Articles by: Dermot Crean

A WARRIOR and a local Tralee man were among the Basketball Ireland Players and Coaches of the Month for December 2018 announced yesterday. In the Men’s Super League, star point guard Paul Dick of Garvey’s Tralee Warriors scooped the Player of the Month award for December after some superb performances […]

A LUCKY Kerry family celebrated the start of 2019 as lottery millionaires as they travelled to National Lottery headquarters in Dublin to collect a cheque for €1 million after they won the top prize of the Daily Million game on Friday, December 28. The winning ticket was printed at the […]

YOU’VE demolished the last of the USA biscuits, there’s barely a Bounty left in the box of Celebrations and you don’t want to see another turkey and ham dinner for 12 months. But despite the best of intentions to get back on the straight and narrow in January, it can […]

THE party season may be over but nobody told the students from CBS The Green who held their Debs Ball at Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Wednesday night. Organised by the students, around 180 teenagers sat down for a meal followed by a DJ who kept the party atmosphere going and […]

A TALK will be held tonight (Thursday) on weight loss, fitness and nutrition, with all proceeds raised going towards Crumlin Children’s Hospital. ‘Fat Loss Made Easy’ at The Rose Hotel from 7.30pm will feature three speakers from the world of fitness and nutrition; Michael Dillon of Kinetic Health and Fitness, […]

2019: Best wishes for 2019 to everybody in the club and good luck to all our students as they head back to their desks in school or in college, srl. FAOI 6/8/10: The U6/8/10 season will commence on Sunday January 13th. Everybody ready for a new football year? (i) As […]

Sean Walsh AmAm December 27th 2018. Results & Fixtures Results: 1st :Kevin Lucey(6), Donie O’Keeffe(6), Maurice Laide (17), Peter O’Driscoll (14) – 92pts 2nd :John Reen (24), Geraldine Reen (26), Barry Murphy (15), Billy Daly (21) – 91pts 3rd : Mary Fitzgerald (36), Eamon Fitzgerald (18), Gerard Griffin (23), Richard […]

Adult Camogie Training Starting: FYI to everybody interested in adult Camogie, please take the opportunity to participate by training with the panel on Friday evenings, starting on the 4th of January. All welcome, from Camogie veterans to beginners.  Contact, mailto:Pro.traleeparnells.kerry@gaa.ie for further info. Jigsaw Kerry Mental Health: Are you 16 – […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 09, 23, 25 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Vincent O’Sullivan Ballinorig, Denis and Helen c/o The Rock Inn, Dylan and Co c/o Jerry Moriarty, Ger McGrath c/o Betty’s Bar and […]

Ladies AGM    Na Gaeil Ladies AGM will take place in the clubhouse on Saturday January 5th at 7pm. Golf Outing    Na Gaeil Annual Golf Outing was held on Saturday last.   Winners on the day were Paul Lynch, John Lynch and Alistair Morrison with a score of 2 under. New […]

NEW YEAR GREETINGS: We wish all our members, supporters and readers of these Notes a very happy and successful 2019. CLUB AGM: The Senior Club’s AGM goes ahead in the Clubhouse on next Sunday 6th January at 12.00 noon. CLUBHOUSE: As always the Clubhouse is available for all types of […]

A KERRY man is asking people to help him in his fight for life after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October. Ross Hurley (38) from Killarney needs specialist treatment to fight the type of cancer which, according to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer […]

THERE were 33 detections for drink driving in Kerry in December, up from 28 in December of 2017 and 20 in the same month in 2016, according to the latest figures from local gardaí. There were 15 detections in the Tralee area, 11 in the Listowel area and seven in […]

FENIT bathing slip swimmers maintained a long-standing tradition by once again taking on the ‘12 swims of Christmas.’ Tralee Swimming Club members first took on the challenge 25 years ago and have never since failed to complete it. Over the years they have battled wind, rain, frost, snow and ice […]

