Articles by: Dermot Crean

LISTOWEL will host its 161st harvest racing festival from Sunday, September 8-14 and promises to live up to its reputation for serious racing, serious fun and sensational style. Renowned as one of the longest established race meetings in Ireland, this year the total prize money over the seven days is €1.343,500. Racing […]

THE bathing water samples taken at Ballybunion North and South Beaches in recent days have tested negative for any bacterial matters, so the swimming prohibition notices are being removed with immediate effect . Tests on water quality taken at Ballybunion north and south beaches (known locally as the Men’s and […]

Billy Ryle looks at the CAO Round One of college offers and how the cost of going to third level in Dublin can be restrictive for Kerry applicants.. The insensitive and ill-timed bluster from Minister Mary Mitchell O’Connor to college students to use their Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI) grant […]

KERRY County Council has given notice that it is planning to build a boxing club/community facility at a site at Dean’s Lane in Boherbee, Tralee. The proposed development will include a boxing gym and club, circulation area, changing rooms and toilets on the ground floor, while on the first floor there […]

Twas the weekend before the Festival, when all through the town, not a creature was stirring, not even a…well actually, there are a few things happening in the next few days before the madness begins… Friday 1. Getting into Rose mode… The ‘Gowns Of Glory’ exhibition is currently going on at […]

THE annual mass in memory of all those buried in Annagh Cemetery takes place at 7.30pm tonight (Friday). All are invited to attend, especially those who have family and friends laid to rest in the cemetery.

STEPHEN O’Brien has been cleared to play in the All-Ireland football final, after the black card he received against Meath was rescinded earlier this evening. He was facing an automatic one-match ban after receiving three black cards this season. He received his third in the game against Tyrone last Sunday. […]

FOLLOWING its outstanding success at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, ‘The Miami Showband Musicial’ comes to the INEC Killarney on August 28. Marie Jones (Stones In His Pockets) and Martin Lynch (Dancing Shoes – The George Best Story) have another huge hit on their hands with the show. Telling the […]

THE new-look CH store on The Mall is on schedule to be completed by the end of September. The redevelopment is at an advanced stage and the Harty family have released the first design images of the new look CH store. Work began back in March on the extensive renovation […]

A KERRY councillor has called on the Government to do something about, what he terms, “rogue hoteliers” putting up the prices for hotel rooms during the All-Ireland final weekend. In welcoming Kerry’s qualification for the final on September 1, Councillor Michael Cahill has called on the Government to crack down […]

A TRALEE man is preparing for day of paddling, cycling, climbing and running to help raise funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Kieran O’Callaghan from Clahane, Ballyard, is a lecturer in Kerry College of Further Education in Clash and will take on the Dingle Peninsula One-Day challenge on Saturday, September […]

THE public has been advised not to swim on Ballybunion beaches until further notice, after elevated levels of ecoli were detected in the water on Monday. The most recent tests on water quality taken at Ballybunion north and south beaches (known locally as the Men’s and Ladies beaches) on Monday […]

IF you’re heading to college this autumn, would €1,500 help finance your studies? If the answer is yes, then check out Cara Credit Union’s Education and Dan Kellegher Memorial Awards. Cara Credit Union’s Education Awards are open to undergraduates in a full-time course of at least 2 years’ duration and […]

IT was that time of the year again. There were many tears of joy and, inevitably, a few of disappointment too, as hundreds of students collected their leaving certificate results on Tuesday morning at Tralee schools. While the results were available online from 10am, many decided to come into their […]

MARCHING bands are synonymous with the Rose of Tralee and 60 years on from the first ever Festival in 1959, this year’s audiences can look forward to enjoying the sweet sound of music from some amazing groups from near and far. Millstreet Pipe Band from Co Cork will lead the […]

THERE were some amazing looking vehicles in the car park of The Meadowlands Hotel on Tuesday as a group of trikers from Germany enjoyed a visit to Kerry. It was all as a result of a meeting between a company called ‘Trikes and Fun’ and the Go Kerry/Kerry County Council […]

