Murphy Surveys Cyclethon raises €12,000

Great result for great causeLast Saturday's Murphy Surveys Cyclethon for Crumlin Hospital raised €12,000, writes Brian Byrne.

Some 60 riders from Murphy Surveys, Kilcullen Cycling Club, and their friends rode from the company's HQ in Knockbounce Business Park to the Hospital, where they were warmly greeted by hospital staff, families and friends.

A cheque for the Children’s Medical and Research Foundation (CMRF), the charity of Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin was presented by Amy Poynton (8), daughter of Murphy Surveys’ employee Noel Poynton.

Amy was born with a severe congenital heart defect. She has had three open heart surgeries to date and requires on-going monitoring for signs of congestive heart failure; care which she receives at the hospital in Crumlin, currently the only Paediatric Cardiac hospital in the country.

The funds raised by Murphy Surveys will contribute to the “Fix Crumlin" campaign, which was launched last year to raise €8m to renovate the hospital's cancer ward and to build a new cardiac unit for Ireland’s sickest children.  

“The hospital has already raised a whopping €6m to Fix Crumlin,” said Joe Quinsey, CEO of the Children’s Medical & Research Foundation.  “That great moment when the hospital can deliver for our cardiac and cancer patients is moving ever closer. Already, these patients and their families are benefiting in such a practical way from peoples’ support. The first phase of the cancer ward was finished and handed over to staff, patients and their families only a couple of weeks ago."

The campaign still has a further €2m to raise.

Murphy Surveys has set a goal of raising €30,000 for CMRF, in this their 30th year in business.