Louth's Cancer Resources "Outdated", Says Louth TD - 07/04/2026

‘Outdated rosters, equipment and resources’ need to be radically improved for cancer services in Louth, Dundalk TD Ruairí Ó Murchú has said.The Sinn Féin TD was speaking during his party’s recent motion in Leinster House on the need for a better cancer strategy to be developed.He said that many people have ‘harrowing stories to tell’ and while many attest that the system is ‘brilliant once you get in’, there is far too much slippage lately.He highlighted statistics from Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda which ranks 16th out of the 25 hospitals providing chemotherapy with 17% of people not getting chemotherapy within the target timeframe of 15 working days. Deputy Ó Murchú joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this, and also about his calls for Gardaí to be given more power to deal with e-scooters, which “are being driven by children as young as eight”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.