Articles by: Dermot Crean

IT was nice to wake up this morning to see we’ve passed another milestone here at TraleeToday.ie. After just over two years, our Facebook page has notched up just over 15,000 organic likes. It’s all thanks to you, the readers, who click on the links to read the stories here […]

UP to 20 jobs are to be created when a new restaurant opens in Tralee town centre early next month. Lana Asian Street Food, which has a restaurant in Galway and two in Limerick, is opening at a premises in Ashe Street which was previously The Dragon Inn and later the Royal Palace Chinese restaurants. Area manager, […]

THE company which will be creating 30 jobs in Killarney, moved from its Tralee offices because they said the new location offered the required infrastructure and ability to attract and retain talent. Tralee Chamber Alliance CEO, Kieran Ruttledge, expressed his disappointment at the decision by VT iDirect and said Tralee offers the best […]

A KERRY businessman is to be awarded the Freedom of the City of London for his contribution to life in the English capital. Dermot O’Grady, who owns and runs Ardent Tide in London, grew up in Ballybunion where his father Dermot was a bank manager, but the family moved to Killorglin when he […]

Sponsored TRALEE Credit Union has seen a 64% increase in motor loans to customers so far this year according to latest figures and have just decreased their loan rate again for the next three months.   The Society of the Irish Motor Industry issued its official 161 car sales figures […]

A FORMER Park FC player has signed a professional contract with an English Championship side. Shane McLoughlin joined five other young players in signing one year deals at Ipswich town at the weekend. The contract also has an option of a further 12 month stay at Portman Road. Nineteen-year-old Shane can play up front […]

MANY times since I started writing for TraleeToday people have asked me to cover different topics, some I take on board and others I ignore. Last week a friend told me about an article that she read about priests. I thought that this would be one of the topics that […]

KERRY GAA star David Moran will be plying his different set of skills for a Tralee firm after moving home from Cork recently. Casey & Co. Accountants has announced the Kerins O’Rahillys clubman as a new partner at the company. The two time All-Ireland senior medal winner graduated from University of Limerick […]

A TRALEE native scored the goal to send an SSE Airtricity League side into the second qualifying round of the Europa League tonight. St Patrick’s Athletic were defending a 1-0 lead from the first leg in Dublin over in Luxembourg against Jeunesse Esch. Losing 1-0 at half-time, up stepped Tralee man Darren Dennehy […]

PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: (i) Football on Sunday morning as usual at 11am. ‘Well done’ to all Kerry players in recent Munster finals…especially ‘Star’, Ferdia Ó Briain and Mike Ó Dónaill. (ii) And don’t forget to be in CAHERSLEE on Thursday at 5.45pm. We look forward to more good football from […]

Mens MC 10 CC Dry Cleaners Sunday 3rd July 2016 1st Sean Carmody (17) 40 Points 2nd David Hennebery (04) 39 Points 3rd Jim O’Donovan (09) 38 Points 4th Kieran Ruttledge (18) 38 Points 5th Adrian O’Gara (17) 37 Points 6th Fegus Kelly (12) 36 Points Best Gross : Anton […]

20th Anniversary Lotto Celebrations: We are celebrating our 20th anniversary by increasing our Jackpot to an amazing €10,000. Our format has changed slightly, as has been explained to you by your club contact. We would like to take this opportunity to thank all those volunteers who helped out with our […]

I CONSIDER myself to be ‘in the know’ when it comes to popular culture. Millennials are generally are quite in tune with what is going on in the lives of various celebrities and could probably list what songs are in the Billboard Top 100 at the moment. It all depends […]

THERE was a rise in detections of possession of drugs for personal use in Kerry so far this year, compared to the same period last year, according to the latest statistics from Kerry Gardaí. The figures were revealed at the meeting of the Joint Policing Committee at Kerry County Council on Friday, by […]

A TEENAGER from Tralee has won a prestigious boxing title in Dublin at the weekend. Tralee Boxing Club’s Mike McCarthy from Killeen, won the Monkstown Box Cup (40kg) on Sunday in a bout against Blain Lambert of Finn Valley A.B.C. England. The Monkstown Box Cup 2016 is one of the biggest tournaments […]

