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TRALEE Tennis Club served up a great fundraiser in the sunshine on Saturday with some very special guests present. Members of the club took part in a ‘Tennis Marathon’ at their club grounds off the Dan Spring Road, with players taking turns on the courts from 10am to 6pm. It […]

THREE years almost to the day since the last dance fundraiser, there was the best turnout yet for the ‘Puppy Love’ Valentine’s Dance in The Meadowlands. The event organised by the Tralee branch of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind attracted people from all over town and far beyond […]

THE Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) Tralee Branch will hold their ‘Puppy Love’  Valentine’s Dance fundraiser this Friday, February 10 in The Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee. It’s an opportunity to enjoy a night of music, dancing and more while supporting the charity.  With live music by Nitelife it promises […]

THE Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) Tralee Branch has announced that their ‘Puppy Love’  Valentine’s Dance fundraiser will take place on Friday, February 10 in The Meadowlands Hotel, Tralee. It’s an opportunity to enjoy a night of music, dancing and more while supporting the charity.  With live music […]

A SIX-year old Golden Retriever Marcel who lives in Tralee with volunteer puppy raisers Anne and Gerard O’Riordan, has been announced as overall winner of the Irish Kennel Club Golden Paw Hero Dog Award 2022 at the awards ceremony in the Clayton Hotel, Dublin Airport. Marcel is an Ambassador Dog for […]

IF you’re thinking of a short trip out west this weekend, then a stop-off in Camp on Saturday morning would benefit a great organisation. Ashe’s Coffee Bar in Camp are hosting a Charity Coffee Morning in aid of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind between 10am and 12.30pm. Volunteers from […]

A FUN Kite Fest fundraising event in aid of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) will be held by their Tralee Branch at Inch beach on September 12. People are encouraged to either build or bring along their own kite and enter in some fun kite competitions including “Best […]

THIS Friday is Guide Dog Day, the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind’s (IGDB) annual fundraising day around the country and the Tralee branch is rising to the occasion with a special idea. This year, the cancellation of street collections and community fundraising means the charity will see a loss […]

THERE was a fantastic turnout at The Meadowlands Hotel on Friday night for the  Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) Tralee Branch annual dance. Special guests on the evening were a plethora of puppies in training and ambassador dogs who proved a popular attraction, justifying the ‘Puppy Love’ theme for […]

THE Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) Tralee Branch will host a dance at the Meadowlands Hotel this St Valentine’s night, with the theme of ‘Puppy Love’. There are several volunteers in the area doing great work raising puppies for IGDB and some of the puppies-in-training and other IGDB […]

THE Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind (IGDB) Tralee Branch have announced that their annual dance will be held again at the Meadowlands Hotel and given that the event will be taking place on St Valentine’s night, Friday, February 14, this year’s theme of ‘Puppy Love’ is very apt. There […]

HAVING raised over €20,000 last year for the Irish Guide Dogs For The Blind, local ladies are once again holding a fundraiser for the organisation. A dance will be held in The Meadowlands Hotel on this Saturday, February 16, with music coming from ‘Nightlife’. ‘Take the Lead and Dance the Night […]

HAVING raised over €20,000 last year for the Irish Guide Dogs For The Blind, local ladies are once again holding an fundraiser for the organisation. A dance will be held in The Meadowlands Hotel on Saturday, February 16, with music coming from ‘Nightlife’. Last August, six members of the Tralee divisional […]

A DANCE will be held in The Meadowlands Hotel in February to help local ladies with their fundraising efforts for the Irish Guide Dogs For The Blind. Six members of the Tralee divisional branch of the association are heading to Spain in August to walk part of the Camino de […]

A TRALEE couple has told of the hugely rewarding experience of being puppy walkers for the Irish Guide Dogs For The Blind, as the organisation looks for people in Kerry to become volunteers. The purpose of Irish Guide Dogs’ Puppy Walking Programme is to develop and care for a guide […]

A TRALEE based guide dog owner met Roy Keane recently to mark Guide Dog Day which takes place on May 1 this year. Dara Kennedy and his Guide Dog Patsy met with Roy Keane at Irish Guide Dogs headquarters. Dara has had Guide Dog Patsy since July 2011 and said that […]

THERE was a good turnout at the Kerins O’Rahilly’s Club on Thursday for a quiz night to help send a local woman on a fund-raising trek in Spain. Tralee native Sharon Hayes organised the event in an effort to raise funds for the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind charity in support […]