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THE Tralee International Resource Centre Choir will give a free concert next Monday, October 9, at the Kerry School of Music on High Street at 7pm. The choir is a diverse group of individuals hailing from Ireland, Ukraine, Nigeria, Burundi, Argentina, and beyond, each with unique life experiences and languages. […]

TRALEE Tennis Club and the Tralee International Resource Centre joined forces to serve up an ‘Introduction to Tennis’, for adult refugees and asylum seekers in Tralee. The four-week programme was designed as a way of integrating migrants with the local community, through tennis, regardless of people’s background or circumstances. The […]

TRALEE International Resource Centre is hosting an exhibition of photos of faces of the diversity of women living in Tralee to mark International Women’s Day on Wednesday March 8. “The theme of this year’s International Women’s Day is ‘Different Faces, One Community, Embrace Diversity’,” said TIRC’s Family Support Worker, Theresa […]

MEMBERS of the board at Tralee International Resource Centre marked World Refugee Day – a day to honour refugees around the world — on Monday. Monday was the international day designated by the United Nations to celebrate the courage of those forced to flee their homes. This year the focus […]

TRALEE Town Park was alive with African beats and colourful dress on Sunday as families of many nationalities and cultures enjoyed Africa Day. The event, opened by Mayor Johnnie Wall was hosted by Tralee International Resource Centre (TIRC) and the African community in Kerry bringing together different African cultures and […]

TWO cheques in aid of Ukrainian refugees were presented recently at the Tralee International Resource Centre (TIRC). Artist Gerald Byrne from Crotta, raised €2,050 to support Ukrainian refugees living in Kerry through his ‘Art for Ukraine’ fundraiser.  He donated the funds to TIRC on Monday to support their work with […]

A REAL community effort went into a fundraising coffee morning in aid of the Red Cross to support refugees on the ground in Ukraine. Asylum seekers and refugees, who use the Tralee International Resource Centre at St Patrick’s Bunglalows in Boherbee, baked cakes and goodies and brought them to the fundraiser […]

THERE will be a coffee morning on this Friday morning to raise funds to help Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war. The event, which takes place between 11am and 1pm tomorrow, will be held at the Tralee International Resource Centre at St Patrick’s Bungalows in Boherbee. It is being organised by […]

THE Bon Secours made donations today to two local organisations. Kerry Hospice Foundation and Tralee International Resource Centre each received cheques on Tuesday from The Bon Secours Hospital Tralee Community Initiative Programme. “We believe that, through our Community Initiative Fund, we can act as a catalyst in tackling social issues […]

TRALEE International Resource Centre (TIRC) is celebrating the African community living in Tralee by unveiling a large mural at their premises in Boherbee. The mural was started on Africa Day (May 25th) when people were asked to submit ideas for the artwork, and since then local artist Teresa Galvin, has […]

  THREE Tralee-based groups will benefit from funding as part of the Get Ireland Growing Fund run by GIY (Grow It Yourself) in partnership with Energia. There are 85 winners of the grants nationally from a fund of €70,000. Rath Oraigh Childcare (€500), TIRC Women Group (€1,000) and Recovery Haven (€2,000) in Tralee will […]

AROUND 30 or so people crammed themselves into a room at the Tralee International Resource Centre (TIRC) on Monday evening looking to help Syrian and Iraqi refugees who have recently come to Tralee. There are 81 refugees from Syria and Iraq in Kerry. Twelve families are located in Tralee, four […]

  TRALEE International Resource Centre (TIRC) are organising a seminar that will focus on children living in Direct Provision (DP). The event, which will take place on Friday, June 19 from 11am-1.30pm in St John’s Pastoral Centre, Ashe St, Tralee, will be entitled ‘Lost Childhoods’. The day will feature speakers from […]

THERE was a large gathering of asylum seekers, people from the Tralee International Resource Centre and volunteers at the annual Christmas Party on Saturday afternoon. Santa made an appearance and they all enjoyed a Christmas dinner and entertainment. Held in Kerins O’Rahilly’s Clubhouse, Gillian Wharton of TIRC explained what the […]

  TRALEE International Resource Centre (TIRC) will celebrate International Human Rights Day with a coffee morning and discussion on Wednesday December 10, from 11am-12pm at their premises in St Patrick’s Bungalows, Boherbee. “Human Rights is at the core of the work we do here in TIRC supporting asylum seekers, refugees […]

THERE was a large gathering  of people in the Meadowlands Hotel on Sunday for a celebration of  ‘Eid ul Adha’, the religious holiday marked by muslims worldwide each year. The day, attended by over 100 people, was organised by the Tralee International Resource Centre (TIRC) in association with the Kerry Islamic […]