Articles by: Dermot Crean

John Mitchels GAA Club News

John Mitchels GAA Club News

September 28, 2020 at 3:29 pm Comments are Disabled

UNDER 6 BOYS & GIRLS Our under6 boys and girls had a great day last Sunday. There was a huge turnout and they were all very eager to train. They went through their paces under the watchful eye of their trainers and they are all improving each week. Keep up […]

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Tralee Parnells U12s that played St Brendans in a challenge match last Friday night

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

September 28, 2020 at 3:24 pm Comments are Disabled

U14 Camogie Pride of place this week goes to our U14 Camogie team who were crowned U14B County Champions last Sunday. The final was played in glorious sunshine in Spa, Killarney against Sliabh Luachra. From the throw-in the girls showed grit and determination to win each ball against a physically stronger Sliabh […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

September 28, 2020 at 3:10 pm Comments are Disabled

The following was agreed at the most recent Management Committee meeting. An U19 competition to replace any U18 competitions and be organised by the District Boards – no request from a District Board to play at U18 level instead of U19 be granted. 2 Weekends be ringfenced for U19 competition […]

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Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club News

Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club News

September 28, 2020 at 3:01 pm Comments are Disabled

Sympathy: We extend our condolences to the Tyther Family, Kilderry and their extended families on the death of James Tyther who died recently. We also extend our sympathies to the Stephens Family, Kilderry on the death of Elizabeth Stephens-May James and Elizabeth Rest in Peace. Drive In Bingo-This Sunday,October 4th […]

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Library Branches In Kerry To Receive Over €111,000 In Funding

Library Branches In Kerry To Receive Over €111,000 In Funding

September 28, 2020 at 1:58 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Library is to receive over €24,000 in funding as part of the small scale Capital Works Programme in Public Libraries. In all, over €111,000 has been allocated to nine Kerry libraries from the Department of Rural and Community Development, which has been welcomed by Minister for Education and Kerry TD […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

September 28, 2020 at 1:46 pm Comments are Disabled

Seniors    Na Gaeil played St. Pat’s Blennerville in the semi final of the St. Brendan’s Board Championship in Saturday in Killeen. They led by 1-06 to 0-04 at half time with the goal coming from the boot of Jack Sheehan very early in the game. Na Gaeil dominated the 2nd […]

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Former Moyderwell Primary School pupil Luke O'Sullivan, with  Melanie, Kelly, Ben, Michael and Martin O'Sullivan, on his Confirmation Day at St John's Church on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Confirmation Day Finally Arrives For Former Moyderwell School Pupils

September 28, 2020 at 1:40 pm Comments are Disabled

THEY may be scattered around the town’s secondary schools now, but the former pupils of Moyderwell Mercy Primary School were reunited on Sunday afternoon. The two sixth classes couldn’t receive the sacrament in the spring because of COVID-19 restrictions but they got together at St John’s Church for the belated […]

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Rainfall Warning For Kerry On Tuesday Night

Rainfall Warning For Kerry On Tuesday Night

September 28, 2020 at 12:14 pm Comments are Disabled

WHILE Monday and most of Tuesday will be dry and pleasant in Kerry, it will take a turn for then worse tomorrow night. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Rainfall warning for Kerry as well as Wexford, Wicklow, Galway, Mayo, Cork, and Waterford. It’s valid from 9pm on Tuesday […]

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Catriona and Taylor Dowling with Pumba.

Petmania Is Looking For The Kerry Puppy Of The Year

September 28, 2020 at 11:08 am Comments are Disabled

PETMANIA Tralee, along with sponsors BETA, has launched the hugely popular Puppy of the Year Competition for 2020 and they’ll be looking for a successor to last year’s winner, Pumba from Tralee. The competition will be run entirely online for 2020, with €1,500 worth of prizes to be won by […]

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Former Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn pupil Sophie O'Connor, with Con, Isobel and Una O'Connor, at her Confirmation at St John's Church on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Former Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Pupils Meet Again For Confirmation Day

September 28, 2020 at 10:15 am Comments are Disabled

OVER six months since their schooldays ended prematurely thanks to COVID-19, the former sixth class pupils of Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn met up again on Saturday afternoon. The occasion was their rescheduled Confirmation Day and the sun shone down as they renewed acquaintances at St John’s Church. It was a special […]

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CBS pupil Zac Moore, with Sarah Barry, Rowan Moore and James Moore, at his First Holy Communion at St John's Church on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: CBS Primary Pupils Enjoy First Holy Communion Day

