Articles by: Dermot Crean

CAMPA PEILE: Our club football camp will take place in Connolly Park from August 7th to August 11th(Tuesday to Saturday) from 9.30pm to 1pm. Costas: €40 per player agus €60 per family. Registration can be done on the first morning. Never venture, never win! FAOI 6: (i) Football on Sunday […]

WHAT happens when you fuse a traditional Irish musician from Belfast with American funk and jazz musicians? You get The Olllam and a sound the band themselves describe as “neo-acoustic Celtic post-rock”. Kerry music fans will be able to hear what that sounds like this Friday, July 27, as The […]

OVER half of Kerry motorists have reported an increase in car running cost in the last year with insurance premiums and fuel costs the key issues the county’s car owners. This is  according to the latest Motoring Report from car buying experts Carzone where it was also revealed having the the […]

GARDAI are investigating a public order incident that occurred at approximately 11:15pm on Monday night in Listowel. Whilst on patrol, Gardaí witnessed five men involved in an incident on Church Street. Four of the men involved, with ages ranging from late teens to early 20s, were arrested under the public […]

THERE was a great crowd up at O’Dowd Park in Clahane on Friday evening as Tralee RFC hosted the final night of their Summer Tag Rugby Tournament. The tournament has been running for the past six weeks and it was a great way to get active and play rugby in […]

THERE was music, dancing and delicious food at Tralee Community Nursing Unit on Friday evening for their inaugural summer barbecue. The residents in the unit had their families present for the party where Stevie Donegan supplied the music and staff and volunteers helped create a wonderful atmosphere over the course […]

Seniors: We travel to Beaufort on Sat night next, 28th July for our penultimate game in this years league. We currently lie 2nd in the table, 4 points adrift of pacesetters Dr Crokes but crucially, 2 ahead of An Ghaeltacht in 3rd place- a place in this year’s final is […]

Lotto Results 16/07/2018 Venue: Ballygarry House Hotel Jackpot: €5,600 Numbers Drawn : 16, 17, 25, 26 No Winner Lucky dip winners … 1. Denis Reidy c/o Una ..o riadas bar 2. Patricia Hill c/o M Leen 3. Mossy Leen Chutehall 4. Sean Horan Ballymac 5. Morgan McElligott c/o D.Lynch Seller […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: The penultimate round of the Co. League goes ahead at the weekend. We make the short trip up the road to Killeen to play Na Gaeil in what will be an historic occasion from a Co. League point of view. Yes, it will be our first ever meeting […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 05, 09, 20 & 22. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Josie Brown c/o Tony Casey, Angela Tagney Lixnaw, Martina Griffin Cahill’s Park, Phyllis O’Herlihy Ballyvelly and Jim Murphy Derrymore West. Next week’s […]

Congratulations to Eoghan O’Brien and Cillian Fitzgerald, who were part of the Kerry Junior squad that won the All Ireland Title last weekend beating Galway in the final. All the hard work and dedication has paid off and you have done your club proud. Senior: Following on from our league […]

Seniors    Na Gaeil play Austin Stacks in Round 10 of the Senior Football League  on Saturday evening next July 28th at 7pm in Killeen. U14    Na Gaeil U14’s played Austin Stacks on Sunday 15th July in the Central Region Division 1. The lads played with great determination and skill. They […]

CONGRATULATIONS: Congratulations to Sean Moloney, Senior player who won an All Ireland Junior medal with Kerry last Saturday. Co League 2018 – Round 10  – Spa Killarney v John Mitchels July 28th @ 7.00 p.m. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SENIOR MEN Round 11 John Mitchels v Glenbeigh/Glencar August 12th tbc 1st […]

  CÚL CAMPS : Hurling Cúl Camp takes place this week in Abbeydorney. It caters for all primary school children, boys and girls between 6 and 13 years of age. Monday’s to Friday’s, 10.00a.m. – 2.30p.m. daily. Further details at www.kelloggsculcamps.gaa.ie. BATTLE OF THE PARISH 2 : takes place on Sunday, 28th October in […]

