Articles by: Dermot Crean

THERE will be two Kerry runners competing in the Energia 24 Hour Race this weekend. Excitement is building for the race, which will take place on Saturday, July 1 in Victoria Park, Belfast. The two Kerrymen competing are Killarney man Denis Keane from Marathon Club Ireland and John Starrett from St Brendan’s AC […]

AN employee of Kingdom Greyhound Stadium has been nominated for a national award and needs your votes to win it. Heather Hartley, has been shortlisted for the “In House Events Person of the Year” at the Events Industry People Awards 2017. Heather has made it to the final three from […]

THE Cathaoirleach of Kerry County Council, Cllr Michael O’Shea, joined the Mayor of Frankfurt Burgermeister, Peter Feldmann, in Frankfurt at the weekend to officially open the Frankfurt-Hoechst Castle Festival. The visit coincided with the selection of County Kerry as the international festival partner for 2017. The festival, now in its […]

THE Kerry Junior Football Team to play Cork in the Munster Junior Football Final at Páirc Uí Rinn on Tuesday has been named. The side to take on the Rebels at 7.30pm is unchanged from the side that defeated Limerick in the semi final. The team contains seven players who […]

WITH just a week to go to the Munster Final, I suppose they need a bit of shooting practice. The Kerry senior footballers showed they’re up for a bit of craic when they participated in the ‘Endline Challenge’ for sports website Sportsjoe.ie this week. The aim, of course, is to […]

IT’S been quite a few days at Garvey’s Supervalu Tralee for their 25th anniversary celebrations and yesterday a family fun day was held at the Rock Street store. As well as giveaways and appearances by children’s favourite cartoon characters, local suppliers were giving free samples of their delicious produce. Former […]

THE weather was fine on Saturday afternoon for a ‘Poker Run’ by bikers who set off from the Imperial Hotel to help worthy causes. The Tralee Rotary Club in association with DA Jokerz MCC, were running the five stop run around north Kerry and West Limerick. “This year the two […]

PEOPLE of Kerry are urged to take on a ‘Marathon in a Month’ and reduce cancer risk while raising funds to support cancer patients The Irish Cancer Society has launched Ireland’s first virtual marathon campaign, which aims to get people moving while raising vital funds to support people affected by […]

LEAVING school can be an emotional time and it was certainly the case for the 10 graduates from St Ita’s and St Joseph’s School on Friday. Families gathered at the school for a Mass followed by a presentation of certificates to the students who hail from all over Kerry and […]

IT was a day of celebration at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn on Friday as former pupils of the school who play, or have played, with Kerry teams helped raise three flags earned by the school. Jack and Andrew Barry and Jack Morgan were just three of the ten players present who […]

BLENNERVILLE village is sure to see a boost in visitors this summer as a new ten bedroom guest accommodation business has just opened. Following recent renovations, Blennerville Tides Guest Accommodation has opened in The Station House building, directly across from Blennerville Windmill,. The business is owned and managed by local […]

ANNASCAUL native Vinnie Flynn is having a good week. The Dublin-based musician has a solo single out under the Bayonets moniker and he’s getting a bit of attention. Having a well-known ‘Fair City’ actress in the video helps too. Popular website Joe.ie made ‘Slow Burning Fire’ its ‘Song Of The […]

Our movie guy, John McCann, says Cardboard Gangsters is a gritty drama which is a welcome break from the recent blockbuster buffet he’s been feasting on… As a welcome break from the glut of big budget summer blockbusters this week, I settled down in my comfy cinema seat to enjoy […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Kerry Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question: I have booked a family holiday and checked my passport to make sure it’s still valid. It is, but it’s due to expire a couple of weeks before I […]

KERRY Airport is to get €769,537 in exchequer grants under the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport’s Regional Airports Programme. Kerry TD and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport Brendan Griffin today welcomed the announcement by the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross T.D. […]

