Ireland again misses target for bowel cancer screening as numbers taking lifesaving test drop

Tom McHugh: 'I was fit and healthy. I had no symptoms whatsoever and yet bowel cancer was there.'

Urgent calls have been made for higher uptake of bowel cancer screening as Ireland's low targets for the lifesaving test were missed again in 2024.  

The alarm is being raised because this cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in Ireland.