Virtual Event Articles

Kells Kings Charity Cycle will go ahead … with a difference! The 9th Annual Kells Kings Charity Cycle will go ahead in July … with a difference! All funds raised will go to Cois Nore Cancer Support Centre which is based in Walkin St in Kilkenny city. Cois Nore provides compassionate, practical and emotional support […]

Three Dundalk clubs to run in aid of worthy local charity Three Dundalk sports clubs are preparing a week-long fundraiser in aid of the Maria Goretti Foundation, a Lordship-based children’s hospice that caters for juveniles with disabilities and life-limiting conditions. Holy Family Parish outfits, Bay FC, Na Piarsaigh GFC and Pearse Óg hurling club players, […]

Virtual greenway cycle for alzheimer charities NEWPORT native Peter Mylett is undertaking a virtual cycle on the Great Western Greenway in aid of Western Alzheimers and Alzheimers Research UK. The cycle will be live on Facebook from the UK over five nights, with an hour each night clocking up 10 miles as Peter covers 50 […]

Tuam Cancer Care virtual cycle challenge Tuam Cancer Care has continued to provide its services throughout the Covid-19 crisis, even though face to face meetings have not been possible. But like all charities, the public restrictions imposed for the crisis have hampered its usual fundraising routes. This concept has been developed with Alan Coyne of […]

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 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 […]

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 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 […]