SOFT Ireland

 

 

Eddie Dillon, Glanmire, Co. Cork presenting a cheque for €8510 to Martina O’Reilly & Patricia Grehan of SOFT Ireland, for proceeds raised in the recent Bord Gáis Energy Cork City Marathon.

Eddie, along with Bord Gáis colleagues, family  & friends, entered a number of teams in the relay event and all ran in memory of Eddie’s baby son Cathal, who died soon after birth in August 2008.
Baby Cathal was born with Patau’s Syndrome / Trisomy 13 and lived for two short days under the fantastic care of the doctors and staff at Cork University Maternity Hospital.
His condition was undetected during pregnancy and came as a huge shock to his father Eddie, mother Karen and siblings Robert (aged 6) and Shauna (aged 3).
But the two precious days they spent with their baby boy are engrained forever in their hearts and are especially poignant around this time – Baby Cathal’s first birthday and anniversary. Eddie and Karen are proud to be able to contribute the proceeds of Eddie’s involvement in the marathon to SOFT in Cathals memory.

Brendan O’Riordan Crossing the Finish Line for SOFT Ireland on Behalf of Team Blue Flame

 

 

Team Blue Flame
Back Row – Deaglán Healy, Adrian Ahern,Brendan O’Riordan
Front Row – Eddie Dillon, Glynn Aherne

 

Shauna, Robert and Baby Cathal

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