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13 November 2025
World Kindness Day: Patricia's 30 years of volunteering
We are thrilled to see our kind and dedicated volunteer, Patricia MacDonagh, featured in today’s Irish Independent in an article marking World Kindness Day. Patricia has volunteered with St Francis Hospice for 30 years, making a huge difference in the lives of our patients and their families, as well as her colleagues. Kindness is one […]
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10 October 2025
Autumn/Winter 2025 Hospice Connection
Read our Autumn/Winter issue of Hospice Connection to meet Joanna and find out how attending St Francis Hospice as an outpatient has improved her quality of life. Learn about the compassionate care received by a young man called Darragh, and his family’s heartwarming support of St Francis Hospice even in their time of grief. Find […]
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03 October 2025
The Hospice Garden PODcast
Today we are proud to launch The Hospice Garden PODcast. Each episode shares stories and reflections from our hospice community — voices of care, connection, and compassion. Listen wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Spotify.
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01 October 2025
Annual Car Draw
In January, be in with a chance of driving into 2026 in a brand new Toyota Yaris Cross Luna Hybrid from Denis Mahony Toyota! Buy your €10 Annual Car Draw ticket here or contact 01-8327535/01-8294000 and ask for Fundraising. Funds raised from the Annual Car Draw will help us to provide high quality care for […]
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01 September 2025
Transition Year Coffee Morning Competition!
Calling all Transition Year students! Host a Coffee Morning to raise funds for St Francis Hospice and be in with a chance to win; 2 free places on Catherine Fulvio’s 13 week TY online cookery courseAND€1,000 for your class/school thanks to our friends at Bewley’s Ireland All you need to do is register your event […]
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27 August 2025
Host a Coffee Morning for Hospice!
Marty Morrisey recently launched Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning for Hospice, one of Ireland’s longest charity partnerships, in Bewley’s Café, Dublin. The broadcaster is asking you to register to host a coffee morning on Thursday, September 25, or on a date that suits you. Whether you host a Coffee Morning at home, at work or in […]
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18 August 2025
Finalist - Employer Excellence Award 2025
St Francis Hospice is honoured to be a Finalist in the Employer Excellence Award category of this year’s Charity Excellence Awards. As a finalist in this category, we are also eligible to win the coveted People’s Choice Award. This is decided by public vote. Please show your support for St Francis Hospice by voting now!
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16 July 2025
Brendan Gleeson Launches Buy A Brick
25th June 2025 Brendan Gleeson joined us in our Raheny hospice today to launch our Buy a Brick campaign to support the building of a 24 single-bed in-patient unit. Brendan, whose parents both received care in St Francis Hospice Raheny, said, “I know how much of a game changer this new facility will be for […]
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