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OVER the festive season, the entrance to the Clare 250 Cancer Centre in Ballygriffey will be lit up by 150 votive candles, each one a kind prayer for a loved one who is ill or has sadly passed away. The candles will be lit from 6pm to 9pm from December 25 to January 5. The name and home place of those who are to be remembered will be displayed on the plinth in front of the statue of Our Lady each night. One candle will cost €5 (with one name per candle). You may purchase as many as you wish. For further details call 065-6841600 or go to Clare250cancercentre.ie.

THE festive season is a time for joy and celebration in the company of those closest to us. It is also a time when we keep in our thoughts, those who may be ill or who are no longer with us. For the past 11 years during the Christmas period, the entrance to the Clare 250 Cancer Centre in Ballygriffey, on the outskirts of Ennis, has been lit up by 150 night lights, each one a kind prayer for a loved one.   This year, we invite you to include someone you wish to have remembered for Twelve Days of Christmas. Weather permitting, the candles will be lit from 6pm to 9pm from December 25 to January 5. The name and the area where those who are to be remembered are from will be displayed on the plinth in front of the statue of Our Lady each night.  One candle will cost €5 (with one name per candle) and you …

Leading light of the Clare 250 Cycle Claire Nugent tells Fiona McGarry about the epic work in running the event THE Clare 250 Cycle is known the length and breadth of the county and has involved hundreds of participants from every town, village and townland since it first took to the road in 1980. The event has been the vital fundraiser for the Clare 250 Lourdes Pilgrimage, whereby cyclists have nominated cancer patients in their own communities and undertaken the challenge of raising funds for them to travel. The cycle has also funded the Clare 250 Centre in Ballygriffey, an oasis of calm in a woodland setting. What isn’t as well known is the military-style operation that has gone on behind the scenes of the cycle, keeping participants fed and hydrated on the 250-mile journey into almost every corner of Clare. For four decades, Ennis woman Claire Nugent has been to the forefront in rallying the troops and keeping the …