Articles by: Dermot Crean

Students are guaranteed accredited grades so they should regard next week’s written Leaving Cert exam as a bonus says Billy Ryle… Exam Time The waiting is almost over for Leaving Cert students as the exam begins next Wednesday, 9th June. Students are assured of accredited grades so the written exam […]

AS if you needed telling, May was a very wet month in the county judging by the data from Valentia Observatory. Monthly rainfall totals were as much as 174.0 mm (186% of its LTA) at Valentia Observatory, Co Kerry, the highest in the country and the wettest May recorded there […]

CANCER support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry, will facilitate a free webinar on Friday, June 11th, for parents concerned about the effects a cancer diagnosis in the family is having on their children. ‘Helping Hand – Parenting Through Cancer’ will be hosted by award-winning child and adolescent psychologist, Edel Lawlor, of […]

A CORKMAN will arrive in Tralee this Sunday afternoon after walking 208km in a fundraiser for Kerry-based charity Bumbleance. Ger Hennessy is departing from his home town in Cork on Friday and finishing up on Sunday at The Meadowlands Hotel in Tralee who have sponsored accommodation for the fundraiser. A […]

THE Phoenix Women’s Centre in Tralee is engaging the services of a local herbalist and florist after being allocated funding from the Community Mental Health Small Grants Scheme for 2021, in association with Kerry County Council, Healthy Kerry and Pobal. The funding will allow the group facilitate a gardening project […]

TRALEE Art Group will launch their annual Summer Exhibition of work this Friday, June 4. Due to ongoing restrictions, they felt as a group, that bringing their works online would be more suitable to both artists and public alike. The theme this year is “Wild” and members have created an eclectic […]

WITH National Carers Week taking place from Monday, June 7, Citizens Information is taking the opportunity to highlight some of the information, advice and support they can provide to carers. National Carers Week is a key event in the calendar year, a dedicated time to celebrate Ireland’s 500,000 family carers. […]

THERE was a another big rise in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to May 2020, according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). However, like April, this increase was due to the COVID pandemic and the lockdown in place in the […]

A LOCAL Labour Party member says it is unfair that students could lose out on SUSI grants because they were claiming the Pandemic Unemployment Payment and wants the issued addressed by Government. Ben Slimm from Tralee, who ran in the Local Elections for the party in 2019, said students who […]

AN antique advertising sign for a Tralee-based business which owned the Jeanie Johnston famine ship will go on sale later this month. The green and gold sign has the tagline Pigs in ‘Clover’. It dates from around 1900 and features XXX Meal made by John Donovan and Sons, Tralee, established in […]

A LOCAL business has just been selected as one of five Munster-based businesses to undergo a complete digital transformation worth €100,000. Grounded Pottery, based in Barrow and run by the mother and daughter team of Marjorie Cunningham and Emma Carmody, was one of 149 businesses in the province to apply […]

AUSTIN Stacks Hurling & Football Club launched a new three-year sponsorship of their under-age teams and a formal partnership with Jigsaw Kerry on Sunday. Ned O’Shea & Sons Construction Ltd and John Lane & Sons Ltd, Food Service Distributors, will jointly sponsor Austin Stacks U-17, U-15 and U-13 football teams […]

IN a joint-initiative, Tralee Gardaí and Tralee Chamber Alliance, today announced plans to further develop the Cluster Gardai programme that was first launched in Tralee in mid-2019. As part of the measures, expanded uniformed patrols in the town centre will take place between the hours of 12pm-6pm and 8pm-3am daily, […]

A FUNDRAISER held at a local pre-school in memory of a local man who passed away in 2018 has raised €1,653 for Breakthrough Cancer Research. The Tom Quirke ‘Hearts & Flowers’ Memorial Fundraiser was organised by his family in honour of the Casement’s Avenue resident who sadly passed away from Pancreatic […]

BALLYHEIGUE and Sneem playgrounds will get funding support for upgrades under a Government initiative. Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, T.D., announced the Summer of Play initiative where, in total, €6million in Government grants have been made available to encourage children and their families to get […]

