Articles by: Dermot Crean

THE Kerry Travellers Health & Community Development Project are gearing up for a busy event next month. They will unveil their “Tall, We Stand” Project at the Community Room at Áras An Phobail, Tralee on Friday, July 8. “The “Tall, We Stand” project is a county wide project for Traveller Pride week 2016. In the course […]

KERRY Sinn Féin TD Martin Ferris has called on his constituency colleagues to support his party’s Rent Certainty Bill which will be voted on in the Dáil tomorrow. Fianna Fáil has signalled that it will vote with Fine Gael and government Independents to reject rent certainty which, he says, will […]

AN evening of beautiful, stirring music is in prospect this Sunday evening when an ensemble of local classical musicians get together for a special concert. The Scotia Ensemble, with the aid of the Arts Act Grant from Kerry County Council, will perform “An Evening of Irish Songs and Music” with guest […]

PRESENTATION NS, Tralee has won €500 in the Lee Strand Cash 4 Schools May Draw. Mighty Mikey Milk created lots of excitement when he visited Presentation NS in Tralee this week to present a cheque of €500. Speaking at the presentation, Principal Patrick Sayers said; “The news that we had won the […]

IF you’re feeling energetic this Sunday, then a trip to O’Brennan school in Ballymacelligott could be the place for you. The school is hosting its first ever 5k Challenge and organisers are hoping families and people of all ages will come along to walk or run the route. Medals will […]

A LATE addition to the Tralee 800 programme has been announced and it’s a real treat for music fans. An American orchestra currently touring Ireland will perform in town this Friday afternoon at the festival after a planned concert in Cork can’t go ahead. At 3pm the Midwest Youth Orchestra from Chicago, which has […]

YOU can’t bate a good fry-up and the people at lifestyle website, Lovin.ie, are partial to their sausages in the morning. The Dublin-based business decided to pick the best place in each county to get a breakfast fry and they picked a Tralee institution for their Kerry choice. “Greased to perfection, […]

KERRY County Council is seeking the assistance of the public in identifying bathing waters in the county. Local authorities must identify official bathing areas in their area every year so that they can be monitored for safety, water quality and their level of use. Kerry County Council is asking people […]

FURTHER visitor restrictions have been placed on children visiting University Hospital Kerry due to the measles outbreak. Children are not allowed as visitors to University Hospital Kerry until further notice – apart from exceptional circumstances – as the HSE attempt to curb the spread of measles in the Kerry where there are now 15 […]

THE winner of this year’s Best Dressed Lady will receive a cool €3,000 in cash as the details of the McElligott’s Honda Ladies Day were announced today, including a new prize for Most Stylish Selfie! Taking place  on Friday, September 16, on the penultimate day of the popular Listowel Harvest Racing Festival. […]

Mens results Junior Scratch Cup Stroke Competition 11th Jun 2016 Sponsored by Premier Irish Golf 1st: Gareth O’Donnell  (05) 76 2nd: Shane O’ Driscoll, Monkstown (05) 77 3rd: Philip Somers, Athenry (06) 78 4th: Richard Greer, Castlegregory ( 07) 78 5th: Donie O’Keeffe, (06 ) 78 1st Nett :Ciaran Nolan […]

A SCULPTURE made entirely out of tyres is currently on display at Kerry County Council Buildings in Rathass. Sculptor Mick Davis, who was a recipient of a Kerry County Council Artist Bursary this year, is responsible for the piece of art which is modelled on Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’. It will […]

IT’S time to get the walking shoes out to prepare for an annual charity event which is always great fun. The Jamie Wrenn Walk is an event which has raised tens of thousands for charity over the past six years and organisers are hoping people support it again when it […]

A WARNING was issued by Ballymacelligott Community Alert today, after a white van was seen behaving suspiciously in the area last night. The owner of a house in Ashill was alerted by a neighbour, who, while passing in their car, saw an empty small white van parked at the gateway of the house at […]

THE race is on to find a successor to a Tralee dog which was named the ‘Nose of Tralee’ last year. ‘Ginger’, owned by Stacey Wallace from Tralee is the reigning champion of the competition run by Pet Sitters Ireland which is now in its third year. Ginger got just under 15,000 […]

