{"id":357103,"date":"2026-03-31T17:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357103\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T17:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:00:08","slug":"mayo-man-raises-more-than-e24000-for-mental-health-ireland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357103\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo man raises more than \u20ac24,000 for Mental Health Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Louisburgh native and endurance athlete Basil Mac Leod has raised more than \u20ac24,000 in support of Mental Health Ireland, following a series of extraordinary physical challenges designed to inspire resilience and raise awareness around mental health.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Basil embarked on his first major challenge\u2014running four marathons across four different counties in just five days. He went on to complete an even more demanding feat: a 100km ultramarathon through the Sahara Desert. <\/p>\n<p>He chose to support Mental Health Ireland because of his strong belief that mental health challenges affect people of all ages. Through his fundraising efforts, he aimed to send a powerful message\u2014that no matter how difficult life may feel, challenges can be faced and overcome.<\/p>\n<p>His efforts were strongly supported by his local community in Louisburgh, as well as his workplace, the Maldron Hotel Oranmore, which hosted a fundraising event that alone contributed over \u20ac2,000 to the total.<\/p>\n<p>Mental Health Ireland has expressed its sincere gratitude to Basil for his dedication, determination, and outstanding achievement in raising such a significant amount.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louisburgh native and endurance athlete Basil Mac Leod has raised more than \u20ac24,000 in support of Mental Health&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":357104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-357103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=357103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/357103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/357104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=357103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=357103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=357103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}