With two sites in the running, Offaly Hospice Foundation has announced which site it would prefer.
Offaly Hospice has come out in favour of its preferred site for a new midlands hospice.
The Health Minister has decided which location is set to acccomodate the €20 million, 20 bed facility in Tullamore, but hasn't yet announced the decision.
Two sites are in the running to house the new facility - the Wellwood Healthcare Campus, and a plot of land on Arden Lane.
It's understood an independent review, commissioned by the HSE, found Arden Lane to be the preferred site, while the North Westmeath Hospice Group also favoured that location.
However, the Offaly Hospice Foundation has given nine reasons why it believes the Wellwood Healthcare Campus is the more suitable site.
Among them, it lists direct access from the N52 bypass, public connectivity, and the lack of an obstacle to a planning application as some of the benefits.
It also says it has an option to buy the site and if chosen will donate it free of charge to the HSE
Tánaiste Micheál Martin last week told Midlands 103 the site for the new hospice has been selected, but stopped short of telling us where it will be based.
Read more: Midlands Hospice Site Chosen Says Tánaiste
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