Articles by: Dermot Crean

STUDENTS from the Institute of Technology Tralee travelled to Dublin to represent the Institute’s Hotel, Culinary Arts and Tourism Department at the Chef Ireland Culinary Competitions and brought home four bronze medals. The national competition, organised by the Panel of Chefs of Ireland and endorsed by the World Association of Chefs Societies, […]

KERRY Group in partnership with NEWKD presented a Community Vibrancy Recognition Programme Award to the Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre in Balloonagh on Tuesday. The award recognises their valuable contribution to the community vibrancy of the Tralee area, the social supports in the provision of day care services for older people and Community, […]

AN Alliance of Tralee businesses, town centre traders , legal practitioners and public representatives will be writing to Minister for Justice and the Courts Service outlining a joint position that court hearings should remain in the Courthouse on Ashe Street . Members of the various interests met on Tuesday afternoon […]

AFTER months of rehearsals, success at county and provincial level, a group of youngsters from the Na Gaeil club will bid for All-Ireland glory this weekend. On this Friday evening, a coach full of young people, their mentors, families and friends will set off for Knockarea, Sligo for the All-Ireland […]

By Donie Jack Griffin A great day for Kerry boxing was had by all at the Kerry Countuy Championships at Tralee Boxing Club on Sunday last as its a long time since we have had so many entries and its good to see so many young lads taking up the […]

ACADAMH na nÓG: Mighty U6 and U8 football last Sunday morning!Very promising  players with talent to burn! And our 2018 football activity is in good hands! The Sunday  morning groupings will continue as follows: (i) Under 6 Boys (born 2012/13) at 11am at the Mounthawk Gym. William Kirby, Keith McKensie, Johnathon Magnier, […]

St. Brendan’s Park Fc Club Notes Club fixtures Weekending 18/2/18Wednesday 15/2/18 St Brendans Park v Listowel Celtic 5pm Venue Mounthawk Park All-Weathe U12 Kerry Cup Inter kenmare B v St Brendan’s Park Fc U12A 12pm St Brendan’s Park Fc  U12C v Killorglin B 10.30am U14 SFAI Cup St Brendan’s Park Fc […]

Training continues at the following timesGIRLS Senior Academy U10s Monday 6-7pm, Mounthawk and Thursday 5-6pm, Balloonagh ***Monday 18th Sept in Balloonagh*** U11s Tuesday 6-7pm, Balloonagh and Saturday 10-11.15 am, Cumann Iosaef U12s Team 1 Wednesday 6-7pm, Mounthawk and Friday 5.45-7.15pm, Mounthawk U12s Team 2 Wednesday 6-7.30pm, John Mitchells U14s Team 1 Monday 7-8pm, Balloonagh and Wednesday 7-8.30pm, Presentation U14s Team 2 Tuesday 8-9pm, Balloonagh and Friday 7-8.30pm, Presentation U16 Girls Wednesday 7-8pm, Mounthawk and Friday 7.15-8.30pm, Friday BOYS Senior […]

By Alan Cantwell It was another fantastic weekend of KABB Finals in Pres Gym Killarney and St. Brendan’s added to the Boys Academy Cup win last week with three more titles for this season’s collection. Firstly the Boys U16 Div 3 side won the Plate competition with a 39-32 win […]

THIS Sunday is exactly 50 years to the date Tralee Credit Union first opened its doors to members an the Union is marking it that day with a celebration at St John’s Church. On Sunday, February 18, 1968 at the T.C.L.S. Building in Day Place, Tralee, beside the Dominican Church, […]

By Junior Griffin THE second phase of the County Kerry Badminton  singles County  Championships programme , again sponsored by CPC.IE, Ltd,  took place at the Killarney Sports Centre on Friday night last and which catered for divisions 2 &4 in both ladies and mens singles. The entries received in both […]

STOBART Air will aim to increase passengers on its Kerry-Dublin route by up to 50 percent as it signed a new PSO contract for the flights to and from the capital, which will see the company use a bigger aircraft. The airline, which has operated the route since 2015, will […]

A NEW steering group has been established by Kerry County Council to help to foster and promote film and the film industry in the county. Led by Kerry County Council and chaired by council chief executive, Moira Murrell, the group brings together many agencies as well as experts from across […]

