GAA club fundraising drive for player left paralysed by cancer
Irish Daily Mirror|November 02, 2022
€57k donated for dad Gary to help get him out of hospital
LOUISE WALSH
GAA club fundraising drive for player left paralysed by cancer

A GAA club has rallied around a former footballer who is now facing two battles after his ongoing cancer fight left him paralysed from the chest down.

Dad-of-two Gary McDonnell is coming to terms with spending the rest of his life in a wheelchair on top of his fight against an aggressive form of blood cancer which requires a double stem cell transplant.

Incurable Multiple Myeloma resulted in a tumour on his spine which led to his paralysis, despite the best efforts of medics at the Mater Hospital where he has been since June.

Now, Ballinlough GFC, outside Kells, Co Meath, is urging people to help the 54-year-old’s family bring him home by funding much-needed alterations to his house. A GoFundMe page has already raised over €57,000 in just four days.

This story is from the November 02, 2022 edition of Irish Daily Mirror.

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