The sod for the new Children's Hospice in County Mayo is being officially turned today. 

The Sunflower Children's Hospice to be built in Castlebar will serve the entire North West region and will be will be the first children's hospice outside Dublin.

It means children locally who need specialist paediatric palliative care will no longer have to travel six hour round trips to the Capital for treatment. 

Construction is expected to begin in January 2027 and the project is anticipated to take approximately two years to complete.

Martina Jennings is CEO of Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation:

The sod for the new Children's Hospice in County Mayo is being officially turned today.&nbsp;
The Sunflower Children's Hospice to be built in Castlebar will serve the entire North West region and will be will be the first children's hospice outside Dublin.
It means children locally who need specialist paediatric palliative care will no longer have to travel six hour round trips to the Capital for treatment.&nbsp;
Construction is expected to begin in January 2027 and the project is anticipated to take approximately two years to complete.
Martina Jennings is CEO of Mayo Roscommon Hospice Foundation:

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Broadcasting to Sligo, North Leitrim and South Donegal.
North West Business Park, Collooney, Ireland
102.5-105FM

Text/WhatsApp us on 00353 83 3500 530 
Telephone 00353 818 365 500 / 00353 71 91 18100 (9am to 6pm Mon to Fri)

Ocean FM is a multi award winning local radio station that broadcasts to the Northwest of Ireland. The station covers the area of South County Donegal, North County Leitrim and County Sligo.

The current CEO of the station is Niall Delaney and the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI) lists their target audience as 'being all age, socio-economic and ethnic groups across the community'. The station currently employs 22 full-time and 30 part-time staff.