Plans for the new Hospice will be available for people to examine on the day.

The plans will see the total number of rooms available to 16 by extending the specialist palliative care, inpatient hospice and community care facility.

'The next job will be to set out the tenders for the building and construction stage'

A representative from St Christopher's Hospice Home Care in Cavan says extra funding will allow the hospice to upgrade to a level three service.