Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Lily-Mae’s mum: HMV must give back her €27k


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THE mother of a cancer-stricken child fears HMV will not now pay vital funds raised from a charity single.

Little Lily-Mae Morrison’s mum Judith Sibley says the situation is “unbelievable”.
More than 300 musicians including Paddy Casey and Mundy got behind a recording of Elton John’s Tiny Dancer before Christmas.
Around €27,000 was raised from the single to split between little Lily-Mae and the Neuroblastoma Society.
The four-year-old — the Irish Sun’s Person of the Year for 2012 — suffers from a rare cancer of the nervous system.
But struggling music store HMV yesterday refused to say if the family will get the funds raised now. Judith told the Irish Sun yesterday: “It’s too unbelievable to get my head around. So much money came from such good will. It has to be sorted out. People will be so upset.”
A spokesman for HMV said he could not confirm if the money would be paid.
He stated: “I cannot comment on that as we are in the process of administration, but we make every effort to commit to charities.” The Sunni Mae Trust invoiced HMV for the money raised earlier this month, but the company’s difficulties now means it could get nothing.
A spokesman for the music store said: “It was agreed with the makers of the record that payment would be made at the end of March. It is unreasonable to expect invoices to be paid that quickly for any business.”
But Lily Mae’s uncle Paul Hayes fumed: “My goal here is to save a life of a child... that term (ordinary unsecured creditor) does not sit easily with me.”
  • UP TO 300 workers risk losing their jobs after a receiver was appointed to HMV yesterday.
    All 16 of the music store’s outlets across Ireland are shut for the time being. Last night, furious workers in Limerick were holding a sit-in inside the shop.
    Receiver David Carson said: “All efforts will be made to secure a purchaser for the stores.”

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