Articles by: Dermot Crean

A NEW Garda Chief Superintendent will be appointed for Kerry soon in a reshuffle of positions. Current Kerry Garda Chief Superintendent Tom Myers, who was appointed in December 2016, is to take up a role in the Fermoy district in Cork at the end of the month. It is expected he will […]

CLICK HERE TO BOOK TICKETS FOR ABOVE EVENT DAWN Milk and the National Dairy Council are delighted to host a fabulous Ladies Lifestyle Evening at the INEC, Killarney on Thursday March 28. The evening will include advice on shaping up your diet and nutrition with dietitian Paula Mee. Style queen […]

WITH just days to go, preparations are well advanced for Saturday when Tralee Harriers will host their fundraising Half Marathon and 10k. The Half Marathon will be starting at the Tralee Bay Wetlands centre at 10am with the 5k/10k starting at 10.30am. The club has been approached by various local running […]

PAULINE McLynn, star of legendary comedy, Father Ted, has teamed up with Focus Ireland today to launch Ireland’s Great Get Together which aims to raise funds to prevent family homelessness. Pauline called on people in Tralee and Kerry to sign up to Ireland’s Great Get Together which takes place on […]

A KERRY person won an incredible €182,567.80 for a €2 stake on the first day of Cheltenham, according to Boylesports. The anonymous Boylesports customer won it in a placepot in six of Tuesday’s races. The dividend of the successful selection was €91,283.90 with the €2 stake returning a total payout of […]

THE eighth County Clean Up will take place on Saturday, 13 April and a call has gone out to individuals and communities across the county to get involved in the annual litter collection effort. Last year, some 5,500 volunteers were out and about on the day with the support of […]

By Colm Griffin Brewster Cup The creme de la crème of Kerry badminton travelled to Tipperary last weekend to take on the finest Munster had to offer. The Brewster is a prestigious competition that has been running since 1951 and it is a whole 16 years since the Kingdom last […]

PARÁID NA FÉILE PÁDRAIG: Time to march, to honour our National Apostle, to celebrate our Christian heritage and to wear the Black’n’Amber with pride. We’ll meet in John Joe SHEEHY ROAD ag 11.30am for Paráid na Féile Pádraig which will move off at 11.45am. Fáilte roimh chách! The Parade is […]

Training continues at the usual times Upcoming Fixtures 14/3 U12 Div1 Boys Imperials v St.Paul’s Mounthawk @20-00 15/3 Senior Women Div3 TKVixens v Imperials Athea @19-30 17/3 U14 Div1 Boys Imperials v KCYMS Mounthawk @20-00 U14 Div2 Girls Imperials v Caherciveen Mounthawk @19-00 U12 Div3 Boys Shield Imperials v Caherciveen Mounthawk […]

€2.3 milion has been made available to support home adaptations for older people, people with a disability and people with mobility issues in Kerry. The funding, which has been increased this year, will help enable older people and people with disabilities to remain living independently in their own homes for […]

KDYS Youth Day took place at the INEC Killarney on Sunday last and brought together over 1,500 young people from all over Kerry to celebrate, innovate and illustrate what it means to be young in Kerry today. Youth Day has now grown to become one of the largest annual youth […]

A PRE-ELECTION Forum will take place on Thursday, April 11 from 8.30am to 11.30am at The Rose Hotel. This will be an opportunity for candidates in the forthcoming Local Authority Elections (in the Tralee MD area) to present their vision and objectives for Tralee and to address key matters from […]

WORK will start on a development at the former Bridge Inn/Minstrels at the end of the month. Tralee Municipal District Manager, Michael Scannell, told councillors at the March meeting of Tralee MD last week, that he understood the demolition of the existing building which includes the former Sol Travel offices […]

YOUR St Patrick’s weekend starts with this… There’ll be a rush on for tickets again tomorrow, as Garvey’s Tralee Warriors face another busy weekend of action. They’ll tip off against Neptune at 8.15pm this Friday night at the complex and it’s another all-ticket affair with them going on sale tomorrow Wednesday […]

