Articles by: Dermot Crean

THE final Charity Committee event of 2019 for JRI America Inc. resulted in over €3,500 worth of toys, cash and vouchers being donated to local children in need to ensure they will get a present this Christmas. Shane Walsh, Ireland Division Head, Information Systems of JRI America Inc., based at Kerry […]

THE pupils of Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn were out singing during Tuesday and all for a good cause. About 90 of the pupils had a spell carol singing in town and the public gave generously to add to funds raised last year to make €1,529, which was donated to Pieta House […]

SOUTHDOC is preparing for a busier than usual Christmas season after it received over 1,000 more calls last weekend than on an average weekend. Figures released by SouthDoc, the out of hours medical service operating in Kerry and Cork, shows they had 3,741 calls between Friday, December 13 and Sunday, […]

THE Kerry Recreation and Sports Partnership witnessed another successful year of the ‘Swim For All’ programme. This programme designed specifically for children with disabilities and is run in conjunction with the three local leisure centres – Ballybunion Health & Leisure Centre, Killarney Sports & Leisure Centre and Tralee Regional Sports […]

TEACHERS from schools in the Tralee area who have retired recently were honoured at a special INTO function in the Meadowlands on Friday night. John Boyle, General Secretary of the INTO was present and paid warm tributes to Lillian McMahon Breen of Presentation Primary; Tom Begley, CBS Primary; Siobhan Uí […]

TRALEE is the perfect spot to ring in the New Year with the family and there are plans to give the decade a major send off and cheer in the new year with a big street party. At 5pm on Tuesday, December 31, the ultimate disco band UV5 take to the […]

HOW do you fancy doing something a little bit daring to help celebrate Recovery Haven Kerry’s 10th anniversary in 2020? The cancer support charity is now recruiting for their exciting ‘Leap for Recovery’ parachute jump which takes place, aptly enough, on Leap Year day – Saturday, February 29th 2020. The charity […]

THE Town Park was awash with noise and colour on Tuesday morning as more than 400 pupils from Moyderwell Mercy Primary school, their teachers  and some parents took part in the annual Christmas fun run. The initiative was started a few years ago as part of the Active School campaign […]

A TRALEE man, now living and working in the UK, made a kind gesture to help with the recent Christmas Jumper Campaign for St Vincent De Paul. Patrick and Jacqui Young of Young Homes Limited and Mark Sullivan, General manager of The Rose Hotel met with Paddy Kevane of St […]

WHILE there’s a loads of children’s entertainment in town over Christmas, here’s something to think about in the new year when fun for kids is usually scarce on the ground. The Paula Lambert Puppet Theatre presents Bosco’s ‘Once Upon A Time’ Tour coming to Siamsa Tíre on January 19 for two […]

CLUB CONVENTION: At our Club AGM last Sunday morning Billy Ryle was elected Club Chairman for the coming year replacing Mairéad Fernane who stepped down after a very successful year in the job. And how historic the occasion as Mairéad was stepping down almost 100 years to the day when […]

Christmas Scramble December 15th. Results & Fixtures Results: 1st Mary Fitzgerald, Eamon Fitzgerald, Cianan Ferris (41) 2nd Jerry Moloney, John W Murphy, Maurice M O Connor (42) 3rd Pat Prenderville, Isabel Mancera, Sean Carmody (43) 4th Ger Power, Jayne Power, Michael G Sheehy (43) No. of Cards 19 Fixtures: Fri […]

THE Cara Credit Union Members Car Draw ended on a high as two lucky members picked up the keys for their new 2020 Hyundai Kona outside the Cara Credit Union office on Ashe Street on Monday. Sarah O’Halloran from Cahermoneen, Tralee was the October winner and the final winner, drawn […]

TRALEE photographer John Cleary has a new book in the shops in time for Christmas and he’ll be signing copies of it this Saturday in O’Mahony’s Bookshop from 2pm to 4pm. ‘Tralee In The Good Old Days’ features more than 300 black and white images depicting life in Kerry from […]

THEY came from all over the county to enjoy a fantastic night of dancing and fun at ‘Rise’ in Benners on Saturday night. The night was organised by service users in Enable Ireland Tralee and was designed for people with  physical and intellectual disabilities from all over the county, to […]

