Mr Lawless had successfully scaled Everest along with the other Irish climbers and international mountaineers and sherpas.

At just 16 years of age, Ellen Kinch lost a two-and-a-half-year battle with cancer.

Pádraig Harrington insists that temperamental Thomas Bjorn will not be a liability as Ryder Cup captain and conceded that his own captaincy ambitions will have to be reviewed if he’s not to miss the boat in 2020 or 2022.

Golf star Rory McIlroy has secured close to €1 million for three children’s charities on the back of the Irish Open tournament.

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Helen O’Callaghan reports on a volunteer programme that aims to ease the boredom and uncertainty experienced by children in hospital.

The head of a charity that provides nursing care and support for children with severe neurological development issues has praised golf star Rory McIlroy for donating his Irish Open prize money to the cause.

The lights are up, the cameras are ready, and the action is waiting to burst onto the streets.

Did anyone notice this little girl eating a flower in this week’s Lidl catalogue?

Rugby legend Ronan O’Gara will be honoured with a glittering testimonial dinner at Cork City Hall on Oct 24.

Gardaí have praised UCC students for their behaviour during Rag Week as the focus swings back to fundraising for charity.

Revival is the central theme to the weekend events in both rallying and racing.

Ireland has set the world record at 583 for the biggest gathering of Christmas jumper-wearers today.

SOME of the country’s largest firms continued to show their charitable side this Christmas, despite the economic downturn.

GLANBIA, the global food group, and its Irish consumer foods business, under the Avonmore brand, announced yesterday it is committed to raising €2 million between now and 2011 for Barretstown, the therapeutic recreation camp for children with cancer and other serious illnesses.

HOLLYWOOD film star and philanthropist Paul Newman last night accepted a donation of $1 million (€738,000) to be spent on Irish children with cancer.

DANUTA GRAY, chief executive of O2 Ireland, has been appointed as chairperson to the board of children’s charity Barretstown.

DECLAN MOLLOY and Catriona Clancy once shared a hospital room together as cancer patients.

A 'Serious Fun Day' of fundraising is being launched by children's charity Barretstown in Dublin today.

MOVIE fans can help seriously ill children simply by renting their favourite films.

Thousands of children with cancer are being denied basic treatment, according to campaigners.