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THE IRISH CANCER Society has said it expects to take a “huge hit” financially after cancelling its major fundraising event in response to the outbreak of the coronavirus.
Daffodil Day – which raises money for cancer research every year – was due to take place on 27 March but all street collections and scheduled events were cancelled yesterday.
The charity says its priority is the health and well-being of its patients, volunteers and supporters, many of whom are categorised among those at risk.
CEO Averil Power said it wasn’t an easy decision to make and expects the Irish Cancer Society will take “a huge hit” as a result.
The charity only gets 3% of its funding from the state so relies heavily on fundraising events such as Daffodil Day which usually raises about €4 million. The money raised provides services including counselling support, providing transportation and practical advice on dealing with a cancer diagnosis.
“We’ve to raise over €20 million every year to pay for our night nursing service, counselling, free transport for patients to chemotherapy appointments, and all the other vital services we provide in communities across Ireland,” Power told RTÉ’s Morning Ireland.
“Many of them are people who have been affected by cancer themselves, either having cancer or a close family member with cancer. A lot of them would also be in the older age group,” Power explained, adding that she’s hoping a way can be found to fill the fundraising gap at an appropriate time.
While we’ve no idea where we’re going to get this money from, we do need it for vital services, we have to protect people’s house in the first instance.
Power says the charity group is now focusing on providing cancer patients and their families with the information, advice and support they need at this time.
You can donate to the Irish Cancer Society via its website here or else text CANCER to 50300.
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You wouldn’t be long gettin’ frostbit
Don’t mock the weather, if it didn’t change every now and again, alot of us people couldn’t start a conversation..
Yellow Snow Warning: Don’t eat the yellow snow!
Nice one ted !
Snow turns yellow when you piss on it
Let it snow let it snow let it snow…
And drivers switch on dipped lights for daytime driving and fond wave another driver out of a siding into oncoming traffic
Bet the M50 will be like carpark tomorrow and for the week
Cold > rain still.
Odd shit going down up at dublin airport. Planes using alterate runway to land and no wind as reason. Riot van on north layby area on north side of airport. Airport police just burned past at 100mph up the usual runway the way planes usually land AND a jet just landed that wasnt on the flightradar.
All odd.
I’m intrigued!
Just had a look on Twitter. Maintenance on the runway that’s why it’s closed. Dunno what all the other stuff is about.
You reckon there might be something sinister going on??
Please be careful out there…
“Don’t make any unnecessary journeys”
Don’t go to work after tax etc not worth the risk
A soft drizzle falling on the way into Mitchelstown and it’s freezing on contact. If your coming that way from Dublin or Limerick be double wide. Tis like a sheet of glass.
People never slow down, speed is in their psyche when they are behind a wheel?
Don’t be obsessed with speed, despite what the RSA keeps saying, slowing down doesn’t fix everything – a driver’s chosen speed is a small part of the effort required to be a safe driver. Recognising the conditions and hazards, and using them to form a constantly-evolving driving plan in your head, are the things that will keep you safe, rather than, for example, driving out of habit, while allowing your mind to wander, or only watching your speed and just following the car in front.
Yes everyone. Forget about the Road Safety Authority and follow the advice of some random twitter account. Can’t go wrong.
Some people are so quick to develop bad habits when driving and then they complain about other drivers then doing what they are suppose it, a bit mad…
It only makes sense that if your driving slowly and crash into a stationary object that less damage will occur, whilst driving at speed and crashing will cause more damage.
The snow and frost of 2010 just showed how daft people were at speeding in those weather conditions then… There are plenty of scary drivers about…
That’s it, Getting Football Manager 16. Tired of this muck.
This weather will further delay the subsidence of the flooding and add to the extreme misery of the victims. It’s hard to imagine the horrendous consequences of this.
At least they have homes? What about the people that are outside in the middle of winter. There’s many more than last year when the media had some interest.
A snow day would be nice
That would be fantastic, so much fun!!!! The ice skates sales will be through the roof!
Looks like rain ted
What an original comment!!
I really wish people would stop saying that on every article about the weather.
All this shite talk of being careful and cold days and ice. If drivers really gave a crap they would fit winter tyres and turn on head lights on.
But they don’t and leave it to somebody else to blame.
The rsa Gardai and dept of transport has a lot to answer for.
How you can crash on snow n ice on summer tyres and get out and shrug your shoulders is beyond me.
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