Cancer society cuts - Danger of negative reaction

HAVING shot itself in the foot by peremptorily axing financial support for families affected by cancer, the Irish Cancer Society has risked compounding the controversy by the way it has gone about announcing its partial reversal of the contentious decision to slash hardship funding for cancer victims.

In what must be greeted as a most welcome development, the society has now announced it is reversing its decision “to discontinue financial support for the families of children with cancer”.

The alacrity of this U-turn has rightly been applauded by the families of children with cancer and deserves to be warmly welcomed by the public.