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Over €55k raised in one day for former Dundalk and Louth star in need of cancer treatment
Sonia Hoey’s family are hoping to raise €80,000 for treatment in Mexico. By Emma Duffy Tuesday 6 Apr 2021, 7:30 PM 2 hours ago 4,505 Views 0 Comments
Sonia Hoey celebrates after the 2005 FAI Cup final - in which she scored the winner.
Image: Lorraine O Sullivan/INPHO
Sonia Hoey celebrates after the 2005 FAI Cup final - in which she scored the winner.
Image: Lorraine O Sullivan/INPHO
A GOFUNDME PAGE has been set up to raise money for former Dundalk City Women’s FAI Cup winner and Louth ladies footballer, Sonia Hoey, who is need of “life-changing” cancer treatment.
LMFM By Ruth O Connell Photo Credit: Save Our Sonia (SOS)-Treatment in Mexico GoFundMe page It s hoped the treatment in the Hope for Cancer Clinic will help shrink the 42 year old s tumours
A fundraiser has been set up to help fund treatment in Mexico for a Dundalk woman diagnosed with incurable cancer, which it s hoped will shrink her tumours.
Sonia Hoey was originally diagnosed with Stage 3 cervical cancer in February 2019, but after was almost a year in remission following intensive treatment, was told last July that it had spread to her lungs.
Because the 42 year old - who previously played with Dundalk FC, Peamount Ladies and Blackrock FC, and played Gaelic with Dowdallshill and the Louth ladies team, has received the maximum dose of radiation, she can t undergo that treatment again and is being offered palliative care with a 12 month prognosis.