Articles by: Dermot Crean

Statistics Show 50 Kerry Women Travelled To England And Wales For Abortions In 2017

Statistics Show 50 Kerry Women Travelled To England And Wales For Abortions In 2017

June 9, 2018 at 11:16 am 1 comment

KERRY for Choice is calling for legislation to be pushed through sooner rather than later after the latest figures for Kerry women travelling to the UK for abortions were published this week. Statistics from the UK Department of Health show that 50 women from Kerry travelled to have an abortion […]

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Know Your Rights: Summer Employment For Young Workers

Know Your Rights: Summer Employment For Young Workers

June 9, 2018 at 11:15 am Comments are Disabled

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I am 17 years old and I have just finished school. I would like to get a part-time job over the summer. Are there restrictions on the number of […]

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McCann At The Movies:  ‘Jurassic World’ Will Thrill Blockbuster Fans

McCann At The Movies: ‘Jurassic World’ Will Thrill Blockbuster Fans

June 9, 2018 at 11:11 am Comments are Disabled

John McCann says ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom’ is a non-stop visual rollercoaster that will thrill big budget blockbuster fans… Following on from the highly successful 2015 reboot Jurassic World comes the highly anticipated sequel Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. With Colin Trevorrow and Derek Connolly again on writing duties and the return of the […]

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Tralee Man Prepares For Euro Transplant And Dialysis Championships

Tralee Man Prepares For Euro Transplant And Dialysis Championships

June 8, 2018 at 5:52 pm Comments are Disabled

KIDNEY transplant recipient Stephen Byrne from Tralee will travel to Cagliari, Sardinia with 23 other members of Transplant Team Ireland next week to represent Ireland at the 10th European Transplant & Dialysis Sports Championships which will take place from 17th – 24th June. Stephen will be joined on the team […]

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PHOTOS: Exploring Different Cultures At Special Week In Holy Family NS

PHOTOS: Exploring Different Cultures At Special Week In Holy Family NS

June 8, 2018 at 5:20 pm Comments are Disabled

AN explosion of colour, great music and tasty food was on show at Holy Family this week for Culture Week at the school. The school boasts children from 19 different countries so there was so much to learn for both pupils and staff. “It’s really for pupils to learn more […]

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Rose of Tralee, Jennifer Byrne, in the Town Park. Photo by Dermot Crean

Rose Of Tralee Calls For Volunteers To Join Festival Team

June 8, 2018 at 3:00 pm Comments are Disabled

VOLUNTEERS are being sought to help co-ordinate and marshal the multitude of events planned for this year’s Rose of Tralee International Festival from 17th to 21st August. The Rose of Tralee, Dr Jennifer Byrne, travelled to Tralee to personally thank the current volunteer panel for their role in staging such […]

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Kieran Donaghy in possession. Photo by Dermot Crean

Tickets Details For Cork v Kerry Munster Final

June 8, 2018 at 2:49 pm Comments are Disabled

IT’S a familiar pairing but there’s a lot of novelty about the Munster football final in a couple of weeks. First of all, Cork will play Kerry in the Munster Football showpiece on a Saturday night (June 23) at 7pm. Add in the fact that it’ll be the Kerry seniors […]

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Art Group And Baile Mhuire Combine For Wonderful New Art Exhibition

Art Group And Baile Mhuire Combine For Wonderful New Art Exhibition

June 8, 2018 at 12:50 pm Comments are Disabled

OVER the last number of months, Tralee Art Group has been working with clients and staff of Baile Mhuire in an exciting, innovative approach and the result is a new exhibition, “A Sense of Baile Mhuire” opening at 2.30pm on Thursday, June 14 at the day care centre. Conversations with […]

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IT Tralee Adds To Springboard+ Programme With Six New Courses

IT Tralee Adds To Springboard+ Programme With Six New Courses

June 8, 2018 at 12:31 pm Comments are Disabled

THE Institute of Technology Tralee has secured over €1.2 million in funding and 346 places under the Government’s Springboard+ initiative for the academic year 2018/2019. In total 13 courses are offered by IT Tralee through its Life Long Learning Department, as part of its Springboard+ offering, with 11 of these programmes starting […]

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A Run In A Beautiful Part Of North Kerry

A Run In A Beautiful Part Of North Kerry

June 8, 2018 at 10:20 am Comments are Disabled

THE running events keep on coming this summer and there’s a very enticing one on the horizon. There is just over a week left until the 2018 Half on the Head (Kerryhead Half Marathon and 10k run) which takes place on Saturday, June 16. There are very limited places left […]

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Moyderwell Mercy pupils getting ready to take part in the 'Walk A Mile With A Smile' for 'Be Active Week'. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: Moyderwell Pupils ‘Walk A Mile With A Smile’ For ‘Be Active Week’

