Daffodil Day aims for €3m target

A €3 MILLION target has been set for this year’s Daffodil Day fundraiser — to pay for vital services for the country’s rapidly growing number of cancer patients.

Cancer cases are predicted to increase by 5% each year over the next decade — this will see the number of cancer cases rise from 22,500 to 43,000 in 2020.

As a result the Cancer Society is aiming to double its income over the next three to five years. Around 7,800 people are expected to die from the disease in Ireland this year, while around 120,000 cancer survivors live here