Articles by: Dermot Crean

IT’S become a tradition now where families gather at The Rose Hotel to celebrate the famous American holiday. The owners of the hotel, Dick and Eibhlín Henggeler, welcomed around 180 guests to their sumptuous Thanksgiving feast for the fourth year in a row and it was thoroughly enjoyed. They were welcomed […]

Christmas really kicks off this weekend with the parade and the lights being switched on, but there’s a few more things to do around town as well… Friday 1. Quiz time… Coláiste Gleann Lí is preparing to host their annual table quiz tonight at the Ballymac Bar in Boherbee to […]

THE AXA Roadsafe Roadshow, in partnership with An Garda Siochana, delivered a hard-hitting road safety message to over 1,200 Transition Year students in Kerry, including many from Tralee schools, on Tuesday. This is the fourth AXA Roadsafe Roadshow of the Autumn schedule aimed primarily at Transition Year students in secondary schools […]

CARA Credit Union will report on another satisfactory year in business at the annual general meeting at 8pm on Monday, December 9, at The Rose Hotel. Ahead of the meeting, they have published their annual accounts and report, which shows assets now standing at over €242m. In her report, Chairperson of […]

A TRALEE man is making people smile with his random paintings of cats, mice, bikes, dancers and other subjects on buildings all over town. Mike O’Donnell, who also works as a court sketch artist, has painted murals recently of dancers on the side of the building at Ela Maria boutique […]

SIXTEEN men had a close shave at The Rose Hotel last night to raise funds for Recovery Haven Cancer Support House. It’s the second year the charity has held the Movember Challenge and many other men are having their facial hair removed at locations all over the county in the […]

ALTHOUGH the big Christmas tree in the grounds of Ballygarry House Hotel has only been there for a couple of years, it’s already become a beacon for many to signal the festive season is here. The lights on the 40ft tree were switched on last night and motorists were treated […]

FIANNA Fáil TD for Kerry, John Brassil, says patients and staff are suffering as a result of, what he describes as, Fine Gael’s failure to properly manage the health service. He was responding to the latest HIQA National Inpatient Experience Survey, which found that the bulk of patients attending UHK […]

TRALEE  Art Group are holding a Christmas Market at Baile Mhuire Day Centre, Balloonagh, on Sunday next, December 1 from 12.30-4pm. Santa Claus will be there with his very own mailbox. Music will be provided by Paulie O’Brien with a Tea Dance at 2pm. Prizes galore with a Monster Raffle. […]

Report by TJ Heaphy, CBS Student CBS Tralee 2-13   St Brendan’s Killarney 1-17  The encounter between CBS Tralee and St Brendan’s Killarney took place under wet, slippery conditions on Wednesday last in Connolly Park. This highly anticipated game was to decide who would top the group after both teams […]

Kerry Badminton Association News By Ruth Concannon It’s been a busy fortnight for Kerry Badminton culminating in the Lee Strand sponsored Mixed Doubles tournament held in Killarney’s Aura on Sunday the 24th of November.  Masters, Seniors and Juveniles were all in action and silverware was brought back to Kerry. First […]

U18 Listowel/Tralee U18s beat Killorglin in a competitive match in Listowel on Saturday. The home team started brightly and opened the scoring when Seamus Lyne touched down in the corner after a great break by Sean Stack-Pullen. Killorglin levelled with a try of their own. Both teams exchanged penalties to […]

A LIMERICK-BORN writer/performer with strong connections to Tralee and north Kerry, will bring the tour of her multi award-winning play to a close in Siamsa Tíre this Saturday night. Fresh from critically-acclaimed runs in Dublin, London, Edinburgh, Malaysia, Cyprus and an award-winning tour in Australia, ‘Eggsistentialism’ is a comedic piece […]

AFTER a break of two years, the Ardfert Camera Club returned to Tralee Library to hold an exhibition of work which was opened by Cllr Norma Foley on Tuesday night. Consisting of nearly 70 photos, portraits, landscapes, seascapes, animals, flowers and much more features in the exhibition which runs until […]

THREE local charities benefitted from two fundraisers where the proceeds were presented on Tuesday evening. At Recovery Haven Cancer Support House, Linda Ring from Farranfore was joined by her family to present €900 to the charity at its Haigs Terrace centre. Just last month, Linda, with the support of her […]

