Rory McIlroy has donated £1m from his charitable foundation to open a new support centre for children with cancer.
The world No 1 and Ryder Cup winner returned to his native Northern Ireland to open Daisy Lodge in Newcastle, County Down, a therapeutic short-break centre.
The 25-year-old four-time major winner promised that this was only the beginning of his work and that he would like to see it happen elsewhere.
“I definitely think it is a project I would like to see replicated and I think can be replicated,” he said.
“I don’t think there is any reason why we should stop here.”
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Daisy Lodge, the first of its kind in the UK and Ireland, will provide every family in Northern Ireland affected by childhood cancer a therapeutic short break – it will also welcome children from the Republic of Ireland.
The care will extend to families nursing a child with cancer, families where a parent has been diagnosed and the bereaved.
The worlds no.1 golfer @McIlroyRory donates £1million to children's cancer centre. #respect http://t.co/udLL0M3uuJ pic.twitter.com/jNGxDv1F6S
— Love Belfast ❤️ (@love_belfast) October 8, 2014
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