A stunning three-bedroom Dublin townhouse worth over €400,000 is being raffled off tonight by animal welfare charity My Lovely Horse Rescue, with one lucky winner set to scoop a "life-changing" prize.
The home is located in the Royal Canal Park in Ashtown and consists of three floors, three bedrooms and two bathrooms. The draw will take place on July 28 with tickets costing just €23, and even if the goal of selling 32,000 tickets is not reached tonight one person is still set to walk away with a brilliant cash prize of €185,000.
My Lovely Horse Rescue co-founder Martina Kenny told Dublin Live that regardless of whether or not they reach 32,000 ticket sales, the winner will still receive a "life changing" prize and the charity will get vital funds to help cover its bills. She said: "It's great that a lot of the big vet bills will be paid, but right now it feels like everyone in the country is looking to us. We're overloaded, we have nearly 800 animals in our care."
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According to Martina, one of their volunteers was selling his house and has offered up the gorgeous, full-furnished town house to the charity for the raffle. She said: "It's a three-bedroom town house in Royal Canal Park in Dublin 15, it's a great prize. It would be huge for us to get the €200,000, it would let us build stables and take in more animals."
If the 32,000 ticket minimum isn't reached, the volunteer will keep their house while My Lovely Horse Rescue and the raffle winner split the cash raised. "It would be great if people bought a ticket because even if we don't sell enough for the house, there's still a great cash prize on offer," Martina said.
The charity is hoping to build eight stables. They currently only have 15 and as winter approaches, there will be more sick horses needing a safe place to rest.
The charity is appealing to the public to support them by donating here or purchasing a ticket for their house raffle here with the raffle taking place tonight Thursday 28 July at 9pm.
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