The Mayor of Limerick has announced that the proceeds from this year’s Mayor’s Ball in the city will to go to the local Lourdes Invalid Fund as well as the local Saint Gabriels’ special school.
Cllr Maria Byrne said, “I'm delighted to be able to support two special Limerick charities with which I have a long association.”
She added, “This year will be my twenty year going to Lourdes as a helper with the Lourdes Pilgrimage and I have been on the board of Saint Gabriels for the past 13 years.”
The Limerick Pilgrimage to Lourdes has been in existence since the 1930's and takes place every June.
Speaking this week, local Pilgrimage Director Fr Donal McNamara said “The funds raised will go towards the costs of bringing in excess of one hundred Invalids to Lourdes.”
He added, “As well as our invalids, we need to bring a large backup medical team with us and they take time out of their work for the trip.”
Saint Gabriels' School in Dooradoyle is a registered charity, which provides a range of education and therapy services to children and young adults, with physical, intellectual, sensory disabilities and developmental delay.
The Mayor's Ball takes place in the Strand Hotel in Limerick City on Friday May 6 with this year's Ball having a sporting theme to represent Limerick's year as European City of Sport.
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