Articles by: Dermot Crean

HE’S on the up and up. Soccer star John Egan, son of the late Kerry GAA legend John, has made a move from Gillingham to English Championship side Brentford. The 23 year old defender had a great past season and was picked on the League One PFA Team of the […]

BORD Gáis Energy is calling on Kerry book lovers to share their love of reading with the little readers in their lives with a fantastic 5,000 books for children all over Ireland to enjoy for free. Now in its third year, the Bord Gáis Energy Little Readers campaign aims to inspire […]

THIS is something that has struck a chord with me for a long time – that basically theme parks are fundamentally extremely safe places. They have to be because they would not be able to get insurance cover. If there was any real danger of life being lost then insurance companies […]

A KERRY native is hoping to create some noise on the music scene when the band he plays in launches their new single soon. Red Moon Bayonets are a Dublin based 4-piece band started by Annascaul man Vinnie Flynn. Their style is a mix of alternative rock, blues and indie  and the band […]

BURGLARIES in Kerry declined sharply in the first six months of the year compared to the same period in 2015, 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 […]

THE Ring of Kerry cycle isn’t the only charity event taking place in that beautiful part of the county this weekend. The Kerry Way Cancer Research Walk , now in its 11th year, is also in full swing with over 100 people taking part from yesterday until Sunday. The route takes walkers around the […]

OVER 20 Kerry teenagers, many from Tralee, are getting get to fly to Taiwan to compete in the International Children’s Games. The 23 athletes are all set for the trip of a lifetime to this year’s games and cultural festival in New Taipei on Wednesday July 6. Months of planning, preparation […]

A MAJOR garda operation is being launched in Kerry over the next two months concentrating on tackling drink-driving after the latest figures were revealed this afternoon. The traffic and drink-driving figures revealed by Garda Chief Superintendent for the Kerry Division David Sheahan at a meeting of the Joint Policing Committee on Friday, showed an increase […]

A NIGHT of comedy and tapas was held for charity on Thursday at a newly opened upstairs venue at Il Forno Restaurant. It was the first time the upstairs space was used and a good crowd of people enjoyed the entertainment and great food. Seamus Kelly was the entertaining MC for […]

MONSIGNOR Sean Hanafin will be going on a sabbatical until July 2017 while another priest will be moving to St John’s Parish it was announced by the Bishop of Kerry in a range of clerical changes in the Diocese of Kerry. Fr.Tadhg Fitzgerald PP Ardfert is to be PP St […]

FORTY women, mainly from Tralee and west Kerry, pulled together to raise funds for Kerry Hospice by running the VHI Women’s Mini-Marathon during the June Bank Holiday weekend. Spearheaded by Blennerville woman, Andrea O’Donoghue, she put up a post on Facebook and many women responded. “We started a group called ‘Mothers and […]

THE first few days of July won’t signal the start of summer according to Met Eireann and friends. Today will see blustery with showery conditions between spells of sunshine and it will be decidedly cool with temperature staying around the 14/15 degree mark. If you’re going cycling on the Ring Of […]

THE Kerry minor team to face Cork this Sunday in the Munster Final has been announced and features two players from the Tralee area on the starting line-up. The game is the opening game of the day at at Fitzgerald Stadium at 12 noon and the team shows one change from the […]

A BALLYROE man has raised €10,870 for Enable Ireland after completing a cycling tour of Provence in the South of France. Tommy Sheehy, who is originally from Castleisland, climbed Mount Ventoux in aid of Enable Ireland. The challenge covered Lyon to Nice over the rugged French countryside. On this tour, Tommy conquered […]

KERRY properties went under the hammer at the Allsop Auction  in Dublin today but there was only three out of five sold. The properties are in Lixnaw, Lyrecrompane, Ballyheigue, Valentia, and Listowel and were part of the auction at the RDS in Ballsbridge on Thursday. This house (above) at 37 Slí na Faiche, Lixnaw, had […]

HUNGRY cyclists will consume 23,000 sandwiches and wash them down with 10,000 litres of water at this year’s Ring Of Kerry Cycle according to organisers. This Saturday sees thousands of cyclists descend on Killarney and the southern half of the county for the event which is in its 33rd year. The event is bringing together […]

