{"id":2175,"date":"2012-08-22T16:33:49","date_gmt":"2012-08-22T16:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2012-08-22T16:33:49","modified_gmt":"2012-08-22T16:33:49","slug":"leaseplan-volkswagen-support-irish-guide-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/leaseplan-volkswagen-support-irish-guide-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaseplan &#038; Volkswagen Support Irish Guide Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2176\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Irish-Guide-Dogs-001-w.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2176\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2176\" title=\"Irish-Guide-Dogs-001-w\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Irish-Guide-Dogs-001-w.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Irish-Guide-Dogs-001-w.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Irish-Guide-Dogs-001-w-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2176\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(from left to right) are: Patrick Costigan, Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind and his dog Quandro with Kevin McLaughlin, Leinster Rugby.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Patrick Costigan and his guide dog Quandro were delighted to accept a cheque for \u20ac2,300 on behalf of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. The money was raised at a star-studded night held in Dublin\u2019s Aviva Stadium by Leaseplan, Ireland\u2019s leading provider of fleet management services and Volkswagen Ireland.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The event was designed to showcase the extensive range of Volkswagen Passenger and Commercial Vehicles and also featured an on-stage interview with former Manchester United and Ireland Captain Roy Keane. An auction for the Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind, which included a VIP trip to the Heineken Cup Final, raised \u20ac2,300 for the charity which is particularly close to Roy Keane\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Each dog costs \u20ac38,000 during the course of it\u2019s working life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22nd August, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Patrick Costigan and his guide dog Quandro were delighted to accept a cheque for \u20ac2,300 on behalf of Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind. The money was raised at a star-studded night held in Dublin\u2019s Aviva Stadium by Leaseplan, Ireland\u2019s leading provider of fleet management services and Volkswagen Ireland.\u00a0 The event was designed to showcase [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2176,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[503,653,652,36],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.13 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Leaseplan &amp; Volkswagen Support Irish Guide Dogs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind receive funds raised at Leaseplan &amp; Volkswagen fleet event\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wheelsforwomen.ie\/index.php\/leaseplan-volkswagen-support-irish-guide-dogs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Leaseplan &amp; 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