A family day of fun and games is being organised for Sunday, August 28 at An Bodhrán, Mitchelstown, the proceeds of which will go towards helping with expenses for a local man who received serious burns to his legs in Australia.

Ciarán Carolan, a plasterer by trade, went to Australia in 2013 following collapse of the building industry. He was working on a large cattle ranch and, on the night of his accident, had been working on a rodeo. As it was the middle of winter in Australia, Michael and …