Actor ran last part of course pushing friend Emma Fogarty who has genetic condition known as butterfly skin
Colin Farrell has raised €774,000 (£644,000) for a charity supporting people with a rare skin condition by running the Dublin marathon while pushing one of the oldest survivors of the disease in Ireland around part of the course in her wheelchair.
The actor, who was born in the Irish capital, raised the money for Debra Ireland, an organisation that supports people with the incurable genetic condition epidermolysis bullosa (EB), or “butterfly skin”, which causes people to have very fragile and blistering skin.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/oct/29/colin-farrell-dublin-marathon-butterfly-skin-charity
Author : Lisa O’Carroll in Dublin
Publish date : 2024-10-29 11:51:47
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