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The National Breast Cancer Research Institute (NBCRI) is pleased to announce the appointment of Marie Chawke to its Board of Directors, further strengthening the charity’s leadership as it continues to fund and support world-class breast cancer research in Ireland.

Regional Health Authority West member Cllr Evelyn Parsons has called for sustained and permanent investment in breast cancer services across the West, following confirmation from the HSE that recent improvements in waiting times have been achieved through temporary additional capacity.

Free health screening will be available in the Ballybane Community Hub on Thursday April 23 from 7pm.

More than one in two people will develop some form of cancer during their lifetime. It can occur at any age but it is rare in the young. Half of those diagnosed with the condition in Ireland are aged 68 or over.

BreastCheck, Ireland’s free national breast screening programme, provides screening in Galway at our permanent Western Unit, University Hospital Galway, providing free breast screening to women.

The Irish Cancer Society has remembered the life of Vicky Phelan upon her death this week, noting that the nation is “truly richer” for her contribution made to Irish life.

The HSE Regional Health Forum took place this week

Lung screening should be added to Ireland’s list of cancer screening programmes to help save more lives, the Irish Cancer Society has urged.

Fianna Fáil Galway City East councillor, Alan Cheevers, is calling for the screening age for bowel cancer to be reduced from its current age range of 60 to 69, to 50 to 69 instead.

Q. Do I need to register for the free cancer screening programmes and when do I become eligible?