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# Cancer

All time
The Taoiseach says he's eating less red meat to stay healthy - but is it healthier to do that?
29 Jul 2019
27.5k
45
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal against judgement in Ruth Morrissey case
26 Jul 2019
8.7k
7
Ireland's first digital surgery unit opens at the Mater in a bid to improve cancer patient outcomes
25 Jul 2019
17.4k
15
Poll: Should herbicides that have been linked to cancer be banned in Ireland?
7 Jul 2019
40.4k
130
Comedian Brendan Grace receiving treatment for lung cancer
3 Jul 2019
41.3k
31
HPV: Major new study shows cancer-causing virus 'significantly reduced' after vaccine
27 Jun 2019
9.7k
13
Increase in colon cancer among younger adults in several countries including Ireland
17 May 2019
21.0k
17
'Raw and needless cruelty': CervicalCheck cases 'a no-win situation' for all involved
4 May 2019
7.9k
6
Vicky Phelan apologises to Leo Varadkar after referring to him as 'a gay man' during criticism
25 Apr 2019
76.5k
83
Two-tier drug access a 'real issue' for equity says head of HSE's drug-review centre
15 Apr 2019
10.2k
26
Private cancer patients getting access to drugs that public patients can't get is 'incredibly unfair'
14 Apr 2019
27.0k
74
'It all started with my balls' - Colm Tóibín's moving essay about cancer is a must-read
12 Apr 2019
33.2k
14
'Urgent action needed' as cancer rates projected to double in Ireland in the next 25 years
9 Apr 2019
21.3k
37
Woman with terminal cancer settles smear test case for €2.5 million
Updated 4 Apr 2019
17.1k
22
Legendary filmmaker and French New Wave pioneer Agnes Varda dies aged 90
29 Mar 2019
9.8k
5
Man awarded $80 million after claiming weed killer caused his cancer
28 Mar 2019
73.8k
33
These Mater Hospital nurses are raising money to help make patient stays feel more 'like home'
26 Mar 2019
17.3k
14
Opinion: I had a tumour growing in my breast but I also had a life growing inside me
Mary Canavan
22 Mar 2019
37.2k
9
Paying tribute: 'Daff Man' on how he and his partner were supported by cancer nurses
22 Mar 2019
8.9k
4
Opinion: 'I’m thinking of you' and 9 other things it's OK to say to a family going through cancer
Sarah Geraghty
22 Mar 2019
30.2k
12
'You can't really dwell on questions': How Laura Brennan used her terminal cancer to help others
21 Mar 2019
21.6k
14
'I need to prioritise my health': Vicky Phelan to take step back from CervicalCheck campaigning
20 Feb 2019
26.0k
19
Upscaling rollout of HPV vaccine could 'eliminate' cervical cancer in some countries, study finds
20 Feb 2019
6.2k
10
Harris asks HSE to introduce HPV testing 'as soon as possible' as roll out is pushed out due to smear test backlog
Updated 13 Feb 2019
10.9k
20
CervicalCheck writes to 4,300 women affected by lab error offering them repeat smear test
8 Feb 2019
13.4k
9
Opinion: We need to remove the stigma around lung cancer - no one should be blamed for getting it
Anne-Marie Baird
4 Feb 2019
17.0k
24
'Groundbreakingly brilliant' comedian Jeremy Hardy dies aged 57
1 Feb 2019
52.3k
10
CervicalCheck campaigner Orla Church has died
19 Jan 2019
30.7k
After Love Island's Chris Hughes got a testicular cancer check-up on live TV, his own brother found a lump
17 Jan 2019
7.0k
0
'This doesn't need to continue': Concerns over 'worrying' rise in lung cancer diagnoses made in A&E
15 Jan 2019
39.2k
24
'All talk and no action': Vicky Phelan strongly criticises Varadkar over handling of CervicalCheck scandal
14 Jan 2019
15.9k
40
PODCAST: 'Irene didn't have to die and now she's part of this scandal'
2 Jan 2019
40.1k
10
'I was thinking about my sister when she was diagnosed... I couldn't feel sorry for myself'
26 Dec 2018
23.2k
2
Irish Cancer Society calls on HSE to stop referring patients' debt to collection agencies
20 Dec 2018
11.1k
40
Irene Teap's family told there was negligence in reading of one of her smears
18 Dec 2018
16.8k
12
Two cancer sufferers refused bail over €3.5 million cocaine seizure in Liffey Valley car park
12 Dec 2018
33.1k
Health minister says HPV vaccine will be extended to boys next year
7 Dec 2018
10.9k
33
'If I didn't take part in a clinical trial, I would have died'
3 Dec 2018
19.6k
13
Thyroid cancer impact on children and teens following Fukushima nuclear accident
1 Dec 2018
16.2k
27
'It's a no-brainer': Vicky Phelan calls for drug to be available to all Irish women with cervical cancer
27 Nov 2018
17.1k
9
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