Irish Research Radiation Oncology Group

Today we stand with our funders, the @IrishCancerSoc on Daffodil Day. Their €1M annual support helps bring cancer trials to patients and families in Ireland, giving access to new drugs and treatments and driving progress. Together, we’re going all in against cancer. #DaffodilDay2026 #DaffodilDay #TeamIrishCancerSociety

Fantastic news and credit to all those who campaigned (against illogical objections) to achieve this. A big win for patients.

🔊There is now a SABR clinical trial available for all Renal Cell Carcinoma patients in 🇮🇪 🟢 Localised = IROCK Registry ⚪️ Oligomets = SIMPLIFY SABR COMET 🟠 Metastatic = SAMURAI NRG-GU012 #RCC #SABR #UrologyMDT #RadOnc #ClinicalTrials

irrog.com/blog/irish-can… An honour to receive the @IrishCancerSoc Research Award for our Open Trial. A proud moment for the St Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network! 👏 Thanks to the patients who shaped the trial design and who participated in the study-you made this possible! 🤝

Huge congratulations to Aoife Shannon, Radiotherapy Programme Manager at Cancer Trials Ireland, on winning Support Staff of the Year 2026 at the @IrishCancerSoc Research Awards 🎉⭐️ For 17 years, Aoife has championed radiotherapy trials in 🇮🇪, enabling sites to open complex studies and helping patients access cutting-edge research. So well deserved 👏

The SIMPLIFY-SABR-COMET trial is now open at the Mater Private in Dublin. This final site activation means every planned site in Ireland is now open for the study. Well done to the Mater Private team, and to PI Prof Daniel Cagney and NLI Prof Aisling Barry. #cancertrials @IRROGTrials @BCCancer

If you’re an NCHD with an interest in oncology, this is your reminder to submit an abstract for the 2026 National Training Day. Case reports, audits and research projects welcome. Top abstracts will receive prizes, presented at the close of the meeting. Deadline: 14 January, 5.00pm. Read more: bit.ly/45EUdHF

At the #IROG 2025 Annual Meeting @aislingbarryro spoke on Expanding Trials in Ireland @DrSineadBrennan @IRROGTrials @tcddublin @cancertrials_ie

SABR-COMET-3 has reached its accrual target. The trial is sponsored by @BCCancer and was opened in Ireland by Cancer Trials Ireland, NLI Prof John Armstrong. @PaulKRadiation and the team at @BonsCancerCork w/ @UPMCinIreland ranked among the top 10 recruiting sites worldwide 💪 🇮🇪 #CancerTrials #SABRCOMET3 #Radiotherapy #Cancer #Ireland

Cancer Trials Ireland Vice-Clinical Lead, @gerryhanna @CancerInstIRE @tcddublin presenting on ‘The Future of Radiation Oncology Research’. A wide-ranging presentation covering many critical topics in cancer research, including biomarkers, AI workflows, and radiomics. #IRROG #CancerTrials @IRROGTrials

@PattyDiezH @gerryhanna @aislingbarryro @DrSineadBrennan Was great to have you over @PattyDiezH! Really appreciated the insights on running RTQA programmes and ensuring highest quality of treatment for patients on trials.

On my way home from @IRROGTrials. Thanks for having me & planting a tree! What a great conference and dedicated team. Congratulations on what you have achieved so far and looking forward to working with you over the next few years #clinicaltrials

Huge congrats to our very own @OrlaCashman 🤩🤩🤩@CanResUCC

Since launching our Value of Cancer Trials report on 10 Nov, momentum has been building behind a clear message: cancer trials generate significant economic value and are an essential investment. @RTEOne coverage and strong sector feedback have helped amplify this case. Read more: bit.ly/48Dnrsk #CancerTrials #CancerTrialsIreland #ValueOfCancerTrials

CEO of @cancertrials_ie Angela Clayton-Lea gives the @IRROGTrials meeting a superb overview of the work of CTI Also highlights the new service of FTLI - feast track low risk investigations which seeks to accelerate IIT studies led by Irish researchers Great to partnership between IRROG and CTI delivering in accelerating trial provision for patients

Fantastic overview from Dr Claire Kilty, @IrishCancerSoc Head of Research, at the @IRROGTrials Conference on the Society’s major impact on cancer trials, including their €1M per year support for Cancer Trials Ireland. Their funding drives research across RT, survivorship, surgical + patient-led studies. #CancerTrials #CancerCare #Research #Ireland

A massive thanks to everyone who has contributed to the IRROG conference today. A fantastic day so far, looking forward to our final key note speaker: Dr. Laura Dawson

To all of you there who treat #lungcancer, and to my medical oncology friends in particular who have followed the ‘big pharma’ terminology - this word is a major issue #cancer care…. #lcsm great article here; open.substack.com/pub/brianlawen…

Superb presentation by #SLICR #Physics Fellow Ciaran Malone at our #AITRON lunch time catch up meeting Ciaran covered: ➡️ AI in #radonc ➡️ How mountaineering may help #SGRT ➡️ Synthetic CT Great to see how interdisciplinary research really delivers and the amazing output of Ciaran, Jill and @SamanthaJRyanJ Thanks to everyone for joining. Next meeting Friday 16th January 2026

📆Save the date! The National Training Day takes place early 2026 at @ucddublin A full day for the oncology research community - spanning medical, radiation and surgical oncology, haematology, translational research, allied health and clinical research teams. Expect trainee presentations, expert sessions, discussion of hidden-curriculum topics like mentorship and wellbeing, plus insights into AI and digital tools. Registration opens soon. @IRROGTrials @RCSI_NSRSC ISMO

@DrewMoghanaki shows us why more patients with early stage #lungcancer will have SABR over surgery -#SABR2025