Articles by: Dermot Crean

NO bother to them. The new junior infants arrived at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Wednesday morning and they took to primary school like ducks to water. There were very few tears shed as the 51 pupils settled into the two classes under Olive Ní Ghearáin and Laura Ní Dhonghaile. “We […]

IT was a night when the community of Tralee came together to remember a much-loved Tralee man and the Palliative Care Unit at UHK was the big winner. Back on Friday, August 3, around 650 people hit the road for the Robert O’Dowd Memorial 5k/10k walk/run and the upshot of […]

KERRY County Council has today lodged the planning application for the South Kerry Greenway with An Bord Pleanála. The planning application is being made for the development of a greenway amenity measuring almost 32km between Glenbeigh and Reenard on the Iveragh Peninsula in south Kerry. Meanwhile, Tralee Municpal Council will […]

  The search is on for Kerry entries for Top Security’s Frank Maher Classical Music Awards for 2018 and, with a €5,000 top prize, they are Ireland’s largest classical music competition for secondary schools. The Awards are open to sixth year post-primary students of string, woodwind, brass and piano. The […]

IT’S been a morning of great excitement for children at some schools in the Tralee area as they welcomed new arrivals. While most schools will open again tomorrow, we called to a few this morning including Clogher, Scoil Nuachabháil and Tralee Educate Together. There were ten junior infants settling in […]

COUNCILLORS are to decide on approving proposals to build a new housing development on an area adjacent to Connolly Park and Stacks Villas. At the next Tralee Municipal District meeting on Monday afternoon, they will consider the Manager’s Report and Recommendation, in accordance with Section 179 (3) (a) of the Planning […]

THE Diocese of Kerry is taking up the challenge of plastic pollution for the ‘Season of Creation’ 2018 and with this in mind an event is taking place in the Town Park this Saturday. The season runs from  September 1st to October 4th a time when Christian Churches around the […]

SCHOOL leavers and adults considering a return to education are invited to an Information Session on Further Education Options Outside of CAO at Kerry College of Further Education (KCFE), Clash, Tralee tonight (Wednesday) commencing at 6.30pm sharp. The Information Session will highlight how career goals can be achieved through Level […]

BALLYMACELLIGOTT and Kilflynn Post Offices are among 12 rural offices that An Post has announced will close as part of An Post’s rationalisation plan. An Post today published the locations of 159 Post Offices nationally where the serving postmaster has opted to retire under an agreement between An Post and the […]

A KERRYMAN has been selected as a judge at the OMC World Hair Championships in Paris this year. Sean Taaffe, who has salons in Tralee, Killarney and Killorglin, has been successful himself in the competition in the past. “It’s a huge shock and honour to be asked to judge at […]

20th August Ballyroe Heights Hotel Open Golf classic 1st  Damien Griffin (15), Brendan Griffin (19), Daniel Griffin (8) & Sandra O’Sullivan(24).92 Points. 2nd Sean Corcoran (12), John Shier (17), Frank Dore (7) & Eoin Shier (13). 92 Points. 3rd Domo Lyne (10), Mike Halloran (13), Mary Savage (13) & Brid Halloran […]

A RANGE of events have been announced for Tralee venues for Culture Night which takes place on Friday, September 21, 2018. In Kerry the event is in its 14th year and the selection this year is “one of the best to date”, said Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Norma Foley […]

FIVE food and drink producers from around the county, have made a retail breakthrough this month by securing a space on SuperValu shelves through the Food Academy programme. Ollie Diggin, Ardfert Dairy; Paul Walker, Blair Farm Charcuterie; Nicola Lynch, The Little Juice Factory; Thomas Foley, Pyro desserts; and Orla Walsh, […]

TRALEE Rowing Club is inviting people to their Open Day for adults on Saturday, September 1, at the Canal in Tralee from 11.30am to 2.30pm. This is a great opportunity to try rowing, meet their coaches and adult rowers. The club will have rowing machines and boats available and no […]

A KERRY journalist and author is about to release her latest book, ‘Eat the Moon’. Killarney native Breda Joy has already published three books, ‘Brian Crowley: Against the Odds, A Biography’; ‘Hidden Kerry, The Keys to the Kingdom’  and ‘The Wit & Wisdom of Kerry’. Now she turns her attention to […]

