KERRY Cancer Support Group are informing service users that their bus services to Cork and Limerick are still operating in line with Government and HSE guidelines.
A statement issued by the charity yesterday reads; “Capacity will be limited to maintain physical distancing. Physical distancing protocols are also being adhered to at the treatment centres.
Protective gloves and sanitisers are provided — along with the latest information — on the bus. The bus is cleaned and disinfected daily and in both Cork and Limerick before return journeys.
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Where capacity exceeds required levels additional bus will be provided. We are in constant contact with stakeholders for and with updates.
Anyone with concerns or if people need further information or simply a reassuring call, please contact 066-7195560 where there is always one of our team on hand to talk to you.”
.At the presentation of €6,000, the proceeds of an 80s disco at The Rose Hotel in late January were General Manager of The Rose Hotel Mark Sullivan; Sales and Marketing Manager Aisling Foley, Director of Sales and Marketing Michele King with Trish Kelly and Breda Dyland of Kerry Cancer Support Group. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE was a night of nostalgia and partying at The Rose Hotel last month and the result is that thousands of euro will go to a great cause.
The Back To The 80s event was a sellout success on January 25 attended by 300 people. People partied into the night and many made a fantastic effort dressing up as 80s icons and sporting the fashion of the day (click here for photos).
The upshot of it all was €6,000 was raised for Kerry Cancer Support Group (KCSG) and representatives from the organisation were at the hotel on Wednesday to receive the cheque.
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“I want to thank The Rose Hotel and their staff for all the effort they put in to organising the event,” said Breda Dyland of KCSG.
“They made a special effort to have former staff from Horans and Spirals for the night and that made it so authentic. It was a very positive and fun night.
“Raising the funds is absolutely essential for our service because events like this keep us on the road and it also raises awareness that we are based in Tralee,” added Breda.
Michele King, Director of Sales and Marketing at The Rose Hotel, said they were delighted to help.
“We were delighted with the success of the night and shaking off the January blues. The guests went to great effort and you nearly stood out more if you weren’t dressed up! We’re delighted to support the Kerry Cancer Support Group and we thank our local suppliers who helped us to keep the costs down so more money went to KCSG.”
.Jerry Moriarty presenting €10,000 to Noreen Smiddy, of Marymount Hospice in Cork and country singer Trudi Lawlor presenting €10,000 to Breda Dyland of the Kerry Cancer Bus campaign on St. Patrick’s night in the Gleneagle Hotel. Photo by Don MacMonagle
THE Eileen Rice ‘Country Against Cancer’ Memorial Music Weekend’ which took place in the Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney last October raised €20,000 and two charities benefitted from the event.
Jerry Moriarty presented €10,000 to Noreen Smiddy, of Marymount Hospice in Cork and country singer Trudi Lawlor presented €10,000 to Breda Dyland of the Kerry Cancer Bus campaign on St. Patrick’s night in the Gleneagle Hotel.
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The country music weekend was organised by Jerry Moriarty, whose partner Eileen Rice died from cancer 2 years ago. “I set it up as I lost my partner Eileen to cancer 2 years ago. Eileen loved dancing and country music and kept up her interest throughout her 2 ½ year illness. I wanted to run the event to celebrate her life while giving back to the people who helped her. One of her mantras was that “Life is for Living” and the country music weekend celebrated all that she loved” said Jerry.
The three-day music event featured many country music singers including International singers Trudi Lawlor, Mike Denver and Michael English will take place again next October.
.Mick O’Dwyer and Oliver Callan both contribute to ‘The Purest Win’.
A NEW book containing contributions from famous people is in the shops now with proceeds from sales going to Kerry Cancer Support Group.
Football legend Mick O’Dwyer, cyclist Sean Kelly, television personalities Mike Murphy and Oliver Callan all contribute while there is original poetry from our poet laureate Paula Meehan, and from playwright Frank McGuinness, and much much more.
“The Purest Win” is the title of the new anthology of short stories and poems compiled in aid of the Kerry Cancer Support Group, who provide a vital service with their Health Link Buses, transporting people for treatment to Cork and Limerick hospitals.
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The new anthology has been a year in the making and has been made possible by the contribution of wonderful stories and poems from sports and television personalities, business leaders, and renowned writers and artists.
