Higgins reveals grief for brother’s cancer death

SOCIALIST Party leader Joe Higgins has revealed his grief after losing his brother to cancer and has demanded better health services for the ill.

In a candid interview, the Dublin West TD spoke about his pain watching his older brother dying from the disease. Liam Higgins, 61, died late last year after suffering cancer of the oesophagus.

“Cancer is a disease that really touches every family. My brother died from cancer in this November just gone out. It is a very, very traumatic thing,” he said.