Campaigner urges action on cancer

JANE BAILEY wants no other family to endure the wait, trauma and agony of late cancer diagnosis. Her husband, Kieran, had developed secondary cancer in one of his lungs by the time his testicular cancer was diagnosed.

She and other campaigners for better cancer facilities are sending sprigs of heather to every TD and senator in the country, demonstrating the strength and resilience of cancer patients.

Today her local city council in Waterford meets with Health Minister, Micheál Martin, in a bid to get the Government to honour its pre-election promise to provide better facilities for cancer patients nationwide, but particularly in the south east.