Articles by: Dermot Crean

BISHOP of Kerry Ray Browne is welcoming the relaxation of Level 5 Restrictions in a message to the people in the diocese at the beginning of Advent. Bishop Ray also says it will be a quieter Christmas and children’s happiness should be a priority for all. He wrote; “I welcome […]

Lotto Appreciation  To thank our Lotto supporters for their continued support, we are adding some extra prizes to our weekly lotto for the three December draws prior to Christmas. For the draws on the 6th, 13th and 20th December we will add a lucky dip winner for a Christmas hamper […]

Ballymac GAA Club AGM 2020 The Ballymacelligott GAA Club AGM will take place physically on Sunday January 3rd at 2pm once Government Guidelines allow, venue to be confirmed. Should it prove impossible to hold our AGM physically at that time it will be held online the following Sunday 10th January […]

ACADAMH NA nÓG Congrats to John Ahern, U8 Boys who was the winner of our Late Late Toy Show goodie boxes from the Sugar Shack. Our Juvenile Academy is going to kickstart the countdown to Christmas with a small Christmas treat. There will be names drawn daily from December 1st to […]

Club Registration Fees The following club registration fees for 2021 were ratified at the recent AGM: €30 U6 players, non-playing adults including coaches €60 Juvenile player (aged 7 to 17) €70 Adult player (full-time student, aged 18+, with valid ID) €100 Adult player (working) €180 Family (3 or more juvenile […]

Virtual Race Night    It is not long now until our Virtual Race Night on Friday December 11th. We are appealing to our members, supporters and the wider public to support Na Gaeil CLG at this difficult time by contributing to our Race Night as very many of you have done […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for any information regarding an incident which took place at a housing estate in Tralee over two weeks ago. On Friday, November 13, at around 3pm, an altercation is believed to have occurred involving a number of people at the entrance to the Fountain […]

A TRALEE man has won a prestigious international playwrighting competition run by the BBC. The BBC World Service and the British Council announced the winning entries for the 2020 International Radio Playwriting Competition and Neil Flynn’s ‘The Snowman’ won the top prize in the English As a First Language  category. Inspired […]

WITH the annual Tralee and Ballymacelligott Christmas Fair cancelled due to COVID -19 restrictions, the organisers are hoping the public can help raise much-needed funds through a gofundme page. “Our Christmas fair is a wonderful community building and fundraising event for the Church of Ireland Parishes of Tralee, Ballymacelligott and […]

CHURCHILL Forge & Museum has won a national competition thanks to the votes from the local community and beyond. Spa Fenit Community Council recently entered their Churchill Forge Project in the National Rural Leader Impact Campaign. They were invited to submit a video outlining details of the project and Leaders […]

MINISTER for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley has announced over €1.6 million in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Grants for Kerry primary and post-primary schools. The funding can be used to purchase equipment such as projectors and tablets or to support the use of online learning platforms. These grants […]

BE careful if you’re out and about tonight and in the early morning because it’s set to get foggy. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Fog warning for Munster, Connacht and Leinster. Fog will thicken this evening, with some dense areas of fog this evening and tonight. The warning is […]

GARDAI conducted a search of a suspected Shebeen premises operating in Causeway, Co. Kerry, yesterday evening. Shortly after 8pm on Saturday, Gardaí conducted a search under warrant of the suspected Shebeen premises and located a fully operational bar. The bar featured a number of beer taps, along with a fully operational cooler […]

KERRY Macra Na Feirme are hosting a virtual talk live on Facebook at 8pm on Friday, December 4, which will focus on the importance of Mental Health. The night is aptly named ‘Mind Matters’ and will feature Kerry Radio’s Aisling O’Brien as host, interviewing three well known speakers. With the […]

A BUSINESS teacher at Presentation Secondary School, Castleisland will be a special guest on the Student Enterprise Programme, National Live Webinar on this Monday evening. Mr. Dargan is one of just three teachers in the country, that have been selected to take part in this National Webinar series. He will […]

A TRALEE man has died and five others have been injured at a building on Ashe Street this morning. The men were doing construction work on the building when part of the chimney collapsed at around 8am this morning. It’s believed 68-year-old Tom Ross, a building contractor, was on the […]

James Finnegan reviews Ron Howard’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ which was released this week on Netflix… I cannot remember a time when there have been so many talented actresses on television, theatre and film. If one were to use one guide, just look back and see the winners of the Best Actress […]

IRISH Water and Kerry County Council plan to commence work next week on the replacement of one kilometre of defective 100MM watermain in Kilfenora, Fenit. The pipe will be laid from the junction near the old railway bridge westwards along the R558 main road. Traffic lights will be in operation during […]

EMERGENCY services are at the scene of a workplace accident on Ashe Street this morning. They were called to the building at around 8am after it’s believed part of a chimney collapsed and a number of men, who were carrying out construction work there,  were injured. Four men were taken […]

A TRALEE girl was an early star of ‘The Late Late Toy Show’ tonight. Eight year old Saoirse Moynihan, a pupil in Caherleaheen NS, was a guest on the show and received a special message from none other than David Williams. First though, Saoirse spoke to host Ryan Tubridy about […]

AFTER the switching on of the Christmas lights in town last week, festive spirits were lifted once again this evening as the Christmas tree in Ballygarry was lit up. Every year Ballygarry House Hotel invites locals and guests to attend a “turning on the lights ceremony” where guests come out […]

TRALEE Rugby Club has launched a ‘Lucky Minute’ fundraiser this weekend to help with their juveniles section. They are inviting all club members, supporters and their families, and indeed people in the wider community to support the fundraiser, as it is this year’s only source of funding for the juveniles […]

THE Cara Credit Union Art Competition 2020 results were announced recently with students in Tralee schools featuring among the prizes. This year’s theme was ‘Imagine More’, influenced by the creative role art plays in Irish society and it encouraged participants to unlock their imagination and look at how art inspires us and our […]

CBS The Green unveiled their newly elected Students Council on Thursday. The potential leaders of the future held their training day last week with their liaison teacher Karen Tobin.  “It was a packed day of teambuilding activities ensured that they are ready for the task ahead. The students council has representatives from […]

GARDAI in the Killarney District seized over €4,000 of suspected drugs yesterday. As part of Operation Thor, a day of action was conducted in the Caherciveen, Waterville, Caherdaniel and Valentia areas over a 24 hour period between Wednesday 25th and Thursday, 26th November. The operation commenced on Wednesday evening with two […]

Purchase.ie the online store based in the Spa, Tralee is calling on people to think not about what they can do for themselves this Black Friday but what they can do for others. According to Managing Director Colm Griffin, 2020 has been a difficult year for the mental health of […]

KERRY County Council and Kerry Chambers have joined forces to appeal to everyone in Kerry to support local shops and businesses this Christmas. They also want to encourage people to use a new online directory of Kerry businesses and services which they can support at this challenging time. Shopkerry.ie is […]

IF, as expected, retail outlets will open up fully next week, the message is Manor West Retail Park is ready. Like so many retail businesses in Kerry, it’s been extremely challenging for the over 650 people working in Manor West Retail Park, and a major focus for Centre Manager Derek […]

THE Christmas lights in Tralee have done much to lift the spirits in these dark times, even though there aren’t many shoppers to enjoy them. The hospitality sector has been hit worst of all, so it was heartening to see that Kevin and Fiona at Kirby’s Brogue Inn went above […]

IT’S become a tradition at the Wetlands over the last number of years, but sadly the annual Tralee Santa 5k Fun Run will not be going ahead this December. The organisers made the decision following due to COVID-19 restrictions on mass gatherings, as the run attracted many hundreds of people […]