A BARRISTER, IN his fifties, ispreparing to run in the LondonMarathon later this month toraise money for DulwichHelpline and SouthwarkChurches Care.Patrick McMorrow (right)has selected the charity for the

work that they do in support-ing and providing companion-ship to elderly people who live alone.The 58-year-old startedrunning four years ago whenhe was offered a charity placein the 2012 London Marathonon behalf of Hospice UK.“It was an unforgettableexperience and I have runseveral half-marathons sincethen and the BrightonMarathon last year,” he said.“I've been trainingthrougout the winter monthsand I'm really looking forwardto this year's race which willprobably be my last if my phys-iotherapist has anything to dowith it!”If you'd like to make adonation visit https://mydo-nate.bt.com/fundraisers/patrickmcmorrow1

A PAIR OF Irish women haveraised £10,000 for the MarieCurie Hospice in Hampsteadthrough a string of charityevents.

Sarah Connolly andPatricia Donnelly organiseda benefit night at St Joseph’sSocial Club in Highgate, withBilly and The North Winds

providing music on thenight.

Connolly and Donnellyare also set to partake in anupscaled fundraising event;as they travel to Asia to makea sponsored walk to theGreat Wall of China fromMay 9 – 17; with all proceedsgoing to the charity.

CONGRATULATIONS TOMary-Ellen and VincentO’Donnell who reach their50th wedding anniversary thisFriday.Mary-Ellen O’Malley, fromTonragee in Achill, wed herCharlestown husband in 1965in St Agnes Church in Crickle-wood.They moved to Kilburnsoon afterwards where Mary-Ellen worked at St Mary’sSchool, and Vincent worked asa telephone engineer until

their retirements.The couple have threechildren; Michelle, John andSteven, seven grandchildrenand six-month-old great-greatgranddaughter Celina Jayne.“They are a wonderfulcouple and dearly loved by alltheir family and friends.We wish them a very happyanniversary and many more,”said Michelle.Their children wouldespecially like to thank themfor being the best parents ever.

Irish newsagent EddieBrown will serve hislast customer thisEaster Sunday as heretires after 29 years.

His shop on CricklewoodLane has become a hub ofthe community, where hestocks Irish newspapersand food stuffs, and was asmuch of a place to catch upwith locals then it was to doyour shopping.

Eddie, 72, is well knownfor having the chat as well,moving to Cricklewood Laneafter two separate stints onthe Broadway too.

“I’ve been around for 45years and I’d love to thankall the customers,” he toldthe Irish World.

An online review of theshop by ‘Katie B’ in 2011reads:

“Oh Eddie how I love youand your selection ofBarry's Irish tea!

“Eddie is a lovely manand treats you like an oldfriend every time you go in.

“So if you're in the areago on, pop in and say helloto Eddie and give Barry's teaa whirl.”

Irish World House, 934 North Circular Road, London NW2 7JR. Telephone: 020 8453 7800

For some timenow RTE hasstruggled tohide itsincomprehen-sion and incredulity atsome UK Irish people’sreluctance to relin-quish listening to LongWave.

The tone of its radioexecutives has rangedfrom patronising tocondescension to oneof genuine bafflement.

Why can’t peoplejust listen to the RadioOne service they so likeon their smartphonesor tablets when they’reon the go or on theirsatellite receiver or SkyTV box, they ask – with-out listening to theanswers.

One is thereforetempted to think thatthose same executiveshad hoped to be able topull, as if a rabbit froma magician’s hat, thenews that they hadsecured a DAB slot forRTE Radio One fromnext year – the cente-nary of 1916, as wewell know by now.

One doesn’t knowhow hard it tried topersuade Ofcom, if iteven did, of the desir-

ability of a DAB stationfor a million or moreIrish living in the UK.

But if it did it didn’tsucceed as the broad-cast regulator – whichsays the bids areassessed on theproposed service’sappeal to new tastesand interests – wasswayed by a businessplan to bring backVirgin Radio, last heardin 2008.

RTE Radio’s outputis varied, talk sitsalongside music,factual and documen-tary as well as drama,hence its appeal to somany Irish, and non-Irish, in this countrywhen they can receiveit.

So one has to askhow strongly its casewas made and, if it was,to sympathise that itfailed.

The broadcasternow says it is nowcommitted to look atall its options in the UK.Might it be too much toask that, if DAB is nowa non-starter, thestation mightv look atthe recently vacatedBulgarian channel onLong Wave?

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Landmark Cricklewood Irish shopclosing for good on Easter Sunday

Sarah Connolly and Patricia Donnelly (second and third from left)

RTE’s DAB plans forUK are squelched

Golden weddinganniversary forKilburn Couple

Barrister all set for London Marathon

Duo raise £10k forMarie Curie hospice