RTE star Claire Byrne was mobbed by fans when she travelled to Tullamore on Friday afternoon to officially open the new Offaly Hospice charity shop. The Mountra.
Laois broadcaster Claire Byrne was mobbed by fans when she travelled to Tullamore this afternoon, Friday, May 20, to officially open the new Offaly Hospice char.
Offaly artist donates proceeds of paintings to fund to build hospice in Midlands
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Pictured is Barbara Doyle, Offaly Hospice Board member, Marie Lyons, and Prof. Humphrey O Connor, Chairperson of Offaly Hospice, as they accepted a cheque for €6,200 last week );
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An Offaly artist has donated the proceeds of her paintings to a fund to build a hospice in the Midlands.
Local artist, Marie Lyons, painted a beautiful array of oil paintings while cocooning during the initial days of the Covid-19 pandemic last year.
The Rath woman later sold the paintings to help raise funds for Offaly Hospice and last week, the Tribune was there to see her present a cheque for €6,200 towards the fundraising efforts to construct a hospice in the Midlands.
Hospice for Laois, Offaly, Longford, Westmeath vital
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A shared hospice unit for Laois, Offaly, Longford and Westmeath is vital a Midlands Senator has said.
A meeting to address the lack of in-patient end-of-life and palliative services in the Midlands is taking place on Monday, April 19.
The four county Midlands region is the only region in Ireland that does not have a hospice and this must be urgently addressed according to Senator Fiona O’Loughlin who represents the Kildare area including Portarlington voters.
“The Midlands Region has been described as a blackspot when it comes to the lack of inpatient end-of-life services.