Articles by: Dermot Crean

John McCann says ‘A Simple Favour’ is a mysterious thriller with more twists and turns than a rollercoaster ride!… This week’s movie at Tralee Omniplex sees Bridesmaids director Paul Feig serve up a feature quite removed from his usual comedic fare with ‘A Simple Favour’, a dark thriller filled with numerous twists and turns. […]

Michael O’Halloran watched Ballyheigue become Junior Hurling County Champions last night… Ballyheigue 3-8 Duagh 1-9 Ballyheigue are the 2018 Garvey’s SuperValu Junior Hurling Champions after defeating Duagh on the perfect sod that is Abbeydorney GAA grounds. A foul on Ger Guerin presented him with a point from the free. Michael Boxer […]

Siamsa Tíre, The National Folk Theatre of Ireland, invites young people aged 15 – 20 to get dramatic as it launches its tenth season of the Free Radicals Youth Theatre (FRYT). A Taster Session will take place on this Saturday, September from 4 – 6pm and new members are welcome […]

SO what are you doing next Wednesday night. Flopping in front of the telly with a cup of tea and biscuits watching the soaps? Well for the next four Wednesdays, you can get out of the house and head down to The Grand Hotel to meet new people, have fun, […]

SHE’S a busy woman these days. Presidential candidate, Liadh Ní Riada, was pressing the flesh today as she walked around Tralee town centre. The Sinn Féin MEP met and chatted to people in the Square and the Mall as she appealed to the people of Kerry to give her their […]

A FORMER Garda Chief Superintendent living in Blennerville hit the jackpot recently when he won a GAA lotto draw. Pat Sullivan and his wife Maura went to Killarney to accept the cheque of €15,600 he won in the Dr Crokes GAA lotto. Pat, who served in the top job in […]

THERE were three Tralee area properties sold at the BidX1 online auction last week, while the next one in two weeks time sees one house locally up for sale. A semi detached three bedroom house at 72 Rahoonane in Tralee has a reserve not to exceed €70,000. It extends to […]

A COMPANY has applied for planning for a new garden centre at Manor West. The application from Ashman Developments Ltd is for a development consisting of four retail warehouse units, a garden centre and 330 on-grade car parking spaces, including 7,222 sq. m. of retail space at ground floor and […]

KERRY’S architectural heritage will be the focus of the inaugural Architecture Kerry festival this weekend and Tralee venues will host events and tours of buildings. The event, which will showcase and celebrate the best of the county’s architectural heritage, will take place from Friday to Sunday and will feature talks, […]

Sport dominates the weekend and many in town will be torn between two venues. Elsewhere there’s architecture and a fun run… Friday 1. Discover architecture… There’s loads of events planned in Tralee for the weekend as part of the inaugural Architecture Kerry Festival. The event, which will showcase and celebrate […]

THE Kerry branch of the Samaritans are looking to recruit new volunteers and are holding an information night in Tralee on Friday, October 5 at 7.30pm. Back in July the local branch revealed that to that date in 2018, they have received 14,700 contacts. These contacts include telephone calls, SMS  […]

CREATIVE people in Kerry are being invited to enter a competition which could win them a trip to Barcelona and see their winning entry sold in shops all around the country. This October will see the One4all Design a Gift Card competition return, and the 2018 judging panel is on […]

A GROUP of parents from Tralee have set up a new youth club so that their young teenagers can socialise somewhere safe on Friday nights. The new club is the brainchild of Lisa Martin and Catriona Kennedy who found that their teenage girls wanted to go to discos, but were […]

A DOCUMENTARY made by Kerry filmmakers will broadcast next week on RTE ONE. ‘Living with Lyme Disease’, presented by Kerry native Brian Hurley and co-produced by James and David Pembroke from Currow will be broadcast on Thursday, October 4 at 10.15pm. The programme examines how a tiny tick bite can […]

THE finalists have been decided and now it’s time to get voting. The Connect Kerry Hospitality Awards will take place at a black-tie gala dinner event in less than two weeks time and the public voting is open for the 20 categories. Organised by Margaret Kissane Publisher and Editor of […]

