Cancer

Lab would increase national capacity to treat cancers and save patients and families long journeys to Dublin or Galway

Barbara O’Neill, who is due to speak in Ireland next week, poses ‘sometimes life-threatening risks’ through her advice, experts warn

Experts say figures reflect the growing global obesity epidemic, poor diets and insufficient exercise

Working as a surgeon for more than 30 years, Prof John Reynolds has been at the forefront of improving Ireland’s survival rates from the disease

Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan

After cancer,  a hysterectomy, menopause and years of stage fright, O’Sullivan talks about fear, ageing, performance and why she is determined to keep finding joy in the chaos

The ‘Dare2Cure’ public symposium was held as part of a Dublin conference on bringing cancer research to patient treatment

Fairground Attraction frontwoman visits Connemara ancestral home of late partner and songwriter John Douglas to scatter his ashes

Orla Dolan says investment in clinicians and researchers is essential to developing cancer research and bringing it to patients

Leading Irish oncologist in groundbreaking trial that extends life to speak at Dublin forum

Global increases in bowel disorders have put the spotlight on complex interactions between the gut microbiome and its human host

Dublin Theatre Festival 2026: Writer Xnthony’s new musical was transformed by the illness and death of his best friend

A farmer tells of how astonishingly beautiful seemingly ordinary things can be after a hellish year coping with cancer

Families praise the ‘angels’ who bring respite and relief to homes with dignified end-of-life care

Chairperson of the Medical Council fitness to practise committee said that the factual allegations had not been proved beyond reasonable doubt

Practitioner questions jurisdiction of Medical Council investigation, saying case was ‘closed’

An end-stage renal cancer diagnosis came as a shock for Laurence Ellis (67) but he says he is not for giving up any time soon

Kevin Morley on how he has learned not to worry about the small stuff as he gets back to living life to the full

Overall survival rate of 67.2% falls dramatically to 22.6% for lung cancer, mostly caused by smoking

Despite significant improvements there is still much more to be done

Early Edition with Andrew McNair

Survival rates now up to 30 per cent higher than in the 1990s, study shows

Legal ‘right to be forgotten’ will replace voluntary code that some insurers had failed to adopt

As more people survive or live with cancer, expertise is focused on life after diagnosis as well as improving treatment options

Researchers from Queen’s University Belfast say the patch could help reduce the need for repeated topical therapies

Cancer vaccine approach may change how the disease is treated more broadly, experts say

Late state trial met its main goal of showing that the vaccine, combined with another drug, reduced melanoma recurrences more than the immunotherapy alone

Cycling great on living with stage-four diagnosis, fundraising with Miguel Induráin and importance of public education about the disease

Generative AI has changed the economics of academic paper mills – businesses that manufacture studies, fabricate data, and sell completed papers to researchers

Early Edition with Andrew McNair

HSE data report highlights sharp regional differences in meeting two-week objective

Dr Thomas Munroe admitted the facts of the allegations made by seven patients at a Dental Council inquiry

Company says claims its baby powder and other talc products caused ovarian cancer were ‘meritless’ but that it settled to get closure

At St Luke’s Hospital in Rathgar, the community dog provides comfort to cancer patient and helps them open up

It’s often possible to prevent liver disease, or even reverse it, with diet and lifestyle changes alone

An advanced healthcare directive sets out your choices about your care which doctors are obliged to follow

‘I have never used a sunbed, but I think they should all be destroyed’

In proof, if any were needed, of the human capacity for finding novel ways to hasten our own demise, the hashtag #tanlines is trending on social media

Over the last few years, I slowly realised I wanted to live again, honour you and find meaning in your death

Medicinal watchdog became aware of website which was unlawfully providing advanced therapy medicinal products