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Cork Parkinson’s Association raises €50k for research!

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This week is World Parkinson’s Awareness Week – which runs from 11-17 April – and to mark it, Cork Parkinson’s Association has raised the impressive sum of €50,000 to fund research at UCC.

Click here to learn more about our donation

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