The US-Ireland Alliance announces an upcoming fundraising auction using the popular online site, eBay, beginning on May 17, 2004, and lasting for 10 days. Two tickets to the next U2 show at Madison Square Garden in New York City and a private concert with Maura O¹Connell are among the items to be auctioned. 
  

The official kickoff of the auction will coincide with the closing dinner of this year¹s US-Ireland Alliance Golf Challenge. Bidding will begin on May 17 
at 8 p.m. GMT (Dublin)/ 3 p.m. EST (East Coast, USA)/ noon, PST (West Coast, USA).