BERTIE LOOKS SO DAFF.Byline: KEN FOXE BERTIE Ahern used flower power yesterday to help launch this year's Daffodil daffodil: see amaryllis. daffodil Bulb-forming flowering plant (Narcissus pseudonarcissus), also called common daffodil or trumpet narcissus, native to northern Europe and widely cultivated there and in North America. It grows to about 16 in. Day. The Taoiseach clutched a big bunch of daffs and was surrounded by nurses when he launched the fundraising extravaganza for cancer research. Organisers hope to raise millions to fight one of Ireland's biggest killers. More than 5,000 volunteers nationwide will be organising fun activities and collecting funds. And the Great Daffodil Day Internet Auction has already raised over pounds 13,000 for the worthy cause. The auction, on www.daffodilday.org, ends today at 5pm. So far Bono's famous Fly sunglasses have been most in demand. Other items for sale include a Paul McCartney Noun 1. Paul McCartney - English rock star and bass guitarist and songwriter who with John Lennon wrote most of the music for the Beatles (born in 1942) McCartney, Sir James Paul McCartney painting, Larry Mullen's drumsticks and an autographed Elton John Sir Elton Hercules[1] John CBE[2] (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight on 25 March, 1947) is a five-time Grammy and one-time Academy Award-winning English pop/rock singer, composer and pianist. gold album. Joe Dolan's trademark white suit and a Blind date trip with Cilla Black Cilla Black OBE (born 27 May, 1942) is an English singer-songwriter and television personality, born Priscilla Maria Veronica White to a Protestant father and a Catholic mother in Liverpool. will also go under the hammer. Every year 21,500 Irish people are diagnosed with cancer. An Irish Cancer Society spokesman said: "We're just hoping people will be generous - cancer is something that eventually affects every family in this CAPTION(S): YELLOW FEVER yellow fever, acute infectious disease endemic in tropical Africa and many areas of South America. Epidemics have extended into subtropical and temperate regions during warm seasons. : Taoiseach Bertie Ahern launching the appeal yesterday |
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