In episode 8 of the podcast John speaks to Professor Shaun McCann, a former boss of his at St James Hospital. Professor McCann led the team that performed the first successful bone-marrow transplant in Ireland.

In this interview we hear about his education at UCD, the 2 years he spent at the University of Minnesota and his return to Ireland.

And Shaun tells us how he fought to get the cancer drug, Imatinib available in Ireland and he talks about his own battle with cancer.

Producer: Fergus Sweeney