UCAN IRELAND

Today is the launch of the United Cancer Advocates Network Ireland Who are we and what is our mission? Tune in to The Last Word @TodayFM at 5.45pm to find out! Please Share. #UnitedCancerVoices

The sun is shining and temperatures are high. Remember the 5 S’s of SunSmart: Slip on clothing, Slop on sunscreen, Slap on a hat, Seek shade, Slide on sunglasses. Stay protected and enjoy the sunshine safely. #SunSmart #SkinCancerPrevention

The Right to Be Forgotten Legislation. Get all the latest news on the EGM Cancer Support app member.clubspot.app/club/egm-cance…

No timeframe for recruitment of new NCCP Director bit.ly/3RBzGQA @hseNCCP @IrishCancerSoc #cancer #cancercare #oncology

We are happy to share our UCAN Ireland Chair Miriam Staunton will be speaking at Patient Solutions on November 3rd, along with a number of our UCAN team members. We look forward to connecting with you! @IMT_latest @mimsireland patientsolutions.ie/pasc2026/en/pa…

TDs call for 📅 Faster timelines 🚀 Early access schemes 🤝 Stronger relationships with drug companies 🔬 Modernised protocols that keep pace with innovation. To speed up access to life saving drugs. @UCANIRELAND @IrishCancerSoc

Prof. Barry against an early access programme and blames pharma for all the delays in our drug approval system. Ireland exports €140 billion in pharmaceutical products for drugs he states don't work? Make it make sense. @UCANIRELAND rte.ie/news/2026/0621…

The #BEAT Bench's 'Grand Tour' has reached #Belfast in time for @Ovacome Patient Wellbeing Day @europahotel , Fri 18th June. Sparking conversations in relation to #OvarianCancer. #gynaecancer #cancerawareness 🩵

OvaCare will be attending this event. For more information check out the website. patientsolutions.ie/pasc2026/en/pa…

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Girls given #HPV vaccine at 12–13 cuts cervical cancer deaths to almost zero. Boys need protection too. HPV is linked to several cancers such as penile, head, throat and neck. @healthdpt @CR_UK @Isgoppi @EngageEsgo @UCANIRELAND @publichealthni 👇

Men’s Health Week. Approx. 12,000 men are diagnosed with cancer each year in Ireland. Skin, prostate, bowel & lung cancers are the most common. Find out in this flipbook (please scan the QR code) how you can reduce your risk. publuu.com/flip-book/7087… #menshealthweek

Great to see the #BEAT symptoms being highlighted on the lower kimmage road billboard. Continuing our awareness campaign @WOCCnews @WorldGOday we need more of these across the country #ovariancancer @jcdecauxireland

Our CEO spoke to @irishexaminer today: "We need to knock the relevant heads together — in the next 6 months, design something so no one else has to take to the streets to get their medicine." Action now. Not another process. irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4186… @roinnslainte @CarrollJennifer

Men’s Health Week. Approx. 12,000 men are diagnosed with cancer each year in Ireland.Skin,prostate, bowel & lung cancers are the most common.Find out in this flipbook (please scan the QR code) how you can reduce your risk.Go to your GP if you notice anything unusual.

The ISMO After-ASCO 2026 Virtual Updates Meeting takes place online on Wednesday, 24 June, from 7.00–9.00pm. Organised by ISMO in partnership with Cancer Trials Ireland, this annual event will share key ASCO 2026 highlights for the oncology community in Ireland. Our speaker line-up will cover skin, lung, genitourinary, gastrointestinal, breast and CNS oncology, alongside AI at ASCO and patient-partnered research and PPI. Visit our website to see the full agenda and register: bit.ly/4elcwGZ #ASCO2026 #Oncology #CancerTrials #PatientInvolvement

Tomorrow morning, I will start another 168 hour on call shift.

Minister details plan to review system for approving new drugs lynchsyndromeireland.com/2026/06/13/min… via @lynchsyndromirl

#Day161 of #100daysofwalking Not long home from Dublin 😴 and the close of #CancerRevolution by @BreakthroCancer What a powerful Exhibition that offers us all hope upon a cancer diagnosis. #Wednesday #June2026

Thank you Stephen. We need people to see this public health message where they live, work and socialise, not find it by chance. #ovariancancer #gynaecancers #womenshealth 👇