaking at the launch of the partnership, CEO of Kerry Airport, John Mulhern said; “The Kerry International Film Festival is a […]

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle congratulates Leaving Cert students on their results, but after the celebrations it’s important to pay attention to what comes next… The long wait for 61,125 Leaving Cert candidates (57,952 LC Established & 3,173 LC Applied), including 1806 candidates from Kerry (1700 LC Established & 106 LC […]

ST Brendan’s NS in Blennerville has been going from strength to strength in recent years, especially since the new school opened in 2016. This is evident in the numbers now attending as 30 new junior infants began their schooldays on Wednesday. Prinicipal Robbie O’Connell said the children settled in well, […]

THERE were 189 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Tralee Local Electoral Area in the 14 day period up to Monday, August 30, according to figures available on the Government’s COVID-19 data hub. This is a 14-day incidence rate of 572.1 per 100,000 of the population, above the national […]

A SPECIAL programme of museum events will take place in Kerry and across the country, over the weekend of September 11/12 to encourage visitors back into museums. The initiative — titled Museums Now — is being brought to the public by the Irish Museums Association and the NI Museums Council. […]

SCHOOLS all over town welcomed their new junior infants this week. From the biggest school to the smallest, all the children were made feel equally welcome by staff as the little ones’ educational journey began. The town’s largest primary school, Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh, saw three classes of pupils arrive, […]

BANNA Coastcare, in collaboration with Tralee Tidy Towns and Munster Technological University Kerry Green Campus, will take part in this year’s Big Beach Clean on Sunday September 12, from 11am – 12pm. Volunteers are invited to meet in the Main Car Park before 11am and to bring their own gloves and […]

TO mark the reopening of schools after the summer break, Minister for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley visited a number of schools in the county recently. It was an opportunity to meet staff and students and to wish them well for the year ahead. The Minister’s Foley’s tour of schools […]

THE Playdium in Tralee has announced that it will reopen for the first time in 18 months on September 24. In a statement on their Facebook page earlier today, it was announced the children’s play facility would finally open its doors again. “I am pleased to announce that we intend […]

NATIONAL Broadband Ireland (NBI), the company delivering the National Broadband Plan (NBP) on behalf of the Government, will host a pop-up information event at Garvey’s SuperValu in Tralee on Thursday, September 9 and Friday September 10, with the events taking place from 10am to 4pm each day. These upcoming events […]

PETMANIA Tralee, along with sponsors BETA, has launched the hugely popular Puppy of the Year Competition for 2021. Adorable pooches have just three weeks to enter the competition to be in with a chance of becoming Petmania Puppy of the Year 2021 and win some great prizes. Emily Miller of […]

MINISTER for Rural and Community Development, Heather Humphreys TD, today announced the provision of €173,538 for three Kerry organisations under the CLÁR Mobility and Cancer Care Transport programme. The three Kerry organisations to receive funding are Cahirciveen Social Services who will receive €44,100 for a vehicle with adaption; €55,638 for […]

THERE were no tears on Wednesday morning as the new arrivals made their way into their classrooms at Mercy Moyderwell Primary School on Wednesday morning. The junior infants had been in last Thursday and Friday just to get used to the classroom environment, but Wednesday was their first proper day […]

MEMBERS of the St John’s Care of Creation Group, Tralee are organising guided tours of the Creation-Spiral Walk in Tralee Town Park (convene near Playground) on Saturdays at 11am and Wednesdays at 4pm during the Season of Creation. The walk charts the evolutionary cycle of the Universe from the ‘Big […]