Articles by: Dermot Crean

Click on above ad for details of special event TRALEE is to get a big tourism boost when a French national television station screens a programme, partly filmed in the town, to an audience of four million viewers. The crew from ‘Faut Pas Rêver’ are in Ireland to film their 11o […]

Click on the above ad to enter a great competition CABALL’S Toymaster in Tralee are helping out the Jack & Jill Foundation…with a little assistance from ‘Toby’. Toymaster ‘Toby’ puppies are on sale in the Bridge Street shop and it’s all to raise funds for the campaign to provide home nursing hours […]

Click on above ad for more TRALEE and Killarney have been included in a venture to bring a 100 per cent fibre to the building broadband network offering speeds from 200 Mbps to 1000 Mbps. The ESB and Vodafone have signed the innovative joint venture agreement to invest €450 million in building […]

THE stage is set for a fantastic line-up of dog racing for a great cause when the Friends of Kerry General Hospital hold their annual Gala Benefit Night on Friday. The event in Kingdom Greyhound Stadium, supported by Kerry Group, has raised in excess of €1.2 million since its inauguration in 1991 and these funds […]

Click on above ad to enter great competition THIRTEEN Youth Groups from Tralee, Castleisland and surrounding areas received €4,000 in funds at this year’s Credit Union Youth Union Community Awards Night on Monday. This was a joint initiative between Tralee Credit Union and Kerry Diocesan Youth Service (K.D.Y.S.) a charity supporting young people […]

Click on above ad for more A CHURCHILL teenager has become the first member of Tralee Sailing Club to win a Laser Regional Championship in the sport. Tadhg Ó Loingsigh from Churchill had a very impressive win in the Connaught Laser Radial Championship in Lough Derg last weekend. Tadhg lead from the […]

IT’S been an amazing weekend for the John Mitchels GAA Club with their Under 14 side bringing home their first ever All-Ireland title from the Féile competition in Galway. The Under 14 side won five games on the way to the final where they were victorious against Kilkenny side, Dicksboro (for a comprehensive […]

TWO Tralee wrestlers are hoping for a packed hometown crowd when they part in ‘Summerbrawl’ this August. Josh O’Sullivan (26) from Ballyrickard and Jonathan Roche from Spa Road are better known in wrestling circles as ‘NBK’ (Natural Born Killers). They are part of the Celtic Championship Wrestling show which will […]

Click above to enter a great competition IS Santa right in the head? It’s a bit unseasonal for him to be making an appearance in July, but there he is in the window of the Credit Union in Ashe Street. There is method to this madness though, as it’s all […]

Juveniles U6/8/10/Girls Training as usual in Healy Park on Saturday next at 11am. It will be the last Saturday training session before the Summer break. The Kerins O’Rahillys Summer Camp will take place on the week of the 11th to 15th of August. U10s U10s held a skills competition on […]

  Click on above ad for more THE clock is ticking towards the time when a group of judges will arrive in Tralee to consider if the town should be the champion of Europe in the Entente Florale 2014. There’s only one month to go to the big day – […]

Click on above ad for details of special event AFTER our great summer spell, people have found their skin is breaking out. We are all using a lot of suntan lotion and our skin can only absorb so much. So aim for oil free formulations and shower well to remove in […]

UNDER14 BOYS FEILE WEEKEND Feile 2014 The u-14 team set out for Galway early on Friday morning to take part in the All-Ireland Feile Football Finals, although the team and mentors had heard about the wonderful adventure that lay ahead of them. The new friends made in St. Gabriels, the comradeship […]

It was with deep regret and sorrow that the club learned of the death of Helen Brosnan Spa, wife of former club Chairman Justin. Helen was a great worker and fundraiser for the club down the years. Also the club would like to send sympaty to the family of Chris […]

Click on above ad to enter a great competition ON Sunday we brought you the story of Tralee Musical Society’s video tribute to Darren Mullery’s fight against cancer (click here). The video was premiered at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s Clubhouse on Sunday in front of Darren’s family and friends but now it has been […]

