The KY Comedy Club Is Set Raise Funds For Recovery Haven

Posted in Charity, Kerry News, Something Cool by Fergus Writes Things

The KY Comedy Alternative Club will be raising funds for Recovery Haven.

THE ALWAYS POPULAR ‘KY Comedy Alternative Club’ will be making its triumphant return to the stage this coming Wednesday, February 24th when they perform in the Tatler Jack pub in Killarney.

The ‘Elect Laughter’ event will be one of the clubs first comedy nights of 2016 and judging by some of the excellent performances that were on offer in 2015, it will be certainly guaranteed to draw a few laughs from you.

It will all be in aid of the Recovery Haven Cancer Support House, which provides a large number of much needed services and help to those suffering from cancer along with their families (you can check out the services offered by Recovery Haven on their website here).

The popular, well known and incredibly quick witted comedian Anthony Riordan will be the headline act on the night, and who will be bringing with him a host of other excellent support acts for you to enjoy through out the show.

Everything will kicking off in the bar from around 8:45pm on the night and with entry free and spot prizes to be won on the night too, there’s really no excuse for not popping in and checking out the acts over a quick pint (or two), all for a very worthy cause.

2Dec2015

IT Tralee Students Set To Host St Vincent De Paul Fashion Show

Posted in Charity, Tralee by Fergus Writes Things

Students at the IT Tralee SVP society will hold their annual fashion show.

THE GENEROUS team over at the IT Tralee St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) are getting ready to hold their annual Fashion Show this coming Thursday December 3rd, in aid of the organisations ‘Christmas Hamper Appeal’ to help families in the local community.

The event will take place in the Ballyroe Heights Hotel at 7:30pm on Thursday evening with the entry fee on the night set at €5.

All the clothes showcased on the night will be from from SVP shops nationwide with one of the main aims being to show the wider community the ‘style’ that can be found in the shops, all at reasonable prices aswell.

There will be a bus leaving from Denny Street, at 18:45pm and again at 19:15pm, going straight to Ballyroe Heights Hotel.

The bus will then be coming back into town after the fashion show has ended, arriving back down at Denny Street.

A small charge to avail of the bus service will be € 1 per person, each way.

Tickets can also be purchased within the local SVP shop down Friary Lane and within the ITT Campus with tickets numbers being limited.

Any other queries please contact us through our Facebook page HERE or on mobile at (086) 2219921.

30Nov2015

Tralee: Kindhearted Group Look For Donations In Christmas Collection

Posted in Charity, Kerry News, Tralee by Fergus Writes Things

Donations of clothes, toiletries and toys are welcome in this Christmas collection campaign

A GROUP of local kindhearted people are looking to help make this years Christmas a little easier and a little more special for those less fortunate among us by organising a donation campaign for clothes, toiletries and toys.

The ‘Caring For Christmas’ group is a collaborative effort by local people here in town and who are collecting the much needed items for three different local organisations:

Arlington Lodge Homeless Shelter
Baile Mhuire Daycare for the Elderly
Adapt Kerry Womens Refuge

They have so far organised a day of collection for this coming Wednesday December 2nd (9.30-5pm) at the Yummy Market Cafe and are in talks for another for this coming Friday December 4th, but this second day has yet to be confirmed.

Grainne Landers is one of the organisers behind the generously minded group and who is hoping that they might be be able to make some peoples Christmas just a little bit better through the collection.

“We just really wanted to do something that would help the most vulnerable, that they would have something for Christmas,” said Gráinne when speaking to Fergus Dennehy earlier today.

“We [Caring For Christmas] are just a group of individuals. Some of us knew each other, some of us didn’t and we just got together and thought about what we could do for Christmas for the more vulnerable organisations,” she continued.

“We just looked at the groups where we know the funding is very difficult for them and that they struggle all year round with that. Especially coming up to Christmas, some people mightn’t have families around them and that they might be very isolated,” she said.

The group are hoping that the generosity of the public will ring through and are looking for a number of specific, yet simple items.

“Toiletries would be a big thing [that we’re looking for] for all three organisations. The likes of shower gels, deodorants, razors, shaving creams and soap, all those kind of things,”

“The only clothing donations that we’re taking are hats, scarves, gloves and socks and finally we’ll be collecting toys for Adapt,” she continued.

“There’s a second entrance [to the Yummy Cafe] on the Bridge Street side and we’ll be collecting there. As we collect, people will come from our group and take the donated items as the day goes on and hopefully we’ll be able to hand them out to the three organisations on the Thursday and Friday,” she finished.

