Marymount to continue caring mission in new surroundings

The oldest resident of one of the country’s most advanced hospice and hospital facilities helped the President officially open the €54m complex yesterday.

Lucy Carty, who will receive a letter from President Michael D Higgins next month to mark her 102nd birthday, helped him unveil a plaque at St Patrick’s Marymount Hospice, Cork, with former Marymount patient May Downey.

“It’s really lovely here,” said Ms Carty. “There is more space and it’s more open compared to Wellington Road.”