Articles by: Dermot Crean

Molyneaux Cup – Semi-Final: Kerins O’Rahillys 3-08   John Mitchels   4-11 We had a good win away to Kerins O’Rahillys in the Semi-final of the Molyneaux Cup last Friday evening. Details of the Final against Dr Crokes to follow. DATES FOR THE DIARY: U8 & U10 Blitz – Saturday September 15th […]

MinorCupKillahanSchool – Minor team and management visiting Killahan National School MinorsAbbeydorneySchool – Minor team and management visiting Abbeydorney National School. INTER-COUNTY : Well Done to Darragh O Connell, Jack Hannon and Peter Hinchliffe who represented Abbeydorney on the Kerry U14 team today in the Tony Forristal Tournament in Waterford recently. Kerry […]

Under 14 Kerry Camogie: How many Tralee players can you spot in the Under 14 Kerry Camogie squad who had a good day of Camogie Saturday in Tipp? See photo on Parnells Facebook.  In 5 games they defeated Waterford to get into a semi final vs Kildare. Their win over […]

All Ireland Minor Champions: A huge congratulations to Peter Keane and his minor panel on a wonderful victory over Galway. What a fantastic achievement for you all not to mention the 5-in-a-row. Enjoy your well-deserved celebrations. New Club Development: Our club is truly delighted with the response from our public […]

GARDAI in Tralee are investigating an incident where a young boy was injured when he was involved in a collision with a cyclist in the town centre last week. On Wednesday last, the boy aged between 8 and 10 years was with his parents in the Abbeycourt area at about […]

COUNCILLORS in the Tralee Municipal District have approved plans for the development of a ten-kilometre greenway between Tralee and Fenit. The project will see a continuation of an amenity trail on the outskirts of the town which was developed by Kerry County Council in 2016 and which links Casement Railway […]

GARDAI are appealing for information after the cabinet for the recently installed defibrillator on The Mall was vandalised on Saturday night/Sunday morning. Tralee First Responders put up photos of the damage on their facebook page on Sunday afternoon. The glass on the cabinet was broken, but the defibrillator itself was […]

SIAMSA Tíre’s artist-in-residence, Conor O’Grady will be giving a talk on his residency in Tralee and the work he has been undertaking over the last two months. The talk will take place on Thursday, September 6 next at 3pm in the Gallery at Siamsa Tíre and is open to the public and […]

FRIDAY saw great achievements in the sporting and academic spheres acknowledged at Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí. Abbeydorney won the minor hurling championship over a week ago now and the school has some students who played a part in the victory. Also Briain Mac Amhlaoibh, who completed his Leaving Cert this year at […]

THE 2018 Kerry County Council Cultural Archive Awards application process was launched by Cllr Norma Foley, Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council at the Local History and Archive Section of Kerry Library this week. Applications are invited for the development or preserving an archive with the intended cultural impact of preserving […]

AUSTIN Stacks and Kerins O’Rahillys both enjoyed wins in the first round of the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SFC last night, but St Brendan’s were well beaten by East Kerry. Kerins O’Rahillys travelled to Listowel to play Feale Rangers and came away 3-15 to 0-16 victors. The real damage was done […]

I CAME across a saying recently which I thought was very apt – it goes as follows. ‘Long ago there were smart people and dull phones, now we have smart phones and dull people.’ There is a certain truth in that saying that I believe is a little bit close […]

AS we reported earlier (click here if you missed it), there were hundreds of people at the Kerry College of Further Education (KCFE) Graduation Ceremony at the Brandon Conference Centre yesterday. Students were conferred with QQI awards – both nationally and internationally recognised — in the wide variety of courses […]

TWO days down, a couple of thousand more to go. Junior infants began their schooldays on Thursday and took no time at all to settle in at Caherleaheen and O’Brennan schools. There were happy faces all around when we called to take a few photos of the the new arrivals […]

ACADEMIC achievement and personal success was celebrated at the Kerry College of Further Education (KCFE) Graduation Ceremony at the Brandon Conference Centre, Tralee on Friday evening. An annual highlight in the college calendar — with over 800 in attendance including the graduates families and KCFE staff — the event marked […]

SOMEONE who bought their ticket in Kerry is today celebrating a massive €500,000 EuroMillions Plus win from last night’s draw. And the owners of the Spar shop in Caherciveen which sold the winning ticket proved it has the Midas touch as they sold a Lotto ticket that shared a mega […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: My partner and I are planning to get married abroad next year. What do we need to do? Answer: You should contact the civil registration office in the country in […]

John McCann says ‘BlackKklansman’ is a powerful feature from veteran director that may well be one of 2018’s finest features… After enjoying the exploits of Denzel Washington last week in ‘Equalizer 2’ this week, it was the turn of Washington Jnr, John David Washington and Adam Driver in Spike Lee’s […]

KERRY minors are attempting the unprecedented this Sunday in Croke Park as they look for their fifth All-Ireland title in a row. The eyes of the whole county will be on the young footballers on Sunday at 1.15pm on TG4 while there will be a couple of thousand lucky tickets […]

THEY had all settled down at Listellick NS by the time we visited the new arrivals on Friday. Ms Ríona Ruane will certainly be kept busy with 30 new pupils in her junior infants class at the school on the hill. “We had no tears yesterday and we have a […]

THIS month has been the worst August on record for overcrowding at University Hospital Kerry, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisations (INMO) has revealed today. The INMO’s monthly Trolley Watch analysis shows that 300 admitted patients were forced to wait on chairs or trolleys in August 2018 at UHK – an […]

  LAST year they lifted the roof off the INEC Killarney with two sell out shows and now 2FM Live with Jenny Greene and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra are returning to the INEC Killarney on Friday 7 December to do it all over again. The collaboration has sold out shows all over the […]

JUNIOR Infants familiarising themselves with their surroundings on Thursday as they began their education at schools around town. At Moyderwell Mercy there were 52 children in the two classes getting to know each other and their teachers, Ms Sarah Daly and Ms Ciara O’Sullivan. There were a few anxious little […]

THE largest primary school in Tralee saw dozens of new arrivals on Thursday as junior infants began their educational journey. The parents were more nervous than the little ones, as over sixty children settled into the three classes at Scoil Eoin in Balloonagh. The children weren’t long settling in once […]

THERE is to be a candlelight vigil held next month, with those who have been affected by suicide encouraged to come down to Pearse Park to remember those  they have lost. The event will take place on World Suicide Day, September 10 at 8.30pm in the with members of the […]

A TRALEE woman, who cares for her mother who was diagnosed with dementia in 2014, says an information service coming to town next week is a great point of contact for carers of alzheimer’s and dementia patients in Tralee and surrounding areas. The Alzheimer’s Society of Ireland’s Mobile Information service, […]

DO you know a bartender, hotel receptionist, publican, chef or many others in the Kerry hospitality industry who deserves an award? Well, the inaugural Connect Kerry Hospitality Awards will take place at a Black Tie Gala Ceremony on Tuesday, October 9 at Ballygarry House Hotel and they are looking for […]

LOCAL Link Kerry (LLK) have enhanced the Route 283 Bus timetable to include a stop in Denny Street for those wishing to go down town for work, shopping or for the students attending the Kerry College for Further Education campus that is opening in Denny Street. The revised timetable also […]

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 […]