HUNDREDS of people went out to Ballyseede Castle Hotel for two special open-air performances this week, one of which helped out a great cause. Jane Austen’s classic, ‘Sense And Sensibility’, was performed by the Chapterhouse Theatre Company on Tuesday and Wednesday and the weather held out for the most part to provide a great way to […]

MATT Le Blanc must have had a word with his former ‘Friends’ co-star about the beauty of Kerry, because Courteney Cox is in the Kingdom filming at the moment. She’s here to do a TV show with renowned adventurer and survivalist, Bear Grylls, and is no doubt enjoying the elements. The show […]

Know Your Rights has been compiled by Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public.  Information is also available online at citizensinformation.ie and from the Citizens Information Phone Service, 0761 07 4000. Question I have applied for a means-tested Jobseeker’s Allowance but I was told […]

THE Tralee Community Responders received a boost this morning  when they got a cheque for €3,000 in the post. The group had applied to the JP McManus Benevolent Fund, listing their aims, monies required and other details. A panel looks at each application and they got word three weeks ago that they were being awarded €3,000 for the scheme. This morning, […]

FORTY-FIVE pupils gathered together for one of the last times at a special graduation ceremony at Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Tuesday evening. The girls and boys from Holy Family school were joined by family members and staff of the school to celebrate their journey from junior infants to […]

  GARDAI in Killarney are investigating a fatal single vehicle road traffic collision which occurred outside the village of Sneem, this evening. The collision occurred at approximately 6.45pm on the Cahersiveen to Sneem Road (approx. 3 miles outside Sneem). A motorcyclist travelling along the road came off the motorcycle and […]

THE Tralee Golf Club Captain’s Prize took place on Sunday with Sean O’Loughlin winning out on a score of 42pts. Here are the results with photos below… Sunday 26th June (Captains Prize to the men) Liam Nolan 1st   Sean O’Loughlin (13)    42 Points 2nd   Tony Johnson (17) 40 Points 3rd   Kelan […]

CAMPA PEILE ‘CÚL’: Don’t forget to book a place in the Kerry (Bord na nÓg) ‘Cúl’ Summer Football Camp in Connolly Park from July 4th to July 8th. Book early –secretary.austinstacks.kerry@gaa.ie. PEIL FAOI 6/8/10: (i) No…no…no football on Sunday morning…KY v Tipp/Cork! Best wishes to all Kerry players in Sunday’s Munster finals. […]

IRELAND’S oldest festival is coming around again and the launch of Puck Fair’s packed programme took place recently at Rossbeigh Beach. Families, day-trippers, weekend revellers and visitors from far and wide are called to Killorglin from August 10-12 to enjoy Ireland’s original and oldest ‘Gathering Festival’. The pinnacle of the […]

SPINNING Yarns video productions has just uploaded a clip to YouTube showing all the fun of Tralee’s 800 celebrations recently. From the US orchestra on Friday, through the pageantry, medieval battles, banquets, live music in the Square, family fun in the Park and much more it shows the rain didn’t really […]

A LOCAL restaurant owner was delighted to wake up on Sunday morning to a glowing review for his business. One of Ireland’s most popular newspapers, The Sunday World, ran a review of Il Forno Woodfired Pizzeria And Italian Restaurant in Courthouse Lane and they were impressed to say the least. The […]

TRALEE area clubs are well represented on the Kerry Junior Football team to face Cork in the Munster Championship Final this Wednesday evening in Austin Stack Park (7.30pm). There are four changes in personnel from the side that defeated Limerick in the semi final. Na Gaeil’s Andrew Barry starts in the […]

Senior Football Round 3 of the Garvey’s Senior County Championship will be played on Sunday July the 10th. 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. Senior Co League Kerins O’Rahillys v […]

  THERE’S hard rain on the way. While the weather hasn’t been that bad of late, things are going to change drastically from later tonight as Met Eireann has issued a Yellow Status Rainfall Warning for Kerry and many other counties. Carlow, Kilkenny, Wexford, Wicklow, Cork, Kerry, Limerick, Tipperary and Waterford […]