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Local fashion and lifestyle blogger Geraldine Grealy is getting behind the Gorgeous Guna campaign for Cancer Care West and wants everyone to join in the fun and raise money for this very worthy charity.

The vaccination programme targeting the medically vulnerable, which was paused due to concerns about the AstraZeneca vaccine, got under way on Sunday morning at the mass vaccination centre at Galway Racecourse.

The Irish Cancer Society is urging the people of Athlone and its environs to get behind a very different Daffodil Day this year, with street sales and events not possible due to Covid-19 restrictions.

As a charity supporting people living with cancer daily, Cancer Care West is witnessing first-hand the toll the pandemic is taking on cancer patients and their families.

1. Spend more time helping others.

Cancer Care West Launches Coping With Cancer Webinar

The chief executive of the Saolta University Health Care Group, which runs the local public hospitals in the west and north-west, says he would like to see greater quantities of the Covid-19 vaccine become available and for there to be more certainty around weekly deliveries of the product.

Usually at this time of year many of us want to adopt new healthy habits, or stop unhealthy habits, and begin the new year with a general focus on upgrading ourselves. This year we start with an unprecedented challenge - to maintain our physical and mental health in the face of spiralling Covid cases.

The Irish Cancer Society is urging the people of Athlone and its environs to get behind a very different Daffodil Day this year, with street sales and events not possible due to Covid-19 restrictions.

People with serious illnesses and carers are not being given the priority they need under the current vaccination roll-out, which should be focussed on "the most vulnerable people and those most at risk".