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Recent News And Events

The news and events section of our website will keep you updated with all the latest news on our services and events that have taken place at the Hospice.
For older press stories not listed below please see our archived press releases.

President McAleese Visits Southern Area Hospice
The President of Ireland Mary McAleese visited Southern Area Hospice Services in Newry this week as part of the organisations 20th anniversary celebrations.
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Explore Secret Vietnam
Trek Vietnam 2009
The trek took place on 24th October - 2nd November 2009 and involved a 70km-challenging hike through the beautiful and remote region of Sapa.
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1st X Factor Winner Releases Single For Hospice
In July 2009, Michaela Kennedy from Newry was crowned the winner of the 1st ever Hospice X Factor. This prestigious title accompanied the unique prize of recording a charity song, which is on sale in aid of Southern Area Hospice Services. The song, entitled ‘Guardian Angel’ was released on Monday 9th November 2009.
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Southern Area Hospice Car Raffle
Once again, this year's Hospice car raffle proved to be very popular with the excitement and anticipation building to the draw, which took place on Saturday 31st October 2009. And the winners are...........
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Southern Area Hospice Palliative Care Conference -
Palliative Care – A vision for the Future
On Wednesday 30th September 2009 the Southern Area Hospice organised a palliative care conference in the Canal Court Hotel Newry.
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Coffee Morning 2009!!
Julian Simmons helped launch this years Hospice Coffee Morning in association with Bewleys.
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Walk in the Park!!
20th Anniversary Southern Area Hospice Services Walk in the Park - Lurgan Park, took place on Friday 11th September 2009 at 7pm.
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Wet weather gives walkers a splashing time at 1st ever Hospice Midnight Walk!
Wet and windy was the setting for Saturday 22nd August 2009, which saw the inaugural Southern Area Hospice Midnight Walk.
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Hospice X Factor Winner!!!
Michaela Kennedy from Henessy Park in Newry is the proud winner of the first ever Hospice X Factor, with all proceeds in aid of Southern Area Hospice.
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Gerry meets…Hospice Ladies Luncheon!
We are delighted to announce that this year’s Ladies’ Luncheon, which was sponsored by the Canal Court Hotel, took place on Thursday 21 May 2009 with our guest speaker Gerry Kelly and was a fabulous success!
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