IF you’re looking for something to do tonight then you can head along to support the Fenit RNLI service at a table quiz in O’Donnell’s pub in Mounthawk. Tralee Triathlon Club are organising the fundraiser to support the life-saving service which looks after their athletes and all those in the water […]

Seniors: Churchill 0-08 ; Skellig Rangers 1-16. Both sides came into this game off the back of victories in the previous round and were looking to continue winning ways in a Division that is getting very tight at both ends. Skellig started the brightest with two early points from Brendan […]

SENIOR TEAM – Division 1: Round 7: Home to Legion (2nd July) We played Killarney Legions at home in Ballyseedy last Saturday evening. Legions opened with three points and Mitchels dominated the remainder of the first half leaving the score John Mitchels 2-05, Legions 0-05. With Mitchels scores from Alan […]

Under 16 championship: An intense, close and exciting game out in Kilmoyley Tuesday night the 28th. Parnells started well, aided by a diagonal south westerly breeze, taking the first 2 points. However, Kilmoyley ran in a goal and followed with point to lead by 2. Parnells stuck to their task […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 07, 18, 27 & 28. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Ned Flynn c/o Betty’s Bar, Aisling Curran Blennerville, Pa Casey c/o Tony Casey, Killian Quirke Ballydunlea and Mary Collins Kerins […]

FÉILE WEEKEND Our thanks to Maurice McNamara for the following report: – The Austin Stacks Club came together on Féile weekend – we determined that we would treat our guests the same as we would want to be treated when we go away, and the way that the gang from Connolly Park banded together […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in Glenduff House on Monday 27th June 2014 for a jackpot of €3,500.  Numbers drawn were 6,12,13,16.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Sheila Leen, Kielduff (Annual) 2. Jack Kelly, Ballyseedy 3. Carmel Daly, c/o Tony Marshall 4. Patricia McDonnell, Rathanny 5. Laura Corbin, […]

Senior Football Round 3 of the Garvey’s Senior County Championship will be played on Sunday next July the 10th in Fitzgerald Stadium. We will play Legion at 3.30. It is the second game in a double bill. The first game is at 2pm between St Kieran’s and Rathmore. We wish the […]

THE Kerry minors made it three in a row Munster titles yesterday in a sun-drenched Fitzgerald Stadium. Six points was the difference in the end as the Kingdom beat Cork  3-14 to 3-8 with David Clifford the star of the show, netting one and setting up goals for Bryan Sweeney […]

WELL that was unexpected. Not the result of the senior game, we’re talking about the fine weather which no doubt provided a huge boost to the attendance yesterday in Killarney. Cloud and showers were predicted, but Killarney was bathed in sunshine and they’ll be a few red heads around today among […]

BRYAN Cooper is to be honoured this Thursday with a civic reception in his hometown. Kerry County Council will host the reception at county buildings at 7pm, to acknowledge his great achievement by riding Don Cossack to victory in the Cheltenham Gold Cup back in March. The 23 year old received […]

Mike O’Halloran watched the Garvey’s Supervalu Kerry SHC First Round replay at Austin Stack Park on Sunday evening… Abbeydorney 3-13 Crotta O’Neills 0-10 AT the launch of the Garvey’s SuperValu sponsored Kerry Senior Hurling Championship a few weeks ago Abbeydorney were tipped, along with Causeway to be potential winners of the […]

IT really is an incredible spot. Everyone knows how beautiful Tralee Golf Club is, but the guys over in Eagle Sky Media have shown the place at its best in a clip uploaded to YouTube recently. Using a drone and some gorgeous weather as props, the camera pans from the clubhouse, out […]

THE final day at school in Blennerville was an active one on Thursday as a local man was remembered with a special event. A basketball tournament final took place in the school hall in memory of Tony O’Donoghue, who died in 2014 from cancer. Tony was a fond friend of staff at […]

THERE was a fall in assaults causing harm reported so far this year in the county, but minor assaults rose according to the latest statistics from Kerry Gardaí. The figures were revealed at the meeting of the Joint Policing Committee at Kerry County Council on Friday, by Kerry Division Chief […]