This quarterly newsletter shares cancer prevention facts and initiatives. You can contact the ICPN at [email protected] to share your cancer prevention initiatives.
A landmark study published in The Lancet (June 2026) provides powerful new evidence that human papillomavirus vaccination (HPV) is saving lives, significantly reducing deaths from cervical cancer among young women. Researchers analysed nationwide data in England from 2001 to 2024, examining mortality trends before and after the introduction of the HPV vaccination programme in 2008 […]
The HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) and Healthy Ireland have once again teamed up with the GAA and GAA Cúl Camps to support the Healthy Ireland SunSmart campaign and encourage everyone to protect their skin and stay safe in the sun this summer. The partnership will continue throughout summer 2026, with a strong focus […]
The Irish Cancer Society “Your Health Matters” Roadshow The “Your Health Matters” Roadshow events continue throughout the summer in the following venues: Charlestown Shopping Centre, Finglas, Dublin 11 – 1st & 2nd July (Weds & Thurs) MacDonagh Junction Shopping Centre, Kilkenny – 29th & 30th July (Weds & Thurs) Laois Shopping Centre, Portlaoise – 12th […]
Bord Bia Bloom 2026 – Empowering at Every Step More than 100,000 visitors attended Bord Bia Bloom 2026, where the Marie Keating Foundation’s show garden, Empowering at Every Step, highlighted the importance of cancer prevention, screening and early detection. The garden focused on the five most common cancers in Ireland and encouraged visitors to take […]
Save the date – International Cancer Screening Network conference 2027 to take place in Dublin The International Cancer Screening Network (ICSN), in partnership with the HSE National Screening Service, is delighted to announce its biennial conference, ICSN 2027, will take place from 16 to 18 June 2027 at Trinity Business School, Dublin. The theme for […]
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Coalition Against Sunbeds
A newly launched Coalition Against Sunbeds has called for a total ban on sunbeds, which directly cause 5% of all melanoma skin cancers in Ireland. This means over 70 people are diagnosed with melanoma in Ireland each year due to sunbeds. Banning sunbeds would help to save lives by decreasing risk factors for melanoma and […]
My name is Grace O’Sullivan. I have been appointed as a Programme Manager in the National Cancer Control Programme. I will be working across the areas of cancer prevention, early detection and hereditary cancer. I have joined the NCCP from HSE Clinical Programmes where, since 2016, I managed the HSE Endoscopy Programme, the National Clinical […]