DESPITE living in almost identical climates, and having similar levels of education and social scenes, people in the Republic are still more likely to develop nearly all forms of cancer than our cousins in the North.

CONCERNS have been raised over the health of people in Cork after a new cross-border cancer study said the county has “significantly high” rates of more than half of all types examined.

Cases of malignant melanoma – the key cause of skin cancer deaths – have more than tripled in the North since the mid 1980s, it was revealed today.

Cancer survival rates have risen in the North, a report revealed today.