JANE BAILEY,
Sir, - The demonstration called by the South East Cancer Foundation last Friday, during the Taoiseach's visit to Waterford, in support of a radiotherapy unit for the South-East, was a demonstration of sincere and deep concern for the future of cancer patients in the region.
While a tiny minority of people did not comply with the request for "a silent and dignified protest", media reports of several thousand demonstrators "jeering" the Taoiseach were grossly misleading.
With one in three people in Ireland developing cancer and one in four of this number dying, the priority of the media should be that better prevention of cancer, better detection of cancer and better treatment and care matter to us all. - Yours, etc.,
JANE BAILEY,
South East
Cancer Foundation,
Pairc Clinic,
Waterford.