Fundraiser in memory of young Cork sportsman helps raise almost €40k for Air Ambulance

The money raised will help facilitate the Cork-based Irish Community Air Ambulance's next ten missions

Pat and Bernie O'Connor from Banteer, Co Cork, present a cheque to Micheal Sheridan, CEO of Irish Community Air Ambulance at the ambulance base in Rathcoole, Co Cork. Also pictured is pilot Capt Tony McAleer. Picture: David Keane. 

A virtual fundraiser held in memory of a young man from Cork has raised almost €40,000 for the Irish Community Air Ambulance.

Rory O’Connor was just 19-years-old when he was tragically killed in a car accident in February 2011.