WITH St. Patrick’s Day and the 1916 centenary on everyone’s mind of late, the girls over at ‘Social Box TV’ tested the people of Tralee on their basic Irish skills.
They put forward words like ‘airgead’, ‘arán’, ‘amadán’ to people on the streets during Seachtain Na Gaeilge to see if they could translate them. See how they got on here…
WHILE the Santa 5k Run took place on Sunday, December 13, the girls from SocialBoxTV have just uploaded a new video covering the event.
It really captures the atmosphere of what was a great fundraiser in aid of Heart Children Ireland.
Everybody looks very festive with men, women, children and dogs all enjoying the day. Watch it below.
THE DYNAMIC duo over at Social Box TV have made it through to the live award ceremony of the ‘Blog Awards Ireland’ after the public voted them through.
The girls will now travel to the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin next month for the ceremony.
The two secondary school students, Leanne Hanafin and Lucy Foley, were earlier this month shortlisted in the ‘Innovation Category’ for the Best Company Blog (see previous story here)
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The shortlisted acts were then put to a public vote to see who would progress to the live award show in Dublin.
Having secured a great show of support from the public, the girls will now be heading to the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin on October 22 where the winners in each category will be announced on the night.
Two judges with an expertise in the field of each category will review the finalist blogs again before the big night and then score them accordingly.
“We made it to the final! We are so delighted!” said the team in a message to TraleeToday.ie, as they took to their own Facebook page to thank all those that had voted for them.
If you want to check out out some of the work by Social Box TV, then you can do so by heading over to their YouTube page HERE, their Facebook page HERE.
THE talented team over at Social Box TV have recently seen their hard work and dedication pay off after they been nominated and shortlisted for The Blog Awards Ireland 2015.
Secondary school students, Leanne Hanafin and Lucy Foley, are the brains behind the Tralee-based YouTube channel and website and who have been incredibly busy over the last year bringing us interviews and public opinion vox-pops to charity campaigns and comedy nights, all of which has garnered them thousands of views on their channel.
As a result of this, they have seen their work recognised in what will be the fourth year of the awards as they feature in the shortlist for the ‘Innovation Category’ of the Best Company Blog.
The awards ceremony will be taking place at the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin on October 22 with the girls needing your votes and help to try and secure the win.
Head on over to the team’s website HERE if you would like to vote for them to help secure that much deserved win.
If you want to check out out some of the work by Social Box TV, then you can do so by heading over to their YouTube page HERE, their Facebook page HERE.
TRALEE folk are getting ready to dust off their walking shoes for a good cause on September 12 when they take part in the #Walking4Families campaign being run by the Ronald McDonald House Charities.
It will be a fancy dress themed 5km family fun walk, (so dressing up is ever so slightly encouraged) and will be kicking off from the Tralee Bay Wetlands at 2pm on the day and which will take in the surrounding area of Blennerville and Ballyard before finishing up again at the Wetlands.
The campaign is one that is raising money to help build a new 50 bedroom ‘Ronald McDonald House’ that will go alongside the new National Children’s Hospital.
All those that wishing to take part on day must do is try to raise as much money as they can for the campaign, be that through either sponsorship cards available by messaging the Tralee event HERE, where they will take your details and supply you with a sponsorship card, which you then return on the day of the walk.
Alternatively, if you are unable to attend the walk, you can again contribute to the campaign by texting WALK to 50300 which will give a donation of €4.
Check out the Social Box TV video on the event below.
MAYOR of Tralee, Tom McEllistrim, has stated that one of his priorities for the year is securing city status for the town.
He said he hoped to achieve this under the ‘Living City Initiative’ which is designed to get cities back on their feet following the recession and to attract business back into the city centres.
Well the good people at Tralee YouTube Channel, Social Box TV, took to the streets to ask the people of the town what they thought of the idea.
Below is the video (and don’t forget to subscribe to the girls YouTube channel here)
THE girls over at ‘Social Box TV’ have uploaded another great interview to their YouTube channel.
This time they interviewed one of the co-founders of the Tralee Soup Kitchen, Collette Price, who along with her friend Dawn Roberts have been running the establishment with the help of volunteers since October 2012.
In the video, Collette reveals that up to 90 people are using the facility on a weekly basis and explains why they founded the service.
“I knew there was a need for a soup kitchen in Tralee. There’s a need for a soup kitchen in all towns throughout Ireland really,” Collette says in the video.
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The interview touches on the recent news that the ‘The KY Comedy Alternative’, Kerry’s new comedy club, will be hosting its inaugural night in the Abbey Inn on April 16 and will donate all of its proceedings to the kitchen.
That money will be used to upgrade equipment and new services for those that come for help in the Teach an Solas hall, on Ashe Street, right next to St. John’s church.
The Soup Kitchen is open every Saturday from 12-2pm and is offered to anyone who may be in need of a hot three course meal.
If you would like to help in any way, you can call Collette Price on 086-3188736.
You can watch the full interview with Collette in the video below. You can subscribe to the Social Box TV YouTube channel by clicking here
THE good people over at ‘Social Box TV’ have uploaded another video to their YouTube channel, this time asking the people of Tralee the question ‘Why Are You Proud To Be Irish?’
While the rest of us were either watching the parade with the little ones, marching with our groups/organisations or just out to enjoy the glorious sunshine of the day, the Tralee girls who run the channel were asking for opinions on what it meant to be from Ireland.
You can check out their video below where you might recognise a few people…
SO Christmas will officially kick-off on Saturday with the big parade through town.
But when does Christmas really start? What are your favourite Christmas movies? When should you start buying presents?
Well the girls at the Tralee-based, ‘Social Box TV’ Youtube channel, took to the streets to ask the people of Tralee these questions and a whole lot more.
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