The Hollywood A-lister and Emma Fogarty, who is Ireland’s longest-surviving person battling the genetic condition epidermolysis bullosa (EB), starred on RTE’s flagship Late, Late Show on Friday night. Colin Farrell and his friend Emma Fogarty at the Irish premiere of The Banshees of Inisherin (Mediaconsult/PA)She will join him in a wheelchair for the final 4km of the course – with each kilometre representing a decade of her life. Her and Farrell’s “Run to 40” challenge has now raised more than 500,000 euro, with Friday’s appearance on the Late, Late Show alone pulling in 415,000 euro. Dubliner Farrell hailed Ms Fogarty as a “legend”. “There are four forms of the condition and Emma has the severest one,” he said backstage on Friday.

Source: The Herald October 20, 2024 11:57 UTC