Under 16/17 Camogie 7s: We had 4 tough matches in hot conditions at the U15/17 Munster Club 7’s finals in LK Sunday. Huge workrate and positive teamwork all over the field lead to some lovely scores (and almost scores!). Congratulations to Rachael on a brave debut after starting camogie in […]

Months Mind: On Wednesday July 25th, there will be a mass in Firies Church at 7.30 p.m. to mark the month’s mind of our former senior player and club man Mike Dennehy. RIP. Under 6/8 blitz: A great day of football and fun was had at our local field on Sunday […]

‘OKTOBERFEST’ is coming to the Rose Of Tralee Festival Dome with Oompah Brass Bands, biers, bratwursts and banter on Saturday, August 18 from 7.30pm to 2am. It will bring the best of German traditions and culture to the Festival and the organisers are hoping people dress up in Oktoberfest outfits and […]

GARDAI in Tralee are appealing to the public for assistance after an incident of criminal damage. Between Friday, July 13 and Monday, July 16 a man returned to his home in the Moyderwell area to discover the front door to the apartment block was kicked in. There was extensive damage […]

A CASTLEISLAND business has shared CCTV footage of two thieves who stole charity boxes from their premises back in June. The footage, taken on cameras outside and inside DenJoe’s Family Restaurant on Church Street, Castleisland, shows the two thieves breaking into the restaurant via a window and then running inside […]

FENIT RNLI responded to two callouts in the past week where on one occasion a vessel had to be towed to safety. On Tuesday evening, July 17, Fenit RNLI lifeboat responded to a call for assistance at Sauce Creek located between Brandon and Ballydavid. The all weather lifeboat was launched […]

AND so we go to Killarney in two weeks time with Kerry’s chances of a semi-final place hanging by a thread. They were looking down and out in Clones yesterday until the 19 year old maestro from Fossa rescued our championship hopes…for the time being. Kerry v Kildare and Galway […]

Kerry Under 21 Hurlers defeated Sligo to reach the final of Bord Gais Energy Under 21 B All Ireland Hurling against Derry in two weeks time. Mike O’Halloran was there… Kerry 4-26 Sligo 0-08 The scoreboard read 4.25 but the referee confirmed the score as 4-26. A comprehensive victory for the […]

THOUSANDS of euro was raised on Saturday as about 100 walkers took the road out west for the Jamie Wrenn/Mike Deane Memorial walk in aid of the Recovery Haven cancer support facility. This year’s event was the last after seven years of walks with have raised in excess of €95,000 for a […]

A LIVERPOOL FC legend won’t be walking alone when he joins friends and family of the late Robert O’Dowd at a special event during the August Bank Holiday weekend Alan Kennedy, who scored the goal to win the 1981 European Cup final for Liverpool against Real Madrid, will fly over […]

I USE the title above to describe a situation where two words basically mean the same thing. I suppose I want to also highlight how we can involve ourselves in getting too caught up in the pedantics of something as trivial as pronounciation. What a waste of energy.  My mother […]

FRIDAY night was for fashion lovers at Ballyroe Heights Hotel as Don O’Neill held a Gala Dinner in aid of Recovery Haven cancer support facility. It was an amazing night of great food, wonderful style and lots of fun for the 380 guests. We brought you some photos of the […]

TED Moynihan would have been so proud. The granddaughter of the man who did so much to bring the palliative care unit at UHK to fruition was at the unit on Saturday to present the proceeds of a fundraiser to Kerry Hospice. Bláthnaid Buckley from Killorglin ran the Women’s Mini-Marathon […]

IT was a night of fine food, fun and fabulous fashion at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Friday night for the Don O’Neill Gala Dinner in aid of Recovery Haven. Renowned fashion designer Don and his husband Pascal Guillermie welcomed over 380 guests for the lavish dinner with a special […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I am a pensioner living alone. I used to get an allowance towards my telephone bill, but it stopped a few years ago. I heard it might be coming […]

John McCann says ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ was looking good until a farcical final act…  As one of my favourite films of 2015, ‘Sicario’ was a feature that simply had it all, a dark, yet tense plot, explosive action scenes, a formidable cast and most importantly a brilliant director […]