The Forum held a fund-raising event, Ringsend Bachelor of the Year 2010, as part of their Easter Festival. The event took place in Clanna Gael Hall and the evening was a great success with over 250 people in attendance.

Five very brave local bachelors participated: Eugene Alehno, James Boylan, Gay Murphy, Shane Kennedy and the winner, Paddy Murphy. Part of the process consisted of interviews by our Compére. Example questions: How long does it take to boil an egg? What’s your best asset? Our bachelors proved their culinary prowess by peeling potatoes and their dancefloor skills by dancing the night away with local ladies.

The Judges on the evening were tough, many times putting our contestants in very hot water. However, our lads managed to impress them with some very clever answers. The results were tight as we had real talent up there. It was a very entertaining evening all told, and in aid of a very worthy cause.

Some very talented local entertainers performed free of charge on the evening, DJ and Compére Paddy and Ger McGuiness, Irishtown Stage School, Mark Byrne, The Ennis Twins Mathew and Eoin and Judges Willie Murphy, Linda Flood and Patsy Doolan.

The cheque was presented at the Community for Unity Week Mass organised by our local schools. The students as part of the offerings presented the cheque on the altar during the mass.

Fr Ivan Tonge expressed to the children how our community has made changes to the lives of another community less well off than our own.

The Forum thanks most sincerely all our groups, all the volunteers who participated on the night and our community for their kindness and support. We applaud such great community spirit. The money was donated to Trocaire for Haiti.