June 8, 2018 at 10:06 am Comments are Disabled

PUPILS are Moyderwell Mercy Primary School were lucky with the weather over the past few days as they enjoyed exercises for ‘Be Active Week’. One of the highlights of the week was the ‘Walk A Mile With A Smile’ on Thursday where the whole school walked from the school, over […]

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Tom Sheehy who undertakes fundraisers for Enable Ireland, accepts the cheque from sixth class pupils who gave up some of their confirmation money for the charity. Also included is Ms Buckley, Principal Peter Linehan and  Sharon Scanlon from Enable Ireland. Photo by Dermot Crean

Spa NS Pupils Donate Part Of Their Confirmation Cash To Enable Ireland

June 7, 2018 at 4:48 pm Comments are Disabled

THE kind-hearted pupils of sixth class in Spa National School have put their hands in their pockets to help out a charity. The beautiful backdrop of Tralee bay provided the setting for a cheque presentation to Enable Ireland as Principal, Peter Linehan, explains. “They offer up part of their confirmation […]

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Homecoming Party In Abbeydorney To Welcome Back Blue Jean Country Queen Alison

Homecoming Party In Abbeydorney To Welcome Back Blue Jean Country Queen Alison

June 7, 2018 at 4:17 pm Comments are Disabled

THERE’LL be a big homecoming in the sportsfield complex in Abbeydorney on Friday night at 9pm to welcome home Kerry’s first ever Blue Jean Country Queen. Alison O’Connor (27) from Causeway Macra won the title at the Festival in Athboy Co. Meath at the weekend becoming the first representative from Kerry Macra na Feirme […]

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Margaret Kissane of Connect Kerry with Moyderwell Mercy Primary  pupils at the presentation of the tablets on Thursday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Connect Kerry Funds 15 New Tablets For Moyderwell School

June 7, 2018 at 2:35 pm Comments are Disabled

THE pupils at Moyderwell Mercy Primary School will have new technology to learn with thanks  to a local businesswoman. Margaret Kissane of Connect Kerry ran a number of events in the past year and she nominated Moyderwell Mercy to benefit from the proceeds from the raffles held. “Last year we […]

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ViClarity CEO Ogie Sheehy.

Tralee Company Expands To Open Boston Office

June 7, 2018 at 12:36 pm Comments are Disabled

TRALEE-BASED company, ViClarity, is expanding to open a new office in Boston. The company that provide Risk & Regulatory Compliance software in the healthcare and financial services sectors was founded by John “Ogie” Sheehy in 2008. The intention is to establish a team of sales, pre-sales, customer support, account management and […]

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Family Fun, Great Prizes And Meet The Kerry Players At ‘Night Of Champions’

Family Fun, Great Prizes And Meet The Kerry Players At ‘Night Of Champions’

June 7, 2018 at 12:14 pm Comments are Disabled

THE annual Kerry GAA Night of Champions takes place again on this Friday night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium with racing , fashion, family entertainment, prizes and some familiar faces to meet. The “Kerry GAA Supporters Club” Race of Champions, with €15,000 to the winner and an overall Prize fund […]

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WATCH: Junior Infants Need Views In RSA Safe Cross Code Competition

WATCH: Junior Infants Need Views In RSA Safe Cross Code Competition

June 7, 2018 at 12:13 pm Comments are Disabled

THEY’RE mad for making videos for competitions over in Ardfert NS. Yesterday, we told you about their anti-smoking campaign video, but this time they want to raise awareness of road safety. The Junior Infants have been shortlisted to the last five in the country with their RSA Safe Cross Code […]

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Public Donating Thousands After Kerry Teenager Receives Burns In Crash

Public Donating Thousands After Kerry Teenager Receives Burns In Crash

June 6, 2018 at 6:31 pm Comments are Disabled

A TEENAGER from Tarbert received serious burns to her hands when the car she was travelling in with her father burst into flames during a rally event on Sunday and now the public is coming to her aid. Eighteen-year-old Megan Costello was the co-driver for her father Jason, who is […]

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Brassil Says Govt Is Failing Children With Disabilities

Brassil Says Govt Is Failing Children With Disabilities

June 6, 2018 at 3:53 pm Comments are Disabled

KERRY’S Fianna Fáil Deputy, John Brassil says the Government is continuing to fail Kerry children with disabilities after it emerged  that 50% of all long waiters for assessments are in Kerry and Cork alone. “At what point is Minister Finian McGrath going to fulfil his role as Disabilities’ Minister and deal […]

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Austin Stacks GAA Juvenile News

June 6, 2018 at 2:53 pm Comments are Disabled

UNDER 6/8/10: (i) Our youngsters had a great morning’s football last Sunday in Killorglin. We thank our hosts for their hospitality. Thanks to all involved, especially to our ever-willing drivers. (ii) The Thursday night football sessions for the Under 6/8/10 groups continue this week…7ú Meitheamh. (a) Peil Faoi 6 ag […]

