Charities working in the area of cancer research, like Cork-based Breakthrough Cancer Research, say projects to find new treatments have been severely curtailed by the impact of coronavirus restrictions.
It says due to the pandemic, it is desperately in need of more funding to make up for lost time. Anne Herlihy lives in Charleville in north Cork.
In September 2014, Anne was diagnosed with stage four ovarian cancer and given months to live. Six years later, she is still celebrating life, and she is clear on why she has gotten this far. "Basically, one word - research," Anne explained. "Without research, there is no way I would be alive, there is no way I would be on this earth." Ahead of Cancer Week Ireland next week, researchers and