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Health: ‘you can live long and well with multiple myeloma’
Margaret Hawkins
Mother-of-four Mag Kirwan from Co Kilkenny, and dad-of-five Dermot O’Leary from Co Cork talk about the treatments that have helped them get on with living with multiple myeloma.
9 October 2024 Health
Health: the gift of life
Twelve years ago, broadcaster Brendan McArdle donated a kidney to his brother, Colin, to save his life. They both share their experience, writes Margaret Hawkins.
30 August 2024 Features
Donegal Camino to raise €100,000 for families affected by cancer
The opening of the Donegal Camino is taking place this Sunday at Malin Head, Inishowen, to raise vital funds for Cancer Care West Services, writes Sarah McIntosh.
Katherine O'Leary: ‘cancer treatment is tough until you can’t have it’
Katherine O’Leary got quite a shock when she suddenly couldn’t have chemotherapy due to high enzymes in her liver.
7 August 2024 Katherine O'Leary
Health: who is falling between the care cracks?
Cancer care has come a long way but there are still major inequalities, writes Margaret Hawkins.
26 June 2024 Health
Katherine O'Leary: Groundhog Day - the cancer is back and I feel broken
I could not write about this before now. The cancer is back. By the time you read this, I will have received my third round of new chemotherapy, writes Katherine O’Leary.
12 June 2024 Katherine O'Leary
From a hob, two pots and a mixer to artisan food producer of the year
When Miena Rust started making nougat, an adviser dismissed her business – now she is the Blas na hÉireann producer of the year and her nougat is sold nationwide, writes Maria Moynihan.
8 May 2024 Features