Articles by: Dermot Crean

WELL done Camogie Teams: To top off Hurl Smart Week, our under 10 girls swept the boards in their 3 matches at the county blitz on Saturday. Our under 12 girls drew one league match and lost another in the second half. Match tips from the Kerry Seniors on Friday night […]

THERE was a feast for the senses all day at the Town Park on Saturday, but it was true in a literal sense on Saturday night for ‘Ye Olde BBQ Banquet’. Guests paid €10 for the sold-out event in the park to enjoy an informal feast of fun from 7pm to […]

TRALEE Musical Society was celebrating last night as they won two awards at the Association of Irish Musical Society Awards (AIMS) in the Gleneagle Hotel. They received five nominations in all for their production of ‘The Beautiful Game’ which wowed audiences in Siamsa Tire back in March. The nominations were for Oliver Hurley […]

THE rains came earlier than expected and spoiled the Tralee 800 celebrations somewhat, but there was still big crowds in the Town Park on Saturday. The big match screening in the Square was the big casualty of the afternoon, with only about 5o people braving the spitting rain to stand […]

  MODERN technology has had a ying/yang effect on our world. On the one hand it has brought great advances to our lives. For instance you can settle down with a hot cup of tea in less than three minutes, whereas on the other hand, with all the latest gadgets for […]

THERE was some great football played at Na Gaeil GAA Grounds on Friday morning for the inaugural Community Policing Garda Blitz in association with Cumann na mBunscoil. Eleven primary schools from the Tralee area took to the field for a fantastic few hours of games organised in the main by Gardaí Aidan O’Mahony […]

THANKFULLY the weather stayed dry last night as rock took centre stage in the Square for the Tralee 800 festival’s free entertainment. Local band Chapter 2 were first up, followed by Dublin indie contenders The Raglans. While the crowds weren’t as good as hoped for, there was a few hundred […]

MOYDERWELL and Presentation pupils really got into the spirit of the Tralee 800 celebrations and were rewarded by winning a schools competition. Schools around Tralee were asked to take part in exploring the town’s history and the medieval aspect to the anniversary. The Kerry County Council-sponsored competition was run alongside this year’s festival and […]

DRAGONS, dancers and a battle for Tralee raged in the Square last night as part of the Tralee 800 celebrations. Members of the Déise Medieval group were joined by local performers for a short pageant about a family fighting against the Anglo-Normans. The performers staged a short fight followed by a […]

IT’S one of the county’s – if not the country’s – most beautiful hotels and it could be getting bigger soon. The renowned Ballyseede Castle Hotel is seeking permission to enlarge its premises by constructing a 16 bedroom extension. An application has been made to Kerry County Council by Ballyline Castle Limited for the development […]

THE sun was out this afternoon as the Tralee 800 celebrations got underway in earnest with a great performance of music in the Square on Friday afternoon. The Mayor of Kerry was on hand to welcome the Mid West Youth Orchestra from Chicago, who were a late addition to the […]

“TAKE time to reflect on the path that best suits you”. This is the message from Mary Murphy, PRO for Kerry College of Further Education, Tralee to those who have just completed their state examinations. “No doubt a weight has been lifted off the shoulders and now that the Leaving […]

Dermot Crean sees why Vilamoura is so popular with Kerry people heading to the Algarve this summer…  “EH, what the hell am I doing up here?” It’s a pertinent question I’m asking myself, having spent the previous few minutes climbing 20 flights of steps, to get 32 metres on high overlooking the biggest, most spectacular waterpark on […]

THERE’S good news and bad news on the weekend weather front here in Kerry. If you want to get out and about, then today and tomorrow are the best days to enjoy the sunshine and dry weather as there’s rain on the way for Sunday. We checked out Met Eireann and […]

  Know Your Rights has been compiled by Citizens Information Service which provides a free and confidential service to the public… Question I do night work regularly but I am expecting a baby in six months. Can I stop working at night while I am pregnant? Answer  Under the Safety, […]

AN urgent call has been made for Kerry’s British-born community to make their vote count in the   upcoming UK referendum on EU membership. European Movement Ireland has launched the ‘Post Your Vote’ Appeal. There are 10,362 British-born citizens in Kerry and they are asked to post their vote this weekend to […]

IT’S that time of the year when the Tidy Towns judges make their way around the towns and villages of the country. Tralee is looking good, but more needs to be done if it is to retain the Gold Medal this year according to the local Tidy Towns committee. More […]

  KERRY County Council has issued a warm welcome to the estimated 70,000 people who will visit Kerry and neighbouring counties over the course of the annual Féile Peile na nÓg which takes place next weekend from June 24-26. Clubs in and around Tralee will be hosting games during the event. The […]

THE Institute of Technology, Tralee, has announced it will be running six new courses under the Government’s Springboard+ initiative. The courses, which will run from September 2016 are in the areas of Environmental Science, Culinary Skills, Biopharmaceutical Processes and Industrial Instrumentation. In addition, the Institute will also offer the Higher […]

THE life of Tom Crean is about to be celebrated in a fresh light in The Tom Crean Festival this weekend. The centrepiece of the festival, which takes place annually in the West Kerry village of Annascaul, will be a choreographed version of the local hero’s life on Saturday night. Tom Crean’s Journey: An Irish […]

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. […]