Articles by: Dermot Crean

PRESENTATION Secondary School in Castleisland will host their Open Night for parents and guardians of prospective students this Thursday night, October 18, from 6pm to 9pm. Students at the school at Church Street have been excelling in sporting and academic fields for many years. “Our priority is the happiness and […]

TO celebrate retaining the Purple Flag in Tralee, the Tralee Chamber Alliance has teamed up with the Bars of Tralee to bring an extra special ‘Live on the Mall’ to town this October Bank Holiday. Following on from recent successes with live events on the Mall under a Marquee, the […]

MINISTER of State for Tourism and Sport, Brendan Griffin today announced ‘Call of the Wild’, a joint initiative between the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland. The new initiative aims to give Kerry people on the Wild Atlantic Way the opportunity to have their hidden gems included […]

He’s provided some marvellous memories for Kerry GAA fans over the years so it’s no surprise that Twitter was awash with tributes to Darran O’Sullivan today. The Glenbeigh/Glencar clubman announced his retirement from inter-county football this morning and fellow footballers and GAA fans wished him well as you can see […]

FOUR-TIME All-Ireland senior medal winner Darran O’Sullivan is the latest player to announce his retirement from the Kerry senior football team. He follows the recent retirements of Kerry stalwarts Kieran Donaghy, Donnchadh Walsh and Anthony Maher. He made the announcement this morning and this is his statement… “Today I wish […]

GARDAI are asking parents to park responsibly when dropping their children to school and say they will be clamping down on illegal behaviour at Tralee schools. Speaking on Radio Kerry’s ‘Talkabout’ show on Monday, Garda Cathy Murphy said they regularly receive complaints about parents parking on double yellow lines and […]

THIS coming Saturday sees a lovely event taking place in Tralee Library for young people from four to 12 years old. Innabubble Theatre Company are presenting three multi-sensory puppet shows for children across two age groups. The puppet show is brought to Tralee with support from Creative Ireland Kerry and […]

A NEW pilot Stroke Day Service, providing nursing and physiotherapy supports to people recovering from a stroke has been launched in Tralee and Listowel. The one day a week service will deliver a six-week programme and is now open for referrals. Led by Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre for Older […]

GARDAI are asking for the public’s help after items were stolen from a truck early on Friday morning last in the town centre. The delivery truck was parked in Milk Market Lane and the driver made a delivery at about 6am. When he came back his laptop and mobile phone […]

Lotto Results 08/10/2018 Venue: Ballygarry House Hotel Jackpot: €6,800 Numbers Drawn : 6, 12, 17, 28 NO WINNER Lucky Dip Winners…. 1. Phyllis McLoughlin c/o D. Lynch 2. Frank Donovan c/o D. Lynch 3. John Duggan c/o T. Leen 4. Jimmy Sullivan Rathanny 5. Dico Brien c/o T. Leen Seller: […]

Lip Syng – Sunday October 28th Ballygarry House Hotel: Tickets for Lip Syng are now available from the following outlets: O’Mahonys Bakery, Boherbee O’Donoghue’s Chemist, Boherbee Gallys Bar & Restaurant John Mitchels Club, Ballyseedy Theresa Deane (087) 9357435 Hugh Fitzgibbon (086) 0887238 A great night of entertainment is guaranteed for […]

Seniors: For the second successive year we exited the county championship at the semi final stage when losing to Dr Crokes on Sunday – there was little to choose between the sides for most of the game with the sides level with 10 minutes of normal time remaining but two […]

JUNIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 1-18; Ardfert 1-6. In their last game of the season our B team won some silver-ware when they captured the Tralee Town Board JF League after a very solid performance played in dreadful weather conditions in Strand Road on last Saturday afternoon (13th Oct). Playing with […]

Na Gaeil Ladies: Munster Champions   Na Gaeil played Aghada in the Munster Intermediate Final in Mallow on Saturday in very wet conditions but the weather did not affect the pitch which was in great condition. Aghada scored the 1st point of the game with a well taken free. We took […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 10, 12, 20 & 27. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Mary Glazier Annagh, Terry and Annette Derrymore, Margaret Enright Curraheen, Hannah Shanahan c/o Terry Boyle and Tom and N&D Ashe Keel. Next […]

