Articles by: Dermot Crean

STYLISH ladies from Ballymacelligott enjoyed an afternoon of fun, fashion, music, health and lifestyle tips at the Ballymacelligott Ladies Lunch in the Rose Hotel on Sunday. Speaking about the event Teresa Walker commented; “The Ladies Lunch was a fantastic success raising €5,000 for the development of the Ballymacelligott GAA Ladies […]

A POPULAR author and former journalist received a surprise on Saturday night when he was awarded Milltown’s highest honour. The ‘Stephen Lawlor Community Award’ was presented to Owen O’Shea at a surprise ceremony in The Plough Bar. Owen, who is the Media, Communications & Customer Relations Officer at Kerry County Council, […]

A SPECIAL vigil will be held this Wednesday in the Square in memory of Emma Mhic Mhathúna who passed away yesterday. The vigil to remember the brave 37 year old mother of five will take place at 6.30pm and is being organised by Michelle Dempsey. In a facebook post, Michelle […]

A KERRY community was buzzing with excitement today as news spread that a local person may have scooped a cool €250,000 on last night’s Lotto Plus 2 Draw. The National Lottery confirmed that the shop that sold last night’s winning Lotto Plus 2 ticket is Eagers of High Street  in Killarney. […]

CURRENT and former students of Mercy Mounthawk were honoured on Saturday for their excellent results in the State exams this year. Nine students from the Leaving and Junior Cert were honoured, but two couldn’t make it on the day. High achievers in the Leaving Cert were; • Shane Walsh from […]

Mark Doe of ‘Just Cooking’ Cookery School in Firies gives four recipes involving chocolate which are sure to be a hit… First, a few tips on chocolate… • Always store chocolate in dark, cool & dry place. • Never store chocolate near strong smelling foods as the chocolate will take […]

THERE was a massive turnout yesterday at the Horan’s Healthstore’s Health and Wellness Fest at the Manor West Hotel. And the event continues today. Nutritionist Kevin Beasley will be with members of the Kerry team for a panel session at 3.30pm in the board room. World renowned nutritionist Patrick Holford is […]

A GREAT acronym for the word FEAR is; False Expectations Appearing Real The reason for this is that in truth most of our fears aren’t real. They’re in our imagination and when we face them (i.e. put them to the test) we find that they really and truly weren’t real […]

Alan Cantwell reports from last night’s Men’s Super League 2018/2019 – Round 2 game between Tralee Warriors v UCC Blue Demons  game in Cork… UCC Demons 75 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors 84 Garvey’s Tralee Warriors finally laid their Leeside demons to rest by overcoming their keen Cork based rivals in an […]

A TRALEE man has written a new book on the untold stories of some of the men and women of County Kerry who gave their all in Ireland’s fight for independence. In ‘Fighting for the Cause’, well-known historian Dr Tim Horgan tells the stories of some of the Kingdom’s extraordinary men […]

A TRALEE man is to abseil down Croke Park for the second time in six months in aid of Jigsaw Ireland. Mike Edgar raised hundreds of euro for the organisation back in April, but he enjoyed it so much he will take part in the same event on October 27. […]

THE Skills Plus Group from St John of God’s Services on Ashe Street were in Tralee Garda Station on Friday morning for the final part of their Streetwise Programme. This programme was developed by the Choices Department of St John of Gods Services in association with An Garda Síochána. The […]

A TRALEE woman will be off to London next weekend after winning The Late Late Show’s weekly competition last night. And she’ll have a few quid to spend as well! Ballinorig Close resident, Eileen Tobin, will travel to the English capital with a guest to see ‘The Late Late Show’ live […]

THE first ever Health and Wellbeing Week in Kerry is taking place over the coming week featuring dozens of free events including workshops, seminars, coffee mornings, film screenings and sports events. One of the first events in Tralee is in Manor West Hotel on Monday, where Kerry Volunteer Centre invites you […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I am pregnant but I have only been working with my employer for a few weeks. Am I entitled to maternity leave? Answer: If you are pregnant while in employment, […]

