Support urged as Leitrim gears up for Daffodil Day

Leitrim is all set for Daffodil Day, which takes place nationwide this Friday, 28th March 2025.

Donations in Carrick on Shannon can be made at the following locations: Aldi, Centra/Masterson’s Service Station, Corrib Service Station, Super Valu and Tesco.

"We would like to thank the management and teams at all these locations for their generous support for this worthy cause," the organisers said. 

In Ballinamore, volunteer collectors will be visible at both Supervalu and Tescos on both days. Everyone is urged to please support this worthy cause. Cash and cashless options available.

Young Leitrim mother and lymphoma survivor, Letitia McFarlane from Kinlough, is calling on her local community to go all in against cancer for the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day, this year.

In early 2023, 27-year-old mother of two Letitia McFarlane was diagnosed with Primary Mediastinal Large B Cell Lymphoma – a type of blood cancer. She had become unwell while on a family holiday in Spain the previous November. Her face swelled and this was attributed to an allergic reaction to lip fillers.

Following her persistence, her cancer was detected and underwent a number of rounds of chemotherapy, followed by immunotherapy and then finally Car-T cell therapy in St. James’s Hospital in Dublin. In May 2024, she finally got the news she was in remission.

Reflecting on her cancer experience, Letitia McFarlane said: “My life was turned upside down by my cancer diagnosis, but so was everybody else’s around me. They all had to jump in and help with the children and support me through my treatment. It’s a been a whole of family effort to get through this and I can’t thank them enough for everything they have done.”

Letitia is calling for young people to more cancer aware: “Cancer was just so far off the radar of what I thought could be wrong with me. I think young people need to be more empowered and aware to ask questions and push for tests if we don’t feel right. My face was severely swollen and as soon as my doctors heard about the lip fillers, they just attributed what was going on with me to that. Thankfully, I kept pushing and asking more questions.”

She is calling on Leitrim and the north-west to go yellow this Daffodil Day: “Every euro raised on Daffodil Day is crucial and makes a real lasting difference to patients like me, fuelling life changing cancer research and vital support services. I would encourage everyone across Leitrim and the north-west to please get out there on Daffodil Day, March 28th, and show your support for those affected by cancer in your local community”.

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