Post Tagged with: "Charity"

KERRY GAA star David Moran enlisted the help of his dad Ogie and the Eoin ‘Bomber’ Liston in a charity challenge. David Moran has joined RTE Pundit Joe Brolly, footballers John Heslin (Westmeath), Peter Kelly (Kildare), Kevin Cassidy (Ex-Donegal) and Philip Jordan (Ex Tyrone) and many more GAA stars from past […]

THE Glowhearts 4 Crumlin moms travelled to Dublin yesterday to present cheques to the children’s heart centre in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Crumlin and the Ronald McDonald House. The Glowhearts4Crumlin campaign – started by Kerry mothers who have children born with a heart defect – generated a fantastic €18,000 which […]

  THE Kerry Four Peaks Challenge has come and gone for another year with last weekend seeing 17 local and non-local climbers take on the toughest peaks that the Kingdom has to offer over a gruelling two day period. The climbs were more than just a physical challenge for those […]

THE success of the ‘Walk 4 Life’ event held back in April was evident yesterday as organisers from the walk presented a cheque for  €5,860 to their selected charities. Colin Aherne and Lorraine Bowler were delighted at the NEKD offices yesterday as they saw the labours of their hard work pay off. […]

  TRALEE will welcome the ‘Big Blue Box Challenge’ volunteers this Saturday, as they make their way to town as part of a Wild Atlantic Way fundraiser in aid of St Vincent de Paul. The cyclists, taking part in the Bank of Ireland sponsored event, are set to arrive at the Aqua Dome car […]

AN entertaining night for a worthy cause took place last night in CH Chemists in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foundation. There was a good crowd present to witness ‘The Beauty Battle’ which tested the knowledge of experts Mary O’Donnell, Danny Russell and Helen Parker. Continued below… Each time they got  a question right, […]

THE Abbey Inn played host to another great night of fundraising on Wednesday night. The quiz in aid of Kerry Hospice and the Marymount Hospice in Cork drew a large number of tables thanks to Leith resident, Sarah O’ Donnell, who wanted to organise the event to help out the two organisations which are very close […]

BEAUTY and hair experts will be battling it out for the Kerry Hospice this Friday in what promises to be a fun night. ‘The Beauty Battle’ at CH Chemists pits the beauty knowledge of TraleeToday.ie’s and RTE’s ‘Today’ programme’s Mary O’Donnell, hair expert Danny Russell and Helen Parker from Lancome […]

  THE volunteers at a Tralee charity organisation came across an unexpected item when they were going through donations at the weekend. A box was handed into the Kingdom Care charity shop at the Mart Buildings at Mounthawk last week. The box contained Christmas lights, wreaths and decorations, but at the bottom of […]

A FASHION fundraiser was held in Ardfert on Friday night in aid of an Irish charity building and refurbishing schools in the townships in South Africa. Pauline Barrett organised the event in Bamboo Boutique where visitors paid an entry fee and enjoyed food and browsed through the fashions in the store, with […]

  STUDENTS from Presentation Secondary School, Tralee made a presentation to Cuan Mhuire on Friday. The cheque for €1,050 was a result of fundraising activities in the school which were organised to support the work of Cuan Mhuire. Sr Bríd Clifford, former Principal of Presentation Secondary, Tralee, was delighted to accept […]

  A STREET collection for earthquake victims in Nepal will take in town on Saturday and the collection organiser is looking for volunteers. On April 25, a 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit Napal causing widespread devastation and a death toll estimated to be over 8000. While Nepal was still recovering, on Tuesday this […]

  A KERRY Hospice Foundation volunteer has been named as a Sunflower Hero for outstanding contribution to hospice care. Kay (Kathleen) Woods, received the honour at an event in Dublin on Thursday to mark the launch of National Sunflower Days in June. The award was presented to the Killorglin woman by the well-known RTE […]

OVER €2,200 was raised by Tesco stores across Kerry last Friday in support of Temple Street’s Great Irish Bake. Tesco colleagues and customers baked, bought, ate and sold an abundance of culinary creations to help raise some much-needed dough for the children’s hospital. All 149 stores across the country took part in the […]