John McCann says ‘A Star is Born’ is a triumphant modern retelling of a classic Hollywood tale… I’m not sure why Bradley Cooper chose a second retelling of a famous Hollwood tale as the subject of his directorial debut, but when the final credits rolled at the end of A […]

WITH the announcement of a number of high-profile music gigs in Hozier, Jenny Greene and Walking On Cars before Christmas, it’s time for the younger ones to have fun at the INEC. And with the stars of Fair City and RTE Jr taking part, it’ll be a truly magical family […]

BACK in July over 100 walkers took the road out west for the final Jamie Wrenn/Mike Deane Memorial walk from Tralee to Castlegregory. Over the years, the walk had raised over €95,000 in aid of various cancer charities and they added another €15,126 to that when the organisers handed over the […]

THEIR voices are already renowned around the county of Kerry, but now it’s the appearance of four Radio Kerry presenters that will come under the spotlight after they signed up to take part in Recovery Haven Kerry’s ‘100 Men/€100 Movember Challenge.’ Big-hearted radio stars Brendan Fuller, Andre Morrissey, Jerry O’Sullivan […]

PUPILS at Caherleaheen National School went to great efforts a couple of weeks ago to raise funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. As part of the Hospice’s National Coffee Morning event, teacher Damien Finn’s fourth class pupils from the school held an event co-ordinated by teacher Bríd Murphy and eventually […]

CAREERS Night took place at Mercy Mounthawk Secondary School on Thursday and a special guest speaker gave interesting talks to students and parents. Organised by the Parents Council, author of “Cracking the College Code” and Education Consultant at Trinity College Dublin, Catherine O’Connor, was joined by around 30 career specialists who […]

AN allocation of €55,000 has been announced for 42 Tidy Towns committees in Kerry and Tralee will benefit to the tune of €4,000. The Minister for Rural and Community Development, Michael Ring, has announced a €1.4 million national grant scheme to mark the 60th anniversary of the Tidy Towns Competition. […]

IT’S going to be a weekend not to be missed for anyone with any interest in health, nutrition and much more as Horan’s Healthstores hold their premiere Health & Wellness Fest on Saturday and Sunday at Manor West Hotel Tralee from 10am until 6pm each day. Horan’s Healthstores currently have […]

While Friday and Saturday are pretty quiet on the events front, there’s plenty to get up to on Sunday… Saturday 1. Health and Wellness Fest… There’s only one place to go this Saturday (and Sunday) and that’s the Manor West Hotel for the Horan’s Healthstores Health and Wellness Fest from […]

DID you have a relative involved in ‘The Great War’? Well a very special event is being held in Valentia to mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice on November 11 and the Council is looking for images of  Kerry people who took part in the conflict to be part […]

A TRALEE martial arts academy had a very successful trip to Portugal last week where they won 19 medals and four world titles. The WMO Martial Arts world championships were held in sunny Albufeira and members of the Black Belt Martial Arts Academy were part of Team Ireland at the event. […]

FOLLOWING inclusion in the annual exhibition of Turner watercolours in the National Gallery of Ireland earlier this year, Irish printmaker, Niall Naessens brings his ‘Good Morning Mister Turner’ exhibition to the Siamsa Tíre Galleries. The exhibition will be officially opened on Friday, October 5 at 6pm by Anne Hodge (Curator […]

GARDAI have arrested a man in his 20s following a burglary at a pub in Knockanure, Moyvane, in the early hours of this morning. Shortly before 4am Gardaí received a report of a burglary that had just occurred in Knockanure. Gardaí carried out a patrol of the area and a […]

A GRADUATE of Kerry College of Further Education (KCFE) Professional Cookery course, Dale Houlihan, shortlisted for the ‘YesChef’ magazine Young Chef of the Year Competition. Dale is 18, comes from Tralee town and began his training under the guidance of Chef Kay Lanigan Ryan in KCFE last September. During his […]

FAMED beauty entrepreneur, Marissa Carter, is coming back to Tralee this month for a make-up masterclass at CH Tralee. Just last month, Marissa launched Carter Beauty Cosmetics, with 103 products in the range. The businesswoman is in Guinea-Bissau at the moment, with children’s rights charity Plan International Ireland – for whom she is […]