Post Tagged with: "Kerry Hospice"

A KILCUMMIN family raised thousands of euro for the Palliative Care Unit at University Hospital Kerry in memory of Donal McSweeney. The McSweeneys set up a gofundme page last month to thank Kerry Hospice for the amazing care Donal received during his illness and they eventually realised €7,000 which was […]

AN annual fundraiser for Kerry Hospice is back this Christmas and your help is needed to make it a success. This is the third year of the ‘Light To Remember’ virtual tree and with the website now live, the Hospice is inviting people to log on to leave a tribute […]

TRALEE Rugby Club will remember its former club president this month as they launch their Movember campaign in aid of Kerry Hospice Foundation. The Tralee J1s senior team want to recognise the fantastic care staff at the Palliative Care Unit gave  Seán Kelly before he passed away and great work that is […]

A TRALEE family handed over a cheque for €3,270 to the Kerry Hospice Foundation on Tuesday. Paula Silles and her husband Tony have been organising a coffee morning event every September for the past 15 years. It normally entails opening up their home in Corraghlea East to people who enjoy […]

KERRY Hospice Foundation received a number of cheques in the past week thank to fundraisers in the local community. Over 60 vintage and modern tractors took part in a tractor run on September 27 from Blennerville out west and raised €1,795 which was presented to Maura Sullivan of Kerry Hospice […]

IT’S a very different Kerry Hospice Coffee Morning this year, but a few events still went ahead at hotels around Tralee. The event is one of their biggest annual fundraisers, last year realising around €70,000 in the county. The Tralee Chain Gang Cycling Club hosted a coffee morning kindly sponsored by […]

THESE are difficult times for the Kerry Hospice Foundation, as many of the regular events held in aid of the charity have fallen victim to the COVID-19 restrictions. One of their biggest fundraisers is the annual coffee morning later this month, where people and businesses host get-togethers in their homes […]

THE car-park of Blennerville Windmill was revving with the sound of motorbikes and scooters for a special charity event on Sunday. The West Kerry Honda 50 and Classic Bike Run in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foundartion saw over 60 bikes head off at 12 noon on a tour of […]

IF you’re looking for something to do or look at this Sunday, the West Kerry Honda 50 and Classic Bike Run takes place from 12 noon and will see participants head to the wilds of West Kerry for a scenic day out on the open road, all in aid of […]

WITH summer passing by without many events taking place, those of you with a Honda 50 or classic motorbike might be interested in this day out next weekend. The West Kerry Honda 50 and Classic Bike Run takes place on Sunday, August 16 from 12 noon and will see participants […]

THOUSANDS of euro have been raised from a fundraiser which took place this weekend to help out the Kerry Hospice Foundation Palliative Care Unit. Michelle Greaney, AAI run coach, along with Andrea O’Donoghue of Kerry Hospice organised the Kerry Hospice Sunflower Day Virtual Run/Walk with people taking on a 5k/10k run […]

WELL-KNOWN Tralee woman Mairead Fernane decided to shave off her hair in aid of the Kerry Hospice Foundation and in memory of her niece who passed away last September. The former Fine Gael town councillor and staunch Austin Stacks clubwoman has been volunteering with Kerry Hospice for years but decided […]

WITH the Covid-19 pandemic affecting fundraising campaigns for the Kerry Hospice Foundation Palliative Care Unit, a local woman has decided to help organise an event at the end of the month. Michelle Greaney, AAI run coach, along with Andrea O’Donoghue of Kerry Hospice,  is organising the Kerry Hospice Sunflower Day Virtual […]

KERRY Hospice Foundation has been presented with a number of cheques over the past week from separate fundraisers. Last night, Radio Kerry’s Deirdre Walsh was at the Palliative Care Unit to hand over the proceeds from ‘Poetry From The Pulpit’. This was an event held back in November which saw well […]

THERE’S still time to enter the Tralee 10 Miler/5k which takes place this Sunday. Organised by Michelle Greaney of MG Coaching, the event returns for the third consecutive year and will bring together the ideal combination of club athletes and recreational runners over relatively flat fast courses taking in the outskirts […]

