Rowan O'Neill is staging the gig to give back to the Irish Cancer Society and all in the oncology unit in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, in Drogheda

Chantal Halley was honoured last week for her work at the All-Island Cancer Research Institute

The Daffodil Day fundraiser across Waterford City and County raised over €74,000 for the Irish Cancer Society, which was presented to them recently in the Holy Cross Bar 

It comes after the Irish Cancer Society warned that cancer survival rates are unlikely to improve because services are underfunded.

In 2024, an additional €20 million was requested by the HSE for the national cancer strategy. That funding was not provided.

The new code will help cancer survivors who have previously faced difficulty in accessing mortgage protection insurance due to their diagnosis

Irish Cancer Society chief executive Averil Power said a promise in the Programme for Government that cancer patients would not have to pay hospital parking charges has still not been implemented