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Claregalway Hotel goes pink for Mother’s Day
A Co Galway hotel will donate 10 per cent of the proceeds of all its Mother’s Day lunches on Sunday April 3 to a local breast cancer charity.
Male breast cancer survivor to walk across Ireland to raise funds for breast cancer prevention
A UK male breast cancer survivor will begin a 130 mile walk across Ireland tomorrow (Thursday) to raise funds for a British breast cancer prevention charity.
Mystic Force dance group to appear at NBCRI ball
The Irish dance group Mystic Force, semi-finalists in the Sky One show Got to Dance, will make a special appearance at the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) St Valentine’s Ball on Saturday night at The Ardilaun Hotel.
Mock wedding to raise funds for Cancer Care West
A charity mock wedding which takes place this St Valentine’s weekend aims to raise vital funds for a local cancer organisation.
Twelve hundred patients and families availed of cancer support centre services last year
Some 1,200 patients and their families availed of the services offered by a city based cancer support centre more than 5,500 times in the past year.
President to open Tuam Cancer Care purpose-built support centre next week
President Mary McAleese will officially open the long-awaited new Tuam Cancer Care support and information centre in the town next week.
Zenith Hairdressing heads up calendar drive to beat breast cancer
Zenith Hairdressing is the catalyst behind a new initiative to raise money for Breast Cancer Ireland. Paul Griffin and his team at Zenith Hairdressing spearheaded a campaign to glamorise and photograph 12 prominent women GAA sports stars for a 2011 calendar.
Galway and Dublin scientists team up to develop life saving meningitis test
Scientists in Galway and Dublin are working together to develop a sophisticated test which it is hoped will quickly diagnose the symptoms of meningitis within an hour thereby saving children’s lives.
Ballinasloe woman settles action over breast cancer diagnosis
A Co. Galway woman has settled her High Court action against the Health Service Executive (HSE) over an alleged litany of failures over many years at University College Hospital Galway, to diagnose and treat her breast cancer despite her having had a series of mammograms at the hospital.
Extension called for BreastCheck
Mayo Deputy Beverley Flynn has backed calls by the Irish Cancer Society for the extension of the BreastCheck screening services to women in the 65 - 69 age category.