  Click on above ad for more on special event HUNDREDS turned up at Ballymacelligott GAA grounds on Sunday for the Ted O’Keeffe Family Fun Day. “Ted O’Keeffe was a  former chairman and longtime worker for the club. He was a great supporter and inspiration to the club and parish,” said Club […]

Click on ad to enlarge THE Kerry Rose hoisted the Green Flag at the  held the first ever Family Fun/Open Day at Oakview Village Childcare on Saturday. A great day was had by all who attended and enjoyed the many activities and barbecue. They were delighted to have the Kerry Rose, Mary […]

Click on above ad for more COLLIS Sandes House was awash with food, art, music and fashion on Saturday for the first Bluebell Markets event. There were 25 stands set up with everything from paintings, jewellery, cakes, clothing and much more on display. There was an entry fee of just […]

LOTTO Ballymac GAA lotto was held in Glenduff House, 23rd June 2014. Jackpot was €2100. Numbers drawn were 1,19,20,26. There was no winner. Lucky Dips 1. Ivan Groves, Ballyackey 2. Noel Leen, Kilquane (online) 3. Mike Rahilly, Chutehall 4. Anne Boyd, Lixnaw (online) 5. Jean Philippe Pierre, Reamore, Kielduff (online) […]

English Channel Relay Club Member, Bernadette White from Tralee, is currently in Dover with the rest of her team Irish Deaf Channel Swimmers to take on a relay swim of The English Channel. They have been training hard all year and the club wishes them the best of luck. Portumna […]

Click on above ad to enter a great competition TRALEE Musical Society outdid themselves on Sunday afternoon when they screened a special music video tribute to a member who is suffering from cancer. It was an emotional but uplifting occasion in Kerins O’Rahilly’s Clubhouse when Darren Mullery watched himself star in the video, ‘Fighting […]

Click on ad to enlarge AN IT Tralee lecturer, who recorded a musician in Cuba over three years ago, has finally launched a CD of the sessions. Friends and music lovers gathered in Roundy’s Bar on Friday night for the launch of Erdwin Garcia’s debut album, ‘Removiendo’ which has been […]

Click on ad for details of special event FRIENDS and colleagues of the late Tom “Fridge” Naughton, who worked at the Bon Secours, will be “under starters orders”when they stage a benefit race night in his memory at the Fels Point Hotel  on July 4. Tom Naughton died suddenly in […]

  Click on above ad for more IN the last article I wrote of the benefit of gratitude and why it works (read it here). I want to write more on this subject as this is the keystone to true happiness – that is how important gratitude is and it will […]

Click on ad to enter great competition IT was an fantastic, pink-filled night of fun, laughter and no small amount of pain last night in McElligott’s Bar, Ardfert night for a special fundraiser which raised €5,000 over the past week. The Ardfert community came together to support mother of two, Andrea Hogan (36), […]

FR. Seán Hanafin has been re-appointed to his present posting as Parish Priest in St John’s Tralee for a further six-year term. The announcement came following a re-shuffle of diocesan appointments by Bishop Ray Browne just before the weekend. Commenting on the appointments, Bishop Browne said parish life is healthy throughout […]

Click above ad for more AN Ardfert woman has taken the plunge into self-employment with the opening of her new beauty salon. Denise O’Riordan will officially open Meadow Beauty this evening (Saturday) in the Meadowlands Hotel, with former Munster and Ireland rugby star, Alan Quinlan, as special guest. Denise, who previously worked at […]

Click on above ad for more IT’S nearly July already, wow! How many of you have stuck to your training plans to get those summer bods or did you get disillusioned with the volume of negativity? Unfortunately Ireland doesn’t lend itself too kindly to positivity, especially when you are trying to […]

A NURSE was attacked by a patient in the psychiatric unit of KGH on Thursday, making it the seventh attack since June 7, according to a report in The Journal.ie The attack took place Thursday morning where a female patient struck a female nurse in the face and head. Cormac Williams, branch leader of the Psychiatric […]

By Chris Murray As the Leaving Cert 2014 has now been completed we have noticed a large increase in calls from clients regarding the Higher Maintenance Grant, especially relating to the information required relating to PAYE and self employed persons income. From the academic year 2012/2013, Student Universal Support Ireland […]