Articles by: Dermot Crean

Hall of Fame Recipient – Dan Brassil receiving his Hall of Fame award with his son Ger, along with Tom O’Connell and Tony Maunsell

Abbeydorney GAA Club News

March 10, 2020 at 3:53 pm Comments are Disabled

SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT : Our Senior Club Awards night took place last Saturday night in the Clubhouse, where a very enjoyable night was had by the large crowd that attended. The following were our worthy award recipients. Minor Player of the Year – Mikey Clifford, U21 Player of the Year […]

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Elin Sorenson and Orla Diffily at the run on Sunday.

Kerry Businesswomen’s Network Hosts Enjoyable 5k Fundraising Event

March 10, 2020 at 3:20 pm Comments are Disabled

OVER 60 women, men, children and a few dogs, braved the elements and came together to walk 5km in Killarney National Park. The event was organised by the Kerry Businesswomen’s Network, in celebration of International Women’s Day and in support of Kerry Rape & Sexual Abuse Centre, and the Kerry […]

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Still Time To Enter Tralee Harriers Half Marathon/10k/5k Races

Still Time To Enter Tralee Harriers Half Marathon/10k/5k Races

March 10, 2020 at 2:58 pm Comments are Disabled

EXCITEMENT is building ahead of the Tralee Harriers St. Patrick’s Half Marathon, 10k and 5k races which take place this Saturday morning. The races start and finish from Tralee Bay Wetlands with the Half Marathon beginning at 9.30am and the 10k/5k at 10am. Places are still available and online registration […]

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The Neon Cars.

Stag & Doe Sessions Returns For First Anniversary Gig In Tralee

March 10, 2020 at 12:51 pm Comments are Disabled

STAG and Doe Sessions will celebrate their one year anniversary with a gig in The Fiddler Bar Tralee on Friday, April 3. They have three amazing original Irish acts with Leevy, Sara Ryan and The Neon Cars (formerly Columbia) taking to the stage in on the night. Kicking off the night will be Leevy who […]

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Les Browska of The International Hotel, Sinead Kirby, AIB, Oonagh Harrington, AIB, Tomás Griffin, AIB and Danny Leane of Annbury's at the Insights and Marketing Trends Event at Ballygarry House Hotel on Monday night. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Large Turnout For Retail/Tourism Business Event In Ballygarry

March 10, 2020 at 12:24 pm Comments are Disabled

THE looming Coronavirus crisis was one of the main issues to the fore last night as AIB, in association with Tralee Chamber Alliance and Kerry Local Enterprise Office, hosted an event sharing insights and marketing trends on the tourism, retail and hospitality industry in Kerry. The event at Ballygarry House […]

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Report Shows Professionals Are Very Happy They Relocated To Kerry

Report Shows Professionals Are Very Happy They Relocated To Kerry

March 10, 2020 at 10:32 am Comments are Disabled

QUALITY of life, being closer to family and friends and a safer environment  are the three top determining factors for people who have relocated to Kerry, according to a survey released today. The Kerry Relocation Survey carried out by National Recruitment & HR Services Group Collins McNicholas, in conjunction with […]

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PHOTOS/REPORT: Warriors Win Final Home Game Against Lions

PHOTOS/REPORT: Warriors Win Final Home Game Against Lions

March 10, 2020 at 9:46 am Comments are Disabled

Alan Cantwell reports on Warriors’ final home game and says while they are in pole position to clinch Super League title, the spectre of points deduction remains… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 96 Abbey Seals Dublin Lions 54 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors and Belfast Star will go into the final round of Men’s […]

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Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA Club News

Kerins O’Rahilly’s GAA Club News

March 9, 2020 at 5:43 pm Comments are Disabled

Senior Credit Union Co League Division 1 Rd 1. Kerins O Rahillys  0-8 Kilcummin 1-7 Kilcummin came away with a valuable two league points when they withheld a strong Strand Road challenge played at the Caherina grounds in windy conditions. Strand Road could feel aggrieved when what looked a definite […]

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St Pat’s GAA Club News

March 9, 2020 at 5:37 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 06, 15 & 30. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Adam Walsh Dromcairn, Rose Roche Curragraigue, Phyllis O’Herlihy c/o Jerry Moriarty, Brenda O’Hehir Balloonagh Estate and Bdendan and Shannon Quill Lohercannon. Next […]

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Milltown/Castlemaine GAA Club News

March 9, 2020 at 5:31 pm Comments are Disabled

GET WELL WISHES: We wish all those in our community who are ill- a speedy return to good health. ALMAS TAKEAWAY AND PIZZERIA: NEW LOTTO SPONSOR The club wishes to acknowledge the continued sponsorship by Alan from Alma’s Takeaway and Pizzeria. Alan has continued to be a wonderful financial sponsor […]

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All St Patrick’s Day Parades In Kerry And Countrywide Called Off

