Post Tagged with: "Donal Walsh LiveLife Foundation"

THERE was a real buzz of excitement and anticipation at Spa NS on Tuesday as the 2022 ‘Donal Walsh Spa 6K Challenge’ was launched. This hugely popular event was first held in 2014 and has become a firm favourite on the community calendar in the Spa. Unfortunately, it was not […]

THE Tralee Omniplex was the venue on Friday afternoon for the 6th annual Donal Walsh Live Life Secondary School and Adult Film Awards. This year saw the competition screen the shortlisted movies at the IMax Cinema and the experience was magical according to organiser, Mary Lucey. With an audience of […]

KERRY County Council today hosted a Civic Reception to honour the work of Fionnbar and Elma Walsh and the Donal Walsh #Livelife Foundation. At a reception at County Buildings in Tralee, the legacy of Donal Walsh and the work being done by his parents to promote his message of positivity […]

THE National Live Life Film Competition for 2019 was officially launched on Thursday in Kerry College of Further Education and entries are now invited with the theme of “It All Works Out!” This is the 6th year of this hugely popular competition in memory of Tralee teenager Donal Walsh. The Competition aims […]

STUDENTS from Mercy Mounthawk took on the teachers in a fundraising basketball match recently and the main winners were the Donal Walsh LiveLife Foundation. The event took place as part of the schools Health and Wellbeing Week held from October 8 to October 12, as teacher Olivia Dineen explained. “The […]

THIS weekend marked the fifth anniversary of the passing of Donal Walsh and two special events took place to remember the young man who continues to make such an impact on people’s lives. On Friday there was a special anniversary Mass celebrated in Knock with 3,000 students attending from all […]

TWO Tralee musicians have organised a day of music on the streets of Tralee to remember Donal Walsh on the 5th anniversary of his death. Willie Kelly and Jim O’Connor decided to a number of acts together, spread around The Mall and The Square, playing music during Saturday afternoon from […]

THE Brandon Hotel came alive yesterday with some well known faces joining the hundreds of students from schools around Munster at the annual Donal Walsh LiveLife Foundation Film Competition Awards. Maurice Galwey, Aidan O’Mahony and RTE’s Teresa Mannion were among the judges attending for the competition awards, which drew a large […]

THERE’S still a couple of weeks to get your entries in for the Donal Walsh #LiveLife National Film Competition 2017/18. The hugely popular competition has three categories Primary School, Secondary School and adult and always throws up some serious filmmaking talent. “We want you to remember Donal and his “Live […]

THE Donal Walsh #LiveLife National Film Competition 2017/18 is now open for submissions. The hugely popular competition has three categories Primary School, Secondary School and adult and always throws up some serious filmmaking talent. “We want you to remember Donal and his “Live Life” ethos by getting you to create […]

THE Donal Walsh LiveLife Live Life National Film Competition has been nominated for a national award. The Ireland Chapter of Project Management Institute (PMI) announced the shortlist of finalists for the inaugural National Project Awards in seven categories and the competition has been nominated in the  Project Management for Social Good […]

A MYSTERY chef, helped by the experts at Croí Restaurant, provided a great night for diners on Friday as part of a fundraiser for the Donal Walsh Livelife Foundation. It was in the style of ‘The Restaurant’ TV show and Radio Kerry’s ‘Kerry’s Full Breakfast’ presenter, Elaine Kinsella, was the […]

THE wonderful new Palliative Care Unit was officially opened last Friday at University Hospital Kerry and among its many great facilities is a new space for younger people. ‘Donal’s Den’ is a room funded by the Donal Walsh ‘LiveLife’ Foundation and Fionnbar and Elma Walsh were at the unit to […]

THERE was a real buzz of excitement and anticipation at Spa N.S. this week as the 2017 ‘Donal Walsh Spa 6K Challenge’ was launched. This will be the fourth year of the event and the whole school community is busy organising another family fun day in honour of Donal, their […]

MENTAL Health Week 2017 took place in Presentation Secondary School Tralee last week. An excellent and diverse range of diverse of activities took place for all year groups during the week – all coordinated by the Student Representative Council. School Principal, Mary O’Keeffe and Head girls, Aoife O’Sullivan and Katie […]

CLOUDLESS skies last night provided Colin ‘Poshey’ Aherne with beautiful conditions to complete the final run of his ‘5k a day’ January challenge. The moon illuminated more than 200 runners as they took off from The Station House in Blennerville at 7.15pm. His goal was to raise awareness and break the stigma […]

COLIN ‘Poshey’ Aherne has had a busy month. The well-known mental health awareness campaigner took on a 5k A Day for January challenge and he’s nearing the end of the road. Poshey was donating €1 for each run to total €31 for the month, but he started a gofundme page which has […]

FILMMAKERS of all ages still have just less than four weeks to ‘Make Every Second Count’ by entering the fourth annual Live Life National Film Competition. It is over three years now since young teenager Donal Walsh sadly lost his battle to cancer.  The impact of his powerful positive message however continues to be […]

ALDI Tralee has announced that the Donal Walsh #LiveLife Foundation is the latest charity to benefit from the company’s new community support fund. Aldi’s John Joe Sheehy Road, Tralee store staff have awarded the Donal Walsh #LiveLife Foundation a €500 grant in recognition of its tremendous work within the local community and to help […]

THE 4th National Live Life Film Competition with the theme “Make Every Second Count” is now accepting entries and local Credit Unions have come on board as sponsors. It is over three years now since young teenager Donal Walsh sadly lost his battle to cancer.  The impact of his powerful positive […]

FILMMAKERS of all ages are invited to ‘Make Every Second Count’ when they enter the fourth annual Live Life National Film Competition. It is over three years now since young teenager Donal Walsh sadly lost his battle to cancer.  The impact of his powerful positive message however continues to be spread […]

SPECTACULAR scenery will await cyclists later this month in the Killarney Cycling Festival, with a local charity benefitting from the event. The Festival takes place on Saturday, August 27, where participants can choose from two tantalising routes, the Wrong Way Round or the gruelling Hard Way Round. Both routes circle the spectacular Iveragh Peninsula, taking in […]

ARE you interested in making movies? Well the Donal Walsh Livelife Foundation’s Livelife Film Competition is back and was launched on Saturday with the help of Kerry star Barry John Keane at the Fels Point Hotel. The third “Live Life Love” Day will take place at the Brandon Conference Centre in Tralee […]