.The contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’ with MC Tim Moynihan. Photo by Dermot Crean
IT’S all systems go for a fundraiser where staff from University Hospital Kerry will dance the night away for a great cause.
The Hospital Social Club has organised a ‘Sickly Come Dancing’ Contest where 12 fleet-footed couples will take to the floor in the Ballygarry House Hotel on Friday, February 23, to raise funds for the Chemotherapy Day Unit.
Due to an increasing demand for cancer services at the hospital, they are in the process of extending the unit in order to provide a purpose-built facility where patients can be treated with compassion, respect and dignity at all stage of the treatment process.
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While the ‘Sickly…’ night is an in-house fundraising event — with around 700 tickets being sold to staff members at €20 a ticket — the public can help the unit by donating to a special gofundme page you can access by clicking here
The couples (see photos below) representing various departments all over the hospital have been rehearsing under Honor Hurley and it promises to be an amazing night for staff at UHK.
The event was launched yesterday in some style in the hospital staff canteen with MC for the evening, Tim Moynihan, introducing the 12 couples. The judges at the event will be Aidan O’Mahony, Elma Walsh, Cassie Leen and Dr Tom McCormack. Scroll down for photos of the couples…
Aisling Sheehy and Nealie Warren, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot Crean.Hazel Reid and Allan Morales, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot CreanCiara Prendiville and Mustafa contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot Crean.Martin O’Sullivan and Noelette O’Sullivan, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot CreanChris Carmody and Joe Diggins, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot Crean.Regina Galvin and Mike O’Halloran, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot CreanSibu Hlongwane and Margaret Jones, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot CreanGavin Breen and Deborah Meehan, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot Crean.Patrick White and Catriona Kennedy, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot CreanPadraig McCrohan and Mary Fitzgerald, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot Crean.Paul McCarthy and Ellen Cox, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot CreanMartin Boyd and Kay Karim, contestants in University Hospital Kerry’s ‘Sickly Come Dancing’. Photo by Dermot Crean
