# Irish Cancer Society
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Last week
14th April 2024 - 20th April 2024
National Cancer Strategy
Leading cancer doctors write open letter to Taoiseach warning about Ireland's cancer services
16 Apr
19.7k
This year
2024
THE MORNING LEAD
'Concerning' delays for mammograms as Dublin hospitals struggle to recruit staff
Beaumont Hospital is considering outsourcing some appointments to deal with the backlog, one patient was told.
Patients are concerned it is taking months to get an appointment for certain scans, potentially delaying a cancer diagnosis
Extra consultants are due to start working in the coming months, but staffing levels remain an issue
"It is unacceptable that a person should wait too long before getting access to a vital diagnostic appointment," the CEO of the Irish Cancer Society said
Órla Ryan
2 Feb
8.5k
Last year
2023
Pregnancy
Women with cancer will be able to defer maternity leave under new legislation
21 Oct 2023
13.9k
7
Health
'Skin cancer can be prevented': Survivor calls for suncream to be made more affordable
4 Aug 2023
16.2k
26
Waiting Lists
Fears over colon cancer waiting lists as doctors face 'race against time' to diagnose patients
7 Feb 2023
17.1k
15
Hospital overcrowding
Tánaiste says governance and management issues within overall HSE need evaluation
Updated
11 Jan 2023
11.4k
18
All time
Cost of Living
'They're facing grave choices': Survey shows cancer patients cutting back on heating over costs
15 Dec 2022
9.6k
1
hidden costs
Families hit out at 'added stress' of hospital parking while children undergo cancer treatment
31 Aug 2022
20.3k
16
Irish Cancer Society
Calls for Govt to fix maternity leave issues for mothers diagnosed with cancer during pregnancy
23 Jun 2022
6.1k
1
Irish Cancer Society
Daffodil Day fundraiser to return in-person next month for the first time since Covid-19
10 Feb 2022
5.7k
2
breastcheck
'Essential' that Government supports BreastCheck after appointments delayed by up to a year
6 Feb 2022
9.8k
2
cost of cancer
Debt collectors calling on cancer patients is 'immoral and must stop', say TDs
2 Feb 2022
15.8k
11
Cancer
Progress on cancer survival at risk due to Covid-19 disruption, Irish Cancer Society warns
2 Dec 2021
7.3k
6
covid impact
One in five people worried they missed out on diagnosis or treatment due to Covid-19 pandemic
3 Nov 2021
9.6k
8
daffodil day
Daffodil Day is happening today - and is once again taking donations online
26 Mar 2021
15.5k
3
still waiting
Department of Health can't give timeline for rollout of publicly-funded IVF
4 Jan 2021
31.5k
27
financial problems
Irish Cancer Society staring at €3.8 million hole in finances due to Covid
7 Oct 2020
22.9k
13
Palliative Care
Increase in cancer patients looking to spend last days at home amid hospital restrictions
4 Oct 2020
20.5k
13
warning
Reduced cancer services due to Covid-19 pandemic 'unacceptable', says Irish Cancer Society
6 Aug 2020
11.9k
26
covid-19 committee
Warning of premature cancer deaths over postponement of screening services
Updated
17 Jul 2020
20.7k
57
Irish Cancer Society
Charity urges people to contact GPs as normal with possible cancer symptoms during pandemic
5 Apr 2020
17.3k
38
daffodil day
Daff Man has a brand new suit - but you might not get to see it out and about for a while
27 Mar 2020
13.4k
7
Coronavirus
Irish Cancer Society to fund remote counselling for people who can't have face-to-face sessions due to Covid-19
22 Mar 2020
8.3k
3
vaping
'We're on to you': Harris says flavoured e-cigarettes target children and he wants them banned
9 Dec 2019
13.2k
54
new report
'We even lost our house': Cancer patients facing crippling costs of as much as €1,000 a month
26 Nov 2019
57.9k
50
cancer treatment
Irish research on type of breast cancer may have found new treatment approach
3 Oct 2019
15.4k
2
National Cancer Registry
Irish men at higher risk of getting cancer and dying from it than women
1 Oct 2019
10.5k
12
cancer survivor supports
Minister: 'We need to start talking openly about fertility, sex and life in general post-cancer'
19 Aug 2019
16.2k
21
inequality
Private cancer patients getting access to drugs that public patients can't get is 'incredibly unfair'
14 Apr 2019
27.0k
74
daffodil day
Paying tribute: 'Daff Man' on how he and his partner were supported by cancer nurses
22 Mar 2019
8.9k
4
lung cancer awareness
'All of a sudden she has a mass on her left lung': Former NFL player Chris Draft on losing his wife to lung cancer
27 Jan 2019
19.1k
0
Health
'This doesn't need to continue': Concerns over 'worrying' rise in lung cancer diagnoses made in A&E
15 Jan 2019
39.2k
24
debt collectors
Irish Cancer Society calls on HSE to stop referring patients' debt to collection agencies
20 Dec 2018
11.1k
40
Public Health Alcohol Bill
Cancer warning labels on alcohol products will not be ditched from Public Health Alcohol Bill
25 Sep 2018
11.5k
32
worth knowing
Did you know males are at an equal risk of HPV as females? If you did you're in the minority
4 Sep 2018
10.6k
37
bills
'I didn't need that additional fear': Hospital debt collectors 'causing stress' to cancer patients
1 Sep 2018
18.7k
40
Palliative Care
'It allows the family to just be a family': Campaign to raise funds for cancer charity night nurses
23 Jul 2018
13.4k
8