Post Tagged with: "GoFundMe"

A GOFUNDME page created just two days ago to help a Tralee teenager who suffered a serious injury on the field last week has already raised over €25,000. Calvin O’Sullivan Shea, a hugely talented soccer and gaelic footballer, sustained a serious head and neck injury in a recent League of […]

A GOFUNDME page has been set up for a Kerry mother-of-three who was diagnosed with terminal cancer last year. Lisa Broderick (47) lives in The Cloisters, Abbeydorney with two of her three children; Holly (13) and Paddy (11) who are dependent on her in every way. Her older daughter Siún (23) is […]

A 5K event to take place in Banna is being organised in memory of a lady who passed away from cancer last year. A campaign has been set up by  Antoinette O’Mahony on behalf of the Bogha Báistí Ramblers from Tralee. The Ramblers are planning a 5k walk/jog/run your way/in […]

A FUNDRAISING campaign has been launched to help a courageous young girl from Ballymacelligott who needs treatment to cope with a rare genetic condition. Family, friends and local community members have come together to help four year old Rose O’Flaherty who was diagnosed with a rare and serious genetic neuromuscular condition […]

MEMBERS of a Tralee family are set to climb Mount Brandon later this month in memory of a much loved woman who passed away eight years ago from cancer. Kathleen Collins will be joined by her daughter Shauna, brother John and up to 30 other family members and friends on […]

A LOCAL man is organising a fundraiser at the end of the month for a mental health awareness service. Trevor Leen from Tralee has organised the Row 10k event to raise funds and awareness for “Text About It (50808)”. Trevor and friends aim to row 10k on a rowing machine, […]

A TRALEE man has already raised over €6,000 in memory of his mom as he takes on a running challenge this month. Eoghan ‘Gally’ Galvin is aiming to cover 200km over the course of May in a combination of walking and running in memory of his mother Anne who tragically passed away […]

A TRALEE man will attempt his first ever ultramarathon with a distance of 66km in aid of a local charity, all within 2km of his house. Maurice’s Kelter’s mother, Anne, would have been celebrating her 66th birthday on this Sunday April 19th this year, so in honour of her, Maurice […]

A LOCAL man has already raised thousands of euro from a charity initiative where he is encouraging people to walk or run 5k, on their own, to raise funds for the Irish Cancer Society. Shane Kenny from Churchill, who now works in Cork City, came up with the idea after […]

WHILE the world is changing for everyone these days, the generosity of the local community is the same as it ever was. This is evident in the case of Brendan Walsh from Tralee, who suffered a serious horse-related injury recently. Brendan is heavily involved in racing, breeding, showjumping and the Kingdom […]

A NIGHT out to support a striker Tralee native has been organised for the end of the month which will see live bands and DJs entertain at Benners Hotel. ‘Bands For Bubbles’ is being held on Friday, January 31 in aid of Siobhain Maher Sequeval. Siobhan (51), originally from Connolly Park […]

A KERRY man is asking people to help him in his fight for life after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October. Ross Hurley (38) from Killarney needs specialist treatment to fight the type of cancer which, according to the American Cancer Society, for all stages of pancreatic cancer […]

A GOFUNDME page to help a Waterville man who suffered a traumatic brain injury has already reached halfway to their €50,000 target to help move him to a rehab facility. Mike Curran was hit by a car in France in late September.  He is in hospital in France and needs to […]

A GOFUNDME page set up to help a mother of two who is battling cancer, has raised  over €105,000 in less than two days. Miriam Joy is a 32 year old mom of two who teaches in Dromtrasna NS, Abbeyfeale and is married to Pat Fitzgerald from Castleisland, where they live with […]

A TEENAGER from Tarbert received serious burns to her hands when the car she was travelling in with her father burst into flames during a rally event on Sunday and now the public is coming to her aid. Eighteen-year-old Megan Costello was the co-driver for her father Jason, who is […]

A TRALEE man is going to abseil down Croke Park to raise awareness of a mental health support organisation. Mike Edgar, a student in IT Tralee, decided to take on the challenge because he is passionate about the issue of mental health. The former Mercy Mounthawk student has set up […]

A FUNDRAISING page has been set up for a Tralee family who lost their home in a fire at Fountain Court yesterday morning. Six houses were affected by the fire which it is thought was caused by an electrical fault. The house where the fire started was not occupied at […]

A YOUNG woman who is studying in IT Tralee has lost sight in her left eye following an accident while on holiday in Thailand. Ciara Twomey from Bantry is a student who is in third year studying General Nursing in the Institute of Technology Tralee. She is currently in a […]

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help a Tralee man who suffered a life-changing illness abroad. Niall Hurley from Clogherbrien was spending two years in Calgary, Canada, working on residential building sites doing carpentry work. He was due to leave on Thursday, February 16 because his two year work visa […]

AH! Young love. Here’s a story that will either warm the cockles of your heart or leave you thinking ‘what a cheek!’ A young couple who met and fell in love in Dingle last autumn, have launched a GoFundMe appeal to help keep their romance alive. Eighteen year old American, Madeleine Walsh met […]

COMMUNITY SPIRIT is alive and well here in town after a group of local people rallied together to help a woman and her mother after they lost a sum of money in town. Helen Mackessy from Basin Road is one of the women at the centre of this story, after […]