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People who cannot find time for recreation are obliged sooner or later to find time for illness. And so it was with busy councillor Alan Cheevers three years ago. When it was revealed that he had been diagnosed with bowel cancer, he feared the worst. In the same period of time, he had lost two uncles to the killer disease...and on the day he was told himself, he feared having to break the news to his father that the illness had once again visited the family.

RTÉ will broadcast a special documentary on Monday next shining a light on the lived experience of cancer patients, their contribution to research and the ongoing work of research centres that will shape how cancer will be treated in the future.

TULCA Festival of Visual Arts is pleased to announce the contributors to its 2023 exhibition programme, titled honey, milk and salt in a seashell before sunrise curated by Iarlaith Ní Fheorais.

Three University of Galway graduates will be awarded for the impact of their startup companies at this year’s MIT Technology Review Innovators Under 35 Europe festival.

The work of a paediatrician who worked in Galway some years ago and who went on to set up a childhood cancer charity in Tanzania will be honoured and supported by a glittering Ball to be held in the city this weekend.

The Irish Cancer Society is calling on the Athlone and County Westmeath public to support cancer patients by getting involved with the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day on Friday March 24.

A Galway woman who was diagnosed with a stage 3 triple breast cancer last year is urging the people of Galway to support cancer patients by getting involved with the Irish Cancer Society’s Daffodil Day on Friday March 24.

Galway is emerging as Ireland’s “innovation capital”, according to a government minister, after more than half of the €40 million allocated to disruptive technology projects nationwide this week was awarded to consortia based in the county.

Journalist Michael McHale writing in the November 4 issue of the Irish Medical Times reviewed Brian Lynch’s book, Oxygenation is the Solution. Deaths from Covid-19 and Global Legal Insights for Medical Practice: An Insider’s Perspective.

Scientists at NUI Galway have discovered how cells related to one of the most aggressive forms of breast cancer can rewire themselves to have a better chance of surviving and spreading to other sites in the body.