Articles by: Dermot Crean

NOT before time. All involved with Garvey’s Tralee Warriors gathered at Council Chambers at Kerry County Council to honour a club which has taken basketball to new heights in this town. What the Warriors have done for Tralee in three years (and not just in sport) is nothing short of […]

John McCann says Kerry native Jessie Buckley shines in entertaning musical feature ‘Wild Rose’… Following on from its successful showing as part of the recent Dingle International Film Festival, the new feature from Tom Harper and starring Killarney’s own Jessie Buckley gets its long awaited release this week at Tralee Omniplex. ‘Wild […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I’ve just booked my summer holidays for this year and plan to travel around Europe with my partner and my 10-year old son.   How do I make sure […]

FIVE-TIME All-Ireland winner and the country’s first winner of Dancing With The Stars, Aidan O’Mahony, is calling on the public to join him in walking the Camino de Santiago to raise vital funds for Cardiac Risk in Young (CRY) Ireland on September 7-14. The Camino is a walk anyone can […]

THIS week’s Prize Bond Star Prize of €50,000 goes to lucky Prize Bond number AET611407 held in Kerry. The lucky bond was purchased in 2016.  There were over 4,600 prizes awarded in this week’s Prize Bond Draw, amounting to over €298,000. In addition to a €1 million prize awarded on […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre and Code Institute are offering 14 fully-funded places on their upcoming Software Development Diploma (Full Stack) qualification which starts on May 27 in Tralee. In a first for Kerry, this accelerated bootcamp programme is the only classroom version of this highly acclaimed course run outside of […]

THERE was a rise in crime overall in the county in the first three months of this year compared to the same period in 2018. Kerry Garda Division Chief Superintendent, Eileen Foster, was attending her first Joint Policing Committee meeting in Kerry County Council on Friday where she gave a […]

THE second annual Donal Walsh LiveLife Foundation Football Tournament will kick-off a new MMental Fitness And Wellbeing Project for children at the club next month. Taking place on May 4 the tournament for boys will see 16 clubs from Tralee and all over the county represented to play for the […]

STUDENTS and staff from Kerry College of Further Education made for a colourful sight on Thursday in glorious sunshine. They took part in a 5k Colour Run/Walk fundraiser for the Irish Cancer Society. The powdered paint was flying from just after noon as participants warmed up in a great atmosphere. […]

TWO days in to Tralee Musical Society’s latest production and audiences are loving ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’. It opened on Wednesday to a sellout crowd and last night saw it filled to capacity again.  With wonderful songs and a truly scrumptious set, justice is done to this true children’s classic […]

ONE of Kerry’s biggest annual mobilisations of community groups, Tidy Towns committees, voluntary and sporting organisations, and individual residents and families across the county is taking place tomorrow. The eighth County Clean Up will take place on Saturday and organisers are calling for as many people as possible to get […]

WELL that was quick. Normally we have to wait until Saturday or Sunday for the traditional sighting of the Kerry jersey, but two came in the one day at the opening round of the US Masters in Augusta, Georgia, yesterday. And this is all before Tralee man Aidan Teahan and […]

THE Basketball Ireland 2018/19 All Star teams were announced today and it sees three Tralee Warriors players honoured for their efforts on the court this past season The All Stars were voted for by coaches in each division of the National League. In the Men’s Super League, point guard for this […]

GARDAI in Castleisland investigating the suspicious approach to a child at Scartaglin GAA Grounds, Kerry on last Sunday wish to appeal to the public for their assistance. The incident has been widely reported over the past few days, but now Gardaí have officially issued an appeal to the public for […]

AONTÚ Chiarraí has selected Mary Fitzgibbon from Ballymacelligott to run in the Tralee LEA and Sonny Foran from Causeway to run in the Listowel LEA in the forthcoming elections, at a Convention held at the Meadowlands Hotel last night. The Convention was chaired by Cathaoirleach of Aontú Chiarraí, Risteárd Ó […]

