Golf classic raises €78k

ORGANISERS of the country’s first week-long golf classic were able to hand over a cheque for €78,000 to two motor neurone disease organisations at the weekend thanks to the success of the project.

The handover took place at Dundrum House Hotel in Co Tipperary when the Cashel fundraising committee presented €40,000 to Professor Orla Hardiman for the Motor Neurone Research Foundation and €38,000 to Maeve Reeve of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association.

The two organisations provide services, support and care to MND patients and their families all over Ireland and also carry out intensive research into the disease.