Skin cancer patients who have to travel long distances to hospitals are presenting with more advanced stages of the disease, an Irish study has found.

Advanced melanoma patients in Cork and Kerry can access ground-breaking therapies not available on the open market thanks largely to the work of clinicians who set up the first dedicated melanoma multidisciplinary team (MDT) in the country, writes Catherine Shanahan

It may have been a summer for rain rather than sun, but a group of people in Cork who have been affected by melanoma are determined to protect children from harmful UV rays.