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CLARE 250 Cancer Centre welcomed some of the cast and crew of the hit TV thriller Smother for a couple of days filming at the woodland retreat in Ballygriffey recently.   Due to the pandemic, the day centre, which provides a haven away from daily life, for those going through cancer, has not been able to raise any money for the last two years. Fundraising activities get underway once again with a Coffee Day on Saturday, May 21, and a chance to support a local cyclist on the annual cycle which takes place on Sunday, May 22.

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 …