THIRTY Roses of Tralee will return to Kerry’s Capital to take part in the 60 Year Celebrations of the Rose of Tralee International Festival. They will take part in many official events, but the parade is likely to be their highlight of the week with the Kingdom Veteran Vintage & […]

Team training and trials get underway this month. We ask for all players eligible to attend. New members welcome also. Please bring a basketball and €3 to training/trial. U16 boys (2004/2005) & U18 boys (2002/2003) on Monday August 12th in Mounthawk 7.30-8.30pm U14 boys (2006/2007) on Thursday August 15th in […]

Ladies results Wednesday 7th August 2019 Ladies Waltz kindly sponsored by Bella Bia Restaurant: 1st: Laura Rafferty, Mary O’Donnell & Emma Morrissey 86 points 2nd: Catherine McCarthy, Isabel Mancero Claro & Louise Stuart 76 points. 9 Cards Processed Revised Result: Ard na Li Stroke Play – Wed 24th July: 1st: […]

GARDAI in Tralee are asking the public to contact them if they have any information in relation to a number of thefts in the past week. Between 5.30pm on Saturday, August 10 and 8am on Sunday, August 11, a burglary occurred at the bog road at Caherbreagh, just outside Tralee. […]

THE Tralee Harriers Rose of Tralee 10km will once again take place during the festival this year and another big crowd is expected to take part. Organised as a fundraiser for the Tralee Harriers Athletic Club the race takes place on Sunday, August 25th. Entries are still open and selling […]

THE roll out of high-speed broadband to over 28,000 premises in Kerry has moved one step closer, as the Government announced that work to finalise the contract for the National Broadband Plan (NBP) is well progressed. Kerry will receive an investment of €113 million to provide fibre broadband to 28,706 homes in the Intervention Area (IA). This is […]

THE annual Tony O’Donoghue walk will take place on Saturday, September 7 at 5pm from the Blennerville Windmill Car Park. Thanks to the huge generosity of the local people and beyond they have raised over €45,000 in fundraising  in the event since Tony ( Todd) has died. This is the […]

THE ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign in Tralee is being credited with resulting in a big drop in public order offences in town in the first six months of this year. The text campaign started in August of 2018 where members of the public in Tralee were asked to report […]

Mike O’Halloran on the Keane’s SuperValu Kerry Minor Hurling semi-final between Ballyduff and Causeway/Kilmoyley… Ballyduff 1-14 Causeway/Kilmoyley 1-12 How Causeway/Kilmoyley must regret the three goal chances they spurned in the first twelve minutes of the Keane’s SuperValu Kerry Minor Hurling Semifinal played in Lixnaw on Monday night. Because on thirteen […]

Round 10 of The Senior County League In what was a blustery evening Ballymac played host to Ardfert in the 10th round of the County League . Ballymac led the way from the off with 1 outstanding goal in the first half and 7 points from play. Ardfert brought just […]

Lotto Our lotto will be held on Monday night, August 12th in Keane’s Bar due to Kerry’s involvement in the All-Ireland minor and senior football semi-finals, which took place the day before. Please check our FaceBook page for this week’s winning numbers. Academy Update Due to the Kerry minor and […]

Acorn Life Co U21 Football Championship Kerins O’Rahillys 2-20 St Brendans 3-20 (after extra time) A young O’Rahillys squad gave it everything against their divisional opponents in this rip-roaring contest and were just pipped for victory in the 37th minute of the second half before St Brendans prevailed in extra […]

Kerry Players    Best of luck to Jack and Diarmuid and the Kerry team as they take on Tyrone in the All Ireland semi final on Sunday next in Croke Park and also to our Kerry Minor players Devon, Tomás, Enda, Jack and Oisin who are part of the Kerry Minor […]

MARTIN (CHRISTY) McQUINN. Even though he had been battling illness for some time, nonetheless, it was with sadness that all in the Club and the wider community learned of the death of Christy McQuinn last Thursday. Christy played with the Kerry Minor Footballers in 1956 and played both codes with […]