Limerick contributes over €12k to record-breaking GOAL Mile fundraiser

GOAL has announced that the thousands who participated in GOAL Mile 2024 across Ireland and overseas helped to raise over €750k for the agency’s lifesaving humanitarian work, of which €12,237 was raised in Limerick.

Fedamore native and CEO of GOAL, Siobhan Walsh said: “GOAL Miles have been running across Ireland every Christmas since 1982 but the 2024 GOAL Mile was a truly exceptional one for so many reasons, and not only because we broke our fundraising record.

She continued: "We benefitted greatly from the kind support of campaign champions including Olympic Athlete, Ciara Mageean; Bernard Jackman, International Rugby Commentator and Analyst; and the entire Shamrock Rovers, Men’s First Team. Their well-known voices and faces raised our GOAL Mile voice. They encouraged even more people to find their local GOAL Mile.

"We send thanks to the wonderful 200+ GOAL Mile organisers across the country for their time, and commitment in organising their Mile so expertly. They are the essence of this hugely successful campaign."

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Speaking about the AIB – GOAL Mile partnership and the campaign’s success, AIB Group Chief Executive Officer, Colin Hunt, said:

“AIB is embedded in communities right around the country through our 170 branches and we are incredibly proud to support the GOAL Mile. The initiative brings communities here in Ireland together to show their support and solidarity with the most vulnerable communities across the world, grappling with the effects of climate change, poverty, hunger, and conflict. AIB is delighted to have renewed our partnership with GOAL for another three years, and we look forward to continuing the GOAL Mile journey and encouraging even more people to step up and participate.”

GOAL Mile is the agency’s flagship fundraiser, which is supported by AIB and led by local organisers in over 200 locations in every county across Ireland and in the US and Africa, during Christmas 2024.

GOAL as an Irish humanitarian agency has a proud history over the last 48 years of delivering life-saving aid and development programmes in some of the world’s most fragile countries and to some of the world most vulnerable communities. Today GOAL continues to work in countries like Sudan, Ethiopia, Chad, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Haiti where conflict is so prevalent, delivering food, shelter and water and other programmes relating to nutrition, protection, sanitation and hygiene.