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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: Ashley Cain shares advice for other dads going through grief

Grief can be an extremely hard and lonely place, especially when going through the heartbreak of losing a child – as Ashley Cain knows only too well. The former Coventry City footballer and reality TV star lost his eight-month-old daughter Azaylia ...

01 Sept 2022 at 08:00

Cancer cells to be sent into space as part of childhood brain tumour research

Cancer cells will be heading to space as part of UK scientific experiments to understand more about an incurable childhood tumour. Researchers from The Institute of Cancer Research are sending samples of diffuse midline glioma to the ...

24 Mar 2023 at 00:01

Health & Wellbeing

Childhood Cancer Awareness Month: What are the warning signs that your child might have cancer?

It’s heart-breaking to see a child that’s seriously ill, particularly when they’ve got cancer and might not survive. But children do get the disease – and it’s being highlighted during September’s Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. ...

01 Sept 2023 at 09:00

Life

Ashley Cain: The grief of losing my daughter has made me stronger

Ashley Cain, endurance athlete, campaigner, reality star and ex-footballer, is holding back the tears as he relays the grief he carries every day, little more than two years after the death of his daughter, Azaylia, aged eight ...

27 Jun 2023 at 07:00

New drug could prevent hearing loss among child cancer patients

A new drug could help to prevent hearing loss among children with cancer, according to a new study. Experts said that a high number of patients who have a certain treatment for childhood cancers suffer permanent hearing loss. ...

31 Aug 2023 at 00:01

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New supports for families living with childhood cancer in Leitrim

National children’s cancer charity Childhood Cancer Ireland has announced a new series of workshops to help Leitrim parents overcome the trauma of a childhood cancer diagnosis. Approximately 60 children, adolescents and ...

20 Feb 2023 at 19:33

Mother tells of ‘light at the end of tunnel’ after daughter’s cancer recovery

A brave youngster diagnosed with leukaemia at just two weeks old has been made the face of a nationwide campaign that aims to raise awareness of childhood cancer. Five-year-old Amelia Topa battled the disease on and ...

28 Sept 2023 at 17:42

Family

Mother who will ‘forever be haunted by son’s screams’ calls on public to help him fight rare and aggressive cancer

A mother who will “forever be haunted” by her son’s screams as he undergoes intensive chemotherapy for a rare and aggressive cancer is calling on the public to help give him the “best chances possible for a normal ...

18 Sept 2023 at 07:00

Local News

Roscrea Lions support Childhood Cancer Ireland

Roscrea Lions Club recently held two events supporting Childhood Cancer Ireland. On February 16 they held a very successful Table Quiz to raise funds and promote awareness of this very worthwhile Charity. ...

03 Apr 2024 at 11:33

Letterkenny/Milford

Letterkenny Lions Club table quiz raises €1,000 for Childhood Cancer

Letterkenny Lions Club recently held a quiz in Letterkenny Golf Club with quizmaster Hugh McClafferty. “We are delighted to announce that €1000 was raised for Childhood Cancer,” they said. “Thank you to ...

11 Nov 2023 at 12:33

Local News

Families facing a childhood cancer diagnosis to benefit from LIA/ Childhood Cancer Ireland partnership

In Ireland an average of 353 children and young adults aged 0-24 are newly diagnosed with childhood cancer every year. This equates to seven families receiving a devastating diagnosis of childhood ...

15 Feb 2024 at 13:33

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Carrick-on-Suir Lions Club Light It Up Gold Walk raised awareness of childhood cancer

Caption for photo above: Carrick Lions Club members and local people who participated in the Light It Up Gold Childhood Cancer Awareness walk and event on September 23. They are pictured outside ...

13 Oct 2023 at 17:33

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