Kilkenny family scattered around the world to connect Christmas day by doing the virtual GOAL Mile Reporter: '); An Irish family scattered around the world who are unable to travel home for the festive season due to COVID-19 restrictions are to connect in a unique way on Christmas Day by walking a virtual mile together to support the work of humanitarian aid agency GOAL. Twenty members of the Flanagan family aged from 85 to five years will walk or run a mile at the same time across their various time zones on December 25th to stand in solidarity with vulnerable communities in Africa, Latin America and the Middle East – and to connect as a family at the same time.