Auction seeks to raise funds for vital cancer research project

A massive auction of dream trips abroad, luxury breaks, sports tickets, art, and antiques could help fund the extension of a vital cancer research project at Cork University Hospital.

Organiser’s of the annual fundraiser at Mary Ann’s Bar in Castletownshend in West Cork are hoping to raise in excess of €50,000, with 57 lots generating plenty of interest.

Local celebrities such as Jeremy Irons and David Puttnam have been scouting the catalogue, but co-owner and organiser Fergus O’Mahony said: “Anyone that comes in and buys is a celebrity to me.”