Irish Scene May/June 2022

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Torc Céilí Club

Climb With Charlie The gang from Torc Céilí Club took on the 18.4km walk from Sullivan Rock to Mt Cooke on Saturday 2 April for Climb with Charlie and raised awareness of the event within the Irish community here in Perth. Irish journalist and broadcaster Charlie Bird was diagnosed with motor neurone disease and he has organised to climb Croagh Patrick in Ireland raising money for Irish Motor Neurone

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Disease Ireland and Pieta - Ireland’s national suicide prevention charity. A number of Irish groups got involved on the day including The Claddagh Association in Kings Park, Irish Families in Perth walking around Lake Joondalup and Andrea Managan and friends tackled Bluff Knoll. Over €2.3 million has been raised in the Climb with Charlie campaign so far!


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