T OWN TALK Get ready for Good Friday Hospice Walks

Members of the Killarney branch of Kerry Hospice Foundation are all set for their annual fundraising walks next week.

| By Michelle Crean

The popular fundraising walk on Good Friday April 7, will once again be in memory of the late Vivien O’Shea and Sheila McGillycuddy and all who have passed with life limiting illnesses.

Registration takes place from 9.30am at the Garden Restaurant, Muckross House and the walk commences at 10.30am. There is a choice of two walks, a 10km and a 5km.

The 10km goes from the Garden Restaurant via Dinis Cottage and a section of Torc Trail and will return to the starting point. The route will be signposted.

The 5km walk also leaves and returns to Garden Restaurant, and is suitable for walkers with young children/buggies.

This year the Student Council of Scoil Bhríde Loreto National School will be setting the adult/kids quizzes.

There is no registration fee but there will be a bucket collection on the day. Tickets will be on sale for some lovely spot prizes and are €5 for three strips of five tickets. There'll be complimentary takeaway tea/coffee also available at Dinis Cottage by kind permission of the proprietor for participants.

"Killarney sprinter Sarah Leahy, who is making a name for herself in the athletics world, is our ambassador this year and will be cutting the tape to start the walk," Pat Doolan, Chair of the Kerry Hospice Foundation Killarney Branch, explained.

Suitable footwear is advisable in the interests of health and safety, especially along the section of Torc Trail. Kerry Hospice Foundation is a voluntary organisation dedicated to providing palliative care services to people with life limiting illnesses. This care, which is free of charge, is provided at their 15 bed inpatient unit and Palliative Day Care