There have also been contributors from the US and Europe who, recognising the essential work of the KCSG, did not hesitate to help. World renowned artist Pauline Bewick gave two paintings for the project, one of which forms the cover of the book.
While the book is available in shops now, the official Book Launch will take place in the Kerry County Library, Moyderwell, Tralee on Thursday, March 15 at 7pm.
During the launch, there will be an auction of the two Bewick paintings featured in the book, as well as the poem by Paula Meehan, which she has handwritten on Japanese paper, and the signed poem by Frank McGuinness. All proceeds of the auction will go to KCSG. Everyone is welcome.
The Purest Win is available at all SuperValu supermarkets throughout Kerry and in all branches of Horan’s Health Stores in Kerry, Cork and Limerick.
.A cheque for €44,000 was presented to Kerry Cancer Support Group by the ‘Running For The Bus’ group.
KERRY Cancer Support Group (KCSG) has received an incredible €44,000 after a series of fundraising events in the past year.
KCSG was approached a year ago by Breda Lynch and Siobhan Kelliher from the ‘Glenflesk ag Rith’ running group with an idea that they wanted to do a series of runs leading up to the Dublin City Marathon and at the same time raise money for the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus.
“Running for the Bus” was born. Breda’s family had a strong connection with cancer at the time as her daughter was going through treatment.
Leah didn’t use the bus but it passes their door every day and was a symbol to them so they chose to support it. Throughout the year many events were held including “Rallying for the Bus”, “Clonkeen Youth Choir” cd launch, “Choir in the Shire” and of course all of the runs that happened during the year culminating in the Dublin Marathon.
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Members of the Kerry Cancer Support team were presented with the final cheque for €44,000 last week by Breda and her husband Diarmuid at their centre in Tralee.
The Management, Staff and Board of Directors at Kerry Cancer Support Group would like to express their sincere gratitude to the ‘Running for the Bus’ group and the community in East Kerry and beyond for all of their hard work in raising not only the money but in also raising awareness of the organisation.
The funds will be used to complement and enhance the existing services that Kerry Cancer Support Group provide. These include the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus which transports service users from all over Kerry and parts of Cork to hospitals in Cork for their cancer treatment, delivery of awareness programmes to schools and groups in the region and provision of their emergency driving service which transports service users where no other service can help them.
.Breda Dyland from Kerry Cancer Support Group receives a donation from Tim O’Sullivan and representitives from Lough Leine Anglers Association.
AN angling group has raised funds for a vital service at their annual event.
Tim O Sullivan of the Lough Leine Anglers Association presented a cheque for €2,500 to Breda Dyland (Manager), and Trish Kelly of the Kerry Cancer Support Group in The Dromhall Hotel, Killarney on Tuesday, June 7.
The funds were raised during the club’s annual Fly-Fishing Event. The Lough Leine Anglers Association is one of the longest established fishing clubs in Ireland.
Kerry Cancer Support Group would like to thank the club and all those who took part in the event.
The Kerry Cork Health Link bus travels every day to Cork University Hospital (with the exception of Christmas Day, St Stephens Day and Public Holidays). The route services Kerry and parts of Cork. This free service is offered on a confidential basis.
Keel GAA, Club Secretary Laura O’Shea pictured presenting a cheque to Breda Dyland (Manager KCSG) in Murphy’s Bar in Keel, Sunday 5th June. Backrow: Mary Ashe, Mary-Theresa Murphy, Jackie Nagle, Betty Sayers.
KEEL Community came out in force to lend its support to the local GAA club’s pre-loved clothes boutique, pop up shop.
There was a huge response to the event, which took place from the 29th until the 31st of May in Keel Community Centre.
The event was organised to raise funds for the Kerry Cancer Support Group, Kerry – Cork Health Link Bus.
€3000 of the proceeds was donated to the KCSG. Volunteers offered up their time to transport, prepare, and price the clothing.
There was a fantastic selection of clothing, with something for everyone – from wedding attire to children’s clothes, as well as other bric-a-brac.
The presentation of the cheque was made to Bread Dyland (manager of KCSG) by Club Secretary Laura O’Shea, in Murphy’s Bar in Keel, on Sunday 5th of June.
KCSG would like to thank Keel GAA for their generous donation, and to all those who gave up their time to make the event such a success.
