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People are dying from a very treatable disease

Sunday January 31 2010

The recent announcement that a limited colorectal cancer screening programme will be introduced in Ireland is welcome. We have one of the highest rates of the disease in the world, with 2,000 Irish people diagnosed annually. Tragically, 900 die.

My Make Up And Me

Friday January 29 2010

Chloe Lawlor divides her time between modeling assignments and working for the Irish Cancer Society. She tells us all her beauty tips and secrets.

Screening programme will exclude two groups most at risk

Saturday January 16 2010

THE national bowel screening programme will initially be confined to people in their 60s -- even though they account for just half of those who develop the disease each year.

Great and good ideas to reignite our failing economy

Shane Ross Sunday December 06 2009

THERE are still three days to go before Finance Minister Brian Lenihan delivers his Budget speech, and already the sparks are flying.

Waiting list for vital cancer tests rises 34pc

Saturday December 05 2009

THE number of people waiting more than six months for a test to detect if they have bowel cancer has risen 34pc since September, worrying new figures revealed yesterday.

Rita de Bruin: I couldn't make ends meet and, for the first time, I felt powerless to turn problems around

Saturday December 05 2009

l More and more people are desperately in need of the support and services offered by our charities. The Irish Independent is hoping that our readers can join us in supporting such worthy causes as the Irish Cancer Society, Irish Heart Foundation, Barnardos, Simon Community, Aware and St Vincent de Paul.

'I was devastated when the doctor told me I had cancer -- but I survived'

Monday November 30 2009

One in three of us will get cancer. Will it be your parent, partner, child? It's a shocking thought, but the statistics are stark. The number of reported cases in this country is expected to rise from 24,000 this year to more than 40,000 by 2020.

A homeless man begs for change on a Dublin street earlier this year. Simon is one of the many charities currently struggling to gain funds

Charity really does begin at home this year

Friday November 27 2009

THERE'S no room at the inn. That's a message we're used to hearing in Christmas nativity plays, but in the real world there can be no more devastating a response for a homeless person looking for shelter on a cold winter's night.