TOMORROW will not be a good day. That seems to be the message from Met Eireann as they have issued Status Yellow Rainfall and Wind warnings for Kerry. The rain warning also applies to Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Tipperary and Waterford. Heavy rain will push northeastwards on Wednesday with […]

IT’S the final week in school before the Christmas holidays and Monday ended on a musical note for the pupils of St Brendan’s NS in Blennerville. The first to sixth class pupils had been practising for a couple of weeks before they took to the altar of St John’s Church to […]

LEE Strand visited Kiltallagh NS in Castlemaine to present a cheque of €500 in the Cash 4 Schools Draw. Speaking at the presentation Paula Ní Bhriain, Principal stated; “On behalf of Kiltallagh National School, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to all who have so generously been gathering […]

Alan Cantwell on Warriors win away on Saturday to stay top of the Super League… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 87 UCD Marian 76 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors remain on top of the Super League table following an 86-76 win over keen rivals UCD Marian at the Belfield Sports Complex last Saturday night. The Warriors […]

FIANNA Fáil Councillor Norma Foley has been selected to contest the General Election for Kerry, joining John Brassil TD and Cllr. Norma Moriarty on the Party ticket in that constituency. Cllr. Foley is a teacher by profession and lives and works in Tralee. Since 2004, Cllr. Foley has represented the […]

LADIES AWARDS NIGHT We have postponed our awards night until further notice . Apologies to everyone. U14 GIRLS Congrats to Kelly Fitzgerald and Aoibhín O’ Connor MacCarthy who played their first U14 Kerry game v Waterford in Fossa last Saturday. Congrats to the U14 mentors and the team on their […]

Christmas Greetings    We wish everybody involved in Na Gaeil Club, officers, coaches, mentors, players, parents, patrons and visitors to our club a very happy, holy and peaceful Christmas and a bright and prosperous New Year. Scór na nÓg    All roads led to Glenbeigh yesterday for the Scór na nÓg County […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 16, 18 & 24. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Pat and Kitty Sayers Derrymore West, Anne and Johnny c/o Betty’s Bar, Mary Kerins c/o Byrnesworth, Finian c/o Byrnesworth and Lauren Moynihan […]

Scór na nÓg  Pride of place this week goes to our quiz team who came second in the County Scór na nÓg Finals which took place in Glenbeigh last Sunday. They lost out in a tiebreak to Spa, both teams having finished on 52/60, with the winners going forward to […]

Cómhbhrón: Sincere sympathy is extended to the family of Louise Clifford, nee O’ Shea, Kiltallagh, Castlemaine who died recently. Lou, as she was affectionately known, was mother to Lou Quirke, Laharn and the late Brenda King, Kiltallagh. May Lou Rest In Peace. Get Well Wishes: We think of all in […]

OK, so we still have Christmas and all that food and fun to look forward to, but it’s worth looking a little further ahead to when we’re all partied out. January is a time for a new start and this is a perfect way to get active and healthy for […]

SUNDAY was a good day for Austin Stacks GAA Club with the seniors winning the Division 1 County League title to add to the Club Championship win earlier that year. The beat Rathmore in the east Kerry village after a penalty shootout with Kieran Donaghy scoring the decisive penalty. It […]

GARDAI in Tralee are seeking information after two separate unauthorised taking of vehicle incidents in town over the past few weeks. On Tuesday, December 10, between 6am and 7am, a valeting service business in Ballybeggan was broken into and a grey Fiat Bravo 08-KY-601 was stolen, as well as a […]

RESIDENTS from Croilar Na Mistealach came together for a Christmas party in Aras an Phobail community room on Sunday. The annual event, sponsored by NEWKD, is always well attended and saw Santa make an appearance for the younger partygoers. The Residents Committee wished to thank Trisha Dowling for her help […]

IT was a cold morning but spirits were high yet again for the eighth Santa 5k Run on Sunday where hundreds of people set off from the Wetlands. This year the charity to benefit was the Jack and Jill Foundation and it was clear that thousands of euro would be […]