Articles by: Dermot Crean

GARDAI are looking for the public’s assistance in relation to two incidents which occurred close to Tralee Garda Station at the weekend. On Saturday night, between 11pm and 11.30pm, at the Island of Geese, the back fly window of a silver Ford Focus was broken and a packet of cigarettes […]

KERRY County Council’s Irish Office has announced details of a new awards scheme for businesses which are promoting and developing the use of the Irish language as part of their daily business. Gradam Gnó Chiarraí is open to all types of businesses in the county regardless of their size. There […]

KERRY Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has voiced his concern that 400 patients over the age of 75 were left waiting over 24 hours to be seen in University Hospital Kerry Emergency Department in 2017. The figures were supplied by the HSE after a request from Sinn Féin Health Spokesperson Deputy […]

PARENTS and guardians of school leavers are invited to an Information Evening Talk being held by Kerry College of Further Education, Clash, Tralee this Tuesday, March 6, commencing at 6.30pm. The talk was scheduled to take place last Thursday but was postponed due to the weather. The event is specifically […]

By Eamon Fitzgerald, GAA Game Development Officer ITT IT Tralee Ladies Football team will travel to Dublin this Friday to take part in the O’Connor Cup Finals weekend. IT Tralee will play in the Moynihan Cup semi-final against  Letterkenny IT on Friday at 3pm. This game will take place at the […]

HUNDREDS of people converged on Siamsa Tíre on Sunday for two performances from youngsters in the Kerry School of Music Dance Academy. Around 150 young dance enthusiasts took part in ‘Born To Dance’. The students had been rehearsing under the tutelage of Colette Maguire Jensen, who is celebrating 25 years this year […]

KERRY EXPO 2018 has been launched and the call has gone out for exhibitors for the event which was such an enormous success last year. Last year’s event attracted nearly 10,000 visitors and this year organisers are anticipating record attendance to the 2018 event which is scheduled for May 13th. […]

BOBBY Kerr and Norah Casey are urging the business community in Kerry to show their support for cancer patients by getting involved in Daffodil Day on March 23rd. Both have experienced cancer in their lives and Norah’s husband also tragically died from cancer. On Daffodil Day, proudly supported by Boots […]

KERRY start-ups are being encouraged to enter the National Startup Awards powered by Bank of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland, which were officially launched last week by Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation Heather Humphreys, TD. The competition recognises and rewards Irish startup’s for their success in business across 15 categories. […]

WELL the snow is gone (in Tralee anyway) and although it caused disruption to businesses and services in town, a lot of people had fun with it while it was here. We asked you to send in some photos and we posted many of them on Friday. Here’s our final […]

IT is often said “you don’t know what’s around the corner” and that is true for most things…most things with the exception of the breath. You see the breath is always available, as long as we are alive it is constantly at hand. In fact the first thing that a […]

THAT photo of St John’s Church was pretty spectacular yesterday, but Shane Turner’s drone did a whole lot more. In case you haven’t seen it already, here’s Shane’s footage of Tralee from the air on a cold Friday morning in Tralee…

WEDNESDAY saw the official handing over of the Cardiac Echo Scanner from Friends of University Hospital Kerry to the Cardiac Unit of the hospital. Over €70,000 was raised at the Annual Greyhound Meeting at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium in 2017. The scanner was bought and has been working since the […]

GAELSCOIL Mhic Easmainn is holding their Lá Oscailte/Open Day on Wednesday, March 7 between 11.00am-12.00noon and again between 6.30pm-7.30pm as part of their celebration of Seachtain na Gaeilge. Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn has Gaeilge as its working language while following the standard curriculum as laid out by the Department of Education […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, says ‘I, Tonya’ is a unique and darkly comedic re-telling of one of sport’s most sensational scandals… Based on true events, ‘I, Tonya’ is the darkly comedic tale of American figure skater, Tonya Harding, and one of the most sensational scandals in sports history. Although […]

A STATUS Orange weather warning is now in effect for Kerry until 6pm this evening. Freezing temperatures and further snowfall overnight means many routes will remain dangerous for driving over the course of the morning. While national primary routes were treated from 5am this morning by council crews, there will be […]

HERE’S something you don’t see very often. Bertie Brosnan sent us in this video of a guy skiing on the Short Mountain outside Tralee earlier today. It looks pretty cold up there but a lot of fun. It might not be the Alps but they were making the best of […]

MET Eireann has downgraded its snow-ice warning for Munster from Red to Orange from now until 9am tomorrow morning. Snow accumulations will continue to increase though, due to further falls of snow in the coming hours in the province. Much of today’s snow had thawed around Tralee by late afternoon, […]

YOU’VE been posting loads of pics to us via Facebook of having fun in the snow in Tralee and around the county. The Status Red alert is due to be lifted at 6pm but it’s still snowing as I type this in Tralee so be safe in the snow. Here’s […]

WITH the Status Red weather warning still in effect for Kerry and with further snowfall and freezing conditions anticipated this evening and tonight, the Kerry Local Coordination Group is appealing to members of the public not to travel for the rest of today. At this stage, national primary routes in the […]

A FUNDRAISING page has been set up for a Tralee family who lost their home in a fire at Fountain Court yesterday morning. Six houses were affected by the fire which it is thought was caused by an electrical fault. The house where the fire started was not occupied at […]

WELL the blizzards and wind didn’t materialise in Kerry but a lot of snow fell. You’ve been sending in your pics of what it looks like in your area and it apparently some of you have been busy making snowmen…  

DAN Horan has been unveiled as the Grand Marshal for the 2018 St Patrick’s Day Parade which will take a new route this year starting at The Rose Hotel and finishing on the stunning, new-look Mall on Saturday 17th March. He joined the Mayor of Tralee, Cllr Norma Foley to […]

TRALEE woke up to a blanket of snow this morning and you’ve been sending in your pics from around the county. The Kerry Local Emergency Coordination Group says there has been significant snowfall in the county, with high accumulations in isolated areas overnight. There are treacherous conditions across Kerry and […]

THE Status Red snow-ice warning for Munster and Leinster has been extended to 6pm on Friday by Met Eireann. They say there will be blizzard conditions tonight and during Friday in Leinster and Munster. Southern and eastern coastal counties are expected to receive exceptionally high accumulations, up to one metre […]

THE Kerry senior football and hurling Allianz league games have been postponed the GAA has announced. Kerry were due to play Dublin in Croke Park on Saturday night, while the hurlers were to be in action in Westmeath on Sunday. All Allianz Football and Hurling league fixtures scheduled for this […]

THE elaborate costumes, the excitement of dressing up and the giddiness of finding out the weather alert would ensure a four day weekend, created a fantastic atmosphere at Presentation Secondary School on Wednesday…and that was just among the teachers! Presentation Secondary School Tralee was celebrating their highly anticipated, high octane […]

SOME updates on reviewed opening times for businesses due to the Status Red Weather Alert. • Tralee Bay Wetlands and the Ballyseedy Wetlands Cafe will be closed today and Friday. They are hopeful that the centre, cafe and facilities will re-open for business as usual this Saturday. • The Aqua Dome […]

ST Patrick’s Day is only a little more than two weeks away and the deadline for entries for the highlight of the day in Tralee is almost upon us. The organisers are inviting local community groups and organisations, as well as clubs, schools and businesses to take part in the parade […]

LAST night at 11pm, Met Éireann extended its Status Red snow-ice warning for the whole of Ireland with immediate effect. The warning has also been extended until 3pm on Friday.  Heavy snow showers will bring accumulations of significant levels with all areas at risk. Blizzard conditions will develop from the […]