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06 Sept 2025

Limerick Greyhound Stadium helps raise €10,000 for the Dillon Quirke Foundation

Limerick Greyhound Stadium helps raise €10,000 for the Dillon Quirke Foundation

Tim Lucey, CEO Greyhound Racing Ireland, presents Dan Quirke, Founder Dillon Quirke Foundation with a cheque of €10,000 raised at the Jerseys At The Dogs Nationwide Bucket Collection

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04 Jun 2024 11:30 AM

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Greyhound Racing Ireland (GRI) has announced the donation of €10,000 raised from the recent “Jerseys At The Dogs Nationwide Bucket Collection” to the Dillon Quirke Foundation.
The funds were presented at Limerick Greyhound Stadium by Tim Lucey, CEO of Greyhound Racing Ireland, to Dan Quirke, representing the Dillon Quirke Foundation. 
The collection was held over the week of the April 1-7 with greyhound racing fans and staff encouraged to wear their club or county jerseys in honour of Dillon and donate what they could at the turnstiles.  The funds raised will help to deliver cardiac screening to over one hundred children currently being screened as part of the nationwide campaign.
Tim Lucey commented: “We are immensely proud to support the Dillon Quirke Foundation. The participation and generosity from all the stadia involved demonstrate the strong sense of community within the greyhound racing world.
"We hope these funds will help the foundation continue its important cardiac screening work of young GAA players nationwide and continue to honour Dillon’s memory.”
Dan Quirke expressed gratitude on behalf of the Dillon Quirke Foundation, saying, “We are deeply appreciative of Greyhound Racing Ireland’s support. The funds raised will go a long way in furthering our mission and ensuring Dillon’s legacy lives on.”
The foundation was set up in honour of Dillon, who collapsed during a hurling match and died of SADS on August 5, 2022 in Semple Stadium, Thurles.
Sudden Adult Death Syndrome (SADS) claims 100 young lives each year in Ireland and the foundation was created with the aim of raising awareness and setting up a screening programme which will screen every player (both male and female) from 12 years of age upwards.
Jerseys at the Dogs took place at greyhound stadia nationwide from April 1-7, 2024 and this was the second year of the fundraising week.

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