Articles by: Dermot Crean

THE good folks at Scotia Clinic handed over a cheque for €500 to the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind at the weekend. This year has been a year of changes for everyone, so Dr Mary McCaffrey and her team at Scotia Clinic invited Santa for a visit during December, […]

KERRY Local Creative Youth Partnership (Kerry LCYP) at Kerry Education and Training Board has announced two strands of funding available to community based organisations, youth service providers, preschools & early years settings, youth groups and creative practitioners who wish to develop creativity projects for children and/or young people in their […]

Coiste na nÓg   We are very grateful to four of our senior players who took some time out to share a skills video with all our young Coiste na nÓg players. We hope this will get you all into practice before we get back on the playing fields in the […]

DEATH OF MARY BARRY: There was shock and sadness throughout the Club and the local community on Good Friday evening when news broke of the tragic death of Mary Barry (nee Keating) in a car accident. Club Secretary, Elma Nix’s tribute on the Club Twitter and Facebook continued as follows […]

THE first ever Healthy Kerry Framework will be launched on World Health Day, on this Wednesday, by the Minister of State at the Department of Health, Mr Frank Feighan TD. The framework was developed to support the implementation of the national Healthy Ireland Framework and campaigns in response to the […]

Covid Update    GAA President Larry McCarthy and Ard Stiurthóir Tom Ryan issued the following statement on Tuesday last March 30th: I know you will be aware by now of the positive announcement by the Irish Government this evening that non-contact underage training in pods of 15 will be permitted from […]

ACADAMH NA nÒG Great news everyone! We’re sure that you’ve all heard by now that as of Monday, April 26th we will be allowed to train in non contact pods of 15. We will be sending out more information over the next few weeks . Roll on the week of April 26th! In […]

Keep Active With just three weeks to go before we we can return to the field we would like to remind all players to keep practising their skills.  Our younger players should focus on the core skills: the pickup, striking, catching and hand passing.  Lots of material can be found […]

Club Lotto   There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €5100 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 07, 23 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to: E. Barry, Caherslee Conor Moore, Cloghers Noreen Moriarty, Curraheen John Duhig, Annagh Mary Byrne, Annagh Next week’s […]

Easter Wishes: Beannachtaí na Cásca oraibh go léir Ó CLG Baile an Mhuilinn/Caisleán na Mainge Easter Blessings on all of you from Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club Fundraising Lotto: Lotto Results for Draw on Sat 3rd April 2021: Numbers Drawn: 11 / 25 / 26 Bonus No: 31 There was no winner […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: A work colleague told me that there is a payment to help with the cost of my hearing aids. How do I get this?  Answer: You can get […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, selects a couple of stone-cold classics, an engaging bio-pic and some spy-spoofery to watch over the Bank Holiday Weekend… There is usually a fine selection of films to choose from over an Easter Bank Holiday, and this year is no exception.  Hope you enjoy this […]

THERE were nine new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this afternoon. There were 8 additional deaths and 591 more cases reported nationally. Four deaths occurred in March, four in February. The median age of those who died was 74 years and the age range was 51 – 94 years. The 14 […]

THE most up to date statistics from the Residential Property Price Register shows that February was a busy month for property sales around Tralee with 19 transactions taking place fetching a total of €5,285,065. The properties that sold for the most money in one transaction in the Tralee environs in […]

THERE was a rise in new car sales in Kerry last month compared to March 2020 according to the latest statistics from the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI). There were 185 new car registrations in the county in March 2021 compared to 148 in the same month last […]

CARA Credit Union set up the Lauri Healy Community Sponsorship Awards back in 2017 with a four year commitment to award €120,000 to support community based projects initiated by organisations within their common bond. The charities, clubs, groups and societies operating in our local community of Tralee, Castleisland, Killorglin, Ballyduff […]

THERE were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this afternoon. When the number is less than five, the exact figure is revealed the following day on the COVID data hub on gov.ie. There were 18 additional deaths and 761 more cases reported nationally. Of the deaths […]

LISA Fingleton is Kerry County Council’s first Visual Artist in Residence. The residency is funded by Creative Ireland with support from Kerry’s Arts Office. Lisa is no stranger to working with the Arts Office, having been Filmmaker in Residence from 2006-2008 and in 2015, on her Municipal District Project “The […]

A LOCAL fitness/strength and conditioning coach is encouraging people to get out and about during the Easter weekend for a great cause. Michelle Greaney is organising the Jemma O’Shea Memorial 5km & 10km Run/Walk in aid of the Palliative Care Unit at UHK between April 1-4 and with the weather […]

MUNSTER Technological University (MTU) have announced the establishment of a university-wide initiative in their campuses in Tralee and Cork to support students who are care leavers. The term ‘care leaver’ is used to refer to any adult who spent time in out-of-home care as a child e.g. in foster care, […]

TWO Tralee buildings are among 14 in the county to benefit from €72,000 under the Built Heritage Investment Scheme. Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform, Malcolm Noonan, TD, today announced that 477 heritage projects across every county in the country will benefit from a total of €3m under […]

A LOCAL business has decided to raise funds for two cancer charities by staff taking part in a ‘Shave Or Dye’ challenge. Kellihers Crash Repair at Rathass in Tralee wanted to raise much needed funds for Recovery Haven and Comfort for Chemo and so far they have raised over €2,000. “We […]

KERRY COLLEGE of Further Education And Training (Kerry College) has announced an innovative Media Graduate Internship which is scheduled to run on-campus in Tralee starting on Monday, June 14. This is an opportunity to gain hands-on experience by working as part of a media production team throughout the summer months […]

THERE were less than five new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this afternoon. When the number is less than five, the exact figure is revealed the following day on the COVID data hub on gov.ie. There was six additional deaths and 411 more cases reported nationally. All reported deaths occurred […]

A YOUNG woman from Killarney is to shave her head for a great cause next week. Laura Whelton will go under the clippers on Tuesday, April 6, in aid of Kerry Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre. She said she chose to do this “as an act of solidarity with all the […]

WHAT better way to take a break from the home-schooling and the working from home than with some of Ballygarry’s very own Easter treats. To celebrate the holiday, the team at Ballygarry House Hotel are putting all of their treats in one basket with the return of their very popular […]

Bishop of Kerry, Ray Browne has issued his annual Message for Easter 2021… If I, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, how much more should you wash each other’s feet?  Jn 13:14 What a year! Together all of us have lived through a year of the coronavirus, each […]

A NEW  €17million fund for developing outdoor dining capacity in the tourism and hospitality sector has been announced today. Kerry County Council will get two allocations of €200,000 under two parts of the scheme. The first part of the scheme covers  outdoor seating and accessories, where hospitality businesses in the county can […]

THERE were six new cases of COVID-19 reported for Kerry this evening. There were 14 additional deaths and 368 more cases reported nationally. Twelve deaths occurred in March, one in February and one in January. The median age of those who died was 83 years and the age range was 68 – […]

OSCAR-WINNING actress Olivia Colman will be in the Tralee area this June as she is starring in a film written by a local woman. ‘Joyride’ was written by Tralee native Ailbhe Keogan and will be filmed in Tralee and other parts of Kerry this summer. It’s described as a foul-mouthed […]