Antoinette Coakley said she will do ‘everything’ she can for a Wicklow hospice after it arranged a wedding in her husband’s final weeks.

The Hollywood star said it was the way he ‘really felt at the time’ after witnessing ‘unacceptable’ treatment at a hospital.

'It is truly an honour to be nominated among remarkable individuals," says the CEO

Brother of patient pens poem that sums up the Unit

This week the hospice said it was having to cut a number of bed places due to a bleak financial outlook.

The hardy walkers of the region will be out in force in Creggs on St. Stephen’s Day, Tuesday, December 26th for the annual trek ‘up, down and around the Mountain’ in aid of local charities.

More than 2,500 people registered to take part in the Bewley’s Big Coffee Morning Social for Hospice