IT’S been a good few weeks for students at CBS The Green in various sporting fields with four enjoying significant achievements. In late March, 6th Year student Daire Keane of Ballymac who won an All-Ireland gold medal in the Handball Small Alley Novice (adult) competition in Co. Cavan. Jordan Kissane […]

KERRY County Council is advising candidates for the forthcoming European and local elections that election posters may not be erected before Wednesday, April 24. The statutory time period for the erection of election posters for the 2019 elections is 30 days before the poll date meaning that April 24 is […]

A NEW grant-based incentive scheme which aims to reduce the number of vacant properties in Tralee town centre has been launched by Kerry County Council. The Business Incentive Scheme is designed to encourage both landlords and new or aspiring business owners or leasers to occupy vacant premises by offering a […]

CBS The Green students can practice their culinary skills in a brand new kitchen after it was officially opened on Tuesday morning. Invited guests, staff and students enjoyed a delicious spread to mark the occasion of the opening of the facility which will greatly assist the ‘Breakfast Club’ in the […]

IT’S been wonderful week for the food industry in the Kingdom, as guests and competitors at the All Ireland Tapas and Pintxo Championship got to experience the culinary delights on offer in Kerry and also meet with local producers and suppliers in the food industry Two days of competitions where […]

IN case you didn’t know, there’s elections coming up this month in the county. So to give people an idea of what issues are affecting Tralee and how the candidates plan to deal with them, a Pre-Election Forum will take place tomorrow morning from 8.30am to 11.30am at The Rose […]

KERRY County Council has today published details of the nomination process for candidates for the local authority elections which will take place on 24 May 2019. Nomination papers will be available from Thursday, April 11 from the Corporate Services Office (Room 223) at County Buildings for the elections in the […]

A TRALEE man has won a trip of a lifetime to the US Masters in Augusta with Paddy Power this weekend. Aidan Teahon, who is floor manager at Kirby’s Brogue Inn, entered a competition with the Paddy Power Rewards Club and was notified this week that he won the competition […]

TRALEE is getting a sprinkling of movie magic this week as Brian Nolan and his team of Broadcast Production trainees begin work with an impressive group of industry professionals to make their first ever ‘Mentored Movie’ in Kerry’s ETB’s National Digital Skills Centre in the Monavalley Campus. It all takes […]

CARA Credit Union is the focus of a brand new eight-part RTE One series titled The Borrowers, commencing on next Tuesday, April 16 at 8.30pm. The fly-on-the-wall programme will take viewers behind the scenes and into a credit union loan office, for the first time ever on Irish television. Viewers […]

GARVEY’S Tralee Warriors heroics this season are to be honoured this Friday with a civic reception at Kerry County Council buildings. The team won the Basketball Ireland Men’s Superleague title for the first time last month in only their third season in the league, having won the Champions Trophy in […]

GOOD food, wine and great company was on the menu at The Old Market Bar in the Ashe Hotel on Tuesday night, for an event to celebrate the All-Ireland Tapas and Pintxo Championships taking place in Tralee. Hosted by the hotel in association with Connect Marketing and Events and Taste Kerry, […]

A LIMERICK mother-of-two is on a mission to introduce a potentially life-saving treatment into University Hospital Kerry and all of Ireland’s 19 maternity hospitals. Carmel Finnegan first became aware of the term ‘brain cooling’ during her work as a solicitor with Dennison Solicitors in Abbeyfeale. Brain cooling –  medical term […]

KERRY College of Further Education (KCFE) has begun to establish itself as a feeder for students wishing to progress to Universities and Teacher Training Colleges. From next September, KCFE plans to expand its array of Pre-Teaching courses on offer.  The aim of undertaking a Pre-Teaching course is to educate a […]

By Colm Griffin Ladies and Men Division 5 Finals With four different clubs represented it was not a great surprise that a large crowd showed up in Moyvane for the Ashes Bar, Glenbeigh Ladies and Men Division 5 final last Tuesday night (April 2nd). Those in attendance were certainly treated […]