In St. Joseph’s Avenue, Donegal Town, there is a lovely place of peace called the Solace Cancer Support Centre.  Sr. Magdalene Moore who along with Helen McMahon was responsible for the setting up of Hospice Cancer Home Care, under the auspices of the then NWHB. Ten years later, they started looking for what they called a secure and permanent ‘place apart’.

Thanks to Councillor Peter Kennedy, whose contribution is acknowledged on a plaque in the grotto, a site was identified in St. Joseph’s Avenue, and the Solace Cancer Centre was opened on 6th September 2007. It operates on donations alone…there is no funding from the HSE.

Sister Magdalene, who came to Donegal in the 1990’s, lays emphasis on the importance of listening. “It’s so important, as is empathy. It’s all part of the counselling here in Solace.”  To read this article in full, please click here.