Enda does his bit for charity as Ring of Kerry Cycle raises record €840k

It’s a lesson that Taoiseach Enda Kenny and others charged with running the country might do well to learn — how to make money in a recession.

Mr Kenny was among more than 8,300 people who got on their bikes to raise a record €842,100 for good causes in the Ring of Kerry Charity cycle in July.

It was a record sum for one of Ireland’s biggest charity fund-raisers — €250,000 more than the previous year. The number of participants, who come from all over the country and overseas, is also rising year on year.