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Online Concert From Kerry Musicians In Aid Of Pieta House

Online Concert From Kerry Musicians In Aid Of Pieta House

December 22, 2020 at 4:21 pm Comments are Disabled

IT’S hoped an online performance from Kerry musicians will raise much-needed funds for Pieta House. ‘Bringing Home The Christmas: An Evening of Traditional, Music, Song, Dance and Storytelling from Herlihy’s, Farranfore’ does exactly what it says on the tin. In an effort to end the year on a somewhat lighter note and […]

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Kerry College Music Students To Livestream Concert For Pieta House

Kerry College Music Students To Livestream Concert For Pieta House

December 15, 2020 at 11:41 am Comments are Disabled

KERRY College music students are hosting a concert in aid of Pieta House this Saturday evening at 7pm. “In what has been a very difficult year for everyone, this initiative shows remarkable resilience by our students who are giving their time and talents to facilitate a wonderful evening in support […]

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Colm Griffin (left) hands over a cheque to Con O'Connor of Pieta House.

Colm’s ‘Black Friday’ Sale Raises Over €500 For Pieta House

December 10, 2020 at 12:58 pm Comments are Disabled

A LOCAL business handed over a cheque for €520 to a charity on Monday after holding a very different Black Friday sale. Colm Griffin of Purchase.ie, the online store based in the Spa, Tralee decided to give 10% of their takings from Black Friday right through to Cyber Monday to Pieta […]

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Con O'Connor of Pieta House Tralee was at Coláiste Gleann Lí to accept €360, proceeds of a fundraiser organised by students. Also included is Deputy Principal Liam McGill and teacher Marie Doody. Photo by Dermot Crean

Coláiste Gleann Lí Students Hold ‘Colour Day’ For Pieta House

October 7, 2020 at 11:35 am Comments are Disabled

STUDENTS from Coláiste Gleann Lí presented proceeds from a recent fundraiser to Pieta House Tralee on Monday. The students held a ‘colours day’ where students wore yellow, blue or orange — which are the colours of Pieta House — and donated €2, eventually raising €360. There were also fun games […]

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Ardfert Residents Raise Over €2,000 For Pieta House

Ardfert Residents Raise Over €2,000 For Pieta House

May 20, 2020 at 10:19 am Comments are Disabled

THE residents of Casement View and St. Brendan’s Terrace Ardfert recently organised small events adhering to social distancing guidelines to fundraise for local charities. At 4:30am on Saturday, May 9, a small number of residents from the estates took part in a mini-social distancing Darkness into Light in aid of […]

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PHOTOS: GAA Club Raises Over €4,000 With Run4Pieta Event

PHOTOS: GAA Club Raises Over €4,000 With Run4Pieta Event

May 18, 2020 at 11:33 am Comments are Disabled

A GREAT community effort has seen over €4,000 raised for Pieta House over the weekend. Kerins O’Rahillys GAA Club ran the Run4Pieta event over Thursday, Friday and Saturday where over 400 people of all ages ran, walked, cycled and skated over 462km between them to raise much needed funds for […]

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Public Urged To Take Part In ‘Sunrise Appeal’ On Saturday Morning

Public Urged To Take Part In ‘Sunrise Appeal’ On Saturday Morning

May 8, 2020 at 11:28 am Comments are Disabled

AROUND this time last year, thousands of people gathered at the Tralee Bay Wetlands for the annual Darkness Into Light Tralee event in aid of Pieta House. With COVID-19 forcing the postponement of that fundraiser all over the world, the charity is hoping people will support their alternative ‘Sunrise Appeal’. […]

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Pieta House Launches Urgent Darkness Into Light ‘Sunrise’ Appeal For Funds

Pieta House Launches Urgent Darkness Into Light ‘Sunrise’ Appeal For Funds

April 23, 2020 at 10:44 am Comments are Disabled

ELECTRIC Ireland has called on the public to support Pieta House’s urgent appeal for donations and join together for ‘Sunrise’ on May 9th to mark the postponed Darkness into Light event. On May 9, it was expected that over 250,000 people would have come together on every continent to walk together […]

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Pieta House at 28 Moyderwell.

‘Darkness Into Light’ Postponement Severely Affects Funding For Pieta House

April 1, 2020 at 10:48 am Comments are Disabled

THIS year’s Darkness Into Light event has been postponed leaving a huge gap in Pieta House’s funds for this year. The international event provides much-needed funds for Pieta every year but has been postponed because of the Covid-19 crisis.  Originally scheduled for May 9, the event will now take place […]

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Con O'Connor of Pieta House (right) accepts a cheque from Paul Donovan, Micheál Maher, Ciara Hotchkiss and Anne Lenihan of Borg Warner on Monday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Proceeds From Two Fundraisers Presented To Pieta House

January 22, 2020 at 11:43 am Comments are Disabled

THE proceeds of two separate fundraisers, held by a company and a local club, were handed over to Pieta House on Monday. Con O’Connor from the Moyderwell-based suicide prevention and counselling centre was presented with cheques totalling €2,100 by Borg Warner and the Tralee Flower and Garden Club. Staff from […]

