Articles by: Dermot Crean

JUVENILE ACADEMY Another great turnout for Kerins O’ Rahilly’s Juvenile Academy last Sunday for all ages in the Kerry Sport’s  Academy despite the bad weather. Thanks to everyone for attending. All ages took part in training under the supervision of our enthusiastic and qualified coaches. There was a  huge focus […]

EXAM STUDENTS: We wish all the exam students every success in their mock, practical and orals examinations in the coming weeks. ITEMS FOR NOTES: If you would like anything included in our notes, please contact me, Deirdre, on 086/1703332 or email any information to navillusodeirdre@yahoo.ie   (before 6 p.m. on Sundays) […]

ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP. Club membership fees are now due. Senior players €60. Students €35. Adult non player €30. Juvenile U8-U18s €30. U6s €20. Family membership €70. Please contact Maurice Harmon on 087–6564707, Brendan Slattery on 087-2768092 or team trainer to complete registration. Any players from outside the parish wishing to play […]

MAIN PITCH CLOSED As of 28th January  The Club  Field Committee has closed the pitch until further notice. This decision was taken to preserve the pitch playing surface due to the inclement weather. Hopefully it will not be for long and we will inform you all immediately when it is […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 02, 06, 22 & 23. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Francis King c/o Poff Motors, Bridget Boyle Derrymore, Sarah Walsh Curragraigue, Anna Murphy Curragraigue and Luke McNeill c/o The Rock Inn. Next […]

U10 Hurling Blitz The Parnells U10 squad took part in a great blitz organised by Kerry Hurling & Games Development last Friday evening, 7th February in the new Kerry Sports Academy (KSA), and certainly enjoyed themselves with matches against Firies, Kilmoyley, Lixnaw and Ballyduff. It was a great start to […]

DEATH OF JOE O’SULLIVAN. There was great sadness in the Club on last Thursday morning, and especially among his hurling colleagues, when news broke of the death of Joe O’Sullivan. Coming in from Dingle Joe was one of the great Club Hurlers of the late sixties and right through the […]

THERE’S still time to enter the Tralee 10 Miler/5k which takes place this Sunday. Organised by Michelle Greaney of MG Coaching, the event returns for the third consecutive year and will bring together the ideal combination of club athletes and recreational runners over relatively flat fast courses taking in the outskirts […]

THE Rose Hotel will play host to the first ever MS selfcare seminar in Kerry on Saturday, February 29. The Kerry Multiple Sclerosis Wellness Event will take a holistic approach to empowering attendees to manage their care by focusing on exercise, nutrition and mindset. Expert speakers on the day will […]

TWO catering and culinary skills students at the National Learning Network centre in Clash were celebrating after winning medals at an event in Dublin last week. Erin Quirke from Ballyseedy and Anne Marie Fealey from Killorglin won bronze medals at the international Chef Ireland competition, which took place at the […]

VICLARITY, based at Kerry Technology Park, has won the Operational Risk Solution of the Year at the Insurance ERM Awards 2020. The award ceremony for the 2020 award winners on will take place on March 12 at the Tower of London. ViClarity, which founded by its CEO Ogie Sheehy, were […]

THERE will be 47 new safety camera zones introduced in Kerry from Monday, February 17 at 6am. This brings the total to 70 on national, regional, local and urban roads in the county, up from 23. There will be 41 on national roads, 26 on regional roads, one on local roads […]

IT’S all over. Kerry has its five representatives for the 33rd Dáil with two of them from Tralee. Norma Foley took the fifth and final seat after the eighth count at the expense of her Fianna Fáil party colleague and outgoing TD, John Brassil, at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre […]

GREEN Party candidate Cleo Murphy has been eliminated after the seventh count at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre this evening, leaving just one more count to determine the destination of the fifth and final seat in the Kerry constituency. The seventh count distributed Brendan Griffin’s surplus of 1,758 with […]

