{"id":387866,"date":"2026-04-08T09:42:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387866\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T09:42:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T09:42:08","slug":"limerick-hurlers-business-supports-over-100-people-in-rebuilding-a-home-for-local-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/387866\/","title":{"rendered":"Limerick hurlers&#8217; business supports over 100 people in rebuilding a home for local boy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">LIMERICK<\/a> HURLERS, Kyle Hayes and Darragh O\u2019Donovan had the \u201cabsolute honour\u201d of supporting over 100 volunteers with their Bunda Brothers food business earlier this week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The hurlers &#8211; captured outside their food truck &#8211; said: \u201cWe\u2019re beyond grateful to have been trusted to play our part in something so special. Feeling truly appreciated and proud to represent Bunda Brothers on a project that means so much\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The work was part of DIY SOS &#8211; an RT\u00c9 reality programme that centres around volunteers and local tradespeople coming together to help retrofit a house.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The group of volunteers &#8211; fed by Bunda Brothers &#8211; banded together and \u201cworked tirelessly\u201d to make a young child&#8217;s home more accessible.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Carter Purcell &#8211; who is cared for by his family in Corbally &#8211; will be featured on RT\u00c9 once the show airs.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.limerickleader.ie\/news\/breaking-news\/2056022\/breaking-limerick-motorists-face-delays-on-main-routes-amid-nationwide-fuel-price-protests.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Limerick motorists face delays on main routes amid nationwide fuel price protests<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The production company, Indie Pics, said: &#8220;The Bunda Brothers generously provided lunch during the week, bringing their truck on site to feed the hungry hordes. Lots of other local business have contributed too.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n &#8220;Local businesses have very kindly provided meals on set for the hundreds of volunteers over the duration of the build &#8211; breakfast, lunch and dinner. That\u2019s their contribution to the voluntary effort and it\u2019s greatly appreciated.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>On Instagram, the Bunda Brothers said: \u201cWhile we weren\u2019t on the tools, it meant a lot to play our part by keeping everyone fed and going strong throughout the long days. The atmosphere, the community spirit, the kindness\u2026 it\u2019s something we\u2019ll never forget.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DIY SOS began recruiting for tradespeople in Limerick on February 26, at the Parish Hall, St. Nicholas Church.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n DIY SOS confirmed that they are working towards an Autumn transmission on RT\u00c9 One and RT\u00c9 Player.\n<\/p>\n<p>The team of tradespeople and volunteers was led by Baz Ashwany, who may be familiar with viewers of How to Kill your Mammy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT &#8211; CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LIMERICK HURLERS, Kyle Hayes and Darragh O\u2019Donovan had the \u201cabsolute honour\u201d of supporting over 100 volunteers with their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":387867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1965,77986,118573,93,61,60,95915,1396],"class_list":{"0":"post-387866","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-hurling","9":"tag-corbally","10":"tag-darragh-odonovan","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-ie","13":"tag-ireland","14":"tag-kyle-hayes","15":"tag-limerick"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387866","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/387867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}