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When I was growing up, there was huge fear, fear of 'The Big C'. Cancer would drive my mother to bless herself. She couldn't say the word.”

THE WINTER Solstice will be marked in The Cellar Bar, Eglinton Street, with a DJ driven party in aid of Galway Hospice Foundation.

Get into the Christmas spirit this year by joining runners of all shapes and sizes for the fun and festive 5km Christmas Jumper Run on Saturday December 14, Lough Lannagh, Castlebar.

On Wednesday representatives from HSE West and Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation met to sign the contract with the preferred bidder for the new refurbishment and extension works for the female ward at Ballina District Hospital.

The fourth international Cuisle Beatha Palliative Medicine Conference takes place on November 22 and 23 in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway, featuring 40 expert speakers from Ireland, UK, New Zealand, and Australia.

Joyce’s Supermarket’s Athenry, Headford, Knocknacarra and Tuam helped to raise €35,000 for The Irish Hospice Foundation through the Making A Difference Locally (MADL) charity.

Mayo Fine Gael TD Michelle Mulherin has welcomed the announcement that the public tender process for the provision of a two-bed Hospice suite, and the upgrading of the female ward facilities, at Ballina District Hospital has completed with the final legal details being worked out for the appointment of a contractor imminent

A race night in aid of local hospice/palliative care services will take place in the Failte Bar, Claremorris, on Friday October 25 commencing with a barbecue from 6.30pm to 8.30pm followed by music with the Ceide Boys from 7pm to 9pm. First race will take place at 9pm with an auction race at the end of the night and fantastic prizes to be won, and spot prizes throughout the night. There will be prizes for best dressed lady and best dressed gent.

Boston Scientific, the worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices, has announced that this October, the figure contributed by employees to the Galway Hospice Foundation has reached €1,000,000.

The Peter Mark team in Mullingar and Athlone are once again grabbing their ghds, plugging in their hairdryers, and manning their styling stations in a bid to raise much-needed funds to help the Irish Hospice Foundation.