Articles by: Dermot Crean

THE Kerry Islamic Outreach Society will host their sixth annual Islamic Cultural Exhibition on Saturday, August 17, at the Brandon Hotel. The exhibition will be from 12noon until 5pm on the day and will feature a whole host of entertainment and informative pieces for all that attend. There will be several […]

A NEW summer programme for people with intellectual disabilities is being held at Tralee Bay Wetlands this month. The ‘Wilderness Adventure Therapy Summer Camp’ is a collaboration between the Inspired group and the Wetlands where participants enjoy such activities as arts & crafts, campfire cookout, scavenger hunts, orienteering, group therapy […]

AN event near Blennerville Windmill on Sunday  is a must for families looking for a day out. The Blennerville Pony and Agricultural Show celebrates its 40th Anniversary Show and has grown to hosting over 50 pony and horse classes, as well as cattle and sheep classes. This year they have teamed […]

WOODIES staff in Tralee are once again pulling out all the stops for their annual summer fundraising campaign. Woodie’s Tralee are doing their part in the nationwide Woodie’s Hero’s 2019 campaign which takes place during July/August. Four charities — Child Line, Temple Street Hospital, Hand in Hand and Autism Assistant […]

THE Kingdom Veteran Vintage & Classic Car Club members looking forward to their annual Ballymac Vintage Car and Honda 50 Run on Friday night. Taking place at 7pm from O’Riada’s Bar, the event this year will benefit Kerry Hospice Foundation and will be held in memory of three people — […]

A TRALEE-BASED Education Company has opened a new training centre in Portlaoise, their fifth training centre in Ireland since opening their first in Tralee in 2005. Flúirse Education Solutions, based in Monavalley Business Park in Tralee, own and operate Pitman Training centres in Kerry, Cork, Waterford, Wexford and most recently […]

KERRY County Council is welcoming written submissions from the public on the potential effects of varying the basic rate of the Local Property Tax on businesses, individuals and on local authority services. The Finance (Local Property Tax) Act, 2012, makes specific provision that elected members of a local authority may […]

Cork Golf Club Exchange 20th July. Sponsored by Agri Auto. Results & Fixtures Results 1st Brendan Long (14) & Jim O’Donovan (6) 42 Points 2nd Allan O’Connor (9) & John P O’Brien (11) 42 Points 3rd Ray Fullam Snr (11) & Ray Fullam Jnr (12) 42 Points 4th Conor Stack […]

TWO councillors expressed their frustration that the Council has decided a pedestrian crossing is not warranted at a busy junction in the centre of Ardfert village. Both Cllr Toireasa Ferris and Cllr Norma Foley both had motions about the issue before the meeting of Tralee Municipal District last week. Cllr […]

VOTING has opened in the Foodie Destinations 2019 Awards and Tralee is one of the nine finalists vying for the title. Members of the public can vote for their favourite 2019 finalist at www.foodiedestinations.ie from Wednesday, July 24 until Thursday, August 20.  The winner of Foodie Destinations 2019 will be announced at […]

A LOCAL councillor has asked the Council to investigate the potential for opening a designated dog park facility in town. Fianna Fáil Cllr Norma Foley brought the motion at last week’s meeting of Tralee Municipal District councillors.  She said she had received numerous requests from members of the public to […]

ARCHAEOLOGISTS working on behalf of Kerry County Council have uncovered a number of archaeological sites on the route of the N69 Listowel Bypass, including burnt mounds (prehistoric cooking sites) and charcoal-production pits at Coolnaleen Lower and the remains of a 19th-Century dwelling at Curraghatoosane. A team of archaeologists from Archaeological […]

KERRY County Council is providing householders in the county wishing to dispose of old mattresses with the opportunity to do so on Saturday, August 10. Clean, dry mattresses will be accepted at the North Kerry Landfill at Muingnaminane near Tralee between 9am and 3pm and for no charge. Deposits from […]

THERE were celebrations all round for 17 Centra stores in Kerry, as they were recently recognised for excellence in the fields of hygiene and food safety within their businesses, and graciously accepted distinguished awards at the 2019 Centra Food Quality Awards. The setting for this prestigious awards ceremony was the […]

