A former Clare All Star hurler is in the closing stages of a 200-kilometre walk he’s undertaken to show solidarity with the people of Palestine.
Clare native Tony Griffin entered his home county this morning, having set out from his home in Kildare on Saturday.
It’s not the first athletic feat for the Ballyea man who hurled for Clare from 2000 to 2009 and was inducted into the GAA All Star Team in the left corner-forward position in 2006.
No stranger to charitable work, Tony cycled the length of Canada in 49 days in 2007 in memory of his father Jerome, raising over €1.1 million for cancer research in the process.
On Saturday, he embarked on a 200-kilometre trek from his home in Ballymore-Eustace, County Kildare, to his native Ballyea, County Clare, as a show of solidarity with the Palestinian people.
The journey has taken him through counties Kildare, Laois, Offaly, Limerick and Tipperary, and so far, he’s raised over €18,000 of his €25,000 goal.
He says he felt compelled to do something to show his children that everyone can make a difference.
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In the wake of reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to occuply the whole of Gaza, the Palestinian health ministry is claiming that deaths caused by malnutrition have risen to 93.
A total of 20 Palestinian were killed overnight and dozens were injured after a truck carrying goods overturned.
The United Nations has warned of “catastrophic consequences” if Israel expands further into Gaza.
Middle East Correspondent for the Economist, Gregg Carlstrom, says Israel’s actions in the Palestinian territory are proving unpopular among the Israeli public.
