# Lung Cancer

Last year

2022

Voices

Opinion: Lung cancer screening must be introduced to address health inequalities

Rachel Morrogh says Ireland must keep pace with other countries and examines how lung screening can be introduced here.

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Jan 30th 2022, 7:30 AM

All time

# smoking age

Three-quarters of people want legal age to buy tobacco raised to 21, poll shows

A total of 73% of the people surveyed are in favour of raising the age for the sale of cigarettes from 18 to 21

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Nov 16th 2021, 12:54 PM

Voices

Opinion: Radon kills thousands in Ireland but the gas is completely preventable

EcoEye producer Marcus Stewart explains how some straightforward policy moves can bring deaths from the radioactive gas under control.

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May 15th 2021, 6:30 PM

# Cancer

'A kind heart': Former Emmerdale actress Leah Bracknell dies three years after cancer diagnosis

Bracknell’s cancer diagnosis came to light in October 2016.

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Oct 16th 2019, 6:59 PM

# Breathing

Children born today will die 20 months sooner than expected because of air pollution

The new research shows that air pollution now rivals smoking as a fact in life expectancy reduction.

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Apr 3rd 2019, 9:01 AM

Voices

Opinion: We need to remove the stigma around lung cancer - no one should be blamed for getting it

Smoking is one of the primary causes of lung cancer and some patients feel they are being blamed for having cancer, writes Dr Anne-Marie Baird.

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Feb 4th 2019, 6:00 PM

# lung cancer awareness

'All of a sudden she has a mass on her left lung': Former NFL player Chris Draft on losing his wife to lung cancer

He was speaking as part of the Irish Cancer Society’s Lung Cancer Awareness Campaign.

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Jan 27th 2019, 6:30 PM

# Health

'This doesn't need to continue': Concerns over 'worrying' rise in lung cancer diagnoses made in A&E

Recent data revealed that one in four lung cancer diagnoses are made in emergency departments.

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Jan 15th 2019, 8:00 AM

# Nivolumab

'We can live normal lives': Life extending drug now available to hundreds of lung cancer patients

About 2,500 Irish people are diagnosed with lung cancer every year.

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Sep 5th 2018, 6:10 AM

# Toxic

People living in areas of high radon exposure at higher risk of lung cancer

The ESRI has linked cancer figures with geographical data on radon gas.

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Feb 8th 2018, 9:24 AM

# What You Play For

'I'm aware that she's not there. It's just the habit of after games I have to ring my Mam'

Eight-time All-Ireland winner Gemma O’Connor speaks to The42 about the loss of her mother and her All-Ireland winning 2017 with Cork camogie.

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Dec 25th 2017, 3:00 PM

# ageing population

'We are facing into a cancer epidemic': More people are surviving, but diagnoses continue to rise

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in both women and men.

44.0k

Nov 7th 2017, 6:30 AM

# men's health week

'I was a firefighter at the time so I had an idea of what the body was doing to me. It was telling me to cop on'

64-year-old Rory Mooney has had to face cancer twice. Like many men, he was reluctant to get his symptoms checked.

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Jun 12th 2017, 12:09 PM

# hotspot

Warning to locals as high rates of cancer-causing radioactive gas discovered in Galway

Up to 250 radon-related lung cancer cases are diagnosed in Ireland each year.

22.4k

Feb 28th 2017, 1:45 PM

# Respect

Netherlands-France match halted for Cruyff tribute

The Dutch legend died on Thursday from lung cancer at the age of 68.

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Mar 25th 2016, 8:44 PM

# Medical Negligence

Woman receives payout of €60,000 from HSE over husband's death

The case was for medical negligence and a breach of duty of care.

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Mar 11th 2016, 7:37 PM

# Progress

Good news as cancer rates among Irish men start to plateau

There is concern, however, about lung cancer rates among women as they continue to rise.

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Dec 14th 2015, 6:00 AM

# Cough Cough

Who said that? Don't be shocked by coughing and talking bus shelters

It’s part of a campaign to raise awareness of the key signs of lung cancer.

8.9k

May 20th 2015, 2:17 PM

Voices

Why are tobacco companies opposing this so vigorously? They're afraid.

Multinational tobacco companies don’t want to see Ireland introduce plain packaging because they know it works, writes Minister James Reilly.

