Donal Buggy

Revenues at Kerrygold owner Ornua remain stable as it plots global growth strategy

Profit falls as dairy sector faces challenging market conditions

Wed Apr 24 2024 - 08:54

Kerrygold owner Ornua refinances debt with new €580m facility

Dairy group says arrangement will include specific emissions, waste and diversity targets

Wed Dec 15 2021 - 07:40

Night nurses needed for cancer patients to fulfil hope of home death

Irish Cancer Society seeking to recruit so as to meet rising demand for specialist service

Fri Mar 12 2021 - 21:19

Buckley hired IT experts to scour INM the day before new CEO started work

Former INM director claims in defence documents he had full authority as its executive chairman

Sat Oct 03 2020 - 05:15

‘INM 19’ members win High Court applications for document access

Judge rules former chairman Leslie Buckley’s opposition ‘not well founded’

Fri Sept 18 2020 - 17:04

How have breast cancer patients been impacted by Covid-19 pandemic?

Irish Cancer Society says 450 cancers, 1,600 pre-cancers have gone undetected during lockdown

Mon Aug 31 2020 - 06:01

Judge to rule on INM document access applications in October

Members of ‘INM 19’ seeking information from investigation into alleged data leak

Tue Jul 28 2020 - 15:20

Nine more suing INM and Leslie Buckley over alleged data hacking

High Court papers show second group of employees taking case against former chairman

Sat Jul 04 2020 - 16:46

Irish Cancer Society offers remote counselling during pandemic

Service for those unable to access face-to-face cancer-linked counselling due to coronavirus

Sun Mar 22 2020 - 17:36

Men more likely than women to contract cancer

National cancer registry report also reveals men over 30% more likely to die from illness

Tue Oct 01 2019 - 00:01

A decade of upheaval: INM from Sir Anthony’s departure to Mediahuis offer

A look back at some of the major events at the media group over the last decade

Tue Apr 30 2019 - 11:28

INM’s former chief executive takes legal action against it

Gavin O’Reilly and Karl Brophy expected to sue INM for alleged breach of privacy

Fri Mar 29 2019 - 01:00

Movember helping men put their health front and centre

Campaign is playing key role in promoting men’s health but there is more work to be done

Sun Nov 04 2018 - 19:01

Watchdog to investigate alleged INM data breach

Journalists and SC among people on list of 19

Tue Apr 03 2018 - 18:28

‘Another cock-up’ or ‘visionary’? Politicians and industry react to the NDP

There is a clear divide between the business and industry sectors and the political sphere

Fri Feb 16 2018 - 17:47

Top 10 tips to save your life – or at least prolong it

Back pain is one of the main reasons why people take time off work but we now know that staying off work is unhelpful for back pain

Mon Jan 01 2018 - 09:01

Ornua secures €610m banking facilities to aid growth

State’s largest dairy product exporter says refinancing will help fund strategic plan

Mon Dec 18 2017 - 17:58

Budget 2018: Alcohol and fuel spared but cigarettes hiked by 50 cents

Third price hike in two years will take price of 20 cigarettes to €12

Tue Oct 10 2017 - 17:44

‘At least 40’ will die because of drop in HPV vaccinations

Alliance aims to reverse ‘misinformation’ on cervical cancer vaccine for schoolgirls

Wed Aug 09 2017 - 18:10

Too ‘yucky’: Why people don’t avail of free cancer screenings

If all those eligible for bowel cancer screening availed of it, deaths would fall by 30%

Mon May 08 2017 - 14:00

BowelScreen programme detects 521 cases of cancer

Uptake of free screening low with men more reluctant to take test than women

Tue Apr 25 2017 - 21:34

It’s five years since the O’Reilly family lost control of INM – is the company any better off?

While its digital strategy has flip flopped and newspaper circulation has declined, in terms of its indebtedness, INM is unquestionably in a better place today

Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:39

INM’s extraordinary boardroom spat raises host of questions

Why would firm consider acquiring national radio station that is losing market share?

Wed Nov 30 2016 - 06:00

Me & My Money

Donal Buggy, Head of Services and Advocacy at the Irish Cancer Society

Tue Nov 08 2016 - 05:26

Budget 2017: Average cost of packet of 20 cigarettes rises to €11

19.5 per cent of the adult population smokes – down from 29 per cent in 2003

Tue Oct 11 2016 - 20:58

Cancer patients ‘hammered’ by health charges, says charity

Irish Cancer Society calls for abolition of prescription levy and in-patient charges

Tue Oct 04 2016 - 13:18

Cancer test delays being addressed, says HSE

National Cancer Control Programme says urgent cases are seen promptly

Wed Apr 27 2016 - 01:01

Opinion: Universal healthcare is an achievable and vital goal

It is unjust that the lives of people who cannot afford health insurance are at risk due to their financial status

Tue Apr 26 2016 - 00:42

Numbers waiting over three months for cancer test at record levels

Irish Cancer Society calls for political action on lengthening colonoscopy lists

Fri Apr 15 2016 - 10:20

Collapse: the fall of Tony O’Reilly

Matt Cooper’s new biography details how the billionaire’s career unravelled

Sat Sept 12 2015 - 12:00

More than 82,000 sought cancer information last year

Irish Cancer Society says services need to engage better with men and older people

Mon Dec 15 2014 - 13:33

If men’s cancers are so prevalent, why do we hear less about them?

Men have lower five-year cancer-survival rates, so they need to be proactive, like Willie Penrose

Tue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00

Tackling health inequalities is a lifelong struggle

Sir Michael Marmot has spent his career trying to break down the barriers to health equality, and he believes it should be a main priority for governments

Tue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00

INM chief executive Vincent Crowley paid €627,000 last year

Total of €3.5m awarded to former and current directors, as O’Reilly gets €2.1m

Wed May 01 2013 - 10:10