Art show to help build clinic in Malawi

A NOVEL art exhibition that opens in Limerick this weekend will help the disease-ravaged African state of Malawi get a clinic for villagers who have no doctors.

Art show to help build clinic in Malawi

The Blath Bua na Bealtaine exhibition, which celebrates the flowers of May, hopes to raise €10,000 for Mags Riordan's hospital project in Malawi.

Around 30% of the proceeds of paintings, which normally go to the gallery, will be given to the hospital fund instead. "It's a way of bringing three different interests together the Irish language, local artists and a charity," said Máire Ní Ghráda of Conradh na Gaeilge.

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