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The Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces, Vice Admiral Mark Mellett has launched ONE’s Fuchsia Appeal 2016. The funds raised will be used by ONE to assist former members of the Defence Forces who have fallen on hard times. Minister for State at Defence Paul Kehoe and the new Dublin City Lord Mayor Brendan Carr also attended today’s (Wednesday)launch at the Defence Forces Monument, Merrion Square in Dublin. ONE has to raise €600,000 annually to continue running its current facilities for former military personnel, with residential centres provided in Dublin, Letterkenny and Athlone – and drop in centres in Dundalk and Limerick. The organisation is currently providing accommodation for up to 40 former Defence Force members at modest cost to the State and will continue to do so with help and support of its members and the public. All fundraisers are volunteers and unpaid, as are the board directors. Since 1994, when ONE built its first residential facility at …
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