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Local Hair And Beauty Salon To Help Out Palliative Care Unit

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A LOCAL hair and beauty salon has will raise funds during the month of May for a great cause.

Ballybeg Hair and Beauty are doing a month long initiative to support the Palliative Care Unit at UHK.

“We all love to look and feel good and at Ballybeg Hair and Beauty for the month of May we invite you to style your hair with us and support a very worthy cause,” said Marie Baker of the salon.

For each colour and full head of highlights they will donate €5 to the cause while for each blow-dry we will donate €2 to the cause. This will apply to appointments on Tuesday Wednesdays and Thursdays for the month of May.

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They will also have donation buckets available in the salon for other days should their customers wish to support the Palliative Care Unit.

Speaking at the launch if the initiative, Marie Baker said; “Many in this county have been touched by cancer and to see the facility we have so close to us providing such an amazing support to those with cancer and their family and friends, we all have a duty to support the wonderful establishment that Palliative Care is.

“Myself and my experienced team are delighted to welcome our regular clients and  hopefully some new faces  to take part in this month long fundraiser and we hope you will join with us to raise what we can for the facility.”

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Get Your Runners At The Ready For Spa/Fenit Good Friday Walk

The Spa/Fenit hospice walk begins from The Tankard on Friday at 11am.

THE Spa/Fenit branch of Kerry Hospice will hold their annual Good Friday 10k scenic route walk and run on Friday, April 14, in memory of the late Jerry O’Sullivan.

Participants will take off from The Tankard, Kilfenora, at 11am.  Walkers of all ages are invited to come along, take part and make a donation.

Organisers are hoping for a big crowd as the money raised will go towards to the palliative care unit. This service is vital to many people in the county, and a worthy cause to run for on Friday.

Refreshments will be provided in The Tankard afterwards for all who participated in the walk. Sponsorship cards are also available.

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Easter Sunday Fun At Maurice Collins Memorial Vintage Day

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Ted Moynihan, Rachel Fitzgerald, Peggy Fitzmaurice, Dan Galvin, Anthony Lynch, Kathleen McCarthy, Sharon Leane, Aoibín Leane and Oisín Leane promoting the Maurice Collins Memorial Vintage Day. Photo by Lisa O’Mahony.

THE  10th annual Maurice Collins Memorial Vintage Day will take place on Easter Sunday, April 16, on the lands of Gerard McCarthy, Banna West Ardfert.

This year, the nominated charities are the Palliative Care, University Hospital Kerry, and Down Syndrome Kerry.

It promises to be an action-packed event, kicking off with the annual tractor run which will take place on the evening prior to the field day.

There will be vintage displays of tractors, engines, cars and bikes for the motor enthusiasts, on the day. A tractor and farms skills competition has also been organised, with a tug of war contest being organised by Macra Na Feirme.

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There will be Easter activities for children of all ages, including an Easter egg hunt, the annual dog show, face painting, bouncy castles, music and dance. There will also be trade stands on the field.

Last year, as a result of the hard work and commitment put into the day by the helpers of the Maurice Collins Memorial Vintage Day, €10,000 was raised for the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus.

This year guarantees a good day out for the entire family, as well as raising funds for charity.

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Afternoon Of Art In Aid Of Kerry Hospice At The Oyster Tavern

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THE SPA/FENIT branch of the Kerry Hospice are joining forces with local artists to raise funds for the Palliative Care Unit in Kerry General Hospital.

‘A Midsummer Art Exhibition’ will take place in the Oyster Tavern, this Sunday, between 3pm and 8pm.

Highly acclaimed artist, John Hurley, has kindly donated one of his creations to be raffled off on the night. The painting has an estimated value of €1,000.

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At the launch of the Spa/Fenit Hospice Committee Midsummer Art Exhibition in aid of the Palliative Care Unit in Kerry General Hospital were, from left: Sally Ryle, Jane Hilliard, Maureen O'Mahony, John Hurley, Mairead Moriarty, Margaret O'Shea, Nuala Finnagan, Noreen O'Leary and Mary McSwiney. Photo by Gavin O'Connor.
At the launch of the Spa/Fenit Hospice Committee Midsummer Art Exhibition in aid of the Palliative Care Unit in Kerry General Hospital were, from left: Sally Ryle, Jane Hilliard, Maureen O’Mahony, John Hurley, Mairead Moriarty, Margaret O’Shea, Nuala Finnegan, Noreen O’Leary and Mary McSwiney. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

“We’re always looking for new ideas to raise money for the hospice,” said Nuala Finnegan, of  the Spa/Fenit Hospice Committee.

The Palliative Care Unit in Kerry General Hospital support patients and their families from county Kerry with advanced diseases requiring palliative care to attain the best quality of life.

The artists – along with John Hurley – who will be exhibiting are Sally Ryle, Jane Hilliard and Maureen O’Mahony.

“This is the first time we will be doing something like this, but we do an awful lot of fundraising, between the six of us who are on the Spa/Fenit committee,” said Nuala.

“The artists are quite excited about it. It’s a lovely idea to have it on a Sunday evening, the fact there is no entry and people can come enjoy some fantastic art on the longest day of the year will hopefully bring people along to support an important cause,” she added.

There will be cheese and wine reception at the Oyster Tavern on arrival.

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Andrea Helps Raise €20,000 For Palliative Care Unit

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Andrea O’Donoghue (Left), hands of a cheque of €20,000 to, Patricia Sheahan , Consultant of Palliative Medicine. Photo by Gavin O’Connor.

THE Palliative Care Unit in Kerry Genaral Hospital, received a massive boost, when a €20,000 cheque from a fundraiser was handed over to them on Monday.

The chief organiser behind the Kerry Stars Lovely Legs Compeition in aid of the Unit was Andrea O’Donoghue from Blennerville, who recently lost her father, Tony, to cancer.

“What the staff do in the Palliative Care unit goes above and beyond what you would think, they don’t get the recognition they should, but they don’t look for it either, so I wanted to give something back,” said Andrea O’Donoghue.

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The money raised will go towards a new purpose built 15 bed in patient unit. Kerry Hospice needs to raise in excess of €5 million for this project.

The fundraising night was attended by Kerry players past and present, such as Ogie Moran, Bomber Liston and Marc O’Se who all had their legs waxed in aid of the  great cause. MC for the night was none other than RTE’s, Miriam O’Callaghan.

“The night was fantastic, I think we sold 700 tickets in the end,” said Andrea O’Donoghue.

“We didn’t expect to raise this amount at all, we were hoping for around €10,000” said Andrea.

A charity auction was held during the fundraiser , where the the bids were for a signed jockeys pants signed by legends of the sport. That went for €2,00o and signed Kerry and Kilkenny jerseys  both fetched €600.

Staff in the Paliative Care Unit, based at the back of Kerry General Hospital are ‘overwhelmed’ with the sum of money which was raised.

“We’re extremely grateful to the O’Donoghue family and to all their friends for the huge effort they made,” said Nurse Manager of the Palliative Care Unit,  Marie O’Connell.

“Every cent that is raised for Palliative Care goes into the needs of the patients. It takes a lot organisation, thought and effort to raise that amount of money and it’s greatly appreciated,” said Marie.