Aine Lawlor to discuss breast cancer treatment on RTÉ tonight

The Morning Ireland presenter made a surprise return to the airwaves yesterday morning, and will chat with Miriam O’Callaghan on her show tonight.

07/07/12 5,377 Views 20 Comments

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MORNING IRELAND PRESENTER Aine Lawlor will be back on the air for the second time this week when she appears on Saturday Night with Miriam tonight.

Last October the broadcaster announced that she would be taking time off from the morning current affairs show to undergo medical treatment for breast cancer.

In March her colleague Cathal Mac Coille said that Lawlor hoped to return to her regular slot by the end of the year, but she’s returned much sooner than that, surprising listeners by getting back to work yesterday.

She had been scheduled to return on Monday, but decided to come back a day early without causing any fuss.

Her name trended on Twitter for a time yesterday as well wishers welcomed her back to Morning Ireland, including colleague Des Cahill:

Lawlor will discuss her battle with breast cancer with Miriam O’Callaghan. She made a brief return to RTÉ last month to present some of the coverage of the Bloom event in the Phoenix Park.

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ciaran burke 07/07/12 #

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Fair play to her . If it increases awareness and her being well known can only help. As 4 green monkey ..there’s always one.

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Phil Prendergast 07/07/12 #

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I really admire this woman. She is brave , unassuming , and is a great role model. I wish her well and am delighted she is back on M I

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Richard Lennon 07/07/12 #

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Great to see Aine Lawlor back. Shes a class presenter allways fair when interviewing people on the Morning Ireland show.

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Joan Featherstone 07/07/12 #

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I don’t listen to her, but sincerely wish her well, I’ve been down that road and it’s not a journey anybody wants to make believe me. Talk and awareness is what’s its about, it saves lives! So shut up first post.

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Sean Slevin 08/07/12 #

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I like Aine but can’t stand Miriam.
‘Good evening and Walcome’
and her stupid sideways girlie look and her stupid super mum interviews about how it pains her to leave her children (all 16 of them) to go to work.
er….. Make a choice Miriam or shut up.
And the guests? Jeez. Does she just walk down the RTE corridor knocking on doors?
You know the typical guest list…
Larry Gogan
Amanda Brunker
Daniel O’Donnell
Pat Shortt
Mike Murphy

Arghhhhhhhh!
I hate these stupid Irish shows like Brendan O’Connor and his greasy head.

We want guests…
We want
John Cleese
Anthony Hopkins
Carla Bruni
not sh1te presented as entrainment where it’s like Tues morning in the RTE canteen.

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- Alan Larkin 08/07/12 #
  
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  Bring back Gay Byrne to the Late Late show !!!!!
  
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- John Mc Carthy 08/07/12 #
  
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  Well said Sean
  
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Joan Featherstone 07/07/12 #

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There’s some strange people out there, red thumbing well wishes to someone recovering from cancer!

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Aoife McCarrick 07/07/12 #

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Delighted that she is speaking about it – however it is not the only cancer that women can get – lots of women get lung cancer but that is not spoken about – we could do with more awareness of that.

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peepingass 07/07/12 #

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Perverse, not strange. Where is their humanity?

Seems that someone is ‘disliking’ the positive comments as they appear – see the ‘sixes and sevens’ in the totals! A one-man band? Could not possibly be a woman?

I don’t accept that there are as many individual begrudgers out there in relation to this traumatic subject.

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- Joan Featherstone 07/07/12 #
  
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  Probably not, but nonetheless its not amusing, subject is far too serious!
  
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Mojammel Bd 19/07/12 #

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My spouse and i ended up being totally pleased to help all of a sudden listen to your ex speech on Exclusive morning hours, and was equally pleased (as somebody who has saved through bust cancer) to have your ex speech people seen within the matter connected with cancer malignancy.

Cancer Treatment

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The Green Monkey 07/07/12 #

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Was her getting breast cancer any more important than the thousands of other women who suffer from cancer and we don’t hear about. Being part of the Montrose circle should not mean her story should be heard above anyone else’s ……….. You heard me

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- Katie Does 07/07/12 #
  
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  Not more important, but just as important.
  
  I was absolutely delighted to unexpectedly hear her voice on Friday morning, and am equally delighted (as someone who has recovered from breast cancer) to have her voice those heard on the issue of cancer.
  
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- Poppy 07/07/12 #
  
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  I presume the reason she will speak about it is to help other women who are going through the same…..it’s not something most women would like to have to discuss openly in front of the whole country !!
  
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- Colm King 07/07/12 #
  
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  The point is, Green Monkey, that what she’s done is gone off from work for a year, undergone the harsh reality and challenging treatment of breast cancer, and come back fighting after only a year.
  
  She’s shown such courage in talking about her cancer, and not letting it take away from her praised broadcasting.
  
  Being a presenter of the most listened to radio programme in the country, and willing to divulge so much personal trauma to hundreds of thousands of people tonight, shows great bravery.
  
  The Irish Cancer Society says on their website 25,000 women contact them every year with worries. With Aine going public like that, maybe that number can be increased, making more people aware of the symptoms and early diagnosis, hopefully reducing the mortality rate of cancer.
  
  As a comment on Independent.ie says, she’s one of the few in RTE without an ego.
  
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- peepingass 07/07/12 #
  
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  Mean-spirited Monkey! What’s your story?
  
  Would you prefer not to hear any woman’s story, at all? Just for a perverse sense of ‘balance?’
  
  I for one want to hear Áine’s story. That doesn’t mean that other sufferers’ stories are unimportant to me! But how can I possibly hear all of them? I am sure that many will be similar to Áine’s story, and will help to shed light on what women suffer in rthe fight against cancer.
  
  For the record, I regard Áine Lawlor as a true professional – a brave person, and not just a member of any imaginary or privileged ‘circle.’
  
  It’s a pity we heard you, and your small-mindedness!
  
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- Alan Larkin 07/07/12 #
  
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  @peepingass Thumbs Up for the fáda alone! ;-)
  
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- Barry McSweeney 07/07/12 #
  
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  Any chance of prostate cancer receiving equal publicity?
  
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- UnderTheRadar 08/07/12 #
  
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  Alan. There’s no fada on fada.
  
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Aine Lawlor to discuss breast cancer treatment on RTÉ tonight