Families encouraged to take part as annual GOAL Mile goes virtual 

For the past 38 years thousands of people all over Ireland have walked, run or jogged a GOAL Mile at Christmas to raise funds for GOAL’s work in 13 countries in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East.

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Primary schoolteacher Davina Fenton will run a mile for GOAL this Christmas, along with her seven-year-old son, Ríoghán.

Her five-year-old, Cillian, will cycle a mile, while her husband, Ian, will push 18-month-old Karen in her buggy.