'Our son had a painful headache - then he was given just weeks to live'

Declan McGee, 42, was a caring electrician and farmer who supported his mum, before he was diagnosed with brain cancer and died in January 2025

The family of a young man who died after being diagnosed with a Grade 4 Glioblastoma at just 40 years old are paying tribute to his memory this Christmas through Evora Hospice's Light Up a Life ceremony.

Declan McGee was the youngest of four children, working as a proud electrician during the day and dedicating his evenings to farming. A kind and compassionate person, he resided with and cared for his mum in Dungannon.

His sister, Julie, described him as truly "everyone's blue-eyed boy". Following months of debilitating headaches in 2023, Declan received the diagnosis of a Grade 4 Glioblastoma. Exactly one year later, he was rushed to hospital a