Articles by: Dermot Crean

THE Kerry Hospice Foundation has thanked their volunteers and the generosity of the public across the region as it’s been revealed €43,665 has been raised during the two-day fundraising event. This year marked the 29th year of the fundraising campaign and €739,411 was raised nationally on June 7/8. “Hospice Sunflowers […]

KERRY Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has said the health of older patients is being put at further risk as figures released by the HSE showed 385 Kerry patients had to wait over 24 hours for care in University Hospital Kerry’s Emergency Department in the first six months of the […]

IT won’t be so bad though in Kerry. Met Éireann have issued a Status Yellow Rainfall warning for Munster and Leinster for Thursday night and Friday morning. While Thursday itself will be a bright, warm and dry day, with temperatures reaching 21º, they say heavy rain will spread from the south […]

THE Austin Stacks GAA club unveiled their Strictly dancing team for 2019 on Tuesday night at their Club in Connolly Park. Fourteen couples will take to the dancefloor at the Dome on Saturday, August 31 and perform in front of a live audience and a team of judges. In 2011 the […]

GARDAI in Tralee are seeking any public assistance with their investigations into thefts and burglaries in the Tralee area. On Wednesday, July 31, between 11.45am and 1.30pm, a house in Oakpark was entered via a rear window. The house was ransacked and although no damage was caused, a substantial quantity […]

FIANNA Fáil TD for Kerry, John Brassil, has called on the Government to tackle the soaring costs associated with sending children to primary and secondary schools. Deputy Brassil said the Government must listen to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Education and Skills which has outlined a number of measures to […]

ANYONE interested in a career in accountancy is advised to head along to the Kerry ETB Training Centre at Monavalley this afternoon (Wednesday). An information day will take place from 12noon and 4.30pm where those visiting will learn about an Accounting Technicians Ireland Certificate for Accounting Technicians course which begins […]

GARDAI are appealing for witnesses after a man was taken to hospital with a suspected broken nose after a brawl at a walkway in Tralee last week. On Wednesday, July 31, at approximately 7.30pm, a fight took place at the Lee Walkway behind the Aqua Dome. A large group of […]

GARDAI have asked the public to check a particular feature on their €50 notes to determine if they are counterfeit or not. A number of the fake notes have surfaced in Tralee, Killorglin and Dingle recently, but gardaí say it’s a countywide and indeed a countrywide problem. According to gardaí, […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 02, 19 & 29. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Jamie McCarthy c/o Eugene McCarthy, Con O’Shea Curraheen, Tom Reidy c/o Eugene McCarthy, Graham c/o The Rock Inn and Sean O’Sullivan Clontarf, […]

Acorn Life Co U21 Championship Preview We are at home on Tuesday 6th August next to St Brendans in the first round of this year’s U21 championship.  Throw-in at Strand Road is at 7pm.  The management team of Martin Nix, Ray Walsh, Morgan Nix and Con Barrett have assembled a […]

Kerry Intermediate Hurling Championship semi Final: Tralee Parnells vs Kilgarvan, Tuesday the 6th of August at 7 pm in Lewis Road, Killarney. A red letter day for our club in our first year of fielding adult teams.  Kilgarvan are the reigning county champions, and a classy team. Our lads have prepared well […]

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 […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: With one more round to be played as well as one back game (Templenoe .v. Killarney Legion) the top two positions in the League Table are still wide open with all of the top six teams still in contention – Rathmore Stacks, Crokes, Rahillys, Dingle and Legion. So […]

Senior team As we go to press our Our Senior team play Ardfert in a back game in The Senior Football League on Friday next the next the 9th August at home in Ballymac at  7.30pm. This is a Provisional fixture from County Secretary so everyone needs to keep on […]