March 9, 2020 at 5:05 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE won’t be a St Patrick’s Day parade Tralee or anywhere else in Kerry and nationwide, due to concerns about the Coronavirus. It comes after parades in major cities and towns and around the country were cancelled earlier today. The Government made the order after a cabinet sub-committee meeting this afternoon. […]

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Na Gaeil women that were part of the scetch group that qualified for the County Final of Scór Sinsear

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

March 9, 2020 at 4:52 pm Comments are Disabled

County League    Na Gaeil entertained Glenbeigh/Glencar in windswept Killeen in their first round Division 2 County League game on Sunday afternoon. Na Gaeil played with the aid of the wind in the opening half but with only seven of the fifteen that started in the All Ireland Final six weeks […]

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UHK Cancels All Non-Time Critical Elective Surgeries From Tuesday

UHK Cancels All Non-Time Critical Elective Surgeries From Tuesday

March 9, 2020 at 4:43 pm Comments are Disabled

FOLLOWING a meeting this morning of the UHK COVID-19 committee at University Hospital Kerry, the hospital has decided to cancel all non- time critical elective surgery from tomorrow (Tuesday). The hospital says this measure is necessary in the interests of patient safety and has been taken in the context of […]

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Churchill GAA Club News

Churchill GAA Club News

March 9, 2020 at 4:34 pm Comments are Disabled

Seniors: Brosna v Churchill The opening blast of referee Dermot Hughes whistle signalled both the start of this Division 3 encounter and a severe hailstone shower that disrupted both teams efforts to settle into the match. Dee McAuliffe opened the scoring for Brosna followed quickly by a point from Churchill’s […]

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Ardfert GAA Club News

Ardfert GAA Club News

March 9, 2020 at 4:31 pm Comments are Disabled

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP. Any outstanding membership can be given to Maurice Harmon 087-6564707, Brendan Slattery 087-2768092 or team trainer this week. Senior players €60. Students €35. Adult non player €30. Juvenile U8-U18s €30. U6s €20. Family membership €70.  Registration form is available on our Facebook page. HEALTHY CLUBS. Ardfert Healthy Clubs Project […]

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St Brendan’s Hurling Club News

St Brendan’s Hurling Club News

March 9, 2020 at 4:27 pm Comments are Disabled

Talent Show St Brendan’s Hurling Club are running a talent show with €1,000 prize money. All amatuer acts welcome. Heats to be run in local Ardfert pubs. Closing date for entries March 31st 2020. Grand Final in Ballyroe Heights Hotel Friday May 2nd @8pm. Please contact 086 8198578 for  further […]

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The Tralee Parnells U10 and U12 Camogie players that travelled to Cordal GAA last Saturday to participate in Féile na Cúlach as part of Seachtain na Gaeilge.

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

March 9, 2020 at 4:21 pm Comments are Disabled

U12s Camogie A group of hardy Tralee Parnells Juvenile Camogie Girls travelled  to Cordal GAA last Saturday morning to celebrate Seachtain na Geailge with Sliabh Luachra Camogie Club. The girls ranged in age from U12’s to U10’s and teamed up with Sliabh Luachra to play a series of games demonstrating […]

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The CBS team with their medals at the championships on Saturday. Photo by Adrienne McLoughlin

CBS The Green Team Wins Silver At All-Ireland Championships

March 9, 2020 at 4:14 pm Comments are Disabled

THE CBS The Green Minor boys’ team took home silver medals in the All Ireland Cross Country Championships  in Santry, Dublin on Saturday last. The team consisting of Maurice Lenihan, Sean Og Brosnan, Eoin O’Flaherty, David Lucid, Hugh Lenihan, Keelan Best, Ryan Houlihan and Liam Og O’Connor ran the race […]

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Gardaí Warn Public And Businesses Of Phone And Change Scams

Gardaí Warn Public And Businesses Of Phone And Change Scams

March 9, 2020 at 3:59 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are warning businesses and the public about separate phone and change scams. Gardai say businesses have been hit by a scam where a person enters the premises and asks to change large notes into smaller notes. He then changes his mind, asking for his large notes back […]

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Gardaí Investigate Theft And Criminal Damage Incidents In Tralee Area

Gardaí Investigate Theft And Criminal Damage Incidents In Tralee Area

March 9, 2020 at 3:32 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for information relating to theft and criminal damage incidents in the town over the past week. Between 3pm on Thursday, March 5, and 9am on Friday, March 6, a car was broken into in the Clonmore Grove area and about €10 and […]

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Darren O'Sullivan, Fergal O'Sullivan and Mark O'Sullivan looking forward to Cheltenham week at The Castle Bar. Photo by Dermot Crean

Cheltenham Comes To The Castle Bar This Week

March 9, 2020 at 1:13 pm 1 comment

LAST chance to enter! The Cheltenham festival begins tomorrow and the next best thing to being there is the craic in The Castle Bar. In fact, many racing fans in town take a week’s holidays to enjoy the atmosphere. The highlight at the Rock Street bar is the racing and […]

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Benoit Lorge of Lorge Chocolates receives his award from Charlie O'Sullivan of Kerry County Council and Tomás Hayes of Kerry Local Enterprise Office.

