April is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month.

Figures show there are 67 Diagnoses Annually in Clare alone.

The good news is, though, that since the start of this month, the eligible age range for BowelScreen has now been extended to include 70-year-olds.

Free bowel screening is now available to everyone aged 59 to 70.

However, the Irish Cancer Society has expressed concern at low bowel screening uptake...

To find out more, Peter O'Connell was joined by Mary Woods, who hails from Newmarket-on-Fergus and survived both womb and bowel cancer and Policy and Campaigns Manager at Irish Cancer Society, Emma Harte.

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