Niamh Daly reports on the Kerry Ladies victory over Clare in Tralee on Sunday… Kerry 4:13 Clare 3:11 Kerry were at home in Austin Stack Park this weekend for their round 2 Division 2 game in the Lidl National Football League against Munster rivals Clare with both teams being unbeaten […]

JUVENILE SPONSOSHIP LAUNCH: Austin Stacks Hurling & Football Club launched a new three-year sponsorship of their under-age teams in glorious sunshine at Connolly Park on Sunday. Club Chairman, Billy Ryle said he was delighted to announce that Ned O’Shea & Sons Construction Ltd and John Lane & Sons Ltd, Food […]

Upcoming Fixtures Credit Union SFL Division 1B Rd 1 June 12/13 Kenmare Shamrocks v Kerins O Rahillys Rd 2 June 19/20 Kerins O Rahillys v Legion Rd 3 July 3/4 Kerins O Rahillys v Rathmore Rd 4 July 17/18 An Ghaeltacht v Kerins O Rahillys Rd 5 July 31/Aug 1 Beaufort v Kerins […]

CLUB MEMBERSHIP The closing date for club membership is 31st May. Please pay online at www.foireann.iebefore then.  Senior adult membership can also be paid directly to Maurice Harmon and juvenile membership to Mary Brick or contact us through our Facebook page. JUVENILES Please ensure you have registered your child on […]

Senior Team The County League is scaled down to five games per team. Division 2 is split into A and B and we play in B.  We have two home games and three away games in this competition. In this Division: Three teams are promoted –  the top team in […]

Training Friday evening in Caherslee was again abuzz with activity with everybody enjoying the long overdue warm sunshine.  Many of the older age groups focused on tactics and strategy in preparation for the return to competitive matches next week.  New players are always welcome at all age groups and pre-sanitised […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil will open their County League campaign on the weekend of June 12th /13th with a home game against Ballydonoghue. Na Gaeil 2nd team is away to Spa on the same weekend. Minor County League    Na Gaeil will play Renard/St. Mary’s at home in Killeen on Monday, June […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for any information regarding burglaries committed in the Ballyard area. At around 2am this morning, two houses on the same property were broken into. Gardaí are asking that if anyone saw anything suspicious in the Wetlands/Ballyard area on Sunday evening or night to contact […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses to a serious assault which took place in Banna last week. On Friday, May 28, between 7.30pm and 8pm, an altercation took place between a number of males in the vicinity of Car Park 3 and the Roger Casement Memorial at Banna. One of the […]

THE Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Terry O’Brien has expressed sadness that the Rose of Tralee International Festival will not be taking place this year. The Festival organisers issued a statement this afternoon confirming that the event will not go ahead this August. Commenting on the decision to cancel this year’s […]

TLI Group presented a cheque to Pieta House on Monday morning, the proceeds of a recent fundraiser by staff. Headquartered near Abbeydorney and employing over 720 staff across Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK, the company made the most of the recent level 5 restrictions by engaging their staff to […]

THE Rose of Tralee International Festival will not take place again this year. This was confirmed in an official statement from the organisers this afternoon. The news will come as a blow to hospitality businesses in town who benefit hugely from the event. The Festival will return in August 2022 after […]

THE Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Patrick Connor Scarteen has thanked the 3,400 registered volunteers who took part in the annual County Clean Up over the past week. This year’s event took place across a full week rather than the traditional one-day initiative to ensure that public health restrictions […]

A NEW education tool for children with haemophilia and their families has been created through an innovative collaboration involving students from the Creative Media Department at the Kerry campus of the Munster Technological University, Children’s Health Ireland at Crumlin and the Irish Haemophilia Society. ‘My Buddy Cormac’, an informative and […]

UNDER 7 BOYS & GIRLS 71 boys and girls, all superstars, trained in glorious sunshine at our academy Sunday morning.  A great time was had by all and it’s wonderful to watch the progress of our footballers. We trained in our pods and adhered to current guidelines.  Dodge ball was […]