This afternoon.
Tír deli, 9 Upper Baggot Street, Dublin 2.
In fairness.
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Tag Archives: Irish Cancer Society
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar with Luke O’Donnell and chief executive of the Irish Cancer Society Averil Power at the launch of Daffodil Day last year
This afternoon.
The Irish Cancer Society announced:
“The Irish Cancer Society has taken the decision today to cancel all Daffodil Day street collections and events that were scheduled for March 27th,” Averil Power, CEO has said today.
“We have made this decision to protect the health and wellbeing of our patients, volunteers and supporters.
“We also want to focus all our energies on providing cancer patients and their families with the information, advice and support they need at this time” Ms Power concluded.
Irish Cancer Society cancels Daffodil Day street collections and events (Irish Cancer Society)
Don’t Forget Me.
By Melissa Jane Carroll.
Melissa writes:
This song and music video was created in an effort to raise funds towards the research and support of cancer and cancer patients.
The song was inspired when my father became ill late last year. Although it turned out he didn’t have anything sinister and all was okay, it motivated me to do something for the amazing Irish Cancer Society.
More here
This morning.
From the Irish Cancer Society’s ‘Garden of Hope‘ in Iveagh Gardens, Dublin.
Via Daffodil Day
Withering
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“Closing the Financial Support Programme was a difficult choice to make, but against the background of a drop in fundraised income in 2015, we were forced to choose between the free and unique services which we provide to patients, and the Financial Support fund, demand for which was growing at a rate which could have put our free services at risk”
Irish Cancer Society statement today.
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Those bikini model photo shoots in rain are sad & morto. Topless man with pink jocks – equally sad, equally morto. pic.twitter.com/2506Fp88bS
— Roisin Ingle (@roisiningle) September 4, 2014
Eeurgh…..what a naff photo….seriously @IrishCancerSoc?? Makes the Diet Coke ads look classy! pic.twitter.com/SJQhcRX2d7 — Gillian Nelis (@gnelis) September 4, 2014
RTÉ presenter Keelin Shanley and model Darragh Hayes pictured in today’s Irish Times in a promo for the Irish Cancer Society’s Paint It Pink campaign.
Fair City actor George McMahon with Douglas and Alexandra Kelly, from Dublin, at the launch of the Irish Cancer Society’s Colour Dash 5k this morning
Caoimhe Butler, from the Irish Cancer Society, writes:
“The ‘Colour Dash’ 5k is returning to the Phoenix Park in Dublin on July 26 – following a sold-out event last year.The unique 5k ‘dash’ will see participants of all ages running, walking or jogging the course. ‘Dashers’ will start the route wearing a white t-shirt that is quickly transformed into a colourful work of art. At each kilometre, a different colour – representing a different cancer – of powder paint will be thrown at participants, creating a kaleidoscope of colour. 100% of the money raised from the Colour Dash will go towards the Irish Cancer Society’s work to help people reduce their risk of getting cancer, to support those living with cancer and supporting on-going research into better ways to diagnose and treat cancer.”
“[The Irish Cancer Society] said the two charities had tried to arrest the decline in the performance of the lottery by looking for “innovative sales approaches”. Efforts were also made to “keep operational costs as low as possible”. The statement said the dominant position of the National Lottery and a cap on the prize money charity lotteries can award placed it at a competitive disadvantage.”
The Sunday Independent’s report yesterday of how a scratch card lottery run by a Rehab Group company – the Polio Fellowship Trust – and the Irish Cancer Society has recorded accumulated losses over the last 10 years totalling over €1.1million, despite selling over €8.8m worth of tickets. The two charities decided last November to close the lottery.
Scratch-card game didn’t make money in a decade (Shane Phelan, Sunday Independent)
How Much?
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Majella O’Donnell has been describing her shock at raising over €400,000 following her appearance on last Friday’s Late Late Show.
“I can put into words how amazing it is. When I started this, I said to myself, if I could raise €10,000 I would be delighted. “And Daniel said to me, ‘You should be looking more towards €100,000’, and I started laughing. “I said, ‘Are you joking me for God sake, how on earth could we do that in today’s climate?’ “And I said, ‘Okay, I’ll aim for €50,000 then. I may as well aim for the stars, I might get the moon.’ Mother of God and heaven above, thank you everybody so much. “I can’t thank them enough, it’s incredible. Absolutely incredible… I can’t believe that [they’ve raised nearly €400,000].
You can donate €4 by texting “Pink” to 50300, calling 1850 606060, or by visiting Majella’s Pink Appeal.
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Cigarettes are manky.
You can even ask my auntie.
Ah here.
The Mahon Youth Project in Cork highlighting the dangers of smoking as part of the Irish Cancer Society’s X-Hale Short Film competition.
Hat tip: BreakingNews.ie