By John Reidy Holstein Friesian Breeders Club held its annual herds competition awards night at Ó Riada’s Bar and Restaurant in Ballymacelligott recently. The competition is open to pedigree herds from all over Kerry and judging was carried out over a week during the summer by Limerick man, Michael Laffan […]

THOSE with an interest in getting back into education should pay a visit to Tralee VTOS at Clash on Wednesday, August 29, for an Open Information Morning, from 10am to 1pm, about the services they offer. The information morning gives details on the two year Leaving Cert course, QQI Level 3 General […]

GARDAI in Kilkenny are investigating after allegations of a racist verbal attack on the new Rose of Tralee, Kirsten Mate Maher. According to the RTE website, it is alleged Ms Maher and her boyfriend were abused by two male customers in a fast food takeaway on John Street, Kilkenny at […]

STRICTLY COME DANCING: Our thanks to Adrienne McLoughlin for the following Report; In what has become an annual event on the Tralee social calendar, Austin Stacks brought the 8th annual Strictly Come Dancing to the Festival Dome on Saturday 25th August.  The 14 couples, listed below, were put through their […]

Seniors: Saturday next 1st September sees us in first round action in the senior county championship when we take on North Kerry divisional side Feale Rangers in Listowel where throw in is @ 17.30. When we last met in 2016 we had six points to spare on a final score […]

Lotto Results 20/08/2018 Venue: Kielduff Community Centre Jackpot:€6,100 Numbers Drawn: 7, 11, 21, 27 NO WINNER Lucky Dips … 1. Joan Brennan Gortbrack 2. Sean Lyons c/o D. Lynch 3. Ruairi Rahilly Ballymac 4. Colin Groves Ballymac 5. Linda Butler Rathanny Seller: Online Next Weeks Jackpot: €6,200 Venue: Halfway Bar […]

Co. Junior Cups (Football) 2018 Pool A  for Molyneaux Cup – Round 1: John Mitchels   3-08  v   Rathmore. 2-04 John Mitchels now qualify for the next Round to be played next Friday August 31st (details to follow). DATES FOR THE DIARY: U8 & U10 Blitz – Saturday September 15th Lip […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 01, 06, 15 & 26. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Michelle Cahill c/o Kevin Quirke, Jackie Power Ballyroe, Myra Daly Blennerville, Ita Greaney Annagh and James Sayers Derrymore. Next week’s Lotto will […]

Na Gaeil Ladies    Na Gaeil V Corca Dhuibhne in Intermediate Championship Quarter Final. We played at home on Thursday evening to Corca Dhuibhne in a highly competitive encounter. We got off to a great start with a goal and a point from Megan O’Connor followed by a point from Meagan […]

Good Luck Minors in League Final: Our County League final against Ardfert is on Monday evening at 6.30pm in Abbeydorney.  Please come along and support this team as they finish the Parnells debut Minor season.  See Facebook for Action shots from our Minor Semi final defeat to Abbeydorney who went on […]

Get well: The club would like to wish our senior player, Shane Murphy, all the best in his upcoming cruciate surgery. Shane has been a loyal and committed player to our club for many years, regularly commuting from Cork for both training sessions and games twice weekly over the past […]

IF there’s any man who doesn’t know the meaning of retirement it’s Joe Moynihan. The Manor Village resident has been the driving force behind so many projects, from the Tidy Towns to being supervisor with the Ballymac Community Employment Scheme. Friday though saw him retire as supervisor of the CE […]

THE sun came out and so did the crowds as the traditions and skills of the past were celebrated at the newly refurbished Old Forge in Churchill. Spa/Fenit Community Council celebrated National Heritage week with a whole host of events on Saturday. The day of events included a farrier at work, […]

LIXNAW and Kilmoyley battled it out yesterday in the county senior hurling final and it was a tense affair. Deep into injury-time Kilmoyley were two points down but were awarded a penalty. However, the penalty was saved and the referee immediately blew his whistle for full-time before a Kilmoyley player […]

GARDAÍ in Tralee have arrested a man in his 20s and seized cannabis herb and controlled drugs worth approximately €500 on Sunday. At approximately 11pm, Gardaí on patrol stopped a man cycling in the Moyderwell area of Tralee. He was search and found in possession of cannabis herb and controlled […]