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.

Auction seeks to raise funds for vital cancer research project

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.”

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