With the aim of helping to 'make dreams come true for sick children' the centre is expected to be underway in Limerick in the coming years.
The Share a Dream Foundation, a Limerick-based charity that makes helps sick children, carried forward a tax-free profit of €1.6 million last year, the latest accounts reveal with the money now to go towards the construction of a major new holiday village and fun park for sick and disabled children from all over Ireland.
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The village, which will be called Dreamland, will include six holiday homes and will be the first of its kind in Europe.
The cost of making a 'dream come true' can vary from a couple of hundred euro to a couple of thousand euro, and ranges from trips to Disneyland to meeting sporting idols.
The charity received donations of over €352,479 in 2009, up nearly 25% on donations received in 2008 and the company had a net profit of €144,850 last year and carried forward a retained profit of €1.6 million after April 30, 2009.
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