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It is that time of year again when the loyal supporters of the Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation are reminded of the Christmas appeal Let Love Shine A Light for Hospice.

One of the principal roles in the musical On a Wing and a Prayer will herald a welcome return to the stage by Leitrim-born Cynthia Clampett who will play Dame Judy Coyne. Mrs Coyne and her husband, Judge Liam Coyne, were instrumental in reviving interest in Knock Shrine, and she founded the handmaids and stewards, provided facilities for the sick, and had a broad vision for the development of the Shrine. She was also responsible for commissioning the statues at the apparition gable in Knock. She died in 2002.

Approximately 150 people turned up at Knock this week in the hope of witnessing a new miraculous apparation after self-proclaimed visionary Joe Coleman forecast another apparation, this time not of Our Lady, but Jesus Christ.