TRALEE is preparing for a fantastic weekend of family entrainment, medieval banqueting, music, exhibitions and much more for the Tralee 800 celebrations. An Anglo-Norman banquet featuring knights and jester of old is just one of the many attractions this weekend where the town will go all medieval for three days from Friday, […]

KERRY County Council will open Books of Condolence for the victims of the Orlando shootings at their offices in Tralee and Killarney this afternoon. The Books of Condolence will be opened at County Buildings (Áras an Chontae) in Tralee and at the Killarney Municipal District Offices (Town Hall) in Killarney. […]

GARDAI are calling for the public to be vigilant after people purporting to be collecting cash for a suicide awareness charity, had their monies confiscated by gardaí in Killorglin on Friday. There were reports last week of persons claiming to be from Suicide Aware collecting money in Tralee and Newcastlewest under false pretences. Vigilant […]

A NEW documentary which explores the life of the renowned Irish touring cyclist and travel writer, Dervla Murphy, will be screened in Tralee as part of National Bike Week. The Kerry Cycling Campaign presents ‘Who is Dervla Murphy?’,  a free event which will take place at Kerry County Library, Tralee, on Thursday, June 16 […]

Under 8s trip to O Dorney: Under 8s traveled to Abbeydorney Friday evening with 22 players for the North Kerry Under 8 blitz. Both teams played very well and we came away with 5 wins and 1 draw. Well done mentors and players and keep up the great work. Recruiting […]

TESCO COMMUNITY FUND DRIVE: Tesco has nominated John Mitchels Club U6s and U8s as one of the community groups who they will be supporting over the next number of weeks in their shop in the Square, Tralee. You too can show your support by shopping in Tesco and placing your […]

Senior Football Senior Football League Round 6 Division 1 Kerins O’Rahillys v DrCrokes at 3.30 in Strand Rd on Sunday next the 19th. 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 […]

LOTTO The lotto was held in The Halfway Bar on Monday 6th June 2016 for a jackpot of €3,200.  Numbers drawn were 2, 4,16,22.  There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Mike O Mahony, Muinigminnane 2. Joseph Leen, Kilquane 3. Shannon Nolan, Kilflynn 4. Joe Brosnan, Ballinorig 5. Mike O […]

Lotto There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 03, 09, 14 & 22. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Con O Shea Curraheen, Sheila Murphy Derrymore, Caoimhe Trant Hare St., Dolores Gibson Ballyrickard and D Donovan Ashgrove. Next week’s […]

FÉILE FUNDRAISER: The U14 Féile Football takes place in Kerry on the weekend after next and our major Fundraising Table Quiz takes place at the Clubhouse on this Friday night (17th June) commencing at 8pm. Tables of 4 will cost €40 and everyone is welcome to come along. Your support will be […]

Seniors: Na Gaeil played Churchill in round 5 of the County League in Killeen on Saturday evening. Na Gael were awarded a penalty on the 3rdminute but the resultant kick hit the butt of the post and was cleared by the Churchill defence.Na Gaeil opened the scoring after 5 minutes with […]

Seniors: An under strength Churchill team came up short away to Na Gaeil on Saturday night. The lads, up against it, put in a gutsy display to narrow the gap to 3 point 10 minutes into the 2nd half but Na Gaeil finished out stronger to win my 3-11 to 1-08. […]

GARDAI have issued a warning about a mobile phone scam. People in Kerry have been getting calls or left messages where they can hear a woman screaming asking for help. When the person rings back the number they will be charged a sum of money on their phone bills or people on […]

AFTER some fine weather last week, it looks like typical Irish summer weather for the next three or four days in Kerry. We’re in for a mixture of mainly cloudy weather, sunshine and some showers up to Friday, according to all the weather websites and Met Eireann. Tomorrow will be cloudy with […]

THE second Connect Kerry Women in Business Awards took place at a Black Tie Gala Ceremony last Friday at Ballyroe Heights Hotel. Organised by Margaret Brick, Publisher and Editor of Connect Magazine, the awards celebrated and recognized the enormous entrepreneurial talent and success of women who both own and manage businesses in Kerry. […]