Up to 8,000 turn out for Mick fundraiser

MICK O’CONNELL got a massive boost in his bid to come to grips with the serious injury sustained while playing rugby when thousands turned out for a charity walk/fun run yesterday.

The event, which is expected to raise in the region of half a million euro, took place the day after his club, Dolphin RFC, put the finishing touches to their centenary celebrations by winning the AIB League Division Two title.

Within hours of winning the title the captain, Dave Pomeroy, was at the National Rehabilitation Clinic in Dun Laoghaire with the cup and the medal to be presented to Mick as a member of the squad.