Articles by: Dermot Crean

THE Kerry Tourism Industry Federation (KTIF) is calling on Kerry’s politicians to set aside their differences and mobilise behind their county as the Kingdom braces itself for the economic fallout from Covid-19. According to an assessment commissioned by Kerry County Council and compiled by economist James Dorgan, the economy in […]

THE residents of Casement View and St. Brendan’s Terrace Ardfert recently organised small events adhering to social distancing guidelines to fundraise for local charities. At 4:30am on Saturday, May 9, a small number of residents from the estates took part in a mini-social distancing Darkness into Light in aid of […]

TO celebrate 30 years of the creation of the world famous ‘Blackbird’, members of the National Folk Theatre, past and present, have come together to showcase the traditional Irish music and dance piece in a new video. In March 1991, Siamsa Tíre opened the doors of a brand new purpose […]

KERRY Fianna Fáil TD, Norma Foley, says the Transport Minister needs to outline the government’s plan for dealing with the backlog of provisional licences and driving tests, which is continuing to build up during the Coronavirus restrictions. Deputy Foley said; “Learner drivers here in Kerry, particularly in rural areas, are […]

TRALEE Chamber is calling on all businesses and the people of Tralee to be united in making sure no one gets left behind in the current COVID-19 pandemic. As part of the MyTralee movement, the Chamber is launching a new online business marketplace aimed at supporting businesses in the town […]

PLANS for the Island of Geese in Tralee should be revised in light of the Covid19 crisis, according to the Kerry branch of the Green Party. “We now need more open spaces in which we can move freely while maintaining physical distance,” said the party’s Tralee representative Anne-Marie Fuller. “This […]

KERRY County Council will host a free information webinar this Wednesday for the retail trade in Kerry.  The webinar will provide advice and updates on the impact of the phased easing of the COVID-19 restrictions on the retail sector in the county. The webinar will be addressed by the Chief […]

Gardaí have arrested two people in relation to a burglary in Tralee, in the early hours of this morning. Shortly before 1am Gardaí from Tralee received a report from a member of the public of a possible break-in at a house on Chapel Street in Tralee. Gardaí attended and discovered two […]

STACKS 100: We continue to remind all club members that our Award Winning Stacks 100 website is now available to view – check out club memories, matches & podcasts – a great way to spend an enjoyable few minutes or hours and hours and hours . . . www.stacks100.ie. COMMUNITY […]

Fundraising for Pieta House: Míle Buíochas What an amazing weekend! Thank you to our club and community for helping us raise awareness and much needed funds, to help Pieta House carry out such vital and fantastic work. As at 1 pm on Monday last, we have raised an incredible €3,538-that […]

LADIES AND JUVENILE NOTES  #Run4Pieta At 5.30p.m. last Saturday, May 16th our Run4Pieta officially ended. We had being on the go non stop since Thursday, May 14th. We ran, walked, cycled and skated to raise much needed funds for Pieta. We had people from the various townlands in Kerry join […]

Update on Ballymac GAA Lotto. Following the Government directive on Social Distancing and The GAA suspension of games and activities in March  Ballymac GAA suspended our weekly lotto. Our lotto has been supported by all our community in various ways since it was founded over twenty years ago. The backbone […]

Lotto Our club lotto remains suspended in line with the Government / HSE advice at that time. While this is a regrettable decision it is necessary to safeguard the health of our club officer’s lotto players and our many promoters. We thank all our promoters and supporters of the St. […]

Phase 1 Restrictions Lifted    It’s great that the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was in a position to announce on Friday that Phase 1 of the lifting of the Covid-19 restrictions are to go ahead from Monday May 18th. He also announced that the government was advising the wearing of face masks on […]

WITH many businesses reopening or preparing to reopen as part of the phased easing of COVID-19 restrictions, Kerry County Council is inviting businesses in the county to register for a new online directory of shops, trades and services which are currently open and operating across Kerry. The directory will include […]

A TRALEE Municipal District councillor has expressed concern at the risk that the Tralee Town Park Festival Féile na mBláth could be cancelled for this year and proposes it be moved to August or September. It was due to take place on the second weekend of June, but under the […]

A GREAT community effort has seen over €4,000 raised for Pieta House over the weekend. Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club ran the Run4Pieta event over Thursday, Friday and Saturday where over 400 people of all ages ran, walked, cycled and skated over 462km between them to raise much needed funds for […]

MERCY Mounthawk has received six nominations in the Stagewise inaugural School Musical Awards competition. Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School staged their musical ‘Hairspray’ in January, in Siamsa Tíre. The show was a resounding success with a full house for all five performances. This year the school entered a new School Musical […]

THE pedestrianisation of The Mall in Tralee, which had been temporarily suspended in recent weeks, reverts to normal this week and The Mall will again be closed to traffic from today, Monday, from 10.30am to 6.00pm.

AS I sit here reflecting on the Covid-19 virus to date, I feel a deep sense of gratitude towards our elderly population and what they have done for our country. What they have done is sheer patriotism at its best which is a very rare commodity in the modern world. […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says there are some great selections on Netflix on the theme of people who, by choice or circumstance, are loners… One of the great traditions of cinema storytelling is that of the individual taking a stand, on their own, against the majority ora challenging situation. […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance is welcoming the announcement that phase one of the easing of restrictions will begin from Monday. In a statement issued yesterday evening, the Chamber says it will come as a huge relief that society is starting to reopen, but this is just a first step on a […]

KILLORGLIN’S Puck Fair, which was due to take place in  on August 10th through 12th, is cancelled. “We have been monitoring the situation since the onset of the virus and as the health, wellbeing and safety of our visitors, volunteers and residents is paramount, and to comply with government legislation […]

KERRY Cycling Campaign and Cyclist.ie have renewed calls on the Irish government and Kerry County Council to urgently follow the lead of other European governments to allocate more space to active travel measures. These measures include allocating more space for active travel and controlling vehicle speed by introducing 30 km/hr […]

PARISHES in the Diocese of Kerry can open their churches for personal prayer from Wednesday provided they keep with all guidelines from the Public Health authorities. This will be done in consultation with their Pastoral Area and opening depends on the implementation of health and safety measures and will involve the […]

CRUINNIÚ na nÓg is Ireland’s national day of free creativity for children and young people and this year Creative Ireland and Kerry County Council are doing things differently with everything needed for a fantastic day of creativity is available Online. “We are delighted to be working with wonderful artists, who […]

PUBLIC car parks at Kerry beaches will re-open on Monday next, May 18, but the 5km rule on travel restrictions still applies. The car parks were closed at the beginning of April in the interests of public health and limiting the spread of the coronavirus. Kerry County Council has decided […]

THE Tralee Chamber Alliance survey for the people of Tralee to help support local businesses has received many hundreds of respondents but they are still hoping anyone who hasn’t completed it to do so as soon as possible. The ‘Let’s Talk About Town’ survey looks to find out from the people […]

AT an online meeting of Tralee Municipal District of Kerry County Council on Wednesday morning, Cllr Cathal Foley requested that areas of grassland with wildflowers in the town would be allowed bloom. Following a discussion it was agreed that appropriate areas of grassland can remain unmowed in order to improve the […]

SIOBHAN O’Sullivan, Kerry Film Officer with Kerry ETB, and Kate Kennelly, Kerry County Council Arts Officer, are delighted to announce that the Kerry Short Film Bursary 2020, worth €10,000 towards the production of a short film, has been awarded to Writer/ Director, Jean Pasley, & Producer, Greg Burrowes, for the […]