Articles by: Dermot Crean

St Pats GAA Club News

St Pats GAA Club News

September 23, 2019 at 5:44 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto Sean Daly, Tonevane was the lucky winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot of €7700 on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 04, 10, 22 & 29. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Mary Savage Curraheen, Sinead Foran c/o The Rock Inn, Rosalie Scanlon Annagh, James McCarthy Derryquay and Richard […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

September 23, 2019 at 5:40 pm Comments are Disabled

We need you to register for Run Ballymac!! Please tell everyone about “Run Ballymac” which has something for everyone..please share and retweet on your social media accounts so that as many people as possible know about this. Online registration will close on Friday 11th October at 9pm so please get […]

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John Mitchels GAA Club News

John Mitchels GAA Club News

September 23, 2019 at 5:35 pm Comments are Disabled

UNDER 6 BOYS & GIRLS: Our under 6 boys and girls returned to training after a short break and they were all full of energy and couldn’t wait to get going. We had a fantastic training session with everyone playing particularly well. Our numbers have increased and we are delighted […]

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Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

September 23, 2019 at 5:27 pm Comments are Disabled

Garvey’s Supervalu Co Senior Football Championship Round 1 Kerins O’Rahillys 2-15 Kenmare Shamrocks 1-17 A sunny Austin Stack Park played host to this enthralling Co Senior Championship tie on Sunday last, as attention turned to the local scene following the disappointment of Kerry’s defeat in the replayed All Ireland final […]

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Jack Barry in action during the St Brendans v East Kerry at Austin Stack Park on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

September 23, 2019 at 5:18 pm Comments are Disabled

Fir Na Gaeil     Light Football Training for Men who have retired from playing football and for those that have not played and would like to try it out. Very little skill is required. This is a great way to keep fit with light training, ball games and a bit of […]

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Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

Tralee Parnells GAA Club News

September 23, 2019 at 4:45 pm Comments are Disabled

Parnells Family Fun Fair Fri 27th: Please join us for our end-of-season FAMILY FUN-draiser, Fri Sep 27, 6-8PM, Caherslee. Activities will include: space-hopper racing, tug o’ war, egg ‘n’ spoon , 3-legged racing, welly tossing, poc fada, cross-bar challenge. There will be no prizes, just bragging rights and a laugh. […]

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Gardaí Investigate Thefts And Burglary In Tralee Area

Gardaí Investigate Thefts And Burglary In Tralee Area

September 23, 2019 at 4:39 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating the theft of number plates and heating oil in two separate incidents around the town. On Wednesday, September 18 between midnight and 7am, number plates were taken from a vehicle parked near the Manor West Retail Park. Home heating oil was taken from a property […]

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Tommy Walsh in action during the Kerins O'Rahillys v Kenmare Shamrocks game at Austin Stack Park on Sunday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTO GALLERY: St Brendan’s And Kerins O’Rahillys Advance In Kerry SFC

September 23, 2019 at 4:18 pm Comments are Disabled

IT was a mixed weekend for clubs from the Tralee area in the opening round of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry Senior Football Championship. Austin Stacks went to Dingle on Saturday night and lost by 0-12 to 0-6. However, Sunday at Austin Stack Park saw St Brendan’s take on a fancied […]

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PHOTOS/REPORT: Warriors Edged Out In Opening Night Thriller

PHOTOS/REPORT: Warriors Edged Out In Opening Night Thriller

September 23, 2019 at 12:39 pm Comments are Disabled

Alan Cantwell on a disappointing Men’s Superleague season opener for Tralee Warriors at Tralee Sports Complex… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 72 UCD Marian 73 For the fourth season in a row Garvey’s Tralee Warriors have opened their Super League campaign with a defeat as they succumbed to rivals UCD Marian by […]

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Ariana Grande poses for a selfie with Tralee ladies Jenny Lynch and Jenny O'Donnell.

Tralee Ladies Meet Ariana Grande In Dublin Restaurant And Get Invited To Concert

September 23, 2019 at 11:58 am Comments are Disabled

SHE’S one of the biggest pop stars on the planet but she’s as down to earth as they come. That’s the experience of Tralee ladies who met Ariana Grande in a Dublin restaurant on Friday night. Tim Lynch from Tralee was with his two daughters Sinead and Dearbhla and their […]

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Kerry Businesswomen Invited To Enterprise Day Event

Kerry Businesswomen Invited To Enterprise Day Event

September 23, 2019 at 11:28 am Comments are Disabled

A HOTEL in Cork will host a special event to mark National Women’s Enterprise Day on October 17 and Kerry women are encouraged to go along. A survey of more than 200 women in business carried out by the Local Enterprise Offices in Cork and Kerry has found that the […]

