Daily Fix: Sunday

In today’s Fix: why a “breakthrough” cancer treatment will not be offered to public patients; 30 people injured in Belfast after double-decker bus overturns; and thousands march for equal marriage rights.

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A genetic test that could help women with breast cancer avoid having to undergo chemotherapy is not to be offered to public patients because it has been deemed too expensive. The test, Oncotype DX, has been available internationally for years but – at a cost of approximately €3,200 – it will only be offered to private patients in Ireland, the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics has said.
More than 30 people were injured when a double-decker bus overturned in Belfast city centre this afternoon. Nobody suffered life-threatening injuries in the accident, which occurred at 2pm on on the Albertbridge Road, however the bus driver had to be cut out of the vehicle by emergency workers.
Northern Ireland’s Deputy First Minister has called yesterday’s violence in Derry “unacceptable” and challenged those involved “to come out and try and defend the incidents”.
It has been revealed that a nine-year-old boy in Limerick was found with €1,500 worth of heroin last month, which he said he intended to swap for a horse. It is believed that the child, who is the son of a Limerick crime gang member, has now been sent abroad to live with relatives.
A 46-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a stabbing incident in Letterkenny, Co Donegal, in which four people, including a Garda Sergeant, were injured in the early hours of this morning.
Thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin today to demand equal marriage rights for gay couples – check out our slideshow below. What do you think of the issue? Let us know in today’s poll…

Daily Fix: Sunday

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3rd Annual March For Civil Marriage
3rd Annual March For Civil Marriage
3rd Annual March For Civil Marriage
3rd Annual March For Civil Marriage
3rd Annual March For Civil Marriage
3rd Annual March For Civil Marriage
3rd Annual March For Civil Marriage
3rd Annual March For Civil Marriage

Burma’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi tested the limits of her freedom today by taking her first political trip into the countryside since being released from house arrest.
Today in Norway, gunman Anders Behring Breivik was brought back to the island of Utoya, the scene where he fatally shot 69 people, by authorities attempting to piece together the tragic events of that day.
Libyan rebels and pro-Gaddafi fighters have clashed in the strategically important western city of Zawiya today.
A gay man and a transgender woman have tied the knot in Cuba in a first-of-its kind wedding for the country. The union is being hailed as a sign of how much the country’s attitude toward sexuality has changed since gays and transsexuals suffered persecution in the early years after the revolution.
Authorities in Kunming, China, have gone on the hunt for more fake “Apple Stores” – and found another 22 unauthorised sellers.
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