Famous faces unite to launch 'Cormac Trust'

IRISH rugby captain Brian O'Driscoll and Republic of Ireland soccer manager Brian Kerr attended the formal launch in Croke Park yesterday of a fundraising trust to honour the memory of the late Cormac McAnallen.

Joining his parents, GAA officials and Tyrone's All-Ireland-winning captain Peter Canavan, the pair gave their full support to a fundraising banquet planned for February and welcomed the setting up of the trust, which will play an important role in the prevention of heart conditions like that from which McAnallen died at the beginning of March last year.

On February 22, he lifted the Dr McKenna Cup as the new captain of the Tyrone team, but nine days later he died from a rare heart condition.