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A KILLALOE primary school teacher is one of a group of friends who is supporting the Pink Ribbon Walk in memory of her late friend, Nora O’Regan. Large groups and hundreds of individuals from every walk of life are in the pink as summer approaches, preparing for the now famous Killaloe Pink Ribbon walk on Sunday, June 8, in aid of Action Breast Cancer, a programme of the Irish Cancer Society. Everyone has his or her own personal, or communal, reason for participating in this, the fifth 10k trek through the scenic countryside around Killaloe.However, few are more enthusiastic than a small band of walkers, known as Nora’s Pals – the friends of the late Nora O’Regan, who died in April 2012 from the disease. Cora Scanlan, from Killaloe, who now teaches at the Gaelscoil in Nenagh, started her primary teaching in the Convent school. She recalled that Nora had been a great friend to her at the start of …
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