Mary Cronin is a 76 year old avid runner. During the last weekend in April, Mary will run 10km to raise much needed funds for the Irish Hospice Foundation and the fantastic work they do. We are asking everyone to reach into your hearts and pockets to support this amazing lady as she does what she loves.

Dealing with bereavement during COVID restrictions is something that we have all had to come to terms with over the past year, and Mary was concerned that particularly older people were not able to attend funerals, pay their respects to friends, neighbours and loved ones, and that they were not able to grieve in the normal way. Mary became aware of the Irish Hospice Foundations new bereavement support line and she wanted to do something to help. She came up with the idea of a fundraising campaign for the Hospice Foundation as their fundraising activities had been seriously curtailed due to COVID restrictions.

Mary says I was at home like lots of other people and wanting to do something to contribute. I decided I could do what I do best as my contribution, and thats running. I would ask everyone who knows me from the world of athletics, the Age Friendly family across the country, and even those further afield, to please take a few minutes to donate whatever you can to this wonderful organisation.