Articles by: Dermot Crean

  A MOTHER of one, aged in her early thirties, was placed on life support in Kerry General Hospital after sustaining head injuries from a fall at a house in Caheranne Village in the early hours of Sunday morning. The accident occurred at approximately 12:30am on Sunday. The woman suffered the head […]

TRALEE has a new All-Ireland winning team after Mercy Mounthawk won a final yesterday in Dublin. The first year team clinched the All-Ireland Schools First Year B Final title at the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, beating Presentation Kilkenny 40-14. “It was a massive achievement,” said Head Coach, Tomás O’Hanlon, when we […]

  PLAYERS from clubs around the county joined representatives from Garvey’s Supervalu Group, county board officials and Kerry boss Eamonn Fitzmaurice for the launch of the senior football championship on Friday night. Taking place in the Tralee Supervalu store, Radio Kerry commentator and Garvey’s employee, Tim Moynihan, spoke to some of […]

  I KNOW that I am only half way through my schooling years, but I would like to believe that I have learned a lot. When I say this, I am not referring to all the maths equations that I have learned to solve (or not learned to solve as the […]

Tralee and District Darts League Update Semi-finals and final will take place on May 15. Structure is as follows; first in group one play second in group two and vice versa (first in group two will play second in group one). Third in group 1 play fourth in group 2 […]

  A 12 unit social housing development at Killeen was part of a number of projects given the green light today with the allocation by the Government of €6.3m for Kerry. Overall, it will deliver 28 houses in areas such as Tralee, Killarney and Lixnaw and permit the building of 12 additional […]

GARDAI made 21 arrests for public order offences in Killarney over the May Bank Holiday weekend which was down on other years. All in all, the Rally of the Lakes was a great success for businesses with little trouble for the Gardaí with around 20,000 people in town for the event. There […]

BWILDERED Saturday, 2nd May was one of the biggest days of the year for Ballymac GAA Club with Bwildered the John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge taking place in Gleanageenty.  The overcast day certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of the participants as all thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and feedback from the event […]

  THE Destination Kerry Tourism Forum, the umbrella body for tourism in the county, established by Kerry County Council, is organising a series of public meetings in relation to the new Kerry Tourism Strategy, 2016-2020. Meetings will take place at seven venues throughout the county over the next two weeks, […]

IN the early hours of Sunday morning last, millions of people paid money to watch a boxing match between two guys in Las Vegas. The two, Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao could not be more different. Pacquiao a charitable man who donates a lot of money to his impoverished country […]

Another Milestone for Tralee Parnells: On April 30th 2012 Parnells Hurling club was officially reformed, well done to everyone that has helped the club grow in just 3 years, from one coach (Mark Ryall) and thirteen under 14 players at our first training session in Caherslee to now having over 200 […]

Lotto: There was no winner of our Club Lotto Jackpot on Sunday night last. The numbers drawn were 07, 10, 12 & 21. The five €30 consolation prizes went to Jim Savage Curraheen, John Kelliher Lohercannon, Gerard and Katherine Hanafin Curraheen, Jamie Moriarty c/o Andrea and Mary McNamee c/o Rock […]

SENIORS: County League – Division 2 Round 4 – Kenmare. V. Mitchels Saturday May 9th @ 7.00p.m. ALL. SUPPORT WOULD. BE. GREATLY. APPRECIATED Round 1 – Mitchels 0-10 – Templenoe, 0-06 Round 2 – Tarbert​ 0-08 – John Mitchels 0-14 Round 3 – Mitchels 0-16. – Spa Killarney 1-08 Semi-Final. […]

Kerins O’Rahillys Notes   Kerins O’Rahillys Notes Senior Football The seniors had a very competitive challenge game against the Kerry Juniors on Saturday last in Strand Rd. It was great to see Shane Brosnan back playing. Next competitive game is in the Co League on Sunday next 10-05-2015 v Glenbeigh/Glencar […]

SENIOR FOOTBALL: Austin Stacks 3-15; Waterville 0-4. We has a good win in this Co. League round 1 back game played in heavy rain in Connolly Park last Saturday evening (2ndMay) with a 20 points winning margin at the end. Missing nine first choice players for a variety of reasons […]

