Post Tagged with: "Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre"

TRALEE Art Group’s latest art exhibition was officially opened on Wednesday at Baile Mhuire Day Centre, Balloonagh. Centre Manager Paddy Garvey had the honour of opening the exhibition called ‘Memories’which contains a broad range of artworks evoking emotions and recollections for the viewer. These works are in a range of media from watercolour […]

MINISTER for Education Norma Foley was invited to Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre on Friday for the ceremonial handover of keys for the facility’s new vehicle. Back in September 2022, Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre was granted funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development under the CLAR programme. […]

BAILE Mhuire Day Care Centre for Older Persons has purchased the freehold on its existing site along with the neighbouring Balloonagh Convent and McAuley Home in Tralee. The site, and extensive surrounding gardens, were owned by St Brendan’s Trust under the management of the Bishop of Kerry, and has presented an […]

“IT’S a new beginning.” The words of 93 year old George Galvin as he returned to the Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre after a break of 15 months. It was an emotional morning at the facility in Caherslee on Wednesday as clients made their way back to the centre for the […]

NINETEEN Kerry meals on wheels projects will receive over €135,000 between them with funding provided under Measure 3(a) of the CLÁR programme. This will enable community-based organisations which deliver Meals on Wheels and linked services to purchase equipment and make adaptations to existing vehicles to support the provision of their […]

BAILE Mhuire Day Care Centre in Tralee is one of four Kerry recipients of Government funding announced today. Minister for Education and Kerry TD Norma Foley welcomed the approval of funding totalling €89,171 for the four Kerry based groups under the fourth tranche of funding from the Covid-19 Stability Fund. […]

BAILE Mhuire Day Care Centre for Older Persons has secured funding to purchase a new wheelchair-accessible bus to provide a very necessary transport service to clients who attend the Mid & West Kerry Stroke Service in Tralee. The Minister of State for Tourism and Sport, Mr Brendan Griffin TD, confirmed […]

A LOCAL choir presented a cheque for thousands of euros to Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre. It all came about when Trish White and Renee Fitzgibbon, both members of the Opus 96 Chamber Choir, contacted Baile Mhuire to say that they would like to organise a concert to raise money for […]

BAILE Mhuire Day Centre for Older Persons in Tralee needs a new bus, it’s going to cost €50,000 and the money will mostly come from fundraising events such as a special concert at The Rose Hotel at 8pm on Sunday, May 12. A daughter of one of the clients at […]

TWO Tralee women are organising a great family event this Sunday in aid of Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre. Katie Parnell and Katherina Foran are two of 12 local people taking part in a skydive for the Balloonagh facility on September 1, but in the meantime they hope people turn […]

OVER the last number of months, Tralee Art Group has been working with clients and staff of Baile Mhuire in an exciting, innovative approach and the result is a new exhibition, “A Sense of Baile Mhuire” opening at 2.30pm on Thursday, June 14 at the day care centre. Conversations with […]

HERE’S a puzzler. The people at Baile Mhuire are still wondering who returned a large sign which was stolen the weekend before last, but suddenly reappeared three days later. Two six foot by four foot signs — which ask people to sign up to cycle the Ring of Kerry for […]

TO take part in the Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle, you need a good pair of wheels, so Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre for Older Persons and Top Part Tralee have teamed up to give someone a chance to get their hands on a fantastic bike for as little as […]

MICHAEL McCarthy from Ardfert has said he would love to take part in this year’s Ring of Kerry Charity Cycle, but he can’t because he has Multiple Sclerosis and is confined to a wheelchair. Full of life and positivity, he is client of Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre for Older […]

KERRY Group in partnership with NEWKD presented a Community Vibrancy Recognition Programme Award to the Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre in Balloonagh on Tuesday. The award recognises their valuable contribution to the community vibrancy of the Tralee area, the social supports in the provision of day care services for older people and Community, […]

Journalist Ann Marie O’Doherty from Tralee, looks at the work done at the Baile Mhuire Day-Care Centre and speaks to Development Officer at the centre, Aidan Kelly, about what a typical day is like there… In the grounds of the old Mercy Convent in Balloonagh sits Baile Mhuire Day-Care centre, a […]

THE people at Baile Mhuire Day Care Centre had a treat on Monday when they enjoyed entertainment courtesy of the pupils from Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn. Two busloads of children arrived at the centre in Caherslee with their musical instruments and in full voice for the morning. “Our school choir paid their annual […]

YOUNG people from the KDYS in Denny Street certainly helped brighten up a part of Baile Mhuire Day Care home recently. Students from the Leaving Cert Applied programme helped in finishing the inner courtyard, now known as “Eileen’s Garden”, to allow their service users access the garden,  weather permitting of course. This was […]

A LOCAL day-care centre is calling on the goodwill of the community as it looks to raise funds to help build a new garden. Baile Mhuire Day Centre in Balloonagh is the centre hoping to complete the project which they hope will be enjoyed the elderly residents of the centre. […]