Quinn goes the distance for charity

EX-SOCCER star and Sunderland FC chairman-in-waiting Niall Quinn helped raise €100,000 for homeless people at the weekend when he participated in a charity triathlon in Co Kildare.

It was the ex-striker’s second time taking part in the annual Focus Ireland event at the Golden Falls Waterski Club in Ballymore Eustace.

Quinn, 39, joined 275 other participants on Saturday for the three-leg endurance test which featured a 750-metre swim, a 20km cycle and a 5km run.