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Grand Canal fundraiser shows the potential in Offaly GAA
Reporter:
14 Apr 2021
Johnny Mooney (left) with former GAA president Nicky Brennan. Johnny proved a master fundraiser for the Offaly GAA Grand Canal walk. );
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THE Offaly GAA County Board and their supporters club, Club Faithful certainly hit on a master stroke with their recent Grand Canal Walk fundraiser.
The venture has brought in a whopping €208,119 so far and its success has surpassed the wildest expectations of the organisers.
It was a shared fundraiser between the County Board and clubs, though the County Board will have cleared that bit more out of it as chairman Michael Duignan gathered funds solely for them and a couple of other clubs also agreed to give their full proceeds to the county.
Bradley Edwards in court.(9News) It is apparent from the unexpected applause in the courtroom yesterday that the people of Perth want the convicted person never to be released from prison, Mr Glennon said.
He affirmed his family s continued desire for privacy, saying they would not be taking part in any media interviews or the production of any books or documentaries. This has been an exhausting journey for Una, Denise and me, he said. We now wish to cease reopening and re-reading that chapter in our lives, and we do not wish to spend further time expressing our views on a perverse, premeditative predator, who ruthlessly sought out young women to rape and kill simply for his own gratification.
Bradley Robert Edwards, 51, was convicted of being the Claremont serial killer
He will spent at least 40 years in jail for murdering two young women in Perth
One of his victims was 27-year-old Ciara Glennon who was killed in 1997
Her father Denis Glennon detailed his family s loss in an emotional statement
He welcomed the killer s sentence but said the suffering is never-ending