Event: Tour de Munster

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Tour de Munster charity cycle comes to an end after four days

The annual four-day Tour de Munster charity cycle came to a close on Cork’s gruelling St Patrick’s Hill today.

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The Shape I'm In: Getting in gear with Seán Kelly

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Cyclists aim to raise over €250,000 in Tour de Munster

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Time to saddle up for Down Syndrome Ireland

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WATCH: Tour De Munster cycling finishes on Patrick's Hill

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Tour de Munster races ahead to raise over €285,000 for Down Syndrome Ireland

Catch-up with what you've missed today with our evening briefing

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

Mon, 08 Aug, 2016

Tour de Munster finishes with what must be one of toughest 'Hill' finishes in cycling

The closing stages of the Tour de Munster took place in Cork yesterday with a mammoth climb up Patrick's Hill.

Mon, 08 Aug, 2016

Sean Kelly hopes to help charity break €2m target

Cycling legend Sean Kelly hopes to help break the Tour de Munster’s €2m fundraising target for Down Syndrome Ireland by the weekend.

Fri, 07 Aug, 2015

Tour de Munster charity cycle launched at Lismore Castle

Lismore Castle Gardens & Gallery was the stunning venue for the official launch, on Tuesday 23rd June, of the 15th Annual Tour de Munster cycle in aid of Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI).

Wed, 24 Jun, 2015

Bike escort for charity champion Aidan Lynam

A motorcade featuring more than 200 motorcyclists escorted the hearse carrying Down Syndrome Ireland fundraiser and avid biker Aidan Lynam’s coffin back to Dublin last night.

Tue, 05 May, 2015

Temperatures to soar as chefs cook up BBQ feast

As revellers act the goat in Killorglin for the next few days, Kerry folk in the north of the county are today beginning to prepare for a huge barbecue feast — of rump steak, pig on a spit along with lamb, chicken, goat, pheasant and fresh fish.

Sat, 09 Aug, 2014

Racing legend sets pace as cyclists begin four-day Tour de Munster

Seán Kelly set the pace for 120 amateur cyclists out of Waterford yesterday on a tough four-day cycle through Munster’s six counties.

Fri, 08 Aug, 2014

Twelve-year-old Fiona goes for gold with debut novel

Twelve-year-old schoolgirl Fiona Buckley will be hitting the books as usual next Friday — but on a grander scale. She’ll be reading from her newly-published novel as part of Listowel Writers’ Week.

Fri, 23 May, 2014

GPs fear seriously ill not getting state cover

Two leading GP groups are seeking meetings with the HSE over fears that seriously ill patients are not receiving help under the discretionary medical card scheme.

Mon, 12 Aug, 2013

A tour de force for Down Syndrome

Groups of cyclists wearing colourful Lycra outfits, streamlined helmets, and pedalling away furiously on bikes that are obviously built for speed, have become a commonplace sight on our highways and byways.

Thu, 08 Aug, 2013

Parents of Down's Syndrome children racing to get vital funds

WHEN Philip and Amy Keohane stood in Cork City centre last summer, watching scores of saddle-weary cyclists struggle up the near-vertical height of Patrick’s Hill, they cried.

Sun, 04 Aug, 2013

Kelly leads pack at charity cycle

Cycling legend Sean Kelly led almost 140 amateur riders off on a 640km charity cycle around Munster yesterday.

Fri, 10 Aug, 2012

Cycling legend Kelly saddles up to aid charity tour for seventh time

Cycling legend Sean Kelly is saddling up again for a gruelling four-day charity cycle tour around Munster.

Wed, 27 Jun, 2012

On your bike for Munster tour

Rugby legend Ronan O’Gara has backed charity cyclists who are saddling up to help fund Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI).

Mon, 23 Apr, 2012

Thieves snatch €10,000 of Cork photographer's equipment

The future of a Cork photographer business is in doubt after equipment worth between €10,000 and €12,000 was snatched in broad daylight.

Mon, 15 Aug, 2011

Loving Dads on the cycle of life

TOUR de Munster (TdeM) is an annual fixture on the cycling calendar, with Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly completing the last three.

Sat, 02 Jul, 2011

Cyclists urged to ‘share the journey’

PRETTY little Emily and Danni Coleman jumped on their trikes to help launch one of the country’s biggest fundraising bike rides.

Tue, 05 Apr, 2011

Cyclists gear up for gruelling charity cycle

UP to 120 amateur cyclists are this morning beginning their second day of a gruelling charity cycle in an attempt to raise badly needed funds for Down Syndrome Ireland.

Fri, 13 Aug, 2010

Cycling star asks public to save children’s lives

IRISH cycling legend Seán Kelly has urged the public to join him in helping to save countless children’s lives during next year’s Tour de Munster competition.

Wed, 09 Dec, 2009

Kelly back in the saddle

CYCLING legend Sean Kelly saddled up yesterday to lead the first leg of a 600km fundraising cycle tour of Munster.

Fri, 14 Aug, 2009

Munster cycle to save Chernobyl child victims

HUNDREDS of children born with life-threatening heart defects as a direct result of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster will be saved by a gruelling 600km charity race in Munster.

Thu, 02 Apr, 2009

Tour de Munster on a fundraising roll

MEET the Colemans — one of hundreds of families set to benefit from a huge charity cycle around Munster which rolls out today.

Thu, 14 Aug, 2008