Mayor Walsh with Katie O'Halloran in an April 19, 2014 photo in Dorchester

A large gathering of supporters turned out at Dorchester’s IBEW Hall April 19 for a fundraiser to benefit Katie O’Halloran, a special needs law school  student from Connemara who was born with Femur Fibulka Ulna Syndrome (abnormalities of the thigh, forearm, and calf bones) and lives with no arms and a short, deformed left leg. The event was organized by a 14-member committee headed by Gabriel Mannion, owner of Twelve Bens Pub in Dorchester, with Mayor Martin J. Walsh as honorary chairman. The event raised more than $200,000 to cover the costs of Bebionis 3 prosthetic arms for Ms. O’Halloran. (Exclusive BIR Photo by Harry Brett)