Ahascragh-based Senator Rónán Mullen will hold a ‘Celebration Social’ in Gullane’s Hotel, Ballinasloe on Saturday, 19th July at 7.30 p.m. All are welcome to this event which will mark Senator Mullen’s fifth successive election as an Independent Senator for the NUI constituency.
The Gullane’s celebration will also be a fundraiser for two charities which Senator Mullen has supported over the years: Mary’s Meals, which now provides a daily school meal to over two million children in the developing world, and Our Little Brothers and Sisters orphanage in Kenscoff, Haiti. Donations on the night are voluntary but everything collected will go to the two charities.
The founder of Mary’s Meals, Magnus McFarlane Barrow and Ms Gina Heraty of Our Little Brothers and Sisters orphanage, are both past recipients of the Oireachtas Human Dignity Award, an event begun in Leinster House by Senator Mullen in 2014.
Another former awardee was the recently-deceased Brother Kevin Crowley of the Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin, who received the Human Dignity Award in 2018.
“It has been an honour to work over the years with such impressive people and to fundraise for their important charities through the Human Dignity Award celebration dinner,” Senator Mullen says.
“Our Gullane’s event is a chance to say thanks to so many neighbours, family, friends and supporters for their help since I was first elected in 2007. But it’s also an opportunity to raise some money for some really deserving charities. I hope everyone will feel welcome to this event and that we have a good turn-out on the night.
Music on the night will be provided by Michael Aherne and friends. Michael, who starred in the acclaimed Alan Parker film, ‘The Commitments’, has strong family connections in Ballinasloe, with his aunt Mrs Bridie Brennan still living in the town.
