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 […]
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 […]
