{"id":553795,"date":"2026-07-17T04:02:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553795\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T04:02:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T04:02:14","slug":"fundraiser-launched-to-help-laois-teen-injured-in-e-scooter-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/553795\/","title":{"rendered":"Fundraiser Launched To Help Laois Teen Injured in E-Scooter Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"aiir-c-news-extra__timestamp\">\n                    Thursday, 16 July 2026 16:41\n                <\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aiir-c-news-figure__image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a58fba16e7e23887fd.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><br \/>\n                                    Photo credit: Go Fund Me<\/p>\n<p class=\"aiir-c-news-article__abstract\">\n            Orla Keogh is starting the fundraiser for her nephew Thomas.\n        <\/p>\n<p>A fundraiser is being launched to support a Laois teen who was critically injured in an e-scooter accident.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>13-year-old Thomas Crean Keogh from Portlaoise, was involved in the incident last month.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He has undergone multiple major surgeries and remains in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>His aunt, Orla Keogh, created the fundraising campaign to help the family cover hospital accommodation and household expenses.<\/p>\n<p>The family faces ongoing financial pressure while caring for Thomas and his three brothers during his recovery.<\/p>\n<p>People are being encouraged to donate to help the family.<\/p>\n<p>You can donate to the Go Fund Me<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gofundme.com\/f\/help-towards-thomas-and-hes-family\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday, 16 July 2026 16:41 Photo credit: Go Fund Me Orla Keogh is starting the fundraiser for her&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":553796,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3279,319,61,60,2673,8285,1529,8284,8282,8283,43,8286,700,59],"class_list":["post-553795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-broadcast","tag-broadcasting","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-irish-news","tag-laois","tag-local-news","tag-local-radio","tag-midlands","tag-midlands-103","tag-news","tag-offaly","tag-radio","tag-westmeath"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553795","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=553795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/553795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/553796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=553795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=553795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=553795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}