NA GAEIL SENIOR: Ballymacelligott  v Na GAEIL to play County League game on Sunday May 10th 2:30pm. NA GAEIL U16:Under 16: Na Gaeil hosted Laune Rangers in Div. 1. of the ‘Kelliher’s Toyota Tralee Central Region’ semi-final. Playing against the breeze in the first half the home team did well and were up […]

MY first week away from TV land and I was glad I was heading to London for Eucerin. It was a big change not putting my slot together and the nerves of appearing on live TV and when it all stopped it was a mixture of relief and missing it […]

AUSTIN Stacks GAA Club, Tralee will be rolling out the red carpet and welcoming Marty Morrissey and the RTÉ Radio 1 Sunday Sports team  to the ‘Street of Champions’ this Sunday, May 10. RTE Sports have chosen the home of the Munster and  Kerry Champions as the football club from which to launch the station’s Sunday Game coverage for 2015. The programme will […]

A TRALEE student has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Hot Press ‘Write Here, Write Now’  competition. Kerry is represented in the third-level category by David O’Donoghue for Tralee. The prize for the overall winners includes an internship at Hot Press.   “There was a huge level of interest in the […]

TRALEE’S newest nightclub opened its doors on Saturday night and the place was packed. We were in Quarters to capture the atmosphere as people flocked to the venue in Godfrey Place for a look. Scroll down for photos…

A CAPACITY crowd rocked the opening night of Quarters Nightclub at Godfrey Place on Saturday. After much anticipation over the past few weeks, the doors opened at 9pm where Q14 played a gig in Quarters Live. At 11pm the large queue of people lining up were allowed in to get […]

IT was a gruelling but satisfying morning/afternoon for about 250 brave souls who took a unique challenge on Saturday morning. The ‘B-Wildered – The John Lenihan Wilderness Challenge’, sponsored by Lee Strand, with proceeds going to Ballymacelligott GAA Club, took place from 11am at Glanageenty, and it was deemed a very […]

  SO you think Paul Galvin grew that beard because he’s a slave to hipster fashion, eh? And his decision to write a book was an off-the-cuff desire to tell the real story behind the enigmatic Lixnaw character? Well thanks to a photo posted on Facebook by a friend of TraleeToday.ie, […]

  THERE’LL be a fantastic family fun day held in Shanakill later this month to raise vital funds for the local resource centre. The Shanakill Family Resource Centre will be buzzing with activity on May 15 to celebrate the ‘Day of Families’ kicking off at 2pm with a BBQ, bouncy […]

  It almost goes without saying to talk about the benefits that changes in technology have brought to our lives. I suppose we could go back in history and firstly look at the invention of the wheel, then perhaps the industrial revolution and then the introduction of ‘mass production’ by […]

  Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, was in Austin Stack Park this afternoon for Kerry’s Christy Ring Cup clash with Down… Kerry 2-17 Down 2-10 ‘Job done’ the Kerry management will say. The Christy Ring Cup is the terminus for the 2015 journey of this team and they have taken […]

A MAJOR fundraiser for a local GAA club will see people take off from town to enjoy the beauty of the west Kerry peninsula all in one day. The St Pats GAA Club 2015 Dingle Way Challenge will take place on Sunday, May 31 and promises to be an exceptional day […]

CH TRALEE has announced that their Teen Summer Beauty Camp are back! Now an annual event, the CH Teen Summer Beauty Camp is tailored towards teenagers aged between 13 and 17 years of age who would love to know more about beauty. They can learn everything they ever wanted to know […]

Our hurling writer, Mike O’Halloran, previews tomorrow’s big Christy Ring opening round game for Kerry against Down in Austin Stack Park… The Division 2A champions take on ‘The Ards Men’ on Saturday in Austin Stacks Park Tralee at 1pm. The management of the Kerry hurling team have set the winning of The […]

TRANSITION Year students from Gaelcholaiste Chiarrai strutted their stuff in the newly opened Ashe Hotel on Wednesday night, to raise funds for their annual trip to Fenit for their foundation course in sailing. This was the 13th year of the fashion show and the students wore clothes from local retailers in front of around […]