Articles by: Dermot Crean

TRALEE Municipal District councillors are requesting a meeting with the IDA with a view to establishing a full-time officer for the Kerry area. Speaking at the meeting of Tralee MD on Monday, Cllr Jim Finucane (FG) said the recent situation with Borg Warner and Debenhams has highlighted the need to […]

TLI Group based outside Abbeydorney are to grow their telecoms department and recruit for new positions due to their role as a framework deployment partner on the National Broadband Plan, a project which has been underway for seven months now. TLI Group, contracted to National Broadband Ireland (NBI), will commence […]

KERRY is to receive state funding of €405,286 to improve housing stock for older people and people with a disability. It’s part of an €18 million nationwide package announced by Government today to improve housing conditions. Deputy Government Chief Whip, Brendan Griffin TD welcomed the news and said; “This funding […]

SHOCK and sadness spread throughout the county yesterday at the news of the passing of well-known broadcaster and Tralee native Sean Hurley. Tributes have been paid from all over the county and beyond from people in the worlds of media, business, politics, entertainment and sport.. Based in Killarney, the presenter […]

KERRY County Council is to seek a definitive answer from Courts Service to determine what are their plans in relation to Tralee Courthouse and whether they intend on relocating the courts in the town. At the meeting of Tralee Municipal District on Monday, Cllr Jim Finucane had a motion before […]

THE Council has applied for Government funding to develop a masterplan for the John Joe Sheehy Road area, which will include a ‘landmark’ entry point to the town centre which would celebrate the town’s sporting history. Cllr Mikey Sheehy had a motion before the Council that they engage with the […]

MINISTER for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley welcomes the approval of funding today under the Minor Flood Mitigation Works & Coastal Protection Scheme of €24,170 for a project at The Spa Seawall, North Kerry Way. The Seawall, which was severely damaged in storms back in January 2018, is a […]

A TRALEE Municipal District councillor has called for action after what he called a rat infestation in parts of the Mitchels area of town in the past few weeks. Independent Councillor Sam Locke raised the issue at Monday’s meeting of Tralee MD councillors. He said he contacted the Environment Section […]

PART of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway should be open before summer of 2021, councillors were told yesterday. At the Tralee Municipal District meeting of councillors on Monday morning, an update on the progress and timeframe of the project was requested in separate motions by Cllr Mikey Sheehy, Cllr Terry O’Brien and […]

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley officially launched the 2020 Lee Strand Homework Journal on Saturday at the Lee Strand milk plant in Ballymullen. Once again, over 10,000 Lee Strand hardback homework journals will be distributed to national school pupils in Kerry and West Limerick. Speaking at the launch of the […]

SENIOR FOOTBAL: Our Seniors travel to Fitzgerald Stadium on next Sunday afternoon (13th Sept) to play Kenmare Shamrocks in the Club Final. Throw-in at 3.30. The game will be preceded by the Relagation play-off for next season’s County Championship between Templenoe and Kilcummin. As we write no date has yet […]

THE National Lottery has announced details of the National Lottery Good Causes Awards, with a total prize fund of €95,000, and is encouraging sports clubs, community organisations and projects in Kerry to apply. These awards honour the inspiring work and achievements of thousands of projects, clubs and individuals all over […]

Gardaí have seized approximately €80,000 worth of cannabis and arrested two men following the search of two separate vehicles in Kilgarvan and Portlaoise on Sunday. Members of the West Cork Divisional Drugs Unit, assisted by local Gardaí, carrying out an intelligence lead operation stopped and searched a vehicle in the […]

Minor County League Round 3 Kerins O Rahillys 1-8 Churchill 1-15 Juvenile and Ladies Notes ACADAMH NA nÓgWe hope that everyone’s return to school went well. Sunday, September 6th was a busy day in Ballyrickard. We started by welcoming our U6 girls and boys, as well as our U8 and […]

