KEEN racing and rugby man Dermot Doheny from Limerick has been in touch with an important request regarding a fundraising campaign for a young girl from Clonmel, Co Tipperary, named Ashleigh Prout.

Since birth Ashleigh has been suffering from a condition called Neurofibromatosis type 1. She has suffered an optic nerve glioma, a benign growth behind her eye, which means reduced eyesight and no peripheral vision at present.