Winner Of Kerry County Enterprise Award 2020 Announced

March 9, 2020 at 1:03 pm Comments are Disabled

A CHOCOLATE business from Bonane, Kenmare is this year’s winner of the Kerry County Enterprise Award for 2020, the Kerry County Council Local Enterprise Office has announced. Benoit Lorge, Lorge Chocolatier took the top prize of €2,500 and will now represent Local Enterprise Office Kerry at the 22nd National Enterprise […]

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Attending the Open Week at Clash Campus.

PHOTOS: Thousands Attend Kerry College’s Open Week Across Four Campuses

March 9, 2020 at 12:41 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY College of Further Education and Training’s first ever Open Week has been a great success. Over 2,000 school leavers, jobseekers, career changers, teachers, tutors, instructors, guidance staff and industry professionals attended the four campus locations across the week with 700 attending the Apprenticeship Open Evening event at Monavalley on […]

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Kerry Pride To Host Bingo Night With A Difference This Weekend

Kerry Pride To Host Bingo Night With A Difference This Weekend

March 9, 2020 at 11:57 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY Pride is hosting a Variety Bingo fundraiser on Saturday, March 14, in The Rose Hotel at 8pm with all funds going to Kerry Pride and Pieta House. The event will feature drag performers, live music, special guest bingo callers, games, and spot prizes. Entry on the night costs €10 […]

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Visitor Restrictions Remain In Place At University Hospital Kerry

Visitor Restrictions Remain In Place At University Hospital Kerry

March 9, 2020 at 11:39 am Comments are Disabled

STRICT visitor restrictions, imposed on Friday, are still in place across the South/ South West Hospital Group, which includes University Hospital Kerry, due to Infection Control concerns. A statement issued this morning by the Hospital Group says this is in the interest of patient care and in order to prevent […]

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Woman Dies After Road Traffic Collision On Tralee-Killarney Road

Woman Dies After Road Traffic Collision On Tralee-Killarney Road

March 8, 2020 at 6:14 pm Comments are Disabled

  A woman has died in a two vehicle  road traffic collision on the main Killarney to Tralee Road near Farranfore at around 2pm this afternoon. Shortly after 2pm Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a two car collision on the N22 at Brennans Glen, Killarney. The scene was […]

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Roger Harty: Depression – Why It’s Important To Talk About It

Roger Harty: Depression – Why It’s Important To Talk About It

March 8, 2020 at 11:22 am 3 comments

2006 was a very significant year for me. I was coming to terms with depression and was working at sorting it out. I began to look at the roots of the problem and came to the conclusion that the thinking mind (thoughts) was the culprit. Also, 2006 was the year […]

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Holy Family NS pupil Rowhan Healy with Laura Magrana, Nuala Carey, Sonia Carey, Matthew Healy and Caitriona Locke on Confirmation Day at Our Lady and St Brendan's Church on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Holy Family And Listellick School Pupils Enjoy Confirmation Day

March 8, 2020 at 10:35 am Comments are Disabled

THE sun shone on Friday morning to deliver a brief reprieve from the terrible weather we’ve been enduring over the past month. It arrived just in time to for the boys and girls from two Tralee schools. Families gathered at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Thursday morning as pupils […]

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Carole Dooley, Jules O'Sullivan, Rita O'Sullivan Crean, Eileen Whelan and Marian Fitzgerald launching the Coffee/Fashion Morning in aid of Kerry Women's Resource Centre which takes place in Paco next  Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Paco To Host Coffee/Fashion Fundraiser For Kerry Women’s Resource Centre

March 8, 2020 at 10:35 am Comments are Disabled

PACO in Tralee will host another of its famous coffee/fashion mornings at their store on The Mall next Friday between 11am and 1pm. The beneficiary this time will be the Kerry Women’s Resource Centre. The centre closed its doors in December 2o18 despite protests from the local community, but a campaign […]

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Sarah Foale and her mom Karyn Moriarty at the CH Tralee Wellness coffee morning event in aid of Recovery Haven on Saturday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: CH Hosts Fundraiser For Recovery Haven

March 8, 2020 at 10:33 am Comments are Disabled

DESPITE the bad weather, CH Tralee and Recovery Haven Kerry hosted a successful fundraising coffee morning with a difference on Saturday. It was a morning of health, beauty and wellness in aid of the cancer support charity, with special guests, discussions and demonstrations on show from 11am. Dr Mary McCaffrey […]

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