Kenmare Women ‘dip’ for New World Record

Kenmare women ‘dip’ for new world record Kenmare Cancer survivor, Lisa Ragosa, and her two friends, Siobhaun O’Sullivan and Marie Thérése Cahill, have played a role in breaking a new World Record. The three Kenmare women were among hundreds who took part in the is year ‘Virtual Dip’ to raise funds for cancer. The Virtual […]
‘Cork Camino’ challenge hopes to raise €60k for CUH, Simon Community and Marymount Hospice

Cork Camino Challenge A new group, Caring for Cork, is spearheading the first of what it hopes will be a number of fundraising initiatives to support local charities impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The committee, is chaired by well-known businessman, William O’Brien, and involving volunteers from across the community. Thus, they have launched the ‘Cork […]
iDonate Launches Support for Virtual Fundraising Events

Virtual Fundraising Events iDonate, the Galway based company that manages a charitable donation website recorded over €1M in donations for the month of May following a surge in generosity from the public since the outbreak of Covid-19. iDonate was setup back in 2012 to support a handful of charities in the Galway area. It has […]
Lockdown Call Rise for Samaritans

Lockdown call rise for Samaritans EVERY day people go into the Samaritans centre on the Kilrush Road in Ennis and take calls from people in different levels of distress, some of them at risk of suicide. When Covid-19 struck, it placed at least some stress on everyone, while it was particularly difficult for some people […]
Dubliner Walks 40km in aid of Christina Noble Foundation

Dubliner walks 40km in aid of Christina Noble Foundation Jean Murtagh is undertaking an eight hour walking marathon of 40km to honor her late father and father in law. She will walk on her road in Oaklawns in Leixlip for eight hours to remember her late father and father in law who loved walking. Jean […]
Chef Derry Clarke Cooking up a Storm for Dublin Rape Crisis Centre

Chef Derry Clarke Cooking up a Storm for Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Michelin Star Chef Derry Clarke and his wife and partner Sallyanne have signed on to help the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC), with a new online culinary fundraiser called Cook up a Storm. With her 25th Annual International Charity Fashion Lunch cancelled, following […]
North Tipperary Hospice needs your support now more than ever

North Tipperary Hospice needs your support now more than ever North Tipperary Hospice Movement have launched an urgent fundraising appeal. During these unprecedented times, with such uncertainty surrounding fundraising events; North Tipperary Hospice need your support now more than ever. People are being encouraged to donate what they can to support them during these challenging […]
Cork Charity asking public to walk mile in Shoes of those Less Fortunate

Cork Charity asking public to walk mile in shoes of those less fortunate to raise funds for Russian Hospice A Cork-based charity has asked the public to walk a mile in the shoes of those less fortunate in a bid to raise funds for Ivanskoye Hospice in Russia. The Greater Chernobyl Cause which previously supported […]
Doctors to Climb Everest in Cork to Raise Funds for Cancer Technology

Doctors to climb Everest in Cork A group of doctors from Cork University Hospital are set to climb the height of Mount Everest on St Patrick’s Hill in Cork. The CUH Charity, of whom Peter O’Mahony is an ambassador, is currently fundraising for a cancer sequencing machine. This technology that identifies the mutations that cause […]
Mother and Daughter Both Shave Their Heads for Pieta

Mother and daughter both shave their heads for Pieta A mother and daughter who usually take part in Darkness into Light have come up with a slightly different way of raising funds for Pieta House. Eileen and Aoife Patterson set-up an iDonate.ie page promising to both shave their heads in order to reach a fundraising […]