THE proceeds of a fundraiser held in The Meadowlands Hotel a few months ago, were presented to two charities on Friday night. Tralee-based cycling club, the Chain Gang, held a table quiz and a bike raffle in the hotel back on November 15 in aid of Comfort For Chemo Kerry […]

TWO cancer charities were presented with thousands of euro each after a Movember event held in memory of Rahoonane man. Tom Raymond passed away in June of this year. During his battle with cancer, he travelled for treatment on the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus and received care in the […]

WB YEATS, Percy French, Gerard Manley Hopkins and many more poets had their work read aloud at a charity event with a difference last night in Listowel. The brainchild of Radio Kerry presenter Deirdre Walsh, ‘Poetry From The Pulpit’ saw well known Kerry people take to the stage in St John’s […]

FORMER Kerry captains, Radio Kerry presenters, an RTE journalist and many more will read their favourite poems and enjoy some friendly chat at a special evening in aid of a charity this Thursday night. Radio Kerry presenter Deirdre Walsh is hosting a poetry evening with a difference in Listowel to […]

THE launch of the ‘Light To Remember’ fundraiser for Kerry Hospice took place at the Palliative Care Unit on Saturday. The lights will be available to buy online until the end of December and will also be sold by Kerry Hospice volunteers in the near future. The lights are to remember […]

MEMBERS of a local bike club were at the Palliative Care Day Care Unit on Friday to present the proceeds of a recent event to Kerry Hospice. The Kingdom Knights which has about 20 members, invited bikers from all over Ireland and beyond for a rally at Banna Beach Hotel […]

TWO cheque presentations were made to the Kerry Hospice Foundation over the past week amounting to over €34,000 between them. Breda Buckley called into the Palliative Care Unit at UHK on Friday with family and friends to present a cheque for €2,600. This was raised from a CD of songs […]

RADIO Kerry presenter Deirdre Walsh is hosting a poetry evening with a difference in Listowel at the end of the month, to raise money for a cause very close to her heart. Since last year, Deirdre – who presents the station’s ‘TalkAbout’ programme – has been an Ambassador for the […]

FESTIVE scenes and images of Kerry at Christmas adorn the new set of Christmas cards launched by the Kerry Hospice Foundation last night. Members of the Kerry Camogie team which won the Junior All-Ireland final this year were present with Kerry footballer David Moran for the launch of the cards […]

STAFF at the Revenue Commissioners offices at Spa Road presented a cheque to Kerry Hospice  this morning after they held a fundraiser there recently. Some staff wore the county colours of their great rivals for a day, while a coffee morning was also held which eventually raised €1,310. “Theresa Dooley, […]

WHILE the official date for Ireland’s biggest coffee morning took place last Thursday, Kirby’s Brogue Inn kept the funds rolling in for the Kerry Hospice today. The Rock Street hostelry hosted the fundraiser where customers could avail of a coffee and some goodies in return for a donation to the charity […]

A CHEQUE for €12,815 was presented to Kerry Hospice Foundation on Thursday evening thanks to the efforts of 12 charity runners. The participants in the ‘Great Irish Marathon’ took on a unique challenge of running one mile in each of the 26 counties in the Republic on the longest day […]

IRELAND’S biggest coffee morning took place today and many businesses and homes around Tralee and Kerry took part. Many brought their baked goodies into workplaces while some hosted large get-togethers in their homes for the fundraiser, which benefits the Kerry Hospice Foundation and helps raise vital funds for the palliative care […]

IT’S expected the weather will be fine for the annual Tony O’Donoghue walk which will take place this Saturday, September 7 at 5pm from the Blennerville Windmill Car Park. Thanks to the huge generosity of the local people and beyond they have raised over €45,000 in fundraising  in the event […]

THE new Rose of Tralee stopped off Kirby’s Brogue Inn on Wednesday morning to officially launch the annual Kerry Hospice coffee morning. Kerry Hospice Foundation are calling on the people of Kerry to host a coffee morning on Thursday, September 19 to help raise vital funds for the palliative care […]