11 October 2026
By Valerie Ryan
valerie@TheCork.ie
Brief News in Photos
Irish Guide Dogs brought together three of Ireland’s most celebrated sporting names – their Ambassadors Roy Keane and Sonia O’Sullivan, along with Jimmy Barry-Murphy – for a unique corporate networking evening and auction at the Rochestown Park Hotel, Cork, on Thursday, 8 October, World Sight Day.
The exclusive corporate event, took place from 6 pm to 10 pm, and offered companies the rare opportunity to hear the three Cork sporting greats together in conversation, with Jonathan Healy of Healy Communications acting as MC.
The conversation ranged across their extraordinary careers, the people and moments that shaped them, leadership, high-performance sport and life beyond competition – along with, inevitably, what it means to come from Cork.
To mark the occasion of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind 50th anniversary an Evening with Cork Sporting Legends Roy Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan and Jimmy Barry Murphy was held at the Rochestown Park Hotel. The MC for the event was Jonathan Healy of Healy Communications.
During the dinner, guests heard from Irish Guide Dog clients and service users giving an insight into the impact of the services and support from the Irish Guide Dogs.
Pictured, from left: Mary White, Conor McEntegart, Erica Conlon, Maura Tambling and Hiba Adeel, from the Gas Networks ireland.
Pic: Brian Lougheed
To mark the occasion of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind 50th anniversary an Evening with Cork Sporting Legends Roy Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan and Jimmy Barry Murphy was held at the Rochestown Park Hotel. The MC for the event was Jonathan Healy of Healy Communications.
During the dinner, guests heard from Irish Guide Dog clients and service users giving an insight into the impact of the services and support from the Irish Guide Dogs.
Pictured, from left: Delphine Guillermon, Daniel Linhares and Vanessa Murphy, Gas Networks Ireland.
Pic: Brian Lougheed
To mark the occasion of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind 50th anniversary an Evening with Cork Sporting Legends Roy Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan and Jimmy Barry Murphy was held at the Rochestown Park Hotel. The MC for the event was Jonathan Healy of Healy Communications.
During the dinner, guests heard from Irish Guide Dog clients and service users giving an insight into the impact of the services and support from the Irish Guide Dogs.
Pictured, from left: Mary White, Conor McEntegart, Erica Conlon, Maura Tambling and Hiba Adeel, from the Gas Networks ireland.
Pic: Brian Lougheed
To mark the occasion of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind 50th anniversary an Evening with Cork Sporting Legends Roy Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan and Jimmy Barry Murphy was held at the Rochestown Park Hotel. The MC for the event was Jonathan Healy of Healy Communications.
During the dinner, guests heard from Irish Guide Dog clients and service users giving an insight into the impact of the services and support from the Irish Guide Dogs.
Pictured, from left; Jimmy Barry Murphy; Amy O’Connor, Cork Camogie star; Roy Keane and Sonia O’Sullivan.
Pic: Brian Lougheed
To mark the occasion of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind 50th anniversary an Evening with Cork Sporting Legends Roy Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan and Jimmy Barry Murphy was held at the Rochestown Park Hotel. The MC for the event was Jonathan Healy of Healy Communications.
During the dinner, guests heard from Irish Guide Dog clients and service users giving an insight into the impact of the services and support from the Irish Guide Dogs.
Pictured, from left: Ken O’Callaghan and Seanie McGrath, SSO Personnel.
Pic: Brian Lougheed
To mark the occasion of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind 50th anniversary an Evening with Cork Sporting Legends Roy Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan and Jimmy Barry Murphy was held at the Rochestown Park Hotel. The MC for the event was Jonathan Healy of Healy Communications.
During the dinner, guests heard from Irish Guide Dog clients and service users giving an insight into the impact of the services and support from the Irish Guide Dogs.
Pictured, from left: Clodagh O’Connell, Niall Hall and Rose Leonard, of Zurich.
Pic: Brian Lougheed
To mark the occasion of the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind 50th anniversary an Evening with Cork Sporting Legends Roy Keane, Sonia O’Sullivan and Jimmy Barry Murphy was held at the Rochestown Park Hotel. The MC for the event was Jonathan Healy of Healy Communications.
During the dinner, guests heard from Irish Guide Dog clients and service users giving an insight into the impact of the services and support from the Irish Guide Dogs.
Pictured, from left: Cormac Hickey, Carline Schultz, Cormac White and Ciara O’Sullivan, all of KPMG.
Pic: Brian Lougheed