Askeaton group takes issue with doctor’s findings

YOU published a letter entitled ’Health Board rejects Askeaton cancer claims’ (Irish Examiner, July 23) from Dr Kevin Kelleher, Director of Public Health in the Mid Western Health Board.

Our group, Cappagh Farmers Support Group, takes issue with the contents of this letter as cancer is now rampant in the area of Cappagh/Croagh.

Our members are outraged that Dr Kelleher is continuing to use the national cancer register from 1994-1999 without reference to the up-to-date situation. The view of the people who live in this area is that a four-month lapse is unacceptable not to mind four years as the situation on the ground is changing so fast.