Fiona Healy will make the jump from 13,000 feet.
A Westmeath woman - who's survived two types of cancer - is jumping out of plane for charity.
Fiona Healy from Athlone underwent a a double masectomy, chemotherapy and radiation last year, after cancer was detected in her breasts and lymph nodes.
She's doing a 13,000 foot parachute jump in two weeks time, to raise funds for Breast Cancer Ireland and is appealing for donations to her GoFundMe page:
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