Mayor’s Ball to raise vital funds for hospice and orphanage

A hospice unit which helps an average of 120 patients per month will be one of the beneficiaries of an annual fundraiser in Waterford City.

Up to 500 people are expected to attend the annual Mayor’s Ball in April, which is regarded as one of the city’s social events of the year but also an important funding stream for a number of charities.

This year the beneficiaries of the event, hosted by mayor Cllr Pat Hayes, will be an orphanage in Tanzania, a historic care home for the elderly in Waterford and the Waterford Hospice Movement, established in 1998.