Category: Issue 6 February 2025

The Irish Cancer Prevention Network held a free public webinar on February 4th for World Cancer Day. Experts discussed tobacco and vaping, healthy eating, melanotan II and alcohol in relation to cancer risk. You can watch back the full webinar or the individual talks using the links below. Your cancer prevention questions answered webinar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hjAP38eFxSM […]

Over 500 people are diagnosed with Oesophageal Cancer each year in Ireland. Symptoms include difficulty swallowing food, ongoing heartburn or acid reflux, a persistent cough or unexplained weight loss. The Oesophageal Cancer Fund provides several resources for your use: Social media assets: https://ocf.ie/media-resources/ Patient supports: https://ocf.ie/patient-support/#patient-support Research: https://ocf.ie/research Please contact [email protected]  for more information.

This competition is run in partnership with Healthy Ireland and the HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme. It is now in its fourth year and will run until Friday, 28 March 2025. Open to pre-school and primary school-aged children, it aims to increase awareness of the importance of following everyday protective behaviours that help to reduce […]

We are inviting 25,000 women to come for cervical screening a few months before their due date in 2025. Our data modelling for the next two years shows that a larger-than-usual number of women will be due their cervical screening in late 2025 and throughout 2026. By inviting these women now, we can make sure […]

The HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP), in collaboration with Healthy Ireland and cross-sectoral partners are working together to support people to reduce their risk of skin cancer by raising awareness of the dangers of using sunbeds. This campaign will run all year round and aims to raise awareness that sunbeds emit UV radiation and […]

#Talking HPV The Marie Keating Foundation Talks Cancer podcast – #TalkingHPV covers the facts around HPV in Ireland, including dispelling myths and its impact for those born male and female. Guests include the Foundation’s Assistant Director of Nursing Bernie Carter, Dr. Cara Martin, Associate Professor, Histopathology and Molecular Medicine Ireland, Trinity College Dublin, and patient […]

Click here to order the 2025 Cancer Prevention Awareness Day calendar https://www.healthpromotion.ie/products/cancer-prevention-awareness-day-calendar-2025 Order hard copies of reducing cancer risk resources from healthpromotion.ie by selecting ‘cancer’ under the search by topic drop down menu.