September 27, 2020 at 1:13 pm Comments are Disabled

BEAUTIFUL weather on Saturday made it an even more special occasion for third class pupils of CBS Primary School. Around 30 boys and girls from Ms Ryle and Ms Griffin’s classes couldn’t enjoy First Holy Communion Day earlier this year, but it was better late than never at St John’s […]

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PHOTOS: Glamorous Ladies Take Part In Listowel Races Online Best Dressed Competition

PHOTOS: Glamorous Ladies Take Part In Listowel Races Online Best Dressed Competition

September 26, 2020 at 11:52 am 1 comment

SADLY, McElligotts Honda Ladies Day did not take place this year at Listowel racecourse, but there was still an array of style to be viewed online. The directors and sponsors, organised a virtual ladies day on Friday where ladies were invited to celebrate all the fashion and fun of ladies […]

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Fenit RNLI Welcomes First Female Lifeboat Coxswain In Ireland

Fenit RNLI Welcomes First Female Lifeboat Coxswain In Ireland

September 26, 2020 at 11:11 am 1 comment

A VOLUNTEER lifeboat crew member with Fenit RNLI in Kerry, has been passed out as an RNLI Coxswain and is the the first woman to be appointed to the role in the country. Denise Lynch is currently the only woman to hold the senior position on an operational lifeboat crew […]

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Finnegan On Films: Three Very Different Offerings At The Omniplex

Finnegan On Films: Three Very Different Offerings At The Omniplex

September 26, 2020 at 11:10 am Comments are Disabled

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, looks at what’s playing in Tralee Omniplex this week… Three very different offerings on show this week at Tralee Omniplex including science fiction (I hope!), a romantic comedy musical and a wonderful Irish made true life documentary that tells a great human story. Street Leagues […]

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Kerry College Campus Activities Continue As Normal

Kerry College Campus Activities Continue As Normal

September 26, 2020 at 10:54 am 1 comment

KERRY College would like to clarify that, as a provider of Further Education and Training (FET), the college is excluded from the request of NPHET to move all learning online for the next two weeks. Although Higher Education institutions has been requested to move to online learning from Monday next, […]

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Kerry line up for the national anthem. Photo by Dermot Crean

GAA Confirms Revised Fixture Arrangements, Here’s When And Where Kerry Play

September 25, 2020 at 4:44 pm Comments are Disabled

WHILE the Munster GAA Council revealed the exact times and dates for their championship fixtures earlier this week, GAA headquarters have now confirmed the same for inter-county games in the Allianz League, All-Ireland Championships and other cup competitions. In terms of the Kerry senior footballers, they will play their penultimate Allianz […]

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Healy Rae Wants Assurances On New Orthopaedic Facility For UHK

Healy Rae Wants Assurances On New Orthopaedic Facility For UHK

September 25, 2020 at 3:29 pm Comments are Disabled

DEPUTY Michael Healy Rae TD has called on the Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly to give University Hospital Kerry (UHK) the vote of confidence to proceed immediately with the planned construction of a new Orthopaedic Clean-air theatre. The Kerry deputy said he still has grave concerns over the commitment following […]

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Kerry Projects To Receive €130,000 From Dormant Accounts Fund

Kerry Projects To Receive €130,000 From Dormant Accounts Fund

September 25, 2020 at 1:26 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY has today received in excess of €130,000 through five allocations from the Dormant Accounts Funding for 2020 via the Department of Rural and Community Development. The investment aims to engage with communities across the county, focusing on people with disabilities. Minister for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley has welcomed the […]

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Chamber Launches ‘Resilience Series’ Of Webinars For Businesses

Chamber Launches ‘Resilience Series’ Of Webinars For Businesses

September 25, 2020 at 9:12 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Chamber Alliance has launched the ‘Resilience Series’ designed to support SME’s across Kerry to sustain their business in the months ahead, but also looking towards rebuilding and coming out stronger. With the results of the Chamber Ireland 5th National Survey released on Thursday, business activity is typically down 32% […]

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Barbara Byer.

