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2019 Irish Named ‘The Most Generous’ Country In Galway’s European Capital
Of Culture Year ‘Could
18th, The World By GoFundMe Sarcoma Cancer, a rare form Not Be More Timely’ C

September Ithe world, with more than biggest Irish campaigns of bone cancer. President & Founding
reland has been dubbed the
Among the top five
most generous country in
included Shauntelle Tynan
Globally, more than €6
Publisher
donated
million
to
life-saving cancer treatment
GoFundMe since its launch.
GoFundMecauses.
| €40 Almost one in 10 Irish from Co Carlow to receive billion has been raised on Paddy McCarthy
Editor
in America.
Rob Solomon, Ccairman
EXAMINER people has used the internet’s for help so she could undergo and CEO of GoFundMe, said Capital of Culture “could not be Associate Publisher
Grahame Curtis
She appealed to the public
Galway’s year as European
“take action” button in thou-
“Millions of people across
Marc-Yves Tumin
treatment
raised
Ireland are paving the way
sands of online campaigns.
and
more timely” amid changing polit-
News Editor
than
More
20,000
IRISH GoFundMe campaigns have €750,000. for a worldwide explosion in ical relationships, a senior diplo- Arts & Entertainment Editor
David Carter
online giving.
More than €1 million was
mat said.
raised to support Sean Cox, a
been created by people in
“With one in 10 people
ambassador
Ireland’s
in
Ireland, the site revealed. Liverpool fan who was here using GoFundMe to London, speaking just weeks Brad Balfour
Campaigns have been attacked outside Anfield give quickly, safely and before the UK is due to leave the Sales Director
started for a range of causes before a Champions League securely to the personal caus- EU, hailed culture as a “very effec- John O’Rourke
from sports to education to match against Roma. es they care about most, tive instrument of soft diplomacy.”
medical. A campaign for former GoFundMe has become There were celebrations and Classified Advertising
John O’Rourke
The milestone figure Cork senior footballer Kieran Ireland’s ‘Take Action’ but- live performances in Galway on
announcement comes as the O’Connor raised hundreds of ton. Wednesday evening as the city cel- Art Director
site revealed 860,000 dona- thousands of euro to support “We are delighted that ebrated the launch of its Capital of Heidi Gross Kelley
tions have been made to Irish him and his family with cur- more and more Irish people Culture program. Contributors
Joe Murphy, Joe Kavanagh, C.S.
GoFundMe campaigns rent living and future med- are supporting those in Chair of Galway 2020 European O’Brien, Mike Fitzpatrick, Seamus
amounting to over €40 mil- ical expenses to beat Ewing’s need.” C Capital of Culture, Arthur Lappin Kelleher, Bert Randolph Sugar, John
lion in donations. and Irish Culture minister Josepha Mooney, Neil McDaid, Aine Fox, Sean
McCarthy, Mike Bowen, Marc-Yves
The continuing growth in Madigan were among those in the Tumin, Jack McGrath, Charley Brady,
campaigns and donations via city to celebrate the beginning of Patrick Hurley, Catherine Wylie, Alicia
GoFundMe in Ireland means the year. Colon, Jason Gallagher, Jackie Cahill, Bill
Daly, Jim McKeon
that Ireland remains the Ambassador Adrian O’Neill said
most generous country in culture can be successful in “chal- Contributing Photographers
the world, as more people lenging mindsets” in a way that Leo Doyle, Danny McCabe, Roger
Wong
per capita take action and brings people together and is “non-
donate through the website threatening.” Circulation
John Philip, Manager
than any other country in the He spoke at a briefing in North East - Paul Hamrock
world. London as the city on the west West Coast - Jim Clement
coast of Ireland launched its pro- Historian
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Joseph Walsh
He said: “As we now try to kind
Attorneys-at-Law of maybe reset political relation- Timothy Murphy
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