Over €675k donated to Covid-19 GoFundMe causes in last week

A massive €677,000 has been donated to Covid-19 GoFundMe causes in the last week.

Tue, 24 Mar, 2020 - 11:51

Kevin O’Neill

A massive €677,000 has been donated to Covid-19 GoFundMe causes in the last week.

Some 20,000 people have supported a range of causes in the last seven days, with one in every two GoFundMe campaigns started in Ireland in the last week related to the virus outbreak.

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