8,000 back cancer vaccine on Facebook

AN online public campaign to reinstate the anti-cancer vaccine for schoolgirls is attracting widespread attention, with hundreds of supporters joining daily.

A group on the social networking website Facebook has attracted nearly 8,000 members in its bid to reverse the controversial government decision to abandon the vaccine.

The internet group is targeting Mary Harney, insisting the Health Minister must go back on her decision not to give the cervical cancer vaccine free of charge to 12 year olds.