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Roger Harty: Concentrate On The Process

Roger Harty: Concentrate On The Process

September 22, 2019 at 12:00 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE is a wonderful ancient piece of advice that I believe has its origin in Buddhist philosophy and it goes something like this. ‘Concentrate on the process and the results will come’. If there is one flaw in this phrase it could be this. How can I concentrate on a […]

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PHOTOS: Record Participation In Carmel O’Connor Memorial Blitz

PHOTOS: Record Participation In Carmel O’Connor Memorial Blitz

September 22, 2019 at 10:24 am Comments are Disabled

TEAMS from all over county were in Na Gaeil GAA club  for the 14th Carmel O’Connor Memorial Blitz. The tournament saw the Under 10 teams play against each other with only a few showers threatening to spoil the fun. Clubs taking part were Abbeydorney, Na Gaeil, Austin Stacks, Kerins O’Rahillys, […]

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Kerry Hurling All-Stars Announced In Causeway

Kerry Hurling All-Stars Announced In Causeway

September 22, 2019 at 9:50 am Comments are Disabled

THE annual Kerry Hurling All-Stars event was hosted at The Forge in Causeway last night. The event is run to honour the club players of the Kerry Hurling Championship and is supported by the North Kerry Hurling Clubs. The Kerry Camogie Champions and Kerry Rose Sally-Ann Leahy were special guests […]

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PHOTOS: Learning More About The ‘Community On Your Doorstep’

PHOTOS: Learning More About The ‘Community On Your Doorstep’

September 22, 2019 at 9:31 am Comments are Disabled

MANOR West Shopping Centre and Retail Park hosted the ‘Community on Your Doorstep’ exhibition on Saturday. The event showcased the wide variety of organisations, clubs and services which are right on the doorstep of Tralee and across Kerry. From 11am to 5pm, visitors to Manor West had the opportunity to […]

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Niamh Quirke and Tracey Cahill at the Horan's Healthstores Health and Wellness Fest at The Rose Hotel on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Big Crowds At Horan’s Healthstores Health And Wellbeing Fest

September 22, 2019 at 8:51 am Comments are Disabled

IT may have been a wet afternoon, but people came in their droves to the Horan’s Healthstores Health and Wellness Fest yesterday…and it’s going on again today from 10am to 5.30pm! Taking place in The Rose Hotel, they have key speakers including renowned nutritionists Patrick Holford & Dr. Marilyn Glenville, nutritionist and author […]

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PHOTOS: Spa NS Hosts ‘Wonderful Well Being Day’

PHOTOS: Spa NS Hosts ‘Wonderful Well Being Day’

September 21, 2019 at 10:28 am Comments are Disabled

SPA National School was the place to be last Friday as the students and staff hosted a ‘Wonderful Well Being Day’ in the school to highlight the importance of developing healthy lifestyle habits for all ages. The theme for the day was ‘Health is Wealth!’ and the whole event was […]

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Marisa Reidy, Kathleen Collins and Maureen O'Brien eyeing up Eamonn Kirby's beard which will be shaved off at the end of November as part of Recovery Haven's Movember Fundraiser. Photo by Dermot Crean

Eamon To Lose His Beard After 45 Years As Part Of Movember Challenge

September 21, 2019 at 10:28 am Comments are Disabled

A NORTH Kerry publican who has sported his signature beard for over 45 years has pledged to face the chop in support of cancer support charity, Recovery Haven Kerry. Well known Ardfert pub owner Eamon Kirby has become one of the first ‘victims’ of Recovery Haven’s 2019 Movember Challenge which […]

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PHOTOS: Events To Suit All Tastes For Culture Night

PHOTOS: Events To Suit All Tastes For Culture Night

September 21, 2019 at 10:27 am Comments are Disabled

A VARIETY of free entertainment was laid on all over town for Culture Night on Friday. Appealing to all tastes and ages, there was music, drama, art, film and much more. The weather was also dry so people were able to move between the events without getting a soaking. There […]

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Young People Wanted To Perform With The Free Radicals

Young People Wanted To Perform With The Free Radicals

September 21, 2019 at 10:27 am Comments are Disabled

SIAMSA Tíre is inviting young people aged 15 – 20 to get dramatic as it launches its eleventh season of the Free Radicals Youth Theatre (FRYT). A Taster Session will take place on Saturday, September 28 from 4 – 6pm and new members are welcome with the term commencing Saturday, […]

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Protestors in the Square on Friday. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Protest In The Square To Highlight Climate Change Issue

September 20, 2019 at 4:36 pm 1 comment

PROTESTS were taking place in all over the world today to highlight the issue of climate change and to call on Governments to act now. In Tralee, students gathered at Kerry County Council buildings in Rathass, while later there was a protest in The Square organised by the Kerry Climate […]

