Ballybunion Colour Run to support local causes

Ballybunion Sea and Cliff Rescue and local primary school, Scoil Iosagáin, are set to benefit from this year's Ballybunion Colour Run, which will be held along the beach in the seaside town on Saturday, August 15th. 

The two local causes are the very worthy recipients of the event which is organised every year by Ballybunion Running Club. 

This year, the fun and energetic colour run will be held on August 15th, which is also the annual pattern day in the town and a time-honoured tradition.

Eimear Butler from Ballybunion Running Club said: “Every time we do the Colour Run it is tide dependent so this year it coincides with pattern day.

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Lisselton couple volunteer in Malawi

A husband and wife team from Lisselton are heading out to volunteer in Malawi at the end of this month as part of a larger group to help change lives by training locals with vocational skills in carpentry, woodwork and signwriting.

Local woman Ann Foley, who is a senior lecturer atATU(Atlantic Technological University) Connemara, headed out to the land-locked country in East Africa last year with one of her colleagues and now she is returning once again with her husband Seán Stack.

They are volunteering with theChifundoFoundation which aims to relieve poverty through the advancement of education of underprivileged children in Malawi.

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