Post Tagged with: "Charity"

A CARING Castlegregory teenager has this week taken the plunge and chopped 14 inches from her hair to help two charities. Transition Year student at Mean Scoil An Leith Truigh, Katie Crean (15), grew her hair over the last three years knowing that she would eventually donate it to charity. On […]

WELL-KNOWN fashion store Paco, located on The Mall, was packed on Friday morning as they hosted a coffee morning for a great cause. Members of the MS Society Tralee/West Kerry Branch were on hand serving teas, coffees and treats in return for a donation while everyone who gave was entered […]

THE people of Kerry are encouraged to participate in a ‘100K in 30 Days’ event to raise funds for the Marie Keating Foundation. 100K in 30 Days have teamed up with the Marie Keating Foundation to support their vital breast cancer services and organisers are calling on the people of […]

TLI Group staff recently took part in the Ring of Kerry Cycle and raised an impressive €12,595 for Breakthrough Cancer Research. The staff at TLI Group, which has its headquarters near Abbeydorney, commenced their training and preparation earlier this year and after months of spinning classes, road cycling and healthy eating, […]

KERRY Cancer Support Group, Kerry Hospice, Recovery Haven Kerry Cancer Support House and Comfort for Chemo Kerry between them share €121,008, the proceeds from the Radio Kerry Radio Bingo game in the first year. Following a hiatus of many years, Radio Kerry reintroduced the popular Radio Bingo game in May […]

IT was a very special night at The Kingdom Greyhound Stadium on Friday night with a fantastic crowd in attendance as Tom Pa O’Connor presented an incredible €85,000 to representatives of three Kerry based Cancer Services Charities. The North Kerry man has raised more than €125,000 for cancer and hospice […]

A TRALEE woman presented a cheque for over €5,631 to the Beaumont Hospital Foundation in Dublin on Wednesday, following a fundraising event last year. Ann Eager, who took on a charity cycle from Donegal to Derrymore in aid of the ICU in Beaumont and the Cardiac Rehab Unit in UHK […]

KERRY people are invited to vote for their favourite charity so that they’re in with a chance of sharing in £120,000 to be given away over 12 days next month. The season of giving is almost upon us and specialist education, faith, heritage and charity insurer, Ecclesiastical Insurance, has launched its […]

A GROUP of cyclists from Tralee are taking an unusual route next week from ‘castle to castle’ in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foundation. Mark Sheehy from Tralee and Michael Ferriter from Castlegregory have organised a cycle from Castlebar in Mayo to The Castle Bar in Tralee from Thursday, August […]

TESCO staff in Tralee and around the country are dressing up to help raise awareness and funds for CHI at Temple Street this Halloween. They are planning to keep spirits high for shoppers for the annual ‘Trick or Treat for Temple Street’ which runs from Monday, October 26 to November […]

RADIO Kerry ‘s Celebrate4Life, fundraising initiative on behalf of four Kerry charities – Kerry Hospice Foundation, Comfort for Chemo, Recovery Haven and the Kerry Cancer Support Group, has raised €133,500. The charities involved say they are hugely grateful and extremely humbled by the generosity shown to them throughout the appeal. […]

ALDI has launched its Food For Good campaign with FoodCloud to help those in need this Christmas, including their charity partners Novas Knocklee House and ADAPT Kerry Women’s Refuge in Tralee. A new independent survey from Aldi has found that households in Kerry throw out over €1.5m worth of food each year, […]

A TRALEE mom and her two daughters were feeling a little lighter-headed on Wednesday evening after they had a large part of their hair cut off to help two great causes. Majella O’Connell of O’Connell’s Pharmacy, and her two daughters Meabh and Maria had been growing their hair out for […]

A BRITISH charity trekker has arrived in Kerry with a large blue double-decker bus as part of a 7,000 mile walk for cancer patients. Brian Burnie has walked 3,607 miles around the coastline of Scotland, Cumbria, Lancashire, Merseyside, North Wales and Ireland. This week, Brian Burnie, 75, has hiked to Tralee […]

WOODIES staff in Tralee are once again pulling out all the stops for their annual summer fundraising campaign. Woodie’s Tralee are doing their part in the nationwide Woodie’s Hero’s 2019 campaign which takes place during July/August. Four charities — Child Line, Temple Street Hospital, Hand in Hand and Autism Assistant […]

