Marymount pleads for extra help to pay loans

The chief executive of Marymount Hospice has said his organisation needs voluntary donations more than ever to pay off massive interest on bank loans for its new state-of-the-art facility.

Kevin O’Dwyer said an additional €1.9m was required yearly for the next 12 years to pay off loans on the Curraheen facility near Cork City.

“It’s not easy raising money these days. People are putting €10 into collections instead of €20 as they did during the boom.