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Tralee Golf Club News

Tralee Golf Club News

June 6, 2018 at 2:44 pm Comments are Disabled

Kevin McCarthy’s Captains Prize Jun 02nd/3rd 2018 1st Sean O’Loughlin (12) 41pts 2nd Padraig Tobin (16) 3rd Ger Gatt Carey (21) 40pts Best Gross Darren O’Sullivan (1) 37pts 4th Rory Doyle (11) 40pts 5th Tomas Eoin Dowling (13) 39pts 6th Peter O’Driscoll (14) 39pts 7th Maurice Mulcaire (13) 39pts Category […]

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A Midsummer Girls Night Out Planned At Meadowlands Hotel

A Midsummer Girls Night Out Planned At Meadowlands Hotel

June 6, 2018 at 12:46 pm Comments are Disabled

HERE’S something for the ladies. Connect Kerry is planning a ‘Cocktails And Canapes’ night out on Friday, June 22 at the Meadowlands Hotel which is sure to attract lovers of beauty, fashion and fun times. There’s cocktails on arrival at 7.30pm and canapés and wine while enjoying an evening with […]

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The CBS The Green Class of 1968 Reunite on Friday at the school. Also included is teacher at the time Tom Baker, Brother Whelan, current Principal Anne O'Callaghan and Deputy Principal Robert O'Flaherty. Photo by Dermot Crean

PHOTOS: A Reunion Of CBS The Green’s Class Of 1968

June 6, 2018 at 11:52 am Comments are Disabled

STORIES were told, old friendships renewed and deceased classmates remembered as the CBS The Green Class of 1968 met up again on Friday 50 years after leaving the school. There were 27 former students — out of the 60 who made up the two Leaving Cert classes of 1968 — […]

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WATCH: Ardfert Pupils Look For Views In Anti-Smoking Video Competition

WATCH: Ardfert Pupils Look For Views In Anti-Smoking Video Competition

June 6, 2018 at 10:58 am Comments are Disabled

ARDFERT Youth Club has entered a short film competition as part of the Irish Cancer Society’s X-HALE Youth Awards 2018 which aims to prevent young people from smoking. To win they need the most views of their film on YouTube. In the video, when two girls buy cigarettes off an […]

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PHOTOS: Tralee Athletes In The Medals At National Schools Championships

PHOTOS: Tralee Athletes In The Medals At National Schools Championships

June 6, 2018 at 10:51 am Comments are Disabled

TRALEE schools athletes came home with medals from the Irish Life Health/Irish Schools Track and Field Championships 2018 held in Tullamore on Saturday. Niamh O’Mahony of Presentation Tralee brought home gold in the 3000m with Mercy Mounthawk winning the Intermediate 4 x 100m Relay in a record time. Other gold medallists […]

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Cash And Jewellery Stolen From House In Ballyard

Cash And Jewellery Stolen From House In Ballyard

June 5, 2018 at 3:35 pm Comments are Disabled

GARDAI are appealing for the public’s help after a burglary at a house in Ballyard at the weekend. The incident occurred on Sunday, June 3, between 10.15pm and 1am on Monday, June 4. A homeowner in Beenoskee, Ballyard, returned home to find the back window had been smashed and a […]

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Ballymacelligott GAA Club News

June 5, 2018 at 3:04 pm Comments are Disabled

Senior Fixtures Ballymac will take on Na Gael next Sunday 10th of June at 2pm at Na Gael in Round 6 of The Senior County league. We welcome all support as our team advance in the Div 2 League. Lotto Results 28/05/2018 Venue: Kielduff Community Centre Jackpot: €4,900 Numbers Drawn: […]

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St Pats GAA Club News

June 5, 2018 at 3:00 pm Comments are Disabled

Lotto Our lotto was held on Monday night, June 4th in O’Dwyer’s Bar due to the Dingle Way Challenge, which took place the day before. Please check our FaceBook page for this week’s winning numbers. Lotto Entries May we remind any of our supporters who subscribe to the Club Lotto […]

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Na Gaeil GAA Club News

Na Gaeil GAA Club News

June 5, 2018 at 2:56 pm Comments are Disabled

Junior League    Na Gaeil play Castlegregory, away, in Round 3 of the Junior League on Friday June 8that 7.30pm. Exams    We wish all our Junior and Leaving Cert students the very best of luck in their upcoming exams and hope that all goes well for them. Under 8: Very […]

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Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club News

June 5, 2018 at 2:46 pm Comments are Disabled

Seniors: No activity this weekend with the first round of the Munster senior championship; our next fixture will see us travel to Lewis Road on Sat night 9th June to take on Dr Crokes who lie second in the table on 9 points with ourselves in 3rd position on 7 […]

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