ONE of the things friends remember about Luke Kelly — who passed away 30 years ago next Thursday — were his teeth. He got them fixed up in England where he went to live for a few years at 17 years of age.

PROMOTING peace in Northern Ireland and along the border is the aim of ‘The Memory Project’, which uses drama, theatre and television documentary to understand the past and build pathways for the future.

WHILE Europa Donna Ireland — the Irish Breast Cancer Campaign — welcomes improvements in survival rates, we are yet again dismayed by the evidence of regional disparities in treatment and survival as shown in the latest report from the National Cancer Registry (Irish Examiner, March 27).

THE Government must urgently fund the country’s specialist breast clinics as many are not properly staffed or equipped, according to breast cancer experts.

THE lifespan of breast cancer patients could be extended by almost a third thanks to a breakthrough in research by Irish scientists.

Genetic breast cancer services in Ireland are underfunded and inadequate, according to Europa Donna Ireland, The Irish Breast Cancer Campaign.

FEARS have been raised that cutbacks in health budgets will delay the planned nationwide extension of the national breast screening programme, BreastCheck, next year.