Sporting greats were centre stage as the children’s cancer charity Michael’s Fan Club was unveiled in honour of Michael Horgan.

Cannonball features free family festivals, celebrities, over 1000km of Irish open roads and they have raised over €2 million for Irish charities as over 200,000 spectators are expected from September 12-14th

The Gaelic Games broadcaster is an ambassador for Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning for Hospice.

Crowds of supporters, many holding banners, have lined the streets of the city to cheer on the runners and wave to their loved ones.

The man organised a charity sports event to raise money for his young child, who was being treated for childhood cancer

The Daffodil Day fundraiser across Waterford City and County raised over €74,000 for the Irish Cancer Society, which was presented to them recently in the Holy Cross Bar 

The fundraising effort is part of Dalata and the Marie Keating Foundation’s ‘Drive to Defeat Cancer’ campaign which is supporting the long-term future of the organisation’s lifesaving cancer outreach service.