LauraLynn Children's Hospice: 'As soon as we walked in, we knew this was a special place'

Mum says the children's hospice offered essential respite care for her daughter who was born with a life-limiting condition

Muireann O'Flaherty attended LauraLynn Children's Hospice during her short life.  

Born just after Christmas, Muireann O’Flaherty was given Nollaig as a second name. On Christmas Eve her Athlone-based family will mark five and a half years since her death.

“Muireann was five and a half years when she died. It’s difficult to believe she’s gone from us the same length of time we had her,” says her mum, Gina.