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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Liam Cosgrove

'Their whole world has been shattered' - Friends rally around fireman battling incurable cancer

Friends of a Longford fireman who is battling a desperate fight against incurable cancer have raised over €100,000 to support him in just three weeks.

Father of one Fintan McDonald’s life was turned upside down at the end of January when a niggling pain in his right hip was diagnosed as being stage four sarcoma.

Typically rare, sarcomas are rare forms of cancer that develop in the bones and soft tissue which, in many instances, result in being difficult to treat and aggressive in nature.

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