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Pieta House Receives Cheque After Stradbally Wren Fundraiser

Pieta House Receives Cheque After Stradbally Wren Fundraiser

January 14, 2020 at 3:01 pm 1 comment

PIETA House in Tralee was the beneficiary of an event held out west over Christmas. The Stradbally Wren was well-supported and led to a total of €1,600 being raised for the facility at Moyderwell. A dedicated bunch braved the elements on St Stephen’s day and had great fun keeping the […]

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Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Pupils Present Cheque To Pieta House

Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn Pupils Present Cheque To Pieta House

December 19, 2019 at 9:49 am Comments are Disabled

THE pupils of Gaelscoil Mhic Easmainn were out singing during Tuesday and all for a good cause. About 90 of the pupils had a spell carol singing in town and the public gave generously to add to funds raised last year to make €1,529, which was donated to Pieta House […]

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Mairead Fernane, Jim Naughton, Jan Rice of the Samaritans, Tim Guiheen, Anne Marie Healy, Niall Shanahan and Mairead Moriarty of the Samaritans at the new sign at Austin Stacks GAA grounds in Connolly Park. Photo by Dermot Crean

New Sign At Austin Stacks Promotes Mental Health Services

December 11, 2019 at 9:54 am Comments are Disabled

A NEW sign has been erected at Austin Stacks GAA grounds at Connolly Park promoting local mental health services. The sign gives the contact details of Pieta House and Samaritans and encourages anyone feeling worried or upset to get in touch with them. “I feel clubs need to help their […]

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Caroline Uses 40th Birthday Celebration To Raise Funds For Charity

Caroline Uses 40th Birthday Celebration To Raise Funds For Charity

December 4, 2019 at 10:37 am Comments are Disabled

NOW this was a great idea! A Causeway woman used the occasion of her birthday to raise funds for two great causes. Caroline Houlihan recently celebrated her 40th birthday in the north Kerry village and decided to generously donate the proceeds of donations from friends and family to Temple Street Children’s […]

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West Kerry Community Group Presents Cheque To Pieta House Tralee

West Kerry Community Group Presents Cheque To Pieta House Tralee

November 20, 2019 at 10:25 am Comments are Disabled

PIETA House in Tralee was the beneficiary of an event held late last month in west Kerry. The Castlegregory Parish Youth Council held a ‘feelgood’ coffee morning on Sunday, October 27 in Mean Scoil Nua an Leigh Triuigh. The morning had a Halloween theme and was well supported by the […]

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Barbecue In Abbeydorney Bar Raises Over €2,000 For Pieta House

Barbecue In Abbeydorney Bar Raises Over €2,000 For Pieta House

November 4, 2019 at 12:41 pm Comments are Disabled

McELLIGOTT’S Bar in Abbeydorney ran an ‘End of Harvest Festival Feelgood BBQ’ in aid of Pieta House in October and presented €2,020 to Pieta House last Saturday evening. Sinead McElligott and Pat Hayes, who organised the successful event, wished to thank Irish Marquees who supplied the large tent, Adare farm […]

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Nearly €130,000 Presented To Pieta House From Kerry Darkness Into Light Walks

Nearly €130,000 Presented To Pieta House From Kerry Darkness Into Light Walks

October 17, 2019 at 10:40 am Comments are Disabled

THE eight Kerry Darkness Into Light groups gathered in Ballygarry House Hotel last night to present a cheque to Pieta House. Thousands of people took to the roads back in May to take part in the event which raises much-needed funds for Pieta House which provides a free, therapeutic approach […]

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Pieta House at 28 Moyderwell.

Pieta House Tralee Invites All To Open Day

October 8, 2019 at 2:37 pm Comments are Disabled

PIETA House in Moyderwell, Tralee is hosting an open day on Thursday, October  17. Pieta House Tralee provides a professional one-to-one therapeutic service for people who are experiencing suicidal ideation, people who have attempted suicide, people who are engaging in self-harm and people bereaved by suicide. Con O’Connor of Pieta […]

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Rowing Club Donates Thousands To Pieta House After ‘Nun Challenge’

Rowing Club Donates Thousands To Pieta House After ‘Nun Challenge’

July 11, 2019 at 10:55 am Comments are Disabled

PIETA House received a cheque for €2,200 last night after the efforts of a local club to beat a world record for the most people dressed up as nuns in the one place. Back on Saturday, June 15, hundreds of people gathered in the Town Park for the Tralee Nun Challenge […]

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PHOTOS: CBS Students And Staff Help Out Pieta House

PHOTOS: CBS Students And Staff Help Out Pieta House

March 21, 2019 at 4:25 pm Comments are Disabled

PUPILS at CBS The Green, Tralee held a school fundraiser in aid of Pieta House last Friday. The school held a non-uniform day and each student wore an orange, yellow or red piece of clothing. These colours were chosen to symbolise the movement from darkness to light. “This is an […]

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Con O'Connor (centre) accepts a cheque on behalf of Pieta House from Michelle Walsh and John Tuite.

