Fund for Karen Buckley’s family raises €69k

A fundraising page set up to help the family of Karen Buckley has raised over £50,000 (€69,377) in just 24 hours.

Fund for Karen Buckley’s family raises €69k

The page was set up by friends and colleagues of Ms Buckley’s nursing course at the University of Limerick, who were hoping to raise £5,000 to help the Buckley family with accommodation expenses, travel expenses and upkeep of their farm in Mourneabbey, Co Cork.

In just 24 hours, more than 2,800 people had donated £50,001 to the fund which closed yesterday evening.

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