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Charity truck run to roll into town this Sunday
By Sean Moriarty
Between 80 and 100 trucks are expected on the Killarney Bypass on Sunday afternoon when a truck run in aid of Kerry Hospice rolls into town.
The run is being organised to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the passing of Castleisland trucker Hawley O’Sullivan as the result of a road traffic accident.
It is being organised by his niece Karen Maher Hayles to raise funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation.
Trucks will assemble in the Fel’s Point yard next to the Rose Hotel at 12 noon on Sunday.
Once registration is complete the trucks will follow a route from Tralee to Castlesisland and on to Killarney via Farranfore.
The trucks will drive over the bypass before making a u-turn at the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre Complex roundabout and they will park up along the side of the road for around 30 minutes. They are expected to arrive in Killarney around 2.35pm and members of the organising committee will be running a bucket collection to raise funds for the hospice.
“We wanted to mark Hawley’s 25th anniversary, he was a well-known truck driver with Garryowen Transport in Tralee and internationally with O’Neill’s before that,” Karen told the Killarney Advertiser.
“We are doing it to raise funds for the Kerry Hospice Foundation. My nan and Hawley’s mom, Kathleen, was so well looked after by them before she died of cancer in 2004. They need our support, they have had a very difficult two years with fundraising events cancelled and we all know someone that needs them.”
One of the guests of honour on the run will be Hawley’s son Tony Mitchell O’Sullivan. He was born just eight days before his father died tragically.
Organisers have set up an online fundraiser and donations can be made via iDonate: 'Hawley O'Sullivan Memorial Truck Run'.
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