Articles by: Dermot Crean

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 […]

UNDER 12s Both our U12 Teams were in action last Monday night in the first round of the Central League. We travelled to Barrow to play Churchill in very challenging conditions, however in testament to all the boys, we had a turnout of 32 players. We recorded fantastic wins in […]

County Intermediate Hurling Championship semi Final: Tralee Parnells vs Kilgarvan, Tuesday the 6th of August at 7 pm in Lewis Road, Killarney. When it was all over in Killarney it was a win for Kilgarvan in the intermediate semi final. We were down 0-12 to 0-02 at half time but […]

THE Minister of State for Food, Forestry and Horticulture, Andrew Doyle TD, will be officially launching the Kerry Forest Connections Project with a Forest Fun afternoon at Lyreacrompane Resource Centre, on Wednesday, August 21 from 3pm to 6pm. Run in conjunction with National Heritage Week’s Wild Child Day, there will […]

CARA Credit Union is pleased to welcome the appointments of Sarah O’Regan, Head of Credit and Mark Hussey, Chief Operations Officer to their Senior Executive Team. Sarah O’Regan from Abbeydorney has been appointed Head of Credit. Having completed a Bachelors of Commerce degree in UCC, Sarah went straight to work […]

Risteárd Ó Fuaráin on Kerry camogie team’s win over Clare on Saturday… Kerry 1-13 Clare 0-6 Kerry made the journey to Cusack Park in Ennis on Saturday to take on the home team in the semi-final of the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Premier Junior Camogie Championship. The Kingdom were hoping to […]

THE Tralee Save the Green Committee will be 50 years together this year and to mark the historic occasion, a very special commemorative event will take place in the Town Park on the Friday, September 6, at 6 pm. The location will be at the ‘Old Oak Tree’ near the […]

ANY spare tickets? We’re all searching for them now as Kerry prepares for the All-Ireland final in three weeks. It’s the first final appearance since we lost to the Dubs in 2015, so the stakes are high with the Kingdom aiming to stop the five in a row. Kerry fans […]

Causeway showed they are real contenders after a convincing victory over Ballyduff in Austin Stack Park yesterday. Mike O’Halloran reports… Causeway 0-19 Ballyduff 0-08 Causeway have qualified for the semi final of the Garvey’s SuperValu Kerry Senior Hurling Championship against St Brendan’s next weekend, with a complete demolition of Ballyduff. […]

Mike O’Halloran saw Kilmoyley advance to the semi-finals of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC after a hard fought win over Crotta O’Neills yesterday in Austin Stack Park… Kilmoyley 1-19 Crotta O’Neills 1-11 (after extra time) Kilmoyley overcame Crotta O’Neills in a dour struggle in extra time. It ended 1-10 each […]

THE weather actually stayed dry and the was a good crowd of well-wishers at Manor West Retail Park on Friday evening to welcome cycling legend Seán Kelly and over 100 amateur cyclists to Tralee on the second day of the 600km Tour de Munster charity cycle. This was the third […]