“We have made this decision to protect the health and wellbeing of our patients, volunteers and supporters.”

The Real Cost of Cancer Report, commissioned by the Society, highlights how ongoing illness disrupts employment, leading to an average drop in income of €1,527 per month.

The Irish Cancer Society (ICS) has warned that an explosion in the number of new vaping products and attractive flavours could lead to a new generation of smokers, in the absence of advertising restrictions.

One North Dublin man bequeathed a total of €715,000 including a house worth around €525,000 to the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) last year.

Five-year survival rates in Ireland for those diagnosed with aggressive cancers have risen sharply since the mid-90s — but men are still far more likely than women to get cancer and to die of it, a study shows.

It may not be immediately apparent to the 40,000 Irish people identified as having one form or another of cancer each year that the disease has become, if not a good news story, then a situation where possibility is an ever-more dominant presence.

The Irish Cancer Society (ICS) has called for immediate investment in cancer services amid predictions that the number of cancer cases could double by 2045.

Ireland is facing a “skin cancer epidemic”, the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) has warned.

CervicalCheck is to undergo an external review following revelations that it took three years to notify a woman with terminal cancer of missed abnormalities in her initial screen.

Almost a third of young people are overweight or obese, and most are not trying to slim down, a survey has found.

Patients battling the most serious form of skin cancer are less likely to survive in Ireland than in any other European country.

Smoking is the cause of almost 3,000 cancer deaths in Ireland each year.

The heartbroken mum of a young footballer who died from lymphoma on the eve of his 21st birthday said she thought she was “a crazy woman on a rant” when she wrote a Facebook post, which has since gone viral, criticising the Irish Cancer Society’s shock ad campaign.

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A constitutional referendum would be needed to ratify the proposed multi-billion euro transatlantic trade deal between the European Union and US, says a legal expert.

It may seem counterintuitive for an eminent health body to be seen to advocate the use of e-cigarettes.

GPs are sending non-urgent patients to hospital emergency departments in the hope they will get diagnostic tests for which they would otherwise have to wait up to two years.

The European Commission’s proposed new investment protection measures would not stop corporations suing governments as has happened under existing free trade agreements, a new study has claimed.

A breast cancer treatment that appears to shrink or eliminate tumours in 11 days could be available within a relatively short timeframe to women with a form of cancer that has a poor prognosis, according to the Irish Cancer Society.

Your editorial (January 14) offers a veritable understatement of gargantuan proportion, given the shambles of the Irish Cancer Society’s last few days in the media-zone and the surge of public opprobrium ensuing.

A High Court judge has directed an inquiry into the legality of the detention, in Limerick Prison, of a Cork mother for contempt of a Circuit Court order directing she hand over possession of her home to a bank.

More than 3,500 public patients are waiting over three months for a test to detect bowel cancer which private patients can access within 12 days.

Irish Cancer Society: Data shows postcodes have a significant impact on outcomes for those diagnosed

Among the old reliables in Michael Noonan’s budget, consumers of alcohol and motorists escaped unscathed, but cigarette smokers will have to cough up another 50 cent per packet.

The Irish Cancer Society says it’s disappointed that there are no plans to extend the workplace smoking ban to include e-cigarettes.

The Irish Cancer Society (ICS) has recovered from the one-day deluge that cost it more than €500,000 in 2013 to return to profit last year.

With almost 600 people diagnosed with cancer every week, demands for support and services are putting the Irish Cancer Society under increasing pressure.

The Irish Cancer Society is failing to reach people with low education levels, older people and immigrant populations, a report has found.