Irish Gendarmes get on their bikes
Howard Lake | 6 September 2005 | News
Fifty Gardaà will depart from Rosslare to begin a charity cycle in Roscoff, France. The group will cycle 900kms ending six days later in San Sebastian, Spain. It is hoped that over ‚€100,000 will be raised for two charities.
The major beneficiary of the monies raised will be the Oncology ward of St. John at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin . There will also be a donation made to the Haiti project, which is being run in conjunction with UCD Volunteers Overseas who are reconstructing a bridge destroyed by floods in Haiti.
The cycle will be undertaken by the Gardaà in their spare time.
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The Gardaà involved have put in many months training for this journey and are delighted that the results of their efforts will be going to such worthy causes. All the Gardaà are based in Dublin and for many of these this is their first long distance cycle.
The cycle was formally launched by Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy on Thursday 1st September at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin .
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