Pictured are organisers Sylvia McHenry and Miriam Healy, at the launch at City Hall, Cork.Pic; Larry CumminsVIDEO: We'll turn Cork pink to combat breast cancerTWO Cork friends who have battled breast cancer are turning Cork pink to raise awareness of the illness as well as raising vital funds for life-saving equipment for its treatment at Cork University Hospital. The idea for Cork Pink Week came as all good ideas do, from a dinner party with friends. October is breast cancer awareness month so we decided this was the natural time to organise something. Mary Morrish, Irish Cancer Society, Linda Goggin James, Cork Cancer Care Centre and Maeve Fitzgerald, Marie Keating Foundation at the launch of Cork Pink Week. Pic; Larry CumminsObjectives of Cork Pink Week, October 1 to 7*To raise Breast Cancer Awareness in Cork:Information is education and early detection is vital for the treatment and recovery from breast cancer.

Source: Evening echo September 05, 2018 09:00 UTC