A TRALEE man will have a chance to win thousands of euro next week on a television show. As usual, there were five people drawn out of the drum on the National Lottery’s Winning Streak on RTE1 on Saturday night to appear on next week’s show and one of them […]

IT’S a disease which has been in the news quite a bit over the past few years and now girls from Presentation Tralee have decided to do a project on it. A group of Transition Years at the school are currently working on a project to create more awareness around […]

IT’S been quite a year of celebrations for Austin Stacks GAA over the past 12 months. The Rock club marked their 100th anniversary in 2017 with a series of events throughout the year, right up to a couple of weeks ago when a sign was unveiled at Urban Terrace welcoming […]

KERRY County Council is to make a decision on a planning application for the construction of a new bar, restaurant and guesthouse in the town centre later this month. Roscar Properties Ltd want to build the new premises at the site of Sol Travel, the old Bridge Inn) and Minstrels […]

  Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 08, 12, 27 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Jim Moriarty Curraheen, Pa Donnelly c/o Betty’s Bar, Dave Curtin Brosna, Bridget Boyle Derrymore and Pat McMahon Spa Road. Next week’s […]

Senior: Churchill have been drawn in Division 5 Group A for 2018. Their fixtures for the first group stage are as follows. 11 March Valentia (Home), 25 March Kerins O’Rahillys (Away), 1 April Kilgarvan (Home), 13 May Knocknagoshel (Away), 27 May Stacks (Home), 10 June Scartaglin (Away), 17th June Asdee (Away). […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 1-12; Kerins O’Rahillys  0-9. Our Seniors made it three wins out of three in this 3rd round of the Town League played at a wintry Connolly Park on yesterday afternoon (11th Feb). It snowed for the first ten minutes of the game and for the last ten minutes […]

Juvenile: Our juvenile season is now well and truly up and running with all teams back doing light training and games. Watch these notes for reports etc. and make sure that mentors/coaches have all parents’/guardians’ phone numbers for texts to keep families informed of times and venues etc.. We hope […]

SENIOR CLUB AWARDS NIGHT : A very successful Senior Club Awards night took place on Saturday, Feb 3rd in The Clubhouse. Paudie Dineen, Co. Board Hurling Officer presented the Minor team with their Co. League Div 1B winning medals. The following awards were presented on the night : Minor Player of the […]

GARDAI are asking the public for information into their investigations into a case of criminal damage to a car on Edward Street and cases of theft of home heating oil. Gardaí say an incident took place around 5pm on Saturday, February 3 or 5pm on Sunday, February 4 on Edward […]

GARDAI in Tralee are holding a ‘Day Of Action’ in Tralee on Tuesday where there will be more interaction with the public. From 7am they will be focussing on increased garda visibility, to obstruct the movement of criminals, increase the execution of warrants and to increase interaction with the general […]

MET Éireann have issued a Status Yellow weather advisory for all of Ireland from tonight until Tuesday morning as we’re in for more bad weather. A spell of wet and windy weather, with thundery downpours, will sweep eastwards over the country during Monday evening and night. Gusts between 90 and […]

PRESENTATION Primary School, Tralee will hold an Open Morning this Wednesday, February 14, to showcase  all the school has to offer. Located in the heart of Tralee, Presentation Primary School has a long tradition of delivering an outstanding education to pupils in their care. Working in partnership with parents/guardians, they […]

BRAVE young teenager, Tina McElligott, from Kilflynn, has passed away after a battle with a rare illness. The 17-year-old suffered life threatening seizures as a result of Alpers syndrome and suffered a serious setback on Friday. She passed away peacefully yesterday at home  in the arms of her mom and […]

AFTER almost 40 years in the teaching profession, Austin Ó Seachnasaigh retired from his post as Principal of Gaelcholáiste Chiarraí last September. The Parents Council at the school decided that this would not go unnoticed so there was a large gathering in the Meadowlands Hotel on Friday night to honour […]

TOURISM is worth €410m to Killarney annually according to a report to be launched this morning. Commissioned by Killarney Chamber of Commerce, the report shows the incredible importance of the industry to Ireland’s premier tourist town. It also shows 3,000 people are directly employed in the industry in Killarney and […]

Seniors: Round 3 of the Coiste Trá Lí league saw us in Connolly Park for a 12.30 start against local rivals Austin Stacks. The winter like conditions from the off,  with wind and driving snow showers militated against good football but with the elements at their backs Stacks took control […]