President Gene Kelly’s Prize 4th August. Results & Fixtures Results: 1st Jonathon Goodall (4) 41 pts 2nd Richard Rafferty (8) 40 pts 3rd Michael O’Brien (14) 39 pta Best Gross David Fitzgerald (3) 38 pts 4th Tomas Dowling (12) 39 pts 5th Kieran Jnr Dinan (18) 39 pts 6th James […]

THE Tralee Live Register figure for July rose again last month, according to data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO). There were 3,414 signing on in Tralee in July compared to 3,328 in June, an increase of 86. The figure is 10 per cent less than July 2018 when there were […]

By Brian Caball A GATHERING of up to 40 people attended the Roger Casement Commemoration in Lios Mhic Easmainn on Saturday last. The patriot’s execution in Pentonville Prison, London, 103 years ago to the day, was recalled and his humanitarian work in The Congo and in The Putumayo as well […]

Mike O’Halloran watched St Brendan’s just get over the line against Crotta in the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC Round 2 replay yesterday in Austin Stack Park… St Brendans 2-11 Crotta O’Neills 1-13 Crotta O’Neills haven’t exited the championship with this one point loss today but it must surely put a […]

THE rain stayed away from Benners Hotel on Saturday night as a fundraising barbecue for Recovery Haven was held in the Courtyard area. Guests were reflecting on Kerry’s victory over Meath as they munched on delicious food and enjoyed the great music. The evening kicked off with a Prosecco reception […]

I HEARD a story once and I believe it’s true about a man who built a large hotel above in Cavan. In a bar one night someone asked him “how come you built such a grand hotel in the middle of nowhere?” and the reply was very simple yet profound. […]

NOT looking good. After some fine weather of late, there’s a lot of rain on the way tomorrow according to Met Eireann. They’ve issued a Status Yellow – Rainfall warning for Kerry, Galway and Clare. We can expect heavy downpours during Sunday, possibly prolonged, which will lead to rainfall accumulations of […]

  IT’S been delighting lovers of Asian food in Tralee for the past 14 years so it’s no wonder people come back time and time again to Tamarind Restaurant. The business on Matt Talbot Road has been dishing up tantalising Malaysian, Thai and  Chinese specialities since 2005 when Andrew Ong […]

A HUGE soccer tournament is to take place at the end of August to raise funds for BUMBLEance. St Brendan’s Park FC will host the event for U11/12 teams from all over the county and in Cork, Clare and Limerick, at their pitches in Cahermoneen on Saturday, August 31. “We […]

A BRITISH charity trekker has arrived in Kerry with a large blue double-decker bus as part of a 7,000 mile walk for cancer patients. Brian Burnie has walked 3,607 miles around the coastline of Scotland, Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Wales and Ireland. This week, Brian Burnie, 75, has hiked to Tralee […]

MANOR West Shopping Centre and Retail Park will welcome cycling legend Seán Kelly and over 100 amateur cyclists to Tralee on the second day of the 600km Tour de Munster charity cycle tomorrow, (Friday August 9). This will be the third year that Manor West has hosted the tour in […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: What is the One-Parent Family Payment? Answer: The One-Parent Family Payment (OFP) is a means-tested social welfare payment for men and women under 66 who are bringing children up without the […]

CASTLE Street has reopened to traffic after almost a month closed…and so has Baily’s Corner. The street had to be closed  following a structural assessment of the building on Castle Street and a subsequent consultation with An Garda Síochána back on July 6. Baily’s Corner broke the news on their facebook […]

THE Lost Palace of Lixnaw project by Richard Walsh has had a busy summer so far with May and June workshops in Lixnaw Boys School and Drumclogh NS focussing on the 18th century history of Lixnaw. The Arts Office/Creative Ireland Kerry and the Architecture Conservation Office at Kerry County Council […]

A GALAXY of sporting greats will attend a very special fundraising event at the Killarney Race Festival on the afternoon of Wednesday, August 21, with all proceeds going to Kerry Hospice / Palliative Care. Amongst those attending from the world of Horse Racing and GAA will be Barry Geraghty, Pat […]