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# GoFundMe

Last year
2022
# shut down
GoFundMe probing €150k fundraiser as it removes several Irish far-right campaigns
Hate groups rely heavily on online donations, experts say.
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Aug 27th 2022, 8:00 AM
# removed
GoFundMe takes down page set up to 'send Irish homeless to Ukrainian hotels'
It was shut down last week.
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Aug 24th 2022, 6:00 AM
# THOMAS O HALLORAN
Tributes pour in for Clare man murdered in London
A verified online fundraiser has been set up to pay for Mr O’Halloran’s funeral expenses, with over €2,500 (£2,165) raised so far.
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Aug 18th 2022, 1:50 PM
# Worry
Private investigator begins hunt for missing rugby league player
Repeated attempts to track Bryn Hargreaves down have drawn a blank
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Jun 24th 2022, 7:02 PM
# Cork
Paramedics set up GoFundMe page to assist elderly siblings robbed at knife point
Gerry O’Halloran (79) and his 83 year old sister Mary were threatened by a male intruder in the course of an aggravated burglary.
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Feb 14th 2022, 7:53 AM
All time
# New York City
Cork man missing from New York since Saturday found safe
Ryan Cody’s mother said that she could never repay family, friends and the wider community for their support.
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Jun 22nd 2021, 3:40 PM
# Leon Kavanagh
Fundraiser set up to pay for funeral of homeless Cork man who saved person's life days before he died
Leon Kavanagh died just two days after his 31st birthday.
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Mar 24th 2021, 10:34 PM
# Kildare
Fundraiser raises €158,000 for four children in Kildare orphaned after dad died from Covid-19
The family have been living in the Naas area for a number of years.
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May 21st 2020, 7:55 AM
# NoFundMe
Boris Johnson's call to 'bung a bob for Big Ben bong' fails to gather funds
It would cost half a million pounds to make Big Ben ring on 31 January.
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Jan 15th 2020, 10:14 AM
# newborn babies
'Heartwarming': Rotunda doctors raise €80,000 through public donations for vital hospital equipment
The funding will go towards an echocardiography machine in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
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Dec 20th 2019, 4:54 PM
# gina miller
Investigation into crowd-funding page which sought £10,000 for hitman to kill anti-Brexit campaigner
The page did not raise any money before it was taken down.
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Oct 27th 2019, 1:02 PM
# jason hogan
Online fundraiser set up for 12-year-old boy severely injured in Clare crash that killed two
Jason Hogan continues to receive treatment for severe burns at St James’s Hospital in Dublin.
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Oct 1st 2019, 11:11 AM
# rafal skora
Fundraiser set up for family of man who died in Wicklow mountains paragliding accident
Ralph Skora lived in north Dublin with his wife and two children.
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May 14th 2019, 8:51 AM
# Budd Chiari Syndrome
'She is a true warrior': Campaign to raise funds for Irish woman who needs transplant in UK
Sinead Lowndes was diagnosed with a rare liver condition just six weeks before she was due to get married.
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Apr 12th 2019, 3:53 PM
# Zac Higgins
Fundraising appeal for toddler in coma after Cork hit-and-run
The three-year-old boy sustained serious injuries when he was hit by a car outside his home last week.
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Apr 1st 2019, 2:37 PM
# Worthy Cause
Liverpool and Ireland to take part in Aviva legends match in aid of Sean Cox
Former footballing greats are set to line out in Dublin on 12 April.
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Jan 11th 2019, 4:54 PM
# get annette home
Dublin woman 'stranded' in Spain after suffering stroke and being discharged from hospital
Annette Tyrrell (62) suffered a stroke while on holiday in Alicante 10 days ago.
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Aug 29th 2018, 12:32 PM
# carr fire
Over 10k raised for Cork mother of six left homeless by California wildfires
Zita Harrington Biehle’s home in Redding was destroyed by the Carr Fire in July.
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Aug 10th 2018, 12:46 PM
# 8th Referendum
Tara Flynn 'can't accept' €7k raised in online campaign
A GoFundMe campaign was set up for Flynn to take a holiday.
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May 28th 2018, 5:09 PM
# Repatriation
Go Fund Me campaign for family of Jastine Valdez raises over €20,000 in 11 hours
The fundraiser was set up to help pay for Jastine’s repatriation by a group of volunteers who help run embassy outreach missions in Ireland.
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May 22nd 2018, 12:08 PM
# Nice Touch
Liverpool to hang Dunboyne GAA jersey in dressing room as gesture to Irish attack victim
The Reds will show support to Sean Cox, while over €37k has been raised for his medical costs.
