Call to allow women to defer maternity leave after cancer diagnosis

Erica Tierney and her daughter Róise, 2, at the launch of the Irish Cancer Society’s Leave our Leave campaign to allow women to defer maternity leave following a cancer diagnosis. Picture: Maxwells

A cancer survivor, who was diagnosed while 30 weeks pregnant, is calling for a change in legislation after she was unable to defer her maternity leave while she was recovering.

Erica Tierney from Kildare received a breast cancer diagnosis while 30 weeks pregnant.