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Fianna Fáil General Election candidate for Galway West, Gráinne Seoige, has responded to recent criticism on her campaign to improve cancer treatment facilities in Galway, dismissing claims that she has ‘no regard’ for the cancer teams based in the west.

Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Patrick O’Donovan T.D, has announced five University of Galway research projects. The projects will be funded under the Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland Frontiers for the Future Programme and are part of a €26 million investment for 40 research projects nationwide.

October is breast cancer awareness month and Galway-based charity, the National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI), is asking everyone to consider holding a fundraising event at their work place, school or home in aid of the charity throughout the month.

‘Staying Abreast’ is an exciting new podcast series launched by National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI)

To help celebrate October, breast cancer awareness month, the g Hotel will host ‘Afternoon Tea a the g’ in aid of the National Breast Cancer Research Institute on Sunday, October 6.

The Marie Keating Foundation is marking September being Prostate Cancer Awareness month by launching a new campaign with a powerful message for men: "Stand Up for Your Prostate". As prostate cancer continues to impact lives globally, with nearly 1.5 million (1) men diagnosed annually and an estimated 397,000 (1) deaths, the Foundation's latest initiative is urging men across Ireland to "Pay Attention to Their Pee" and prioritise their prostate health.

The National Breast Cancer Research Institute in association with Blackrock Beachwear, are asking people to ‘Swim in Pink’ on Sunday, October 13, at Ladies Beach and help raise funds and awareness for breast cancer research during October, breast cancer awareness month.

As you read this piece this August day,there is someone in this city or county who is awaiting the results of a breast cancer check; someone for whom the watched phone represents both a terror and a salvation. Awaiting that news is the norm for so many every week and every day for so many families. As any family who has been touched by breast cancer will know, the waiting, the diagnosis, the fear are all part of the process. There is the fear of the known and the unknown; the potential that plans carefully honed will have to be shelved. Or not.

The National Breast Cancer Research Institute are asking Galway girls to join their team for this year’s Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon on Sunday, June 2.

Athlone woman and breast cancer survivor, Melanie Hudson, is calling on her local community to go all in against cancer for the Irish Cancer Society’s hosts its annual Daffodil Day fundraising initiative on Friday, March 22.