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Apr 26th 2018, 3:08 PM
# GoFundMe
'I'm elated, relieved': Over €111k raised to send Cork teen to US for urgent brain tumour surgery
17-year-old Aaron McMahon was diagnosed with a chordoma brain tumour in February 2017.
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Apr 19th 2018, 1:12 PM
# michael hyndman
'A living nightmare': Fundraiser for Belfast man put in coma after suffering head injury in Sydney
Michael Hyndman sustained the injuries following an altercation in Sydney on New Year’s Eve.
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Jan 5th 2018, 2:25 PM
# GoFundMe
Irish teacher (26) who suffered 3 cardiac arrests in UAE begins to show signs of consciousness
Aisling Brady (26) moved to the Gulf state last year after taking an extended break from her hometown job in Trim, Co Meath.
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Dec 16th 2017, 5:51 PM
# aisling brady
Over €100,000 raised for teacher who suffered cardiac arrests in UAE
26-year-old Aisling Brady suffered the medical crisis last month and remains in hospital.
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Dec 15th 2017, 8:45 PM
# Cystic Fibrosis
Campaign to raise money for Orla Tinsley's lung transplant care hits target
A fundraiser has been set up to help Irish journalist Orla Tinsley raise money for a lung transplant aftercare.
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Jul 24th 2017, 4:16 PM
# karen and ed stewart
Dublin couple with three children both diagnosed with terminal cancer
The couple has three children under the age of 10.
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Jul 21st 2017, 8:45 AM
# the chilli penguin
A group of people in Kilkenny have brilliantly come together after a local Mexican restaurant was robbed
What did we ever do before GoFundMe?
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Jun 19th 2017, 3:11 PM
# raise and give
GoFundMe appeals are more popular than ever. How are established charities competing?
Charities big and small have gone online, and personal stories point the way towards attracting donors in their droves.
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Jun 4th 2017, 8:30 PM
# Outside the box
'Put a cost on his life': The limited options facing Irish cancer patients when time is running out
There are drugs that could help him, but cancer patient Brian Slattery needs to fund the €140,000 treatment himself.
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May 29th 2017, 6:15 AM
# apollo house legacy
Dublin Lord Mayor calls for Home Sweet Home to donate remaining €129,000 to homeless charities
Brendan Carr said that the funds raised by the campaign should “be immediately put to use assisting people in housing need”.
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May 2nd 2017, 4:30 PM
# apollo house legacy
What has happened to Home Sweet Home (and the €190,000 that was donated)?
The campaign responsible for the occupation of Apollo House has been quiet in recent months.
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May 2nd 2017, 12:05 AM
# Niall Hurley
Family begin campaign to fly seriously-ill Kerryman home from Canada
Niall Hurley, a 28-year-old carpenter from Tralee, was planning to return home when he suffered from a brain aneurysm and a stroke.
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Mar 28th 2017, 6:10 AM
# lydia daly-shorten
Friends kickstart fundraising drive after Irish woman seriously injured in China
Lydia Daly-Shorten was involved in an accident in Guangdong on Saturday.
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Aug 1st 2016, 1:54 PM
# kingdom of romance
Young couple who set up 're-unite us' GoFundMe page reach target in matter of days
The page was set up just four days ago.
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Mar 11th 2016, 1:49 PM
# Chancers
Two young lovers start GoFundMe campaign to re-unite them across the Atlantic
Shane form Kerry and Madeline from Massachusetts met in Dingle last Summer.
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Mar 10th 2016, 8:31 PM
# zoe ireland
Baby born prematurely in Ireland is going home thanks to an anonymous donor
Her parents Gavin and Jenny had launched an online Gofundme campaign to pay for a medical flight to transport Zoe back to her home in Tennessee.
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Jan 19th 2016, 10:18 PM
# zoe ireland drake
Family launches crowdfunding campaign to bring baby, born in Ireland after diverted flight, home
Baby Zoe Ireland Drake was born in Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital after her mother went into labour on board an American Airlines flight bound for the US.
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Jan 2nd 2016, 12:53 PM
# bring him home
Family of Irish man killed in Australia raise thousands to bring him home
Jamie Peppard died in hospital in Perth on Monday.
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Nov 25th 2015, 4:55 PM
# Jacob Jenkins
Two-year-old in induced coma after choking on grape in Pizza Hut
The incident happened in Hartlepool, a town in North East England, on Friday night.
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Oct 12th 2015, 10:50 PM
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