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Feb 20th 2015, 2:20 PM

# Cancer

'I miss that bit of lung they took away - not badly, mind you'

Frank Cox got lung cancer at the same age his dad died from it.

20.7k

Jan 18th 2015, 10:15 AM

# Breakthrough

New treatment could drop recurrence by half for some lung cancer sufferers

A new radiation treatment could lengthen the lives of those suffering from small-cell lung cancer.

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Sep 15th 2014, 7:15 AM

# Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is being diagnosed faster, but remains Ireland's most fatal cancer

The disease accounts for about 20 per cent of cancer deaths in Ireland.

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May 12th 2014, 6:38 PM

# RIP

Gerry Collins, who appeared in hard-hitting anti-smoking ads, has died

The 57-year-old father-of-three was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer last year.

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Mar 3rd 2014, 12:30 PM

# Cancer

Comedian shares funny and heartbreaking tweets from dying father's bedside

Laurie Kilmartin’s father is dying from lung cancer.

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Feb 27th 2014, 6:00 PM

Voices

Column: We owe it to the next generation to fight tobacco with everything we've got

How can we protect our young people from the tactics of the tobacco industry? The answer is simple: plain packaging, writes Kathleen O’Meara.

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Feb 13th 2014, 7:00 AM

# thank you for not smoking

This woman had to give up her job, swimming and going to the salon...because of smoking

Paula Newman and two other smokers with lung cancer, heart problems and COPD urge kids to not smoke in three short video messages.

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Jan 23rd 2014, 9:30 PM

# Cancer

Simple blood test can diagnose lung and other cancers

Compounds that appear to be new screening markers were identified in the US study.

7.1k

Oct 16th 2013, 6:15 AM

Voices

Column: Cancer is a subject still cloaked in darkness – we're trying to lighten the conversation

Talking about cancer is never fun, but we’re trying to make it easier. The Irish Cancer Society’s upcoming Colour Dash will try to bring some colour and vibrancy to the cancer cause, writes helpline nurse Naomi Fitzgibbon.

Jul 22nd 2013, 12:58 PM

# risk factor

Even low levels of air pollution can lead to lung cancer, major new study shows

Researchers found that there was “no threshold below which there was no risk” in a major study of 300,000 people.

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Jul 10th 2013, 6:45 AM

# Smoking

Smokers' group slams introduction of graphic health warnings

Forest Eirean said smokers already know the health risks and the warnings are “unnecessarily intrusive” and “gratuitously offensive”.

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Jan 30th 2013, 1:35 PM

# Lung Cancer

Irish study reveals role of genetic mutations in lung cancer treatment

The research will give a better understanding of how patients respond to a combination of treatments and will hopefully make lung cancer controllable in the future.

4.1k

Jan 23rd 2013, 11:25 AM

# Cancer

Pilot study says dogs can sniff out lung cancer

The results of the study were so encouraging that a two year study, ten times larger will now take place.

3.8k

Dec 5th 2012, 3:38 PM

# Charity

Kerry farmer raises over €20,000 for cancer research grants

Kevin Curran raised the money by driving his vintage tractor Betsy across America’s Route 66 in memory of his wife.

4.9k

Nov 28th 2012, 6:45 AM

# Cigarettes

US court upholds block on graphic cigarette warnings

The government can’t force tobacco companies to put graphic warnings on cigarette packets.

9.2k

Aug 24th 2012, 8:29 PM

# Cancer

World Health Organisation: diesel fumes cause cancer

The World Health Organisation has said that diesel exhaust fumes are more carcinogenic than second-hand smoke

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Jun 13th 2012, 8:43 AM

# Smoking

Tobacco has killed 50 million people in the past decade - report

Tobacco-related illnesses will cause the deaths of one billion people in the next century if trends continue, the Tobacco Atlas has revealed.

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Mar 23rd 2012, 8:14 AM

# Cancer

Irish scientists make ‘important discovery’ on lung cancer

The findings could lead to new treatments for the potentially deadly condition, according to researchers.

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Jan 24th 2012, 7:15 AM

# Smoking

Graphic photographs to be placed on cigarette packets

Minister for Health James Reilly has said that he hopes the images, which show the negative health impacts associated with smoking, will ‘shock’ people into thinking about the impact of smoking.

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Dec 21st 2011, 5:00 PM