Cork boy Dara has goal in sights in battle to help young cancer patients
Dara Kelleher, with signed goalkeeper gloves from his cousin, Liverpool player Caoimhín Kelleher, with his brothers Noah and Jack in Gaelscoil Uí Riordáin, Ballincollig, Cork, during a crazy hair day in the school. Picture: Denis Minihane
You've got to hand it to him — a brave young boy fighting cancer has inspired a community to raise more than €50,000 to help fund a unique mobile treatment service for young cancer patients.
Dara Kelleher, aged six, from Ballincollig, Cork, a cousin of Liverpool goalkeeper Caoimhin Kelleher, wore his gloves to the school's crazy hair day for his ‘Dara gives back — Pedal for the Poons’ 12-hour indoor cycling challenge in the town this weekend for the Mercy University Hospital's Poons (paediatric oncology outreach nursing) service.