Parnells Autumn Academy 19 Oct: Cost for the 6 weeks is €15 or €3 per session.  Commences Friday, October 19, 2018. A hurley and helmet will be available for new players.  Tralee Parnells Autumn Academy runs for 6 weeks in the Complex Tralee and is open to new and current players. […]

A TREE has been planted in the grounds of County Buildings in Tralee by the Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council to mark the centenary of the extension of parliamentary suffrage to women in 1918. Cllr Norma Foley planted the oak tree at Áras an Chontae this afternoon to mark the […]

THERE was a huge turnout for an event at IT Tralee on Saturday morning where students aged from seven to 17 learnt more about coding. Mega Dojo 2018 took place at the North Campus with support from CoderDojo Ireland, CoderDojo MidWest and the Higher Education Authority. Institute of Technology Tralee was […]

TRALEE was placed 34th out of 40 towns / cities surveyed in the latest Irish Businesses Against Litter report announced today. The town failed to improve on its ‘moderately littered’ status from 2017 and the An Taisce judges who carried out the survey during the summer had a lot to […]

TRALEE has been found to be ‘moderately littered’ in the latest survey of litter levels by Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL). The survey has seen Tralee ranked 34th out of 40 towns and city areas visited over the summer. The town was ranked 31st in the final 2017 table released in […]

SCANDALS, punch-ups, election-campaign shenanigans, bitter inter-dynastic contests and the stories of the ground-breaking politicians from Kerry who made their mark on the national stage and beyond, feature in a new book from Kerry authors Owen O’Shea and Gordon Revington, which will be launched at Tralee Library on Thursday evening next. […]

FANCY testing out your general knowledge and your understanding of the Irish language? Well, as part of FeelGood Week for Pieta House, Damien Kissane has organised a Table Quiz, as Gaeilge on Wednesday, October 24th at 8pm in the Ashe Hotel, Tralee. The funds raised will enable Pieta House to […]

Dr Crokes 2-19 Kerins O’Rahillys 2-10 IT’S a flattering scoreline and not reflective of what really transpired at Austin Stack Park on Sunday afternoon, but ultimately the better side went through to the final of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC. Up t0 the 54th minute the Tralee side were within […]

PEOPLE who know me will know that I often talk about the basic pillars that are required for good health, be it mental health or otherwise. On that subject I believe that our mental health and general health go hand in hand i.e. you can’t have one without the other. […]

Alan Cantwell reports on last night’s Men’s Super League 2018/2019  Round 3 game in Dublin… DCU Saints 92 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 102 For the second year running Garvey’s Tralee Warriors successfully negotiated a tricky road trip to DCU Saints, and as they did in the corresponding fixture last season, clocked […]

TICKETS were sold out days in advance for a Cork-based beauty, fashion and lifestyle blogger and social influencer at CH Tralee on Saturday afternoon. Lisa Jordan gave a beauty masterclass for 115 ladies who heard tips from the expert known for her ‘Just Jordan’ brand. The mother of one presented […]

BALLYGARRY House Hotel was buzzing on Saturday night as a special lady celebrated a milestone birthday. Mary O’Brien is well-known for her herculean efforts in Tralee Tidy Towns, but she can add ace party planner to her list of talents now. Mary invited 140 guests to a dinner to celebrate […]

MEMBERS of the Fórsa trade union at IT Tralee and institutes of technology around the country, will take industrial action from this Monday. A ballot for industrial action in July returned a vote of 85% of members backing industrial action, with the aim of securing a comprehensive job evaluation exercise. […]

THERE were over 20 tables taken on Friday night to help out a local sports club which is going from strength to strength. The table quiz at O’Donnells in Mounthawk was in aid of Tralee Rowing Club who put in a new pontoon back in April as Chairperson, Mary Bonner, […]

TESCO Ireland in partnership with FoodCloud has provided over 150,000 meals drawn from surplus food donations across eight charitable causes in Kerry over the last four years. And a local group has seen first hand how it has helped the elderly in Tralee and at a local school. The figures […]