GOAL Mile 2024 raised €27,082 through events in Cork

With a total of €27,082 being raised in Cork alone, GOAL has revealed that more than €750,000 was raised nationally by the thousands who took part in the GOAL Mile 2024.

The GOAL Mile is the flagship fundraiser for the organisation, which is led by local organisers in more than 200 locations across the island of Ireland and in the US and Africa during the Christmas season and into the New Year.

Vulnerable communities

Over the last 48 years, GOAL has helped to provide life-saving aid and development programmes to some of the most fragile countries in the world and to some of the most vulnerable communities across the globe.

The organisation continues to work to deliver food, shelter , water and other programmes relating to nutrition, protection, sanitation and hygiene in countries like Sudan, Ethiopia, Chad, Syria, Lebanon, Gaza, and Haiti, where conflict is prevalent and where the suffering and the humanitarian crises are in clear evidence.

Discussing the success of 2024 event, GOAL CEO Siobhan Walsh said: “GOAL Miles have been running across Ireland every Christmas since 1982. 

Exceptional

"The 2024 GOAL Mile was a truly exceptional one for so many reasons, and not only because we broke our fundraising record. We were of course delighted to welcome AIB back for the fourth year as our GOAL Mile partner.

“And 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,” she added.

“They encouraged even more people to find their local GOAL Mile and head out to connect with family and friends, enjoy a unique experience, support GOAL and stand in solidarity with the millions caught in conflict and climate emergencies.”

AIB group CEO Colin Hunt said they 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.”