A GAA club is to hold a fundraiser for a brother and sister who were knocked down after stepping off a school bus in Co Antrim.
Mary O'Neill (11) and her brother Fintan (14) were struck by a car on Staffordstown Road near Randalstown while crossing to their home on Greenan Road on January 17.
While Fintan has been discharged from hospital and is recovering at home, Mary remains in a serious but stable condition, having been moved out of intensive care last month.
Kickhams Creggan GAC is to hold the fundraiser in support of the family, the accident and emergency department at Antrim Area Hospital and the intensive care unit in Belfast's Royal Victoria Hospital.
Members of the club have been meeting each week to pray the rosary for the family since the accident.
A 'big breakfast' event and raffle will take place in Kickhams Creggan on Sunday from 9am to 1.30pm, with chairman Tony McCollum saying the club had been inundated with prizes.
He told The Irish News: "Everybody was in such a state that they didn't know what to do. We came up with the idea of the rosary, I thought it would fall away after four or five weeks but it has brought people together."
Amongst those supporting the fundraiser have been boxer Carl Frampton, who has donated a glove.
Mr McCollum said: "Eugene Laverty (motorbike racer) sent stuff over, Michael Murphy (GAA All-Ireland winner) has sent stuff up from Donegal, hotels and restaurants have offered vouchers.
"The organisers are having to turn people away from helping. People rang us looking to donate items, we didn't have to look. Everybody is chipping in. We will see where the funds are needed."
The brother and sister attend St Patrick's College in Maghera, Co Derry, and Mary is thought to have suffered head injuries, while Fintan is understood to have injuries including a broken leg.
In a Facebook post, St Patrick's College posted a picture of Fintan on crutches as they congratulated past pupil Conor Convery and the rest of his Glen team on their under-21 Ulster football title at the weekend.
It wrote: "They were supported all the way by current pupil and Kickhams Creggan GAC member Fintan O'Neill, who is happily on the road to recovery.
"In this holy season of Lent please remember Fintan's sister Mary who is still in need of our prayers."