EXPOSE Hair Studio Manageress, Yvonne Savage, has won the Silver Award at the prestigious Image Best in Beauty Awards in Dublin on Sunday. She was the only Kerry hairdresser nominated at the awards and was in a hotly contested category of Best Bloody Brilliant Blow Dry. Yvonne was accompanied by […]

CBS The Green are embarking on their fifth Transition Year dramatic production next week. This year’s choice of play is John Millington Synge’s ‘The Playboy of the Western World ’. The show is being held in the pop-up theatre in the school foyer on Wednesday 20th, Thursday 21st and Friday […]

  THE newly-appointed General Manager at Kerry Airport has announced that a new helicopter base will soon open in Farranfore to service the imminent re-opening of Ireland’s oil and gas exploration industry. The Chairman of Kerry Airport, Denis Cregan, in the company of the Minister of State for Tourism and […]

A FOOD business from Annascaul is this year’s winner of the Kerry Enterprise Award for 2019. The top prize of €2,500 went to Thomas and Eileen Ashe, Annascaul Black Pudding Co., who will now represent Local Enterprise Office Kerry at the 21st National Enterprise Awards on Wednesday, May 29 in the […]

STORM Gareth is on the way and with it comes the usual weather warnings from Met Eireann. A Status Yellow Rainfall warning will take effect in Kerry from 6pm this evening until 6am on Tuesday (although it should probably should have taken effect earlier judging by the way the rain […]

Alan Cantwell on an important win for the Warriors in the race for the Men’s Superleague Title… Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 88 Templeogue 77 Warriors produced a performance of quality, intensity and grim determination to get the better of archrivals Templeogue by 88-77 in a pulsating encounter at the Tralee Sports […]

The u12 boys played their 2nd game in the town League last Saturday away to Austin Stacks. This was a one sided affair with Churchill enjoying most of the possession and dominating in all sectors. This was a 2nd tier Austin Stack team so the game wasn’t a contest but […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 14, 20, 24 & 25. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Aoife Marie Foran The Rock Inn, Stevie Boyle Derrymore, Andrew Breewood Derrymore, Maura O Connor Lohercannon and Jimmy Mulligan Tonevane. Next week’s […]

Credit Union Co League Div 1 Kerins O Rahillys 1-12 Na Gaeil 1-06 This opening round Co League game started in bright sunshine in Strand Road, despite the wintry conditions, with O’Rahillys playing into the strong wind against a Na Gaeil side making an historic debut in Division 1.  They […]

GOLF CLASSIC: With now just over three weeks to go Club Treasurer, Nial Shanahan and his dedicated group of helpers have been working hard over the past few weeks in preparation for our Golf Classic which take place on Friday April 5th at the world renowned Arnold Palmer designed Tralee […]

Seniors:  Na Gaeil played their first game ever in Division 1 of the Co. League last Sunday, in Strand Road. While the result did not go our way, losing 1 – 12 to 1 – 06, we can be well pleased with the performance of all who played. It certainly […]

First round of The Senior County league Ballymac V Glenflesk Sunday 10/03/19 Ballymacelligott played host to Glenflesk in the division 2, round 1 of the county league. This game was played on Sunday at 2 o clock and the terrible weather conditions made good football impossible. The first half was […]

She Can’t Be It If She Can’t See It:  “Pass the lipstick” was the cry that rang out at training Friday night as some of our braveheart athletes showed their stripes on IWD. Well done especially to Caroline, Edwina, Katie, Martina & Úna for showing your daughters how it’s done: […]

TRALEE Chamber Alliance has encouraged the elected members of the Tralee Municipal District to place a greater emphasis on supporting businesses in the town’s retail and hospitality sectors before the local elections in May. The Chamber said the local authority needs to revisit, in collaboration with Tralee Chamber Alliance, the […]

GARDAI are appealing to the public for information after a house on the outskirts of Tralee was burgled recently. The house located in the Listellick area was broken into on Tuesday, March 5 between 11am and 5.30pm. A large antique mahogany clock was stolen in the burglary. Gardaí are asking […]

THE Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day takes place this year on Friday, March 22 and it was launched at Kirby’s Brogue Inn on Monday afternoon. Daffodil Day is the biggest and longest running fundraising day for the Irish Cancer Society and is celebrating its 32nd anniversary this year. On Daffodil […]