Cancer survivor donates cars to Cork hospice where father died of disease

Cars donated by Cork teacher will be used by Marymount Hospice's palliative care team to visit patients at home

Katherine Dolphin Griffin handing over the keys of two new Toyota Yaris hybrid cars, with Fran Pigott, left, and Norma Kenneally, clinical nurse specialists in community palliative care at Marymount University Hospice, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane

A cancer survivor has donated two cars to a Cork hospice where her father passed away from the disease, after raising money through sales of her self-published book.

Katherine Dolphin Griffin is close to reaching her €100,000 goal by World Cancer Day next month.