Articles by: Dermot Crean

CLUB EXECUTIVE: The second Club Executive Committee Meeting takes place in the Clubhouse on this Thursday night (16th Jan) commencing at 7.30. GAA SUPPORTERS CLUB: The Kerry GAA Supporters Club are holding their 30th annual social in Ballygarry House Hotel on Saturday 18th January. This year they will honour the […]

A CANDIDATE in the upcoming general election says that a small North Kerry village is being targeted by unknown individuals from outside the locality to settle feuds. Aontú candidate, Sonny Foran, says he has viewed so-called ‘call out’ clips on social media of groups from outside the area using Causeway […]

OVER 2,000 people visited the Kerry Sports Academy on the grounds of the IT Tralee North Campus on Saturday and they could not help but be impressed by the range of facilities at the building. The Academy is open to the public for membership and ‘pay as you go’, so […]

MEMBERS of the public are being invited to have their say on the future of Tralee Town Park. Kerry County Council is currently developing a strategic plan for the park and is inviting submissions and opinions from park users and the wider public. Tralee Town Park is one of the […]

THE General Election is set to be announced and the bad news for primary school children (and their teachers) is that they won’t get a day off. Saturday, February 8 is the date when the country will go to the polls, according to many political correspondents this morning, marking a […]

Alan Cantwell on Warriors exit from the National Cup competition at the semi-final stage in Cork on Saturday… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 65 DBS Éanna 78 WARRIORS hopes of making it to a National Cup Final were dashed when they were taken out at the semi final stage by a very […]

OPERATION TRANSFORMATION : There was a great turnout at the first of our Operation Transformation walks last Thursday evening. We will be continuing the walks every Tuesday and Thursday evening leaving from The Complex @ 7.15pm. All are welcome to come along and join us. SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT : The […]

ROCK STREET POST OFFICE CLUB LOTTO COMPETITION The Club is currently competing with other clubs for the sole rights to sell our Club Lotto tickets in Rock Street Post Office from April 2020.  To help us win this competition, all you have to do is mention your support for Kerins […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 03, 22 & 30. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Paula O’Connor Lohercannon, Emmett Kelly Ballyseedy, Joan Allman c/o Brendan Poff, Brian Murphy Curragraigue and Cathy O’Grady Tonevane. Next week’s Lotto will […]

All Ireland Semi Final    The blood pressure and heart rate levels of the supporters may not have been tested during Na Gaeil’s Munster campaign but they were definitely tested on Saturday with some reaching dangerously high levels when the Kerry Premier Junior Champions took on Kilmaine of Mayo in the […]

Na Gaeil – into All Ireland Junior Final Tralee Parnells would like to congratulate Na Gaeil on reaching the All-Ireland Junior Football Final in Croke Park on 25th January after their nail-biting win against Mayo opposition in the Semi-final last weekend. We wish the club every success and particularly Parnells […]

GARDAI are seeking the public’s help after a criminal damage incident in a Tralee estate. On Thursday, January 9, at around 2am, all four tyres of a car parked in a driveway of a house in Gallowsfield were slashed. Gardai are appealing to anyone who heard or saw anything at […]

KERRY SciTech and Kerry GAA have joined forces for Momentum 2020, an event taking place at the end of this month at Kerry GAA Centre of Excellence, Currans. “With almost 70 science, technology and engineering companies in the region, Kerry has huge potential as a target location for talent and […]

THE Kerry Local Coordination Group met this afternoon to continue to coordinate the response to Storm Brendan and the Status Orange wind warning for Kerry which is in effect until 9.00pm. Kerry County Council crews have responded to approximately 15 incidents of fallen trees on roads, particularly in the south […]

HUNDREDS take part in the event every year and the annual Kerins O’Rahillys 10k run and 5k fun run is set to be another big draw on Sunday, January 26. Held in association with FBD Insurance, this year’s run will honour the memory of Charlie Kerins. “Kerins O’Rahillys are delighted to […]

