Varadkar delivers on BreastCheck pledge

Health Minister, Leo Varadkar has delivered on a government promise made three years ago to extend BreastCheck screening to women aged 65 to 69 next year.

The move, demanded by the Irish Cancer Society, could save 87 lives a year, as women in the older age group have the second-highest incidence of breast cancer — and the second-highest chance of dying from it.

Currently, BreastCheck screens women aged 50 to 64 every two years.