SITTING TDs, Independent Danny Healy Rae and Fine Gael’s Brendan Griffin have been reelected to the Dáil after the sixth count at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre this afternoon. The seventh count is underway now which will distribute Brendan Griffin’s surplus of 1,758. The sixth count saw the distribution of […]

THE fifth count has taken place at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre and Danny Healy Rae is just 281 votes from retaining his seat. It saw the distribution of  4,217 votes from Fianna Fáil’s Norma Moriarty who was eliminated after the fourth count. Danny Healy Rae received 574 votes […]

GARDAI are appealing to people to lock their cars after thefts from vehicles in parts of Tralee last week. On Tuesday, February 4 and Friday, February 5, there were items taken from five cars in the Moyderwell and the Ballinorig/Lee Drive area of town. Gardaí are asking drivers to lock […]

THE fourth count at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre this afternoon saw Danny Healy Rae move closer to retaining his seat after gaining a number of transfers. The count saw the distribution of  2,135 votes from Sonny Foran (Aontú), John Bowler (Irish Freedom Party), Ted Cronin (Ind) and Sean […]

PA Daly’s surplus of 2,788 didn’t see anyone elected after the Kerry constituency third count at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre this afternoon, but it moved a few candidates closer to the finish line. Danny Healy Rae received 729 of the Sinn Féin candidate’s votes to put leave him […]

THERE’s no let up. With a Status Orange Wind Warning already in place until 8pm tonight, Met Eireann has now issued a Status Yellow Wind Warning for Kerry to take effect from then until 8pm on Tuesday night. They say strong westerly winds will continue with mean speeds of 50 […]

IT could be a while yet. Independent TD Danny Healy Rae didn’t receive as much of his brother Michael’s surplus of 3,873 as expected at the Kerry constituency second count at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre this morning. There are three seats left to be filled and while Danny […]

Alan Cantwell on Garveys Tralee Warriors big win at the Complex to keep them on path to retain Men’s Superleague title… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 82 Pyrobel Killester 64 GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors maintained their grip on top spot on the Super League with an 82-64 win over Pyrobel Killester at the […]

THE first count result from the Kerry Constituency is in from Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre and it’s no surprise that it reflects the tally results from earlier today. Independent Michael Healy Rae and Sinn Féin’s Pa Daly, were elected on the first count tonight with the Kilgarvan man topping […]

MET Éireann has upgraded their wind warning for Kerry to Status Orange for tomorrow morning. Storm Ciara will continue to produce very strong westerly winds in coastal areas with mean speeds of 65-80km/h and gusts generally between 110 and 130km/h. A combination of Spring Tides and high seas will result […]

THE final tallies are in from the count centre in Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre and it’s clear that it will be as you were in terms of which parties/independents take the seats in the Kerry constituency. Michael Healy Rae and his brother Danny Healy Rae will be back in […]

THE worst of the wind and rain may have passed, but we’re not out of the woods yet. Met Éireann has issued a Status Yellow Wind warning for Ireland from now until Monday at noon. They have also issued a Status Yellow Snow/Ice warning for Ireland for a 48 hour period, valid […]

AS we told you earlier, it was a night filled with entertainment at Ballyroe Heights Hotel for ‘Mr & Mrs Strictly Come Dancing’ organised by Tralee Musical Society. The married couples lit up the dancefloor to the delight of the audience who lapped up the entertainment and in the end […]

DESPITE the terrible weather, the turnout in Kerry for the General Election is estimated at around 66%, down on 70.73% in 2016. Now it’s time for the candidates to find out how the public voted and the boxes are currently being opened at the count centre in Killarney Sports and […]

TWO IT Tralee National Culinary Apprenticeship students won gold at Food and Bev Live 2020. One of Ireland’s largest hospitality and culinary events, Food and Bev Live 2020 took place in Dublin last week. and the ITT Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Department were represented in the Chef Ireland competitions, […]

IT was an atrocious night outside, but hundreds still came out to the Ballyroe Heights Hotel last night for ‘Mr & Mrs Strictly Come Dancing’ organised by Tralee Musical Society. Married couples from all over town and beyond took part and had great fun on the dance floor watched by […]