Aimie O’Leary and Mario Covis secured the much coveted prize of a dreaming wedding after raising over €13,000 for Temple Street Hospital in an innovative radio competition that saw five charities in the South East share in a fundraising total of in excess of €40,000.
One County Wexford couple is celebrating success in the Beat 102-103 'Win Your Wedding' of your dreams competition worth nearly €15,000 at the Woodford Dolmen hotel, Carlow. The 'Big Reveal' of the total amount of monies raised for their chosen charities was announced at a special live Beat 102-103 Outside Broadcast from the Woodford Dolmen hotel on Sunday October 2nd. Wexford native Aimie O’Leary & her fiancé Mario Covis raised an amazing €13,087 for their chosen charity Temple Street Children’s Hospital.
The excited couple can now look forward to their dream wedding which includes a lavish banquet for 100 guests, John Delaney photography Kilkenny will capture the special moments, Carlow based Victoria Bridal and Macs Menswear will have the couple looking stunning along with rings from Douglas Jewellers. These are just some of the special prize elements in store to top the dream day off in VIP style.
The radio competition received hundreds of applications from eager pre-newlyweds across the region & the Beat “Win Your Wedding” team had the tough task of narrowing the selection down to five lucky finalists. Beat set these remaining couples from Dungarvan, Wexford, Kilkenny, Waterford City and Carlow a challenge to raise as much money as they could for their chosen charities across the South East.
The remaining couples fundraised tirelessly across just six days. As part of their efforts to raise the most money to win the €15,000 wedding prize, the couples engaged in activities such as Spinathons, bake sales, car washes, auctions, table quizzes & charity raffles.
With luscious scenery and views, the Woodford Dolmen Hotel in Carlow is surrounded by the Killeshin hills and nestled into the banks of the River Barrow, making it the ideal location for the winning couple’s dream wedding. The hotel’s Sales and Marketing Manager Aisling Maher says “We’ve really enjoyed working with Beat 102-103 on this community led promotion. A huge thank you also to all our suppliers; their generous prizes are certainly going to make the lucky couple’s day, one to remember.”
CEO of Beat 102-103 Gabrielle Cummins explained: “This was such a heart-warming competition for Beat to be a part of & we are delighted that over €40,000 has been raised in such a short space of time for five worthy charities across the South East. We very much enjoyed working alongside the Woodford Dolmen hotel for this dream prize & we would like to wish all the couples who took part in “Win Your Wedding” all the very best for the future .”
The other couples raised the following for their chosen charities:
- Una Daly & Tim Adams from Carlow raised €7,516 for the Kilkenny Carlow Homecare team
- Emma Baldwin and Terri Kruger from Kilkenny raised €3,090 for Michael’s Wonder Journey
- Raymond Tobin and Ian Walsh from Dungarvan raised €7,640 for the Deise Animal Sanctuary
- Louise O’Neill and Aidan Doherty raised €10, 305 for Pieta House Waterford