23Nov2015

TRALEE NEWS: Dynamos To Host Charity Game In Honour Of Joe

Posted in Charity, Kerry News, Local News, Tralee by Fergus Writes Things

Joe Flynn pictured with Ray D’Arcy and Joe’s two daughters Joanne and Bernie. Photo Credit: RTÉ

TRALEE Dynamos are getting set to host a very special match this coming Sunday November 29th in honour of their former player Joe Flynn, who is suffering from terminal oesophageal cancer and who has been given just a few months to live.

Joe is a well known and much loved character around the town whose profound strength and courage in the face of his illness have garnered him nationwide support (see article here).

His former club therefore have taken it upon themselves to host their very special ‘Kick it For Joe’ legends game at their pitch at noon on Sunday.

They are inviting players of all ages to come out and play in the game, with no limits on the number of players on each side and with the use of rolling substitutions, fitness should not be a concern for those who are worried.

Donations will be taken at the game with all money collected going straight towards the Kerry Cork Health Link Bus which is a free service that takes those that are suffering from cancer and who might not have any other way of getting to their treatment, up to Cork University Hospital (CUH) and back again.

Anyone wishing to help out on the day can contact Noel White on 083 1165199.

19Nov2015

WHAT’S ON: Santa 5km Fun Run To Be Held In Memory Of Fiona

Posted in Charity, Kerry News, Local News by Fergus Writes Things

Organisers of the Tralee 5km Santa Fun Run pictured at the launch of last years event.

EVEN THOUGH it is still just November, it’s not too early to sign up for one the mainstay events of the local Christmas calendar, the Tralee Santa 5km Fun Run.

This will the third year of the hugely popular event which is welcoming and encouraging everyone from ‘sprinters, walkers and joggers’ to the event which will take place on Sunday December 13th at 11am.

Last years run helped to raise an amazing €8,600 for the Ronald McDonald House Charities Ireland.

The 2015 version will again be run in memory of Tralee girl Fiona Moore who who died in May 2013 at the age of 16 from Primary Pulmonary hypertension, while awaiting a lung transplant and which will raise money for the Heart Childrens Ireland charity.

A family of four is set to cost €20, an adult will cost €10, U16’s will be €5 while any festive minded pets that wish to take part will be let in for free.

To register for the event, you can head over to the registration site HERE and sign up for the worthy cause and what guarantees to be a fun day out.

The aim of this years chosen charity, Heart Childrens Ireland, is to support children who suffer from congenital heart defects, their parents and their families. The group also does their best to try and support the bereaved families whose children have died from heart related issues.

To find more about the charity, you can do so on their website HERE.

12Nov2015

TRALEE NEWS: Tralee Scout Troop Raised Money Recently For Temple Street Children’s Hospital

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1st Kerry Scouts helped to raise money for the Temple Street Childrens Hospital with their inaugural Halloween disco.

THE LEADERS in the 1st Kerry Scout Troop here in Tralee were certainly kept busy at the recent Halloween weekend when they welcomed into their den all sorts of ghoulish creatures as part of their inaugural fancy dress disco, in which they managed to raise up to €170 for a worthy cause.

The disco, which was attended by a whole host of terrifying witches, vampires, ghouls and mummies, was held in aid of the Temple Street Children’s University Hospital which provides health care to some of Ireland’s sickest children.

The night saw children from the ages of 6-12 years’ old dress head to toe in their best costumes and head down to the Scout Hall, located on Matt Talbot Road, for a night of sweets, dancing and a whole lot of fun on behalf of the charity organisation.

“It’s a fantastic thing to collect for really, I suppose we were trying to instill a sense of community spirit into our youth members and it’s also part of our programme that we run a community event. So, we thought about this a little bit and we thought ‘what better way to enhance the community spirit’ [than to arrange the disco] and do a little good aswell,” said Jimmy O’Donnell, Group Leader for the troop.

“We invited the girl guides and the brownies and we sent out word to every other scout group in town aswell to join us. We charged three euro in and everything else (tea, coffee and biscuits), it was all donated,” he continued.

“It was mainly a disco for the younger people, for children. We had realised that there was no event like it in town for that age group [6-12 years] that parents could take their kids to,” he said.

This writer paid a trip down to the event and judging by the hoots and howls of laughter emanating from the flashing lights of the ‘disco hall’; it was certainly an event that was enjoyed by all that attended.

The success of it has already led the leaders of the troop to turn their heads to next year and the disco becoming possibly an annual event, in which the troop will raise for a different charity every year.

“We might look at something else next year aswell, for another specific charity, but I suppose we’ll cross that bridge when we come to it,” he finished.