Rachel Lennon ❤

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[Rachel Lennon ❤ @Raquellemon]

Isobel is 8weeks old today 🥰 the happiness and joy she’s brought to our life’s it’s beyond words our perfect princess 💕 @Craic_Epidemic

[Gemma Trout @ladygtrout]

Our blood cancer CNSs have spoken, let’s work together to support their vital role in caring for the blood cancer community ❤️

[sinead power @sineadp51255903]

A reminder that the @IrishCancerSoc Daffodil Centre @CUH_Cork
is available to anyone concerned about or dealing with cancer. Please get in touch if we can be of any support 0214234536 usual hours Mon-Fri 9-5pm #daffodilcentre #support #information

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Lá an Dreoilín shona daoibh.

[NCCP @hseNCCP]

Today is World Cervical Cancer Elimination Day. Support Ireland’s vision to make cervical cancer rare in every community.
➡️ Choose the HPV vaccine
➡️ Choose cervical screening
➡️ Go for treatment when needed
https://t.co/06Y1VbuJXH
#TogetherTowardsElimination

[Audrey O'Halloran @AudreyOHalloran]

✨️ Fantastic study day from National AYA Team 👏👏

[James Blunt @JamesBlunt]

You’re a little slow to the party.

[NCCP @hseNCCP]

The @hseNCCP congratulates the Adolescent and Young Adults (AYA) #Cancer Service Network (AYACSN) who are celebrating the 100th National Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Multi-disciplinary Meeting (MDM) – A #milestone in Youth-Centered #CancerCare

[Irish Cancer Society @IrishCancerSoc]

Researchers from @DCU are inviting people with physical disabilities who've experienced cancer, or support a person with cancer and a physical disability daily, to take part in a study on supportive cancer care. Your voice can help! @noreenacoyle supported by @IrishCancerSoc @DCU

[michaeltmccarthy @mccarthymt7]

Apart from the issues of infrastructure and staffing capacity, this is pretty much the most difficult issue to address in Irish healthcare at the moment.

I’ve thought about this issue for many years, and there is no easy right answer.

Ireland spent ~€140m on anti-cancer drugs in 2012. In 2024 it was ~€600m. Despite this increase in spending, Ireland is just not keeping pace with international standards of care. And the pace of change in standards is accelerating, not slowing down.

If the reimbursement process does not use the extra staff from Mazars, and the new EU JCA to accelerate decision making, in my view the whole system will fall apart very obviously.

Kudos to @roinnslainte and @CarrollJennifer for taking this on. Any nudge in favour of cancer patients will help to stabilise the system.

https://t.co/bXUgsRG40M

[CancerTrialsIreland 🌈 @cancertrials_ie]

Today, we launch #CancerNeedsTrials.

Cancer trials give patients access to tomorrow’s treatments today — but in Ireland, access is limited and funding is a barrier.

We’re calling on the government to invest so more patients can benefit. Add your voice: https://t.co/jfwceeNSoL

#CancerNeedsTrials #CancerTrialsIreland

[Gemma Trout @ladygtrout]

Calling all blood cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists 🚨. Please complete the survey below to ensure we gain the insight we need to best support our vital CNS workforce ❤️

[World Gynecologic Oncology Day @WorldGOday]

As cancer survivor & patient advocate Kath Mazzella shared with us last week—not enough people know the symptoms of vulvar cancer!
Take note about:

💜 itching
💜 pain or tenderness
💜 thickening skin
💜bleeding between periods
💜 a new lump or growth
💜 burning when you pee

[michaeltmccarthy @mccarthymt7]

On the topic of anti-cancer drug reimbursement in Ireland:

Until relatively recently, the role of a medical oncologist was to weigh up the probable benefits and toxicities of the best available anticancer therapy, and offer professional advice, based on data and experience on the best possible option. At the threat of being sued if they made a bad decision.

Increasingly, the best possible treatment option is not available to medical oncologists as an option.

The best possible treatment option is a question relating to published clinical trial data, international clinical guidelines, and professional opinion, for specific cancer patients.

All of the people currently charged with the responsibility of making reimbursement decisions for new cancer drugs in Ireland have a very difficult job.

As difficult as that job is, they do not have to sit in front of someone who has cancer now, requiring a clinical treatment decision.

Tomorrow, again, I will politely ask a drug company for free drug supply.

The balance is not right.

[Irish Cancer Society @IrishCancerSoc]

#MensHealthWeek kicks off today! 💙
We're spotlighting the Irish Cancer Society Liam Mc Trial and the new “Your Living Well Toolkit” -- a support for men for life beyond the programme, offering expert advice on physical activity, nutrition, emotional resilience and more!

[Dr. Sinead Kane @KaneSinead]

Angry, disturbed & distressed watching the #RTEInvestigates programme on elder abuse. The helplessness, betrayal, the injustice. Where are the core values: dignity, care, justice, compassion? Elder abuse violates every one of them. Infringement of rights
@HSELive #ElderAbuse

[𝕊𝕥𝕖𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕟 𝕋𝕖𝕒𝕡 @Stephenteap]

'Quest' strike again. Terribly sad to be reading about Leona and how she's been failed. My heart goes out to her, her husband and her very young family. Well done to Leona for taking them all on and getting to her truth.
#cervicalcheck

https://t.co/LRame70cFf via @rte

[Middle East Eye @MiddleEastEye]

"You don't ask the perpetrator of genocide."

In a searing interview with the BBC, paediatrician Dr Tanya Haj Hassan condemned the broadcaster for echoing Israeli government talking points as she recounted her harrowing experiences in Gaza.

Dr Haj Hassan, who recently returned from volunteering with Medical Aid for Palestinians, shared the devastating story of her colleague, Dr Alaa, a paediatric emergency doctor at Nasser Hospital.

While Dr Alaa was on call at the hospital, her home was bombed and nine of her children were killed, their bodies charred and dismembered beyond recognition. Her husband remains in critical condition.

Dr Haj Hassan described a healthcare system in collapse: intensive care units overflowing with maimed, orphaned children – many the sole survivors of their families.

She also questioned why the BBC has delayed the release of 'Medics Under Fire', a documentary it commissioned about systematic attacks on Gaza’s healthcare workers, calling for its immediate release.

[Irish Unity 🇮🇪🇵🇸 @IrishUnity]

“People in Ireland are kinder and more understanding and a bit more copped-on.”

- Cillian Murphy

[Sharon O'Toole @Shotoole81]

Thank you to @ClassicHitsRdio and @trinamarashow for the fantastic interview with @ClaireT1984 on #gynaecancer
for @OvCancerDay #WOCD2025 Some really good advice and more info on @thisisgo_ie
https://t.co/Nh7KWODW7l

[𝗔𝗺𝘆 𝗡𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗻 💛 @AmyNolanDublin]

Happy International #NursesDay 2025!

"Our Nurses. Our Future. Caring for nurses strengthens economies". 💙

Celebrating nurses and their vital role in strengthening healthcare systems.

12th May is celebrated across the globe, the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth.👏🏼