Irish Cancer Society to pilot mobile lung cancer screening clinics in effort to boost early detection

Averil Power, chief executive of the Irish Cancer Society: 'This historic investment by the Irish Cancer Society marks a turning point for lung cancer in Ireland.'

Croke Park and other GAA facilities are to host mobile lung cancer clinics to help boost early detection rates through screening. 

More than 2,500 cases of lung cancer are diagnosed each year in Ireland, with almost 13% occurring in North Dublin.