Local author Pat McLoughlin (second left) presents a donation to Mary Kennedy, Ass. Secretary, Friends of St. Ita’s Hospital, the proceeds of the first run of his novel The Canary in the Mine. Also in the photo are Fergus Scanlan, Chairman and Helen Galvin, Ass. Director of Nursing, St. Ita’s Hospital. There are still copies of the novel available at Tony Hayes Newsagent, Newcastle West, Ann Lyons, Abbeyfeale, O’Gairbhi Newsagents, Rathkeale and online at http://www.limerickwriterscentre.com