Bantry community rallies around to bring much-loved 'ambassador' home

The family of Denis Connolly, who is paralysed from the chest down, needs to raise €50k for work on his home which has to be adapted to his additional needs

Local man Denis Connolly a witness on the night at the Betelgeuse disaster 40th anniversary mass at St. Finbarr’s Church, Bantry, Co Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

A Cork community has come together to help bring a much-loved resident home following a serious car crash that left him with catastrophic injuries.

The accident on June 24 left Denis Connolly paralysed from his upper chest down with limited use of his shoulders and hands.