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26/01/2015
Permission Granted For Specialist Hospice In Wicklow
Wicklow County Council has granted planning permission for a new 15-bed hospice at Magheramore.
The Wicklow Hospice Trust has secured €3m in funding for cthe onstruction of the specialist unit but it is understood it is still waiting on a decision by the Health Service Executive over funding for day-to-day operations.
The land where the unit is to be developed, which overlooks the sea near Brittas Bay, has been donated by the Columban Sisters.
(MH/CD)
The Wicklow Hospice Trust has secured €3m in funding for cthe onstruction of the specialist unit but it is understood it is still waiting on a decision by the Health Service Executive over funding for day-to-day operations.
The land where the unit is to be developed, which overlooks the sea near Brittas Bay, has been donated by the Columban Sisters.
(MH/CD)
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