THE Kerry Senior Ladies play Westmeath in the TG4 All Ireland Series this Sunday and the Kerry LGFA is calling on football fans to give them support. It’s the third and final round in group 3 with the winners progressing to the All Ireland Quarter Final. The game is on […]

A KILMOYLEY native who runs a facebook and instagram blog called ‘Lotions and Potions’ about all things skincare, has made the long list for the Beauty Blog Awards. Niall Fitzgerald is hoping people will take time to give him a vote to progress to the next stage of the competition. […]

THE proceeds of a lovely event held back in April were presented to a great organisation on Monday. The Tralee Chamber Alliance organised its annual Family Fancy Dress Charity Fun Run in the Town Park on Easter Saturday and this year it was Down Syndrome Kerry that benefitted from the […]

A TRALEE native had a reason to celebrate on US Independence Day when she found out she was the latest winner of the Cara Credit Union Members Car Draw. Denise O’Dowd (nee Costello) lives in Dingle now, but is originally from Blackrock in Tralee and she was told on July 4 […]

A Limited-Edition Commemorative Coin designed and produced by Tipperary Crystal, the lead sponsor of the Rose of Tralee International Festival, has been unveiled to mark next month’s 60th Year Celebrations of the Festival. It features the unique 60th anniversary Rose of Tralee motif on both sides and is a collector’s […]

THE Munster Technological University (MTU) Consortium of Cork Institute of Technology and the Institute of Technology Tralee says it will work with the Department of Education and Skills to address the issues raised in a report made public yesterday. The International Advisory Panel and the views of the Board of […]

FOLLOWING on from an amazing summer of festivals, Kerry’s own Walking on Cars announce they will bring their Colours 2019 – One Last Dance Tour to the Gleneagle INEC Arena on Saturday, December 21. The four-piece group from Dingle, whose debut catapulted them to fame in their homeland and abroad, […]

KERRY Education and Training Board (Kerry ETB) and University College Cork (UCC) signed an agreement that will see both institutions working together to enhance opportunities for and engagement in outdoor education and training at Cappanalea, The National Centre for Outdoor Education and Training (NCOET), which is based at Oulagh West, […]

THE creation of 145 new jobs and a digital hub were part of the blueprint for the revitalisation of the Uíbh Ráthach Gaeltacht in south Kerry, that has been developed as a model to be used for other rural revitalisation projects. Issued by Údarás na Gaeltachta on behalf of the Uíbh […]

Credit Union Co League Div 1 Round 10 Preview Division 1 of the Co League could hardly be any tighter.  Rathmore lead the way on 13 points, but after our important win over Spa in Killarney on Friday night last, we are now in joint second place and sitting just […]

Lotto Our lotto will be held on Monday night, July 22nd in Keane’s Bar due to Kerry’s involvement in the super 8’s, which took place the day before. Please check our FaceBook page for this week’s winning numbers. Juveniles U16: Our U16s have a busy week with a couple of […]

Seniors: Churchill 4-09; Renard 1-14. Churchill remain top of the Division 4 table following a nervy 4 point win over Renard on Saturday evening in Churchill. The hosts were already three points down to 2 Mark Sugrue frees and an Eoghan McCrohan point, before Ivan Parker pointed after Killian Fitzgerald […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Killarney Legion 0-16; Austin Stacks 1-11. After four consecutive Co. League wins our Seniors suffered their third League defeat in Killarney on Saturday evening when a Stephen Stack managed outfit put them to the sword. The defeat drops us down to second position on the League table. But […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil travelled to Dingle on Saturday evening to play the home side in Round 9 of the County League in good playing conditions. Na Gaeil played with the aid of a slight breeze in the first and competed well all over the field setting up many attacks. The […]

UNDER 6 BOYS AND GIRLS Our U6s train every Sunday 11am. last Sunday they had a great session and everyone thoroughly enjoyed themselves. Each boy and girl made a huge effort and gave it their all. The obstacle course race was a particular success and those who stood out include Ben, […]

Senior team: Our Senior team travelled to Annascaul on Saturday night last and came away with a good win and now have 11 points on the County League Division 2 Table. A hugely open and free flowing game in Annascaul ended in a comprehensive victory for the visiting side. Annascaul […]