A €6 MILLION investment in a national bowel cancer screening programme could save up to 300 lives per annum, according to an expert in diagnosing the disease.

THIS year should see the combined value of investment from the various Enterprise Ireland partnership funds rise by about 30%, with the number of actual investment projects doubling at least.

A PILOT bowel cancer screening programme detected cancer in 11% of test cases, an Oireachtas Committee was told yesterday.

A DISEASE that claims nearly 1,000 Irish lives every year could be stopped in its tracks if the Government acts now, according to a leading medic.

THE title sponsors of Dublin’s Christmas Ice Rink spectacle at the International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) have expressed concern at the level of customer complaints about the attraction.