KINGDOM Swimming Club swimmer Jack Grace recently won gold at the National Irish Short Course (SC) Championships for the 100 Freestyle at the National Aquatic Centre Dublin. This was a huge achievement for the 21 year old Listowel native and another step closer to his dream of making an Irish […]

KERRY County Council is asking the public to take necessary precautions in the light of Met Éireann issuing a Status Orange warning for wind for counties including Kerry. The weather warning, issued yesterday, is in effect from 7am to 3pm on Monday, 13 January and Met Éireann says that as Storm Brendan […]

A CLARE native who is teaching in a Tralee primary school will launch her debut album next weekend in Tralee. Scoil Eoin, Balloonagh, teacher Deirdre Millane is from Kilmore, Co. Clare and is no stranger to the trad scene, boasting an array of prestigious awards under her belt by the […]

A GROUP of Roses of Tralee from all parts of the world came to Tralee this weekend for their annual get together. Distance is no problem for these ladies who travelled from Chicago, San Francisco, UK and all parts of Ireland. From the very first Rose of Tralee, Alice O’Sullivan […]

A NEW programme for community organisations and not-for-profit enterprises is being run by NEWKD in association with O’Leary & Associates Training & Consultancy Ltd. The Community Business Accelerator Programme is designed for community & voluntary and not-for-profit organisations that are generating revenue or are in receipt of public funding. The Programme […]

IT was a Greek philosopher called Heraclitus who lived around 500 BC who came up with the statement “The only constant is change”. It goes without saying that he didn’t say it in those exact words as he spoke in some sort of Greek/Turkish language but it had exactly the […]

A Status Orange Wind warning has been issued for Kerry and several other counties for a period on Monday. As Storm Brendan tracks to the northwest of Ireland, southerly winds will reach mean speeds of 65 to 80 km/h with gusts of 110 to 130 km/h, highest in coastal areas. […]

NA Gaeil will have their day in Croke Park in two weeks time, after they won their All-Ireland Junior Club Semi-Final this afternoon. The Oakpark clubmen beat Kilmaine of Mayo in Cusack Park, Ennis, and can now look forward to a date in headquarters on Saturday, January 25, as one of […]

MERCY Mounthawk students have been working hard over the past few months rehearsing for their latest stage production, with some even coming in the morning after their school debs. With a cast of about 140, taking in students from all years, they will bring the much-loved musical ‘Hairspray’ to the […]

THE brutal history of faction fighting in Kerry is explored in a new book to be launched next week. ‘Days Of The Blackthorn – Faction Fighters Of Kerry’ by Sean Moraghan, details some grim encounters in all parts of the county, including the Battle of Ballyeagh near Ballybunion in 1834, between […]

THE latest crime figures from the Kerry Garda Division shows most crimes increased in the county in 2019 on the previous year. The statistics were revealed at the Joint Policing Committee meeting at Kerry County  Council chambers on Friday morning. It shows Property Crime up 7%, Crimes Against the Person […]

TWO Tralee CBS students came third in a category at the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition at the RDS in Dublin yesterday evening. Josh O’Sullivan and Swithin Pais project was ‘A statistical analysis into vaccine hesitancy in first year males’ and the boys were called on stage to accept their […]

THERE was bad news yesterday for jobs in Tralee as fashion retailer Swamp announced it is to close with immediate effect. The Tralee store, located at Abbeycourt, is one of the seven stores in Ireland to shut and it is understood that up to 60 staff nationwide will be impacted. […]

Our movie guy, James Finnegan, says Guy Ritchie’s return to the cockney gangster genre is great fun with the cast really enjoying themselves… “The Gentlemen” is Guy Rtchie’s welcome return to the “Manor” of his signature sub genre of Cheeky Crafty Cockney Gangster after Hollywood blockbusters Aladdin (big box office) […]

A NEW bus service for Ballymac residents was officially launched this morning at the Halfway Bar in Ballymac. The Local Link Kerry service to and from Tralee will operate every Friday, starting from today. It will offer collection services in Gortatlea, Edenburn, Kilsallagh, Coolgarriv, O’Riada’s Bar and Restaurant, Maglass, Rockfield, […]