Rocco’s McGinley’s mother Yvonne and father Wade delivering the toys to the paediatric ward at Letterkenny University Hospital
Donations generated from a charity ball held in memory of Buncrana teenager Rocco McGinley have been used to buy toys for the paediatric ward in Letterkenny University Hospital.
Some €1,500 worth of toys purchased from a wishlist were donated from proceeds of Rocco’s 18th Birthday Charity Ball which was held in Buncrana in August.
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The Buncrana teenager passed away after a battle with a rare brain tumour in February 2023.
He had been diagnosed with an extremely rare type of life-threatening brain tumour in October 2021.
The third-year student at Scoil Mhuire, Buncrana was treated in Letterkenny University Hospital, and in Dublin at Crumlin Children's Hospital, Temple Street Children's University Hospital and St Luke’s Hospital.
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