Cancer units get green light after letter outcry

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern yesterday said final approval had been given for two major cancer facilities in Cork in the wake of a damning letter by a leading consultant.

The letter exposed the dismal state of services in the southern area.

The letter by Dr Seamus O’Reilly, a Cork-based consultant medical oncologist, was obtained by the Irish Examiner and printed on Monday.