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THE road from Doonbeg to Kilkee was filled with hundreds of cancer care fundraisers last Sunday as the 14th West Clare Mini Marathon and walk wound its way along the 10km trek. The walkers and runners were bussed to Doonbeg, with the walk starting at 1pm and the run an hour later.
The mini marathon committee spent close to €150,000 in 2011 and running costs are expected to reach a similar level in 2012. The mini marathon has raised more than €1.2m since the event was first held in 1998. A minibus service, funded by the committee, currently operates from West Clare to Limerick five days per week. The bus brings patients to Limerick for cancer treatment, while taxi services, again supplied by the mini marathon committee, operate from Kilmihil, Miltown and Ennistymon.
The West Clare Cancer Centre is open Monday to Thursday from 11am to 2pm and on Saturdays from 2pm to 3pm. The centre, which is located just off O’Curry Street in Kilkee, can be contacted on 065 9060762.
Among the other services provided by the committee are funding for cancer patients and their family members travelling to Lourdes; palliative aids for patients’ home use; funding for palliative care units in Regina House, Kilrush and Ennistymon Community Hospital and professional counselling at the cancer centre.