FIRST COMMUNION: An Chéad Chomaoineach. After many months of waiting, the boys and girls in our community are finally able to make their First Holy Communion on Saturday next. We hope it will be a very special day for you and your families. LEAVING CERTIFICATE RESULTS: By now, Leaving Certificate results will […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 05, 09, 10 and 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Jimmy O’Shea c/o O’Shea’s Texaco, Pa Hurley Curraheen, Joe Costello Ballydunlea, Derry Griffin Curragraigue and N Dowling. Next week’s Lotto will have […]

Senior Championship    St. Brendan’s will play East Kerry in the semi final of the Senior Football Championship on Friday evening next in Austin Stack Park at 7.30pm. We wish the team and management the very best of luck. The good news is that the game will be shown live on […]

Guidance Counsellor Billy Ryle says excellent Leaving Cert results in Kerry will ensure CAO offers will be plentiful on Friday… After six very difficult months of emotional turmoil, at long last, 60,419 Leaving Cert candidates (57,569 Traditional Leaving Cert and 2,850 Leaving Cert Applied) awoke on a day when they […]

GARDAI are appealing for any information in connection with a criminal damage incident at a Tralee estate. At about 12.30am on Sunday, September 6, a woman had just come back to her house in the Muing estate after a night out. A young relative was babysitting and they heard a […]

GARDAI are asking students who received their Leaving Certificate results today to celebrate safely tonight and not to host house parties. Gardaí will patrol public amenities in the town tonight — including the Town Park, Millennium Walkway, the playground in the park and nearby beaches — to ensure people do […]

COVID19 Reminder to all senior players & parents/guardians of juvenile players: please submit the mandatory health questionnaire before each training session/match. Please bring your own water bottles and arrive togged out as dressing rooms will not be open. Due to new Government restrictions in place all adult games will now […]

Condolences On behalf of the entire club, we offer our sincere sympathies to the O’Sullivan family on the recent death of Mike Roger’s mother Úna. Ar dheis Dé go raibh a h-anam dílís. Senior Hurling Tralee Parnells 1-25 Kilgarvan 2-21 (aet) Tralee Parnells faced Kilgarvan in the Intermediate Championship Semi-Final […]

UNDER 6 BOYS & GIRLS Our u6 boys and girls were back last Sunday for the first time since last March. There was a great turnout with some new faces. They went about their training session with huge enthusiasm and did really well. Looking forward to seeing them all next […]

MINISTER for Education, Deputy Norma Foley has issued an open letter to students who received their Leaving Certificate results this morning. Under this year’s calculated grades process, around 60,000 students received results with grades higher than any other year on record. On average grades were 4.4% higher than those of last year. […]

Mike O’Halloran on yesterday’s Kerry SHC semi-finals at Austin Stack Park… Kilmoyley 1-20 Abbeydorney 1-12 Kilmoyley are through to the Garveys Supervalu Kerry Hurling final. Abbeydorney started well and after ten minutes they led by a point four points to three, then came a kicked goal from the excellent Maurice […]

IT’S been a hectic couple of weeks for the third class pupils at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. After six months away, they resumed their education on Thursday, August 27, meeting old friends and getting used to the classroom environment again. Then, just over a week later they made their belated First […]

DESPITE the current COVID-19 pandemic, Culture Night is happening in Kerry this year. On Friday, September 18, lots of the events are online, to ensure public safety while still providing arts and cultural groups the opportunity of showcasing their work to the Kerry public. Every year the Kerry Visual Artists’ […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, say there is no shortage of fantasy in this week’s offerings at the Tralee Omniplex, appealing to all ages and genres… The new release this week is The New Mutants, the thirteenth and final chapter in the 20th Century X-Men series of films. This was […]

A player in Co. Kerry won €20,649 after matching five numbers on the main EuroMillions draw last night. This lucky ticket was a Quick Pick bought yesterday Londis Store in Lixnaw. The EuroMillions numbers from last night’s draw (Friday 4th September) were: 06, 22, 29, 40, 43 and the lucky […]

FOUR learners from Kerry College will feature in an upcoming national campaign for SOLAS entitled ‘This is FET’. The voices and stories of Rory Murphy and Antoin Fletcher from Tralee, Amie McNamara from Listowel and Niambh O’Byrne from Abbeyfeale are part of a new digital campaign to coincide with the […]