Oesophageal Awareness Month: ‘If I were eating a bread roll, it would hurt me'

About 520 people in Ireland are diagnosed with oesophageal cancer each year. We talk to a woman who was diagnosed with the disease after struggling to swallow

Linda O'Riordan McCarthy, Picture: Larry Cummins

Linda O’Riordan McCarthy was just 48 when she was diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in March 2022.

The mother of two from Mayfield in Cork recalls first experiencing difficulty swallowing in September 2021.