Irish Cancer Society needs €30m this year to meet demand

Damien Duff with cancer patient Oscar Walsh at the AUL Complex in Dublin, earlier this month encouraging the Irish public to go all in for Daffodil Day on Friday, March 28. Picture: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile

The Irish Cancer Society needs to raise €30m this year to meet record demand for services, the charity has said.

Its transport service, for example, last year saw a 20% increase in bookings, covering 2.9km and bringing more than 2,500 cancer patients to and from their cancer treatments.