Tralee Writer Longlisted For Prestigious Short Story Of The Year Award

September 24, 2020 at 4:20 pm Comments are Disabled

A TRALEE-BASED writer has been longlisted for the An Post Irish Book Awards Writing.ie Short Story of the Year 2020. Barbara Byar is one of 18 writers on the longlist for the prestigious award. Based in Tralee, she released her debut collection, ‘Some Days are Better than Ours’ back in November […]

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Kerry LEO To Host Online Budget Briefing Webinar

Kerry LEO To Host Online Budget Briefing Webinar

September 24, 2020 at 2:42 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY Local Enterprise Office in association with PSC Taxation Services on Thursday, October 15 from 9.30am to 11am. This free online webinar, delivered on Zoom, will summarise the main points arising from the Budget to be announced on Tuesday, October 13. There will be particular emphasis on the tax changes […]

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Paula SIlles, Caroline Healy and Rebecca Roche at the coffee morning in aid of Kerry Hospice at Ballygarry House Hotel on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Tralee Hotels Host Coffee Mornings For Kerry Hospice

September 24, 2020 at 2:19 pm Comments are Disabled

IT’S a very different Kerry Hospice Coffee Morning this year, but a few events still went ahead at hotels around Tralee. The event is one of their biggest annual fundraisers, last year realising around €70,000 in the county. The Tralee Chain Gang Cycling Club hosted a coffee morning kindly sponsored by […]

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Kerry Sees Surge In Callouts To Deal With Biting Insects

Kerry Sees Surge In Callouts To Deal With Biting Insects

September 24, 2020 at 10:45 am Comments are Disabled

PEST control provider Rentokil, Ireland’s has experienced a surge in callouts for biting insects this year, with Kerry seeing the second most callouts for assistance in the country . The company has recorded a 39% increase in queries related to bed bugs, fleas, mosquitos and midges in August when compared […]

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Paul Geaney looks for a man. Photo by Dermot Crean

Times And Dates Confirmed For Kerry’s Munster Championship Ties

September 23, 2020 at 5:55 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Munster GAA CCC has confirmed that Kerry will play Cork in the Munster SFC semi-final in Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday, November 8 at 4pm. Should Kerry win, they will play the Munster final on Sunday, November 22 at 1.30pm at a venue which will depend on provides the […]

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Councillors Approve Diversion On Tralee-Fenit Greenway

Councillors Approve Diversion On Tralee-Fenit Greenway

September 23, 2020 at 1:54 pm 1 comment

TRALEE Municipal District councillors have approved a diversion of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway at Bawnboy just outside the town. At a special meeting of Tralee MD councillors held this morning, six councillors voted for the 700 metre diversion and one (Cllr Deirdre Ferris) against the change. The diversion which will now […]

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Demand For Courses At Kerry College Increases

Demand For Courses At Kerry College Increases

September 23, 2020 at 11:38 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY College of Further Education and Training (Kerry College) welcomed students back on-campus this week with demand increased in many areas this year and many courses now full. Popular course areas this year at their four locations in Tralee and Listowel include: Social Studies, Childcare, Education, Business, Engineering, Law, Media and Journalism, […]

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Kerry Cycling Campaign Welcomes ‘Vision For Cycling In Rural Ireland’

Kerry Cycling Campaign Welcomes ‘Vision For Cycling In Rural Ireland’

September 23, 2020 at 11:11 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Cycling Campaign is welcoming the launch of the Vision for Cycling in Rural Ireland by Cyclist.ie’s Rural Cycling Collective today. The KCC’s Anluan Dunne will take part in a Zoom webinar launch later on Wednesday afternoon along with other speakers, including Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Malcolm Noonan. Mayor of […]

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Met Éireann Issues Wind Warning For Kerry

Met Éireann Issues Wind Warning For Kerry

September 23, 2020 at 10:31 am Comments are Disabled

WE had some lovely weather up until yesterday afternoon but the autumnal weather is truly here now. Things will deteriorate tonight as Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow – Wind warning for Kerry, Cork and Clare. Very windy conditions are expected to develop in parts of Munster overnight and during […]

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Tralee Golf Club News

Tralee Golf Club News

September 22, 2020 at 6:21 pm Comments are Disabled

Master Classic 7 19/20th September2020 1st Gerard Deegan (2) 41 Pts 2nd Tom Egan (13) 41 Pts 3rd Shane McGibney (21) 41 Pts 4th Conor Stack (15) 41 Pts 5th Donal Sugrue (6) 40 Pts Best Gross Anton O Callaghan (1) 38 Pts Div 1 Gerard O Sullivan (4) 39 […]

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Siamsa Tíre Reopens To Students For First Time Since March

Siamsa Tíre Reopens To Students For First Time Since March

September 22, 2020 at 9:25 am Comments are Disabled

SIAMSA Tíre re-opened its doors at 4pm yesterday to welcome back students of the National Folk Theatre Training Academy. This is the first time students have been in the building since it was closed in mid-March due to the COVID Pandemic. This new term marks the beginning of a gradual return […]

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