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Laura Blewitt

Joe Biden Opens Irish Hospice

By Olivia O’Mahony, Editorial Assistant
October / November 2017

October 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment

Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden visited County Mayo in September to preside over the official sod-turning ceremony of a new €10 million 14-bed Mayo/Roscommon Hospice unit in Knockaphunta, Castlebar, where one of his Irish cousins, Laura Blewitt, is employed. Biden first pledged to support the project when he met his cousin in Washington, D.C. in January, and made good on … [Read more...] about Joe Biden Opens Irish Hospice

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