Wake-up call for overseas aid

NUI Galway fourth-year medical students (from left), Laura Gaffney, Galway, Georgina Duignan, Co Donegal, Colm Keane, Co Galway…

NUI Galway fourth-year medical students (from left), Laura Gaffney, Galway, Georgina Duignan, Co Donegal, Colm Keane, Co Galway, Sarah Mulligan, Co Roscommon, Kapil Sharma, Co Clare and Rita Flaherty, Co Galway, leave the university campus on a bed push to Limerick. The charity event is in aid of Voluntary Services Abroad, which raises funds for healthcare facilities in developing countries. More than €70,000 has been raised in the  past eight months towards a final target of €100,000.