Good to give back

IRISH rugby international Mick Galwey retired from the game in 2003, but tonight he lines out for the celebrity tag rugby match, which is part of the Play Tag Festival taking place in Carlow today and tomorrow.

The Kerryman, who also has an All-Ireland Senior Football medal to his credit, is delighted that funds raised from the celebrity match ticket sales go to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and the Irish Rugby Football Union Charitable Trust.

“There are people in society less well off than we are. It’s good to be able to highlight that — there’s a feelgood factor around helping out. The IRFU Charitable Trust looks after injured rugby players. A lot of them need 24/7 care. Rugby has been good to me, so it’s good to be able to give back.”