THIS should be good. Colm Cooper’s autobiography is coming this autumn according to the great man himself who tweeted as much earlier today. It will be titled ‘Gooch — The Autobiography’ and is billed as “a compelling and honest autobiography from the much-loved star of Gaelic football, indisputably one of […]

ATHLETES and their families gathered in The Rose Hotel on Thursday night as final preparations are made for the Tralee International Children’s Games trip to Lithuania early next month. Eighteen young Kerry athletes are all set for the trip of a lifetime to this year’s International Children’s Games and Cultural […]

IT was an emotional Thursday night for all present at Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn’s school hall, for the Sixth Class pupils graduation ceremony. The class, who began in Junior Infants in 2009, will depart for secondary school this autumn so it was a chance for families to get together and reflect […]

THE weekend has arrived and in Kilflynn it’s going to be a very special one. Knighthood, wizards potions, fairy trails and a huge array of crafts form just some of the magical journey to be experienced on Saturday and Sunday in the village for the Kilflynn Enchanted Fairy Festival. Saturday […]

It’s pretty quiet around town this weekend, but there’s still a few things to do out and about… Saturday 1. A birthday party… Garvey’s Supervalu is celebrating 25 years in Rock Street this weekend and Saturday is family fun day. Expect to see Kerry footballers, cartoon characters for the kids, […]

KERRY County Council in association with the Heritage Council and Tralee Chamber Alliance will host a free public seminar on Friday, June 30 at Kerry County Museum on the future of Denny Street. The aim of the seminar is to stimulate change and to transform Denny Street from a place to […]

THE beautiful weather provided a perfect time for Spa NS to hold their Active Schools Week and on Thursday there were some familiar faces at the school. Kieran Donaghy, Dusan Bogdanovic and John Dowling from Tralee Warriors imparted some basketball tips to eager youngsters and it looked like they were […]

TRAFFIC around Tralee was disrupted on Thursday afternoon as local taxi drivers held a slow-drive protest in convoy around town for two hours. The drivers were highlighting the issue of the location of the new main rank since The Mall has been closed off to them since May. The taxi […]

A KERRY hairdresser, who has a salon in Tralee, will find out if he is ‘worth it’ early next month when he competes in the grand final of the 51st L’Oréal Colour Trophy Awards, which will take place at O’Reilly Hall, UCD, Dublin on Monday, July 3. No stranger to […]

THE Town Park was the beautiful setting for a charity lunchtime yoga class on Wednesday. as over 30 people put down their mats for a spot of relaxation and exercise. Maeve Ferris of Ebb And Flow Yoga, was behind the idea and explained how it came about. “Today is International […]

ANOTHER momentous weekend awaits players from Na Gaeil as they will head off to the Under 14 Féile na nÓg tournament in Cavan and Monaghan. The team held a training session on Wednesday and afterwards they were presented with their Féile gear and the schedule for the weekend was previewed […]

GO on lads, ye know ye want to. Fine specimens of Kerry manhood are wanted as contestants of the forthcoming TV3 version of the classic show ‘Blind Date’. After the producers were inundated with single female applicants, they were surprised that not as many single men have applied to appear […]

IT’S been 25 years since Coronation Street star Ken Morley arrived on Rock Street to officially open Garvey’s Supervalu to much fanfare with crowds thronging the streets outside. While his character — bespectacled ‘Freshco’ supermarket manager Reg Holdsworth — has faded from memory, the business on Rock Street has gone […]

WHILE the footballers of Na Gaeil and Austin Stacks prepare for the Féile na nÓg tournament in Sligo this weekend, they can look to Cillard for inspiration. The north Kerry camogie club retained their Feile Na Gael Camogie Championship Division 6 title at the weekend in Kilkenny/Wexford with some amazing […]

RELATIVES of a Tralee woman who saved the lives of many schoolchildren during World War 1, met Queen Elizabeth as she was remembered in London last Thursday on the centenary of a terrible event in the English capital. The relatives were found after a public appeal by Kerry genealogy researcher, Martine Brennan, […]