HORAN’S Healthstores are delighted to announce that they will be holding their premiere Health & Wellness Fest on Saturday the 6th & Sunday the 7th of October at Manor West Hotel Tralee from 10am until 6pm each day. Horan’s Healthstores currently have 14 Health stores in the Munster region.  “Having […]

KERRY ETB Training Centre in Monvalley have launched a new evening course for people who want to learn how to best record, edit, shape and archive local stories. Led by RTE Radio 1’s Gráinne McPolin, this new practical skills evening course explores what makes a good story, how to approach the interview […]

THE ‘See Something, Say Something’ campaign, which was launched in July, has led to an increase of 10% in reports on anti-social behaviour incidents in Tralee, leading to an additional 11 arrests, 10 prosecutions and 2 house searches in the first eight weeks. The first set of figures has been released […]

HE’S been beardy for as long as most can remember, but in late November Billy Ryle will let it “go wild” and then shave it off for a great cause. In doing so, he’ll also remember a friend who passed away recently. Guidance counsellor Billy from The Spa is joining […]

THIS week Age & Opportunity’s Go for Life Programme teamed up with Sport Ireland and groups across the country to celebrate the 2018 European Week of Sport and Physical Activity,  which takes place across the country from September 22-30. The aim of EWOS is to promote sport and physical activity […]

OVER 150 descendants of the Culloty families of Currovough, Gurrane, Ballybeggan, Baltovin, Ballyroe, Ballymacelligott and Oakpark thronged into the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Sunday last for the first ever Gathering of this particular Kerry Culloty clan. The home families were boosted by the arrival of relatives from New Zealand, South […]

A LARGE crowd gathered last night at The Rose Hotel for Tralee Tidy Towns awards which honoured, businesses, estates and individuals for their efforts over the past year. Taking place just a day after hearing the news that Tralee had won its seventh Tidy Towns Gold Medal in a row, […]

THERE’S just over three weeks to the annual ADAPT Kerry Charity Shop Fashion Show but already there’s a huge amount of tickets sold. No surprise really, as the show sold out in advance last year and tickets are a snip at just €5! The clothes come from the show and […]

THE weather forecast is good, the trophies are polished and final preparations are in place for the annual CBS The Green 5k and 3k Fun Runs which take place this Sunday. The school will host the event for the fourth time and organisers Helen Kelliher and Karen Tobin, both teachers […]

THE Irish Bar of the Year awards for the South West regional took place last night and a Tralee man won a top prize. Garry O’Donnell from Baily’s Corner on Castle Street was voted ‘Pub personality of the year’ for the South West Region at the awards held in Bobby Byrne’s […]

THE new Kerry senior football manager will be put forward for ratification at the next meeting of the County Board on Monday, October 8. Meanwhile, the Irish Independent is reporting that Maurice Fitzgerald is the new front runner for the job, followed by Jack O’Connor and Peter Keane. The article […]

Results & Fixtures Fourball Series Rd 5 Sunday 23rd September 2018 1st Michael Leahy (6) Paudie Nolan (15) 46pts 2nd Eamon O’Sullivan (6) Pat O’Donnell (7) 46pts 3rd Richard Rafferty (9) Brian O’Leary (9) 46pts 34 Cards Entered 9 Hole Qualifier 1st Patrick McElligott Snr (20) 17pts Fixtures: Sat 29th […]

THE Warriors are ready. Are you? Monday night saw the Garvey’s Tralee Warriors gather at the Brandon Hotel for the launch of the new Men’s Superleague basketball season which gets underway this weekend. New players like Janis Dumbers and Jordan Evans were there as well as the rest of the […]

A FREE screening of a short film shot in Tralee back in February took place last Thursday at Tralee Omniplex. ‘Abbeyleaks’, produced by local actor/writer man Patrick McDonnell and directed by Philip Briggs, was attended by some of the actors and students from the Kerry ETB Digital Media Centre who worked […]

WELL-KNOWN beauty blogger Mary O’Donnell is up for an award this Thursday, but she needs public votes to win it. The Tralee woman who is familiar from her many TV appearances on RTE’s Today show, Radio Kerry’s ‘Beauty Spot’ and to her tens of thousands of followers on social media, […]