When Michelle Moore found a lump in her breast in April 2016, she wasn’t initially concerned. She was 42 years old and generally healthy, and so she put her concerns to the back of her mind.

Jonathan Molloy’s diagnosis of prostate cancer came out of the blue. The 45-year-old from Cavan town was in good health, and was not aware anything was amiss until routine blood tests at the GP revealed he had raised PSA (prostate-specific antigen) levels.

"It doesn’t matter where you are or what you’re doing, you need to check your body, because the issue is not going to wait"

When David Wilkins, who lived in Bray, Co. Wicklow for many years but moved to Co. Carlow in 2024, discovered a small lump in his arm in 2006, he never imagined it would end up being cancer. Click the link to learn more.