In your 60s? Register now for your free bowel cancer test kit

Getting yourself checked through BowelScreen couldn't be easier — register for the service and follow the instructions that come with the simple test kit delivered to your home. 

To mark the start of Bowel Cancer Awareness Month, the HSE is urging people in their 60s to check that they are on the bowel screen register and to do the free home test. 

BowelScreen is one of the National Screening Service's three cancer-screening programmes and is the first screening programme to address cancer in men.