TESCO has announced that due to popular demand, Cedric teddy bears will be available in Tesco stores in Tralee and nationwide from Saturday, December 1 for €5 in aid of Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. As seen on ‘The Late Late Toy Show’ last night, the tale of Cedric being […]

A SPECIAL game of soccer was held on Friday night in the John Mitchels GAA Grounds for a great cause. Members of the HSE Mental Health Services staff took on a team of local gardaí in aid of the Palliative Care Unit at UHK. It was also held in support […]

A THIRD class pupil decided to do something special on Friday, when she got her long hair cut off in aid of the Little Princess Trust charity…and she raised over €800 as well! Nine-year-old Shannon Quinlan from Ballyduff decided to get the hair cut after seeing how a relative of […]

A TRALEE man is preparing for a trip to Africa in February to work for an Irish charity which helps both sexually abused and trafficked children and he’s organising a fundraising ‘Sunday drive’ next month to raise funds for the project. Kerry’s Eye photographer Robert O’Mahony, who now lives in […]

A COFFEE/FASHION morning will be held at a popular Tralee shop for a great cause this Friday morning. Eileen Whelan of Paco on The Mall has organised the event to raise awareness of the annual Jamie Wrenn/Mike Deane walk which takes place in July. From 11am to 1pm, there’ll be […]

THE Town Park was the beautiful setting for a charity lunchtime yoga class on Wednesday. as over 30 people put down their mats for a spot of relaxation and exercise. Maeve Ferris of Ebb And Flow Yoga, was behind the idea and explained how it came about. “Today is International […]

KERRY’S top stylists will do battle at a fantastic charity event next month which is a must for fashion lovers. ‘Rags To The Runway’, which takes place at the Ballyroe Heights Hotel on Saturday, March 11, is a unique fashion event for anyone with an interest in thrift shopping, vintage clothes […]

POPULAR trad band Spailpin are set to launch a retrospective of their work at the start of next month and they’re helping out a great cause in the process. Mary Lynch is trying to raise €20,000 for 10 new chemotherapy chairs for the unit at University Hospital Kerry and the band […]

A MOUNTAIN climb  held by workers at an Abbeydorney-based company raised over €10,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital. On Monday, Nicola O’Callaghan of the Business Development Team at TLI Group, handed the cheque for €10,081 to Helena Bibby, Corporate Development Manager, at Temple Street Hospital who thanked the company for their efforts. […]

DINERS are invited to take part in a fun night whilst dining blindfolded in order to raise much-needed funds for the National Council for The Blind Ireland (NCBI) Cassidy’s Restaurant on Abbey Street is taking part in ‘Dine In The Dark’ for NCBI this November and it’s being promoted by one of Ireland’s top […]

THE people at Peter Mark hair salon in Tralee are looking forward to pyjama parties, bake sales and fancy dress fun next weekend for their Petermarkathon fundraiser. The team at Abbey Court will join their colleagues all over the country from Thursday, October 27 to Saturday, October 29 to raise funds for Women’s Aid and specifically […]

AN evening of fashion, fun and awareness will take place this coming Thursday in Benners Hotel, Tralee, for a great cause. The event, “Think Pink, Think Positive”, in aid of Breast Cancer Research is an evening for ladies, by ladies with some inspiration. Guest speakers on the night include Maria Walsh and Daily […]

  WOODIE’S in Manor West Retail Park, Tralee has launched its 2016 Heroes Campaign, as part of a nationwide campaign to raise much needed funds for Ireland’s major children’s charities. Each Saturday for the month of August, Woodie’s employees in Manor West Retail Park Tralee will team-up and take turns […]

A FEAST of soccer for a great cause will take place at the end of the month where teams from companies, hospitals and the Gardaí will compete for the inaugural Turner’s Bar Invitational Cup. Twelve teams will take part in the tournament over one day on Sunday, July 31 at the ITT […]

TESCO stores across Kerry will be taking part in Ireland’s largest fancy dress day on Saturday, July 23, all for a great cause. Tesco has set a national fundraising target of €100,000 to help raise vital funds for its charity partner, Temple Street Children’s Hospital and staff will be kitted out in a […]