Dublin woman who campaigned for HSE to provide cancer drug dies

A Dublin woman who led a campaign to force the HSE to provide a life improving cancer drug has lost her battle with the disease.

Dublin woman who campaigned for HSE to provide cancer drug dies

A Dublin woman who led a campaign to force the HSE to provide a life improving cancer drug has lost her battle with the disease.

Cathy Durkin, 41, passed away just four months after launching her campaign to make the drug, known as Ipi, available to Irish patients.

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