Irish men with prostate cancer now have a four-in-five chance of being alive in 10 years’ time but new research shows they worry about feeling ill and intimacy problems.

THOUGH there is a scary ring of truth behind the latest report from the World Health Organisation (WHO) on possible links between cancer and the food we eat, a sceptic might perhaps be forgiven for turning a jaundiced eye on its findings. 

Update 12pm: In a statement this afternoon, the Department of Health said meat was an important source of protein, iron and vitamins - and that the most important goal is to try to eat a balanced diet.

The Irish Farmers' Association is warning against an overreaction to new research linking some meats to cancer.

Global health experts have found that processed meat such as bacon, ham and sausages can cause bowel cancer.

Global health experts are to warn that bacon, ham and sausages are as big a cancer threat as cigarettes.