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FOCUS ON ROSCOMMON • FOCUS ON ROSCOMMON • FOCUS ON ROSCOMMON
Pictured from (L to R): are David Clarke of Mayo, Adrian Marren of Sligo, Conor Devaney of Roscommon and Damien Comer of Galway at the launch of the Connacht GAA Football Championship at the Connacht GAA Centre in Bekan. Photo: Eoin Noonan / SPORTSFILE.
GAA continue their great work from the ground up
GAA President John Horan says the GAA will continue their work in the communities as they aim to help ireland become a better place off the field too.
The Mayo/roscommon Hospice Foun- dation is one of the five charities, from the around the country, chosen as an official charity for the year ahead.
Cavan/Monaghan Palliative Care Fund, Jack & Jill Children’s Foundation, Concern Worldwide and Kerry Hospice Foundation are the other charities involved.
The GAA donates €20,000 to each, as part of an imitative which has been in place since 2010.
“We are pleased to confirm the GAA Official Charities for 2018 and look forward to working with them in the coming months to help promote the excel- lent work they do,” said President Horan.
“Assisting organisations who under- take charitable work fits with the values of the GAA and i hope the relationship with us helps shine a light on the tireless work they do for the benefit of others.”
Mayo/Roscommon Hospice Foundation representatives Laurita Blewitt, left, and Martina Jennings, CEO, with Uachtarán Chumann Lúthchleas Gael John Horan as the GAA announced it’s list of charities for 2018. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach / SPORTSFILE
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