  ON Friday night last there was a wonderful ball held in Ballygarry House in aid of Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association. The ball named the Primrose Ball was held in memory of the late Tommy Brosnan. Over 350 people attended to help raise funds for IMNDA and also to […]

THE first night of Kerry’s newest and only comedy club, The KY Comedy Alternative, took place in the Abbey last Thursday night. The night saw sets from ten comedians, some from Kerry, some from Limerick and one from Mayo. Despite some issues with sound, the night was a roaring success and €221.49 […]

TWO shops at Abbeycourt had a busy day yesterday but they didn’t earn a cent. Vero Moda and Jack And Jones were taking part in parent company, Bestseller’s, Give-A-Day fundraiser where everything spent in their shops by customers went to charity. Continued below… Fifty per cent of the proceeds went to […]

A CHARITY campaign which raised thousands of euro for Crumlin Children’s Hospital this week, got another great boost on Friday when the Kerry team lent their support to the cause. The ‘Glow Hearts 4 Crumlin’ group, made up of six mothers of children who each have a child that was born with […]

  THE Fels Point Hotel held an early St Patrick’s Day celebration on Thursday for its corporate clients. Guests enjoyed complementary food and drinks from Dingle Distillery – who were showcasing their gin and vodka products – and Classic Drinks with their craft beers and ciders. “It’s an evening to […]

FOR seven years €35,000 lay in a bank account after a fundraising parachute jump involving a Tralee native, but on Thursday the account was cleared out. The good news is that the cash has gone to three great causes, with the lion’s share going to a Tralee-based charity. A sum of €20,000 has […]

A FASHION event in the Fels Point Hotel last month raised over €10,000 for charity and the cheque was presented last Friday night. The ‘Dress Haven’ fundraiser, the brainchild of Mary Brick, was in aid of the Recovery Haven and hundreds showed up to lend their support to the cause […]

  KARE 4 Kidz, a Kerry-based children’s charity, will be holding a fundraising table quiz in the Fels Point Hotel this Thursday at 8pm. Kare 4 Kidz was set up 4 years ago with the aim of providing financial support to the families of sick children. Grace O’Donnell of Kare […]

  PUPILS between the ages of 8 and 13 are encouraged to show they ‘Care for our World’ and enter the ‘Our World Irish Aid Awards 2015’. The awards are designed to help children in Ireland understand global issues, and Ireland’s role in working to meet the United Nations’ Millennium […]

PARENTS, ever fancied yourself a catwalk model? Or if there are any budding catwalk stars at home, they take note as your lucky day might the corner. ‘Recovery Haven Cancer Support House’ along with CH Chemists and Mods & Minis from here in town are preparing to host a fundraising fashion […]

  IT’S still more than two weeks to the off, but punters, bookies and publicans are already rubbing their hands with glee at the thought of the racing extravaganza that is Cheltenham. But if you want to wipe the smile off your bookies face, there’s an event in the Fels […]

THE Kerry Islamic Outreach Society (KIOS) have expressed their delight at the generosity of the people of Tralee to their recent children’s clothes campaign. On Saturday we reported that the KIOS were running a charity campaign to help collect clothes for children in Syria and Palestine. The collection was part of a drive that […]

MARK your calendars for April 25, as a new event dedicated to raising awareness to mental health and suicide awareness/prevention is currently being organised and it promises to be a very special occasion. ‘Walk 4 Life Kerry’ will be a 5km walk that will be held around Tralee with the […]

A TRALEE woman is set to run 12 marathons in eight months to raise funds for those who helped her husband through his cancer ordeal. Last summer, Brenda Doody got the devastating news that her husband, Pat, was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. To give back to the people who helped him, she […]

THE Santa 5k Fun Run which was in Tralee in December helped to raise an amazing €8,600 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Ireland. Close to 1,000 runners, many dressed as Santas and their elves, braved the elements on December 14 in aid of the charity. (See video and photos here) The run was […]

A LOCAL primary school has helped to ‘Power Kindness’ by collecting winter clothing for those in need at the Tralee soup kitchen. Michelle Culloty, a teacher from CBS Primary School, along with her very helpful pupils, staff members and generous parents, recently set out to help the Tralee Soup Kitchen by […]