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Support Organisation for Trisomy 13/18 - (Patau's/Edward's Syndrome)

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Happy New Year

♥♥♥Happy New Year♥♥♥ Helen Hunt Jackson, “New Year’s Morning” (1892) Only a night from old to new; Only a sleep from night to morn. The new is but the old come true; Each sunrise sees a new year born. ************************* Light a Candle for the New Year The New Year...
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Ros Na Rún

  Ros na Rún Starring Mairtin O’Cathasaigh as Clint Montgomery     Congratulations to Mairtin O’Cathasaigh on making his debut in Ros na Rún on Wed 16 Nov at 8.30p.m.on TG4. Mairtin and his parents Margaret & Liam Casey are a big part of our SOFT Family and SOFT is...
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Tommy Gallogly RIP

  Tommy Gallogly RIP   SOFT Ireland extend our sincere sympathy to Anne Marie our surviving adult and Aishling our committee member on the death of their father Tommy R.I.P. Date of Death: Sunday 6th November 2022. The death has occurred of Tommy Gallogly Sonnabeg, Aughavas, Co. Leitrim, Sunday 6th of...
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SOFT Ireland Christmas Cards Fundraiser

    SOFT Ireland Christmas Cards Fundraiser SOFT Ireland Christmas Cards are now available to the general public         All our SOFT babies’ names have been included in our newly designed Christmas Cards and there are four designs  – baubles, snowman, tree and star.  Pictures of the...
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Bereaved Children’s Awareness Week 2022

Bereaved Children’s Awareness Week 2022 14 – 18 November 2022 Every November, the Irish Childhood Bereavement Network (ICBN) organise a series of events across Ireland to highlight bereaved children’s needs and provide a voice for them to be heard. Children are the “hidden mourners” in our society they feel the...
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Halloween is Coming

  Halloween is Coming In Christianity November is devoted to the dead or the“Month of the Dead”. Celebrations occur November 1st All Saints’ Day, a tribute to all saints, while November 2nd is All Souls’ Day, dedicated to praying for the dead. All Souls Day (November 2) is a time...
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Pre-Natal Diagnosis Support & Information Leaflet

Patau’s Syndrome T13 Edwards’ Syndrome T18 Pre-Natal Diagnosis Support & Information Leaflet   Our revised Leaflet was launched at our Autumn Break/AGM on 8th October 2022. This followed the revision of our handbook “Why Our Baby?” Under the heading “When You Receive the Diagnosis” we recommend looking at the “Pathway...
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Global Wave of Light Saturday 15 Oct 2022 7pm

  Global Wave of Light Saturday 15 Oct 2022 7pm Saturday   Baby Loss Awareness Week finishes each year on Saturday  October 15 with the global ‘Wave of Light’. October 15 is also International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day and is recognised across the world. SOFT would like to...
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Annual Services of Remembrance NMH

National Maternity Hospital (NMH)  The National Maternity Hospital Annual Remembrance Service will take place at 3pm on Sunday the 9th of October in St Andrews Church Westland Row.Dublin 2. This service is held annually for the parents and their families whose babies have died. It is a very healing and...
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