First Lady Mrs Sabina Higgins, pictured with Sea of Change Choir, an all female group made up entirely of cancer survivors at the Official Opening of the brand new multi-million euro Beaumont Breast Centre. Mrs Sabina Higgins was Guest of Honour at the event – making the First Lady of Ireland one of the very first to step inside the doors of this world class facility, that will benefit 10,000 Irish women per year, for decades to come. The brand new Breast Centre, which cost circa €6m to build, is spread across three floors in a purpose built setting in Beaumont Hospital in Dublin. It incorporates eight consulting suites, five imaging suites with the very latest 3D and ultrasound equipment, a bespoke Clinical Trials Unit dedicated to ongoing clinical trial development facilitating translational research, a prosthesis and post mastectomy underwear fitting room, a dedicated Counselling Suite, nurses Administrative Suite and a Board Room where the entire multidisciplinary team can gather to assess and create personalised patient treatment plans.

Brave Francesca Murray is preparing for the June 5 Women’s Mini Marathon after making a remarkable recovery from a stroke, which she mistook for a hangover. She signed up for the 10k to raise funds for Cork University Hospital Charity to thank medics at the hospital for helping to rebuild her life.

Recycling Food Waste is a positive climate action and National Food Waste Recycling Week which will run from the 30th May until the 6th June 2022 is a new national campaign from MyWaste.ie to encourage people to recycle their food waste and create awareness of how important it is that we recycle our food waste accordingly.

Baldoyle United under 18 girls team took home the prestigious MGL Carlie Fitzgerald Memorial Cup at the Oscar Traynor Centre, Coolock, on Saturday 14 May 2022. The victorious northsiders triumphed over a strong Peamount United side after a dramatic penalty shoot-out with the final finishing 2-2 after extra time.

Dublin City Council invites outline proposals from artists and arts organisations, working across all artistic disciplines, to be part of our Children’s Art in Libraries Creative Hubs Summer Programme July 2022 – August 2022.
Creative Hubs are an initiative of Dublin City Arts Office and Libraries, that sustain high quality arts experiences for children, schools and families to access in their Library and locality, through partnership and engagement.

Ukrainian refugees are to be offered employment and training help at an iconic Dublin café – which is also putting ‘Red Cross Buns’ on its menu to aid the humanitarian effort.

Bewley’s Café in Grafton Street will be selling the pastries in place of its usual hot cross variety until Easter, with all proceeds going to the Irish Red Cross.