Ballinskelligs family, Paudie, Susan and their son JC will feature on Wednesday night’s TG4 documentary. Photograph Courtesy of TG4. BUMBLEance, unique to Ireland – born in Kerry, is an ambulance service that has been adapted exclusively for children and there’s nothing like it anywhere else in the world! Bumbleance – Aistear Álainn is a one-hour…
They may have operated with reduced numbers this year, but, by any measurement, The Longest Day charity fundraiser has been a phenomenal success. The organising committee, based at Tom McCarthy’s Central Bar has raised close to €70,000 from its three grueling events to date. The Bumbleance children’s ambulance, the Jack and Jill Foundation and, this…
Though The Longest Day peloton was reduced by 45 from last year’s high of 175 it still managed to raise €12,000 for its designated charities. Pieta House will receive the bulk of the total while a €1,000 donation has been earmarked for the Kerry Mountain Rescue team. A whole array of competing attractions drew numbers…
St. Bridget’s U-12s are County League Champions St. Bridget’s U-12 Basketball team from Currow, winners of the Kerry Division 3 County League title. They were presented with their medals at the Kerry Basketball Board Awards night at the Kingdom Greyhound Stadium. Front from left: Julia Curtin, Clodagh Coffey, Ciara Casey, Cara Fleming, Mia Key and…
Great local events which are having a ripple effect on the wider charity communities don’t just happen. They are planned meticulously and for months in advance. The Longest Day Committee has been doing just that since the last one finished in June 2015. On Monday evening they launched their fully hatched plans with the date…
As we plunge headlong towards the shortest day we can look back in admiration on the efforts of all those who took to the roads and the mountains on The Longest Day 2015. The Longest Day was all that for those with the energy to take a full and active part in all its twists…
“We’re obviously delighted. Words, other than Thank You, escape us at a moment like that. It is the biggest single donation that Bumbleance has ever received. It means that we will be able to transport 25 children from anywhere in the country to Dublin over the next few months,” said an obviously impressed and thankful,…
There is yet another Team Tom McCarthy’s following in the footsteps of the honour laden Soccer and ladies Basketball teams sponsored by the famous Castleisland, town centre pub. Altruism is the driving force behind this team and their challenge is as big and daunting as anything their stable-mates ever faced. “Like all good ideas, it was a…
