The singer said he appreciated life more following the operation.

Rowan O'Neill is staging the gig to give back to the Irish Cancer Society and all in the oncology unit in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, in Drogheda

Mr Boyd Barrett said that he expected the treatment to be “fairly rough”.

Daragh had contracted an aggressive form of lymphoma and died on November 24th, 2019.

The 12-year-old won the hearts of the nation following her appearance on The Late Late Toy Show in 2020.

Mr Gould admits that whilst his prognosis was good all sorts of things went through his head after surgery.

Prostate cancer is often seen as an unavoidable part of ageing, especially among men, but there are many myths that can create confusion.

Tributes have been flooding in from her family, as well as fellow singers.

Seamus Connolly believes that a routine blood test he has undertaken since he hit 45, possibly saved his life by showing prostate cancer at an early stage.

The boy was brought to a doctor with what his mother thought was an ear infection but the family later discovered he had an inoperable brain tumour.

Olivia Humphreys, 24, from Limerick, came up with the invention Athena after her own mother’s battle with cancer.

‘Bereavement is a game-changer,’ the Sinn Fein leader said.

Several of her sisters, members of the Anglo-Irish girl group The Nolans, have also experienced the condition.

‘I don’t know how she puts a smile on her face every day’, her daughter Lea said.

The fundraising effort is part of Dalata and the Marie Keating Foundation’s ‘Drive to Defeat Cancer’ campaign which is supporting the long-term future of the organisation’s lifesaving cancer outreach service.

Former RTÉ journalist Tommie Gorman has died aged 68, his family have said.

The inaugural Joint Euro-American Forum on Cancer, which began at Farmleigh House on Thursday, had a particular focus on inequalities in care.

It was a tragedy, he said that the poorer the background, the later the chances of being diagnosed which led to poor survival rates.

Mary Lou McDonald said around 250,000 hospital appointments were cancelled last year, including 800 child chemotherapy appointments.

The X-Men star revealed in an Instagram post last month that she had undergone four operations including a double mastectomy after being diagnosed.

The Sinn Fein leader said there are not enough staff working in the healthcare system.

OJ Simpson has died after battling cancer

OJ Simpson has died after battling cancer

It comes after the Irish Cancer Society warned that cancer survival rates are unlikely to improve because services are underfunded.

In 2024, an additional €20 million was requested by the HSE for the national cancer strategy. That funding was not provided.

Dublin Airport has been urged to delete a "disgusting" tweet about Britain's Princess Kate

The Welsh professional dancer was diagnosed with stage three breast cancer in May last year.

The terms of the settlement of the action against the HSE is confidential but the High Court heard that liability and causation were still at issue in the case.

Oonagh McEvoy was 36 when she died from metastatic cervical cancer in April 2011

The new code will help cancer survivors who have previously faced difficulty in accessing mortgage protection insurance due to their diagnosis

The report by the National Cancer Registry Ireland (NCRI) showed a drop in cancer incidence of 7 per cent in males and 1 per cent in females

UPFs usually contain ingredients people would not add when they were cooking at home.

The Strictly Come Dancing star said the ‘NHS have been incredible’ during her breast cancer treatment.

The new clinical research facility is at the heart of the Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research at Queen’s University.

Irish Cancer Society chief executive Averil Power said a promise in the Programme for Government that cancer patients would not have to pay hospital parking charges has still not been implemented

The former GAA star faces 19 counts of deception and two charges for using false instruments between 2014 and 2022