“SAY no to illegal moneylenders” is the message from Kerry MABS, Kerry and West Limerick Credit Unions, Society of Saint Vincent de Paul and the Gardaí who have come together to highlight the fact that illegal money lending has no ending. The message comes in the lead up to Christmas […]

A NEW sign was officially unveiled at part of the Tralee-Fenit Greenway on Monday by Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Jim Finucane. The sign at Upper Rock Street (across from the Dunnes Stores entrance) was erected thanks to Tidy Tralee Together with the help of the Kerry County Council Community Support […]

HOPES that a leading airline would consider a new route from Kerry to Amsterdam seem to be dashed after the airline announced a new daily service from Cork starting next year. Last month, Mayor of Tralee, Jim Finucane, asked Kerry County Council to contact KLM Royal Dutch Airlines to arrange […]

AN RTÉ Investigates programme to be broadcast tonight reveals there are 26 unauthorised quarries in Kerry, the second highest number for a county in Ireland. RTÉ has found over 150 quarries across the country are unauthorised out of 1,100 active quarries in Ireland. Donegal has the most unauthorised quarries at 30, […]

MERCY Mounthawk Parents’ Council has launched an Intercultural Programme that will take place in the academic year 2019/2020. And to kick it off, there’s a ‘A Polish Christmas’ being hosted by two parents in the school next Thursday, December 5 at 7.30pm. This will be a celebration of traditional Polish […]

Sunday 24th Naughton & McGrath Hamper Results & Fixtures Results: 1st Diarmuid McElligott (18) 34pts 2nd Gerard Power (12) 33pts 3rd Danny Leen (6) 31pts 4th Barry Moynihan (8) 31pts 5th Rory Hill (4) 31pts Fixtures: Sunday 01st December – Brandy Singles. Sunday 08th December – Scotch Foursomes. Sunday 15th […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: In the postponed round 11 Co. League game played at Lewis Road last Sunday Dingle defeated Dr. Crokes (1-18 to 1-12) which now means that there will be a play-off between Dingle and ourselves (both have finished on 16 points each) to determine who goes through to the […]

KERRY will open their Allianz National Football League campaign with a game against Dublin in Croke Park on a Saturday night in January, while Tralee will host two out the three home games for the footballers. The official fixtures for both hurling and football leagues were announced today by the GAA, […]

IF you’re feeling festive and looking for something special this weekend, then this is for you. An evening of seasonal music and song, ‘Carols For Chernobyl’, takes place from 7.30pm on Sunday, December 1, with all proceeds going to Chernobyl Children International Tralee. Special guest will be Adi Roche from […]

THEY created magical music with the Beautiful South and now Paul Heaton and Jacqui Abbott have teamed up again for an Irish tour featuring a date in the INEC Killarney. Following the announcement of their fourth studio album ‘Manchester Calling’ out in March 2020, the duo have announced a date in Killarney […]

THE much-anticipated line up of events for Christmas in Tralee were released this morning through the events team in Tralee Chamber Alliance and there’s loads to look forward to including a winter wonderland of snow in The Square next month. There’s also entertainment in the Tralee Chamber Marquee on the […]

FORMER Kerry captains, Radio Kerry presenters, an RTE journalist and many more will read their favourite poems and enjoy some friendly chat at a special evening in aid of a charity this Thursday night. Radio Kerry presenter Deirdre Walsh is hosting a poetry evening with a difference in Listowel to […]

GET set for a super Saturday of colour and excitement for as the annual CH Tralee Christmas parade takes place once again to really kick-off the festive season in Tralee. As usual, you can expect  hundreds line the route where Santa and Mrs Claus, along with many familiar characters, arrive […]

Alan Cantwell saw Garvey’s Tralee Warriors come back to win on the road on Saturday evening… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 76 Abbey Seals Dublin Lions 70 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors maintained their position at the top of the Super League after a hard fought win away to Abbey Seals Dublin Lions in a […]

SINN Féin TD Martin Ferris along with Cllr Pa Daly, will address a public meeting on this Thursday, November 28, at 8pm in The Three Mermaids, Listowel, on the Sinn Féin campaign to reform the insurance industry. This is the first in a series of campaign events that Sinn Féin […]