House sales to raise €1.5m for CF charity drive

A UNIQUE fundraising drive which will see a builder sell two four-bed houses is close to raising €1.5 million for a new cystic fibrosis (CF) unit in Cork University Hospital.

The Clonough scheme in Castleisland, Co Kerry, is the development of builder Joe Browne, whose own son suffers from the disease. He came up with the idea to sell two houses and donated the site, while each unit was built, finished and furnished through voluntary effort.

The sale of the semis — one is already gone — will go some way to Build4Life’s target and fund the budget of €4m for a unit for CF patients in Cork and Kerry.