'Alarming' rise in bowel cancer cases among young people

Almost 2,600 people in Ireland are diagnosed with bowel cancer each year.

Doctors have urged people who are noticing changes in their bowel habits to seek help amid an "alarming" rise in the number of young people being diagnosed with bowel cancer.

One in 10 people who have bowel, or colorectal, cancer are under 50 years of age — with people as young as 20 being warned to be conscious of the risks and symptoms of the disease.