TLI Group Raised Thousands For Pieta House In 2018

February 23, 2019 at 11:41 am Comments are Disabled

TLI Group were the charity partner for Pieta House in 2018 and staff there pulled out all the stops to raise thousands for the charity. Following a very clever suggestions from a staff feedback session it was decided to link the number of Good Catch and Near Miss Safety Reports […]

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At the presentation of a cheque to Pieta House, the proceeds of a bikeathon at Nolan's Londis on North Circular Road were Niall Nolan, Daragh Murnane and Sinead O'Connor of Nolan's Londis and Con O'Connor of Pieta House. Photo by Dermot Crean

Community Effort At Nolan’s Londis Sees Thousands Raised For Pieta House

February 14, 2019 at 10:10 am Comments are Disabled

THE local community turned out in force at a fun charity event in October which ended up raising thousands of euro for Pieta House. Nolan’s Londis on the North Circular Road was the venue for a bikeathon back on October 20 which saw people taking turns in pedalling away on […]

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Geraldine Hurley with some of the choir from the Oliver Hurley School of Performing Arts rehearsing for the concert in aid of Pieta House on Sunday week. Photo by Dermot Crean

A Christmas Carol Extravaganza For Pieta House

November 24, 2018 at 9:30 am Comments are Disabled

HERE’S something that’ll get you in the mood for the festive season and you’ll be supporting a great cause too. ‘A Christmas Carol Extravaganza’ in aid of Pieta House will be held in Our Lady and St Brendan’s Church on Sunday, December 2 at 7.30pm. MC’d by Radio Kerry’s Elaine […]

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Niall and Vivienne Nolan with people taking part in the bikeathon at Nolan's Londis on the North Circular Road on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean

Thousands Raised For Pieta House At Nolan’s Londis Family Day And Bikeathon

October 23, 2018 at 1:52 pm Comments are Disabled

A DAY of fun at Nolan’s Garage on the North Circular Road on Saturday has so far raised over €4,500 for Pieta House. Londis are a Charity partner of Pieta House in 2018 and in conjunction with that, Nolans Londis invited people to take part in a bikeathon for the […]

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Nolan’s Garage Prepares For Family Day In Aid Pieta House

Nolan’s Garage Prepares For Family Day In Aid Pieta House

October 19, 2018 at 10:01 am Comments are Disabled

THE public is invited to Nolan’s Garage on the North Circular Road later this month for a great family day to help out Pieta House. Londis are a Charity partner of Pieta House in 2018 and in conjunction with that, Nolans Londis are having a big family day on Saturday, […]

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Table Quiz As Gaeilge In Aid Of Pieta House

Table Quiz As Gaeilge In Aid Of Pieta House

October 15, 2018 at 9:54 am Comments are Disabled

FANCY testing out your general knowledge and your understanding of the Irish language? Well, as part of FeelGood Week for Pieta House, Damien Kissane has organised a Table Quiz, as Gaeilge on Wednesday, October 24th at 8pm in the Ashe Hotel, Tralee. The funds raised will enable Pieta House to […]

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Get On The Bike At Nolan’s Garage To Help Out Pieta House

Get On The Bike At Nolan’s Garage To Help Out Pieta House

October 2, 2018 at 11:17 am Comments are Disabled

THE public is invited to Nolan’s Garage on the North Circular Road later this month for a great family day to help out Pieta House. Londis are a Charity partner of Pieta House in 2018 and in conjunction with that, Nolans Londis are having a big family day on Saturday, […]

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Blennerville Rehabcare Receives Amber Flag From Pieta House

Blennerville Rehabcare Receives Amber Flag From Pieta House

July 3, 2018 at 12:19 pm Comments are Disabled

BLENNERVILLE Rehabcare has been presented with the Pieta House Amber Flag An initiative to promote mental health among the youth. The Amber Flag initiative is a programme that encourages schools, colleges, clubs, and societies to work to bring about and promote a cultural change in the way we think about […]

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Pieta House Awards Its Amber Flag To Mercy Mounthawk

Pieta House Awards Its Amber Flag To Mercy Mounthawk

May 21, 2018 at 11:49 am Comments are Disabled

MERCY Mounthawk has received an Amber Flag from national suicide prevention charity, Pieta House. The Amber Flag was presented to over 80 schools, colleges, clubs, and societies, recognising their individual efforts to create healthy, inclusive environments that support mental wellbeing, last Thursday in Oriel House Hotel, Ballincollig. Health & Wellbeing […]

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Rose Jennifer Gives Her Support To Darkness Into Light Walks

Rose Jennifer Gives Her Support To Darkness Into Light Walks

April 20, 2018 at 9:49 am Comments are Disabled

THE Rose of Tralee, Jennifer Byrne, paid a visit to Pieta House in Tralee on Thursday to get a sense of the amazing work underway there. She also lent her support to its major fundraiser, Darkness Into Light, which takes place at 4.15am on May 12 in Tralee from CBS […]

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