Women can have confidence in the national cervical screening programme, the Department of Health’s chief medical officer, Dr Tony Holohan, has said.

A national review of hospital parking charges by the HSE is expected to be completed by the summer.

The highest recorded number of women have been screened for breast cancer in Ireland.

The country is facing a "cancer epidemic" with rising numbers of people being diagnosed with the disease, a leading health charity has warned.

Experts tell Sharon Ní Chonchúir everything you need to know about the virus and its vaccine.    

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

A “bizarre anomaly” that places sunbed sessions in the same goods and services tax category as yoga studios and beauty salons must be addressed says the Irish Cancer Society.

If you are a parent of one of the 30,000 girls who will be offered the vaccine in September, you are right to inform yourself, but do so from trusted scientific sources, writes Alison O’Connor.

Bowel cancer rates for men are double that of women yet fewer men than women are using the free detection service, it has emerged.

The enforcement of standardised tobacco packaging is “another significant milestone” towards having a tobacco-free Ireland by 2025, the Irish Cancer Society said yesterday.

A national campaign by the Irish Cancer Society failed to persuade hospitals to offer cancer patients free or subsidised parking.

A national campaign by the Irish Cancer Society failed to persuade hospitals to offer cancer patients free or subsidised parking.

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Health experts may have given vaping the thumbs up for ex-smokers, but they stopped short of saying e-cigarettes are safe to use, the Irish Cancer Society has warned.

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

The Irish Cancer Society says it has full confidence in the National Bowel Screening Programme and urges people to use the life-saving service.

Youth took its chance and made it count as a young Kilkenny side made a winning start to the county’s Walsh Cup campaign.

Dublin 2-18 Kilkenny 1-19: A dominant extra-time performance saw Dublin claim victory over holders Kilkenny in Saturday’s enthralling Electric Ireland Leinster MHC semi-final at Parnell Park.

New EU rules on tobacco products have been judged to be valid following three separate challenges, paving the way for countries to proceed with standardised packaging.

More than 90% of GPs can refer patients with suspected cancers directly for diagnostic tests if those patients can pay privately, but the proportion slumps to just 10% of some cancers if the patients have to go on public waiting lists.

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Cork’s city councillors have refused to discuss housing- related matters in a row over an affordable housing estate.

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

Efforts to sell a publicly-owned landbank in Cork — which have been mired in controversy since 2011 — look set to be scrapped again.

The future of a €50m events centre for Cork city was being called into question last night after management at City Hall again refused to brief furious councillors on the status of the tender process.

The uncertainty over the Cork events centre is set to drag on after senior city officials last night refused to answer questions on the status of the tender process.

Breast cancer researchers have appealed for funding to allow them fully probe their discovery that common pain relief and anaesthesia techniques could hamper patients’ treatment.

The winner of the race between two rival developers for a potential €16m kickstart fund to help build a multi-million euro events centre in Cork City will be announced next month.

Sometimes it takes a step back in order to move forward and that has certainly been the case for Michael McDermott.

Cork’s acting city manager believes he will have enough funding before the end of the year to virtually eliminate the problem of vacant council homes.

The Government has been urged to provide special emergency funding to repair one of Cork’s greatest landmarks.

The Irish Dairy Board has secured a five-year, €420m syndicated bank facility with AIB, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays, HSBC, Rabobank, and Ulster Bank.

Paddy Buggy, whose death has taken place at the age of 84, was a member of a select group of All-Ireland medal-winners who served as President of the GAA.

A leading charity is going into communities with “worryingly high” cancer-related deaths in a bid to reduce the disease risk.

Cork City Council has been told to pay €10,000 to two senior staff for failing to fully act on findings issued after their complaints of bullying against the assistant city manager were upheld.

The growing power shift at Independent News & Media took a firm hold yesterday with prominent directors — chairman James Osborne and chief financial officer Donal Buggy — being voted off the board at the group’s AGM.

THE Aidan O’Brien trained Quest For Peace made a successful transition from maiden to listed company when taking the featured Lenebane Stakes in Roscommon last night.

ANTRIM will face Munster champions Tipperary in the All-Ireland U21 hurling championship semi-final after overcoming a skilful Armagh side at Casement Park last night.

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LISMORE estate agent, actor and arts buff Ken Madden has another few strings to his bow — a cracking great local property on nine acres by the River Blackwater, as well as a property market-related book just out.

YOU’RE not supposed to like The Sound of Music.