Garda spearheads blood donor drive after loss of son

The death of his son from leukaemia has prompted a garda to set up a charity event to encourage more people to donate blood.

Stephen Roe is one of a number of members of the traffic corps in Cork City who intend to undertake a gruelling 660km cycle from Malin Head to Mizen Head and sponsorship is by way of becoming a blood donor.

His appeal, in advance of the April 27-30 cycle, couldn’t be better timed as the Blood Transfusion Board is running very low on stock.