# Hospice

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# Cancer

Comedian shares funny and heartbreaking tweets from dying father's bedside

Laurie Kilmartin’s father is dying from lung cancer.

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Feb 27th 2014, 6:00 PM

# hospice care

2,500 patients a year are denied access to hospice services

There should be 450 hospice beds in the country. Today, there are only 155 hospice beds available.

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Jun 26th 2013, 10:40 AM

# Pyjamas

35,000 children to wear PJs to school to raise money for hospice care

Since its establishment in 2003, National Pyjama Day has raised over €1.73 million for children’s charities in Ireland.

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Mar 3rd 2013, 12:29 PM

# Auction

Pics: 'Lincoln' props to be auctioned following Day-Lewis Oscar win

The props, which were donated by Steven Spielberg, were held back from a previous auction and will go towards the Wicklow Hospice Foundation.

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Feb 25th 2013, 9:53 PM

# hospice care

Report: Irish hospice care high, but regional inequalities persist

A programme introduced in hospices was examined by Trinity College Dublin researchers.

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Jan 22nd 2013, 9:25 AM

# irish premiere

GALLERY: A taste of Hollywood for Dublin's 'Lincoln' premiere

Steven Spielberg’s new movie is getting its European premiere in Dublin thanks to Daniel Day Lewis’s affinity for a Wicklow hospice.

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Jan 20th 2013, 7:15 PM

# Lincoln

Pics: Props from Lincoln film to be auctioned for Wicklow Hospice

Organisers hope to raise funds for building a new stand alone hospice in Brittas Bay with the help of one of its patrons, Daniel Day-Lewis.

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Jan 14th 2013, 2:30 PM

# home nursing care

Senators ask: Why won't the State set aside money for terminally ill children?

A group of Senators are asking the State to put aside money for a home nursing care programme for children – but it looks unlikely to pass.

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Sep 26th 2012, 7:00 AM

# Oh Danny Boy

Daniel O'Donnell adds his 'cúpla focal' to charity CD

The Donegal crooner has contributed to an Irish album to help raise money for a local hospice.

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Nov 26th 2011, 1:41 PM

# Daily Fix

The Daily Fix: Saturday

In tonight’s Fix: The fall out from the Vatican’s response to the Cloyne report; why there could be good news for mortgage holders; and what’s happening down at the Electric Picnic?

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Sep 3rd 2011, 7:23 PM