A CORK mum of two is amongst well-known Irish personalities who’ve penned tales for a brand new ebook to profit the Make-a-Wish Foundation.
Kate Durrant from Blarney has contributed to a brand new ebook known as Stories from the Heart of Ireland which was compiled by broadcaster and journalist Brendan Power in reminiscence of his granddaughter Niamh.
The nine-year-old had been a beneficiary of the charity who organised for her to fulfill Santa Claus in Lapland earlier than she handed away in 2012.
Ms Durrant’s providing, Practically Perfect Puppies, was impressed by her work with Dogs for the Disabled which gives fully-trained help dogs for kids and young adults residing with bodily disabilities.
Hers is only one of 61 tales with authors starting from humanitarian Adi Roche to broadcaster Joe Duffy.
Kate mentioned that she was delighted that she was invited to have her work function within the ebook.
“It’s a huge honour, made all the more so by the fact that one of the stories is about Dogs for the Disabled who also makes the dreams of small children come true.
“In that respect it was like the beautiful rounding of a circle.”
She described what makes the ebook so particular.
“People say you can lose yourself in a book, but you can also find yourself.
“I supposed that one of the hopes that Brendan-who put together this book-has is that people will find his granddaughter and other small children who aren’t lucky enough to be with us today. That’s very important too.”
The author defined why Make-a-Wish is so near her coronary heart.
“When you wish upon a star,’ the song tells us, ‘your dreams come true’. When you donate to Make-A-Wish you give the gift of hope the gift of forgetting about your illness for an hour or a day and the gift of something to look forward to rather than hospital appointments and heartbreak.
“It is such a privilege to have my stories included in this wonderful book that will now go to help make some ogf the big dreams of small children to come true.”
Meanwhile, Brendan Power, who compiled the ebook, is urging individuals to assist the charity.
“Every year this wonderful charity, which relies entirely on donations from the public, makes wishes come true for dozens of children with life-threatening illnesses but they can’t do it without our help,” Brendan mentioned, “and this book is one way of helping as all money raised from sales will go directly to Make-A-Wish”.
Stories from the Heart of Ireland is at present available in Easons in addition to different retailers
