Tour de Munster raises over €400,000 for Down Syndrome Ireland

Champion cyclist Sean Kelly, Nichola Aylward, CEO of Down Syndrome Ireland, Ger O'Connell, President of DSI, Emily, 7, Ruth, 11, and Marie Hayes from DSI Limerick Branch, and tour founder Paul Sheridan, pictured at the official cheque presentation of the 24th annual Tour de Munster charity cycle. Photo: Diane Cusack

A FUNDRAISING cycle that made a recent stop in Limerick has raised over €400,000 for Down Syndrome Ireland (DSI).

The Tour de Munster charity cycle takes place each year, aiming to raise money for DSI, a charity that supports families and those with Down syndrome living in Munster.

This year’s cycle raised a total of €402,072, with a combined total of €5million raised by the Tour since it was set up in 2001.

Paul Sheridan, the founder of Tour de Munster, said that the organisers “are over the moon to have raised such a phenomenal sum of €400,000 which will go a very long way in supporting the fantastic work carried out on a daily basis by the Munster branches of Down Syndrome Ireland”.

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