THIRTEEN local children were honoured on Christmas Day at an awards ceremony and party in the KDYS Hall on Denny St organised by The Happy Memories Store (Courthouse Lane) and the Tralee Chamber Alliance. The event was the Valued Inspirational People awards and people were asked to nominate young people who play […]

LAST year saw the highest number of patients waiting on trolleys at University Hospital Kerry since the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation began recording the data in 2006. There were 3,396 patients waiting on trolleys in UHK in 2018, an increase of over 50% on the previous high in 2017 […]

We countdown the 10 posts that garnered the most page views on the TraleeToday.ie website in 2018… Note: All figures below are page views on the website, not Facebook views which is entirely different.  10. Fashion show glamour… As with last year, many seemed to like looking at who’s wearing what on […]

THERE was a massive crowd on Denny Street for the fireworks last night and they weren’t disappointed as they were treated to a spectacular display. The crowd started gathering from around 6.30pm and by the time they were set off from behind the Ashe Memorial Hall less than an hour […]

LIBRARIES across Kerry will no longer be imposing fines on overdue books from January 1, 2019. In addition, all outstanding fines on members’ accounts as of that date will be removed. This is in line with all public libraries nationally and is one of the key aims of the new […]

AS a wise Kerryman once said ‘A good place to begin is at the start’ so I would like to start with a good question. The question is ‘What are we trying to achieve’? The title says New Years Resolutions which by its very nature would suggest that whatever we […]

Finally, completing our review of stories we brought you in 2018, here’s the news from December… • It was reported that 11 patients had their cancer diagnoses delayed at University Hospital Kerry and four of those patients had since. The news came as a result of the review of the 46,000 […]

Continuing our review of stories we brought you in 2018, here’s the news from November… • KERRY may have been eliminated at the Super 8 stage of the All-Ireland series but it was enough to earn one young man an All-Star. David Clifford’s star turns, especially in the games against Galway, […]

THE annual  Christmas panto at Siamsa Tíre started its run yesterday and audiences are just loving it. The Oliver Hurley School of Musical Theatre cast are bringing the story of ‘Snow White’ to the stage and it’s jam-packed with magnificent scenery, costumes, live music, spectacular dance routines, comedy capers and […]

Continuing our review of stories we brought you in 2018, here’s the news from October… • GARDAI issued an appeal for witnesses or information into an alleged abduction of a young man in Tralee. The young man was taken in a car from John Joe Sheehy Road against his will in […]

THE disappearance of a Ballybunion man who vanished without trace more than two years ago, is the subject of a documentary on Radio Kerry to be broadcast on Monday. ‘What happened to Willie Mulvihill’ was researched by journalist and broadcaster Deirdre Walsh, who’s also a native of Ballybunion and knew […]

NATIONAL Lottery players in Kerry raised a total of €7,151,864 for good causes all over Ireland last year by participating in National Lottery games. This news comes as Premier Lotteries Ireland, operator of the National Lottery, released its trading results for 2017 and announced a total of €226 million was […]

TRALEE will host a special event once again in the town centre on New Year’s Eve. A spectacular fireworks display at the Ashe Memorial Hall will mark end of year celebrations for people of all ages in Tralee on Monday, December 31. Supported by Tralee Chamber Alliance, John Drummey Communications, Manor West Retail […]

Continuing our review of stories we brought you in 2018, here’s the news from September… • GARDAI were appealing for information after the cabinet of a recently installed defibrillator on The Mall was vandalised in early September. The glass on the cabinet was broken, but the defibrillator itself was not damaged. They […]

THERE’S no getting away from Tralee, no matter where you go. Lorraine Walsh from Kerins Park is on holiday in the US at the moment and she sent on this photo of a clock which takes pride of place behind the bar in ‘The Crafty Irishman’ in Dallas, Texas. It […]

Continuing our review of stories we brought you in 2018, here’s the news from August… • THE month began with an appeal from the CEO of the Rose of Tralee International Festival that businesses in the town contribute more for the street entertainment programme. “As it stands financial support to […]