LAST Sunday saw over 150 guests attend the launch of the recently re-furbished offices of the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus/Kerry Cancer Support Group in Maine Street.
Special guest on the day was Entrepreneur/ former Dragon’s Den Investor and Newstalk Broadcaster Bobby Kerr.
Bobby, recently recovered from cancer himself and having first hand experience of undergoing cancer treatment was delighted to support the charity by attending the event.
At the event, primary school children, who had raised money for the charity, performed for the guests. Past users of the service spoke about the wonderful positive experiences they had travelling on the bus.
Corporate sponsors addressed the crowd outlining why they consider the Charity to be so valuable to the community and how important it was to support it. The guests were entertained by local group “Flog the Dog”.
Guest Bobby Kerr spoke openly about his diagnosis and how it had changed his perspective on life and stated his new outlook on life – “you have family, friends and health” that is all you need to be happy!”
Kerry Cancer Support Group is a community-based, volunteer-driven, community based fully registered charity.
It was born out of need because services were moved from local hospitals to centres of excellence. The signature service the “Kerry Cork Health Link Bus” travels Monday to Friday, carrying on average 24 users a day.
Last year, 3,200 appointments were attended by users using the Health Link Bus. No Government or HSE funding is received by the charity.
Because it is a local Charity all monies stay in the County. The Appreciation Day was to acknowledge and thank all those who have fund-raised and supported the Charity – from the primary school children, to secondary school children, to sporting and community groups to the Corporate Sponsors.
A MAN that is putting Tralee on the rugby world map is back home this week.
One of Ireland’s brightest new stars, Ultan Dillane, is enjoying a week off catching up with family and friends, while also raising awareness for testicular cancer.
“Coming home is a safe haven, I’m happy to chill out, I’ve a week off so time to recuperate and meet the family,” said Ultan Dillane when TraleeToday.ie caught up with him on Thursday.
“I like my outdoors so especially with the weather turning nice, I’ll bring the dog out to Ballybunion and have a few walks by the beach,” said the 6′ 6″ Connacht player.
The former Tralee RFC man is home coming off the back of a win for Connacht against his native Munster which has put his adopted province on joint top of the Guiness Pro 12 with Leinster.
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.Tralee men, Kerry footballer, Barry John Keane and Ireland rugby international, Ultan Dillane are showing their support for Testicular Cancer Awareness month.
Ultan will be hoping to be included in Joe Schmidt’s final squad that goes to South Africa in the Summer to face the Springboks.
“It’s all about how performances go over the next month to see who makes the selection. It’s still about game time and how we preform over the next few weeks. I just got to focus on my own job and if it happens it happens,” he said.
Ultan called into Kerry Cancer Support Group’s offices in Maine Street on Thursday where he and Kerry GAA star, Barry John Keane supported their#keepyoureyesontheball campaign, as April is testicular cancer awareness month.
Testicular cancer is the number one cancer risk for men between 15 and 35 and around 180 young men a year are diagnosed with the cancer. Ultan was delighted to give his support.
“Thankfully I’ve not been affected personally by cancer, but I know people who have and it’s always heartbreaking to hear these stories. It’s not something guys talk about but you’d have your wits about you to stay vigilant,” said Ultan.
.At the presentation of a cheque for €3,000 to Kerry Cancer Support Group from Promed in Killroglin were, Mary Chaldecott, Mick McGirr, Connor Daly, Liam O’Connor, Colin Denman, Breda Dyland (KCSG), Mike Moriarty, Katherine Heffernan, Terence Houlihan and Jay Galvin (KCSG).
STAFF at Promed, in Killorglin presented a cheque of €3000 to the Kerry Cancer Support group Kerry Cork Health Link Bus, on Wednesday last.
The funds were raised by the staff of the online medical and dental supplier, through various fundraising events throughout the year. Promed have been a great supporter of the charity and Kerry Cancer Support Group are very proud to be associated with the company.
Kerry Cancer Support Group want to thank management and staff at Promed for their support and their efforts in raising the money. It is through donations such as these that the charity is able to continue bringing its services to the people of Kerry and Cork.
KERRY Cancer Support Group are informing service users that their bus services to Cork and Limerick are still operating in line with Government and HSE guidelines.