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SIPTU Members Of Kerry-Based Company Operating Speed Vans To Strike

SIPTU Members Of Kerry-Based Company Operating Speed Vans To Strike

September 20, 2019 at 1:25 pm Comments are Disabled

SIPTU members employed by GoSafe Ireland – the operator of speed camera vans on behalf of the State which is based in Listowel — are to conduct a 24 hour work stoppage. The industrial action will begin from 6am on Saturday, September 28. This is as a result of a […]

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Former Kerry star Marc Ó Sé helps launch 'The Chaser' at Skelper Quane's Bar on Thursday evening with Principal of St Brendan's NS Blennerville Robbie O'Connell and organising committee members Claire Flynn, Louise Brassil, Rebecca Roche and Nora Corridon. Photo by Dermot Crean

Blennerville School To Bring ‘The Chaser’ To Tralee Next Month

September 20, 2019 at 10:35 am Comments are Disabled

CAN you beat ‘The Chaser’? As host Bradley Walsh says on the hugely popular quiz show, “Come and have a go if you think you’re clever enough!” Well you’ll get your chance at a special fundraising event on Friday, October 18, at The Rose Hotel when St Brendan’s NS in […]

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Cllr Pa Daly

Cllr Pa Daly Says School Secretaries Deserve Fair Pay

September 20, 2019 at 10:02 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE Sinn Féin Cllr Pa Daly has said that his party stands with school secretaries, and that the Department of Education must engage critically with them to meet their needs. Today, thousands of school secretaries across the country will be going on strike before beginning an indefinite work-to-rule action until […]

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Two Tralee Businesses Win Categories At Irish Hair And Beauty Awards

Two Tralee Businesses Win Categories At Irish Hair And Beauty Awards

September 20, 2019 at 9:25 am Comments are Disabled

TWO Tralee businesses took home awards at the fourth ​Irish Hair and Beauty Awards 2019. More than 400 of Ireland’s hair and beauty professionals gathered at The Rochestown Park Hotel in Cork, on Sunday September 15, for the glitzy night, put on to acknowledge the best of the country’s hair and […]

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Tony’s Memorial Walk Raises Nearly €2,500

Tony’s Memorial Walk Raises Nearly €2,500

September 20, 2019 at 8:41 am Comments are Disabled

IT was a day when the community came together to remember a much-loved Blennerville man and on Thursday the funds raised at the Tony O’Donoghue Walk were presented to Kerry Hospice Foundation. Around 200 people came out in the sunshine on Saturday, September 7, to walk from then Windmill, out […]

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Part of the crowd at the Horan's Health and Wellness Fest at the Manor West Hotel on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Get To The Rose Hotel For The Horan’s Healthstores Health And Wellness Fest

September 20, 2019 at 8:39 am Comments are Disabled

THE Horan’s Healthstores Health and Wellness Fest is back this weekend with over 50 health and lifestyle exhibitors and internationally renowned speakers. Taking place in The Rose Hotel on Saturday, September 21 and Sunday, September 22, Sandra Breen Regional Manager of Horan’s Healthstores explained why they are holding the event. […]

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Discover More About Local Organisations At ‘Community On Your Doorstep’ This Saturday

Discover More About Local Organisations At ‘Community On Your Doorstep’ This Saturday

September 20, 2019 at 8:39 am Comments are Disabled

MANOR West Shopping Centre and Retail Park will welcome a host of Kerry’s local community organisations for its ‘Community on Your Doorstep’ exhibition this weekend. Taking place on Saturday, September 21, the event will showcase a wide variety of organisations, clubs and services which are right on the doorstep of […]

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Here’s What’s Happening In Tralee For Culture Night

Here’s What’s Happening In Tralee For Culture Night

September 20, 2019 at 8:38 am Comments are Disabled

CULTURE Night kicks off right across Ireland between the hours of 5.00pm and 11.00pm tonight and there’s a whole lot to do and see around Tralee. The variety of events on offer ensures there is something that will appeal to everyone, with, tours, talks, screenings and performances that suit all […]

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Sheila Sayers, Elaine Sparling, Tracy Costello and Bettina Hoare supporting the Hospice Coffee Morning in The Manor West Hotel on Thursday morning. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Businesses And Homes Host Hospice Coffee Mornings Around Tralee

September 19, 2019 at 3:41 pm Comments are Disabled

IRELAND’S biggest coffee morning took place today and many businesses and homes around Tralee and Kerry took part. Many brought their baked goodies into workplaces while some hosted large get-togethers in their homes for the fundraiser, which benefits the Kerry Hospice Foundation and helps raise vital funds for the palliative care […]

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