Cancer survivor calls for support for 'lifeline' that helped his family maintain normal life 

Caren and Robert Flanagan with their son Luke at his Confirmation. The Irish Cancer Society's transport service gave Robert lifts to hospital after he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. Picture: Irish Cancer Society

Free lifts to cancer treatment appointments meant one father of three could leave the car to his wife for school runs — and he was just one of almost 3,000 people helped in this way last year.

Robert Flanagan was 48 when he was diagnosed with colorectal cancer in 2024.