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Irish Cancer Society Provided Almost 30,000 Free Lifts to Treatment in 2025

The Irish Cancer Society provided almost 30,000 free lifts to and from cancer treatment in 2025, alongside thousands of counselling sessions, support line conversations, and nights of end-of-life nursing care, according to new figures released ahead of Daffodil Day.

By Chantal Thurlby-Alexander March 16, 2026 Updated April 30, 2026 3 min read

“Those free lifts to hospital meant among the chaos of my cancer diagnosis and treatment, that a little bit of normality could carry on at home”

Charity urgently needs to raise over €30 million in 2026 and is calling on Irish public to go all in against cancer this Daffodil Day

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