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  219,000 women, aged between 50 and 69, are due to be examined for early signs of breast cancer, however, only 170,000 screenings are expected to be carried out by the end of the year.

• Kildare Woman Forced To Urinate In Car Park As TD Pushes Law For ‘No Wait’ Toilet Access

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  Speaking to Kfm, Kildare woman Maria Crowe, who lives with a painful bladder condition, has to use a toilet every thirty minutes, day and night.

• Dublin Jersey Among Tributes To Ryan Weir Gibbons - Death “Unnecessary And Tragic” Says Priest

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• Three Decades Later, Search For Answers In Jo Jo Dullard Case Continues

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• EU Environment Commissioner Visits Kildare Farm Ahead Of Nitrates Derogation Talks

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• Defence Forces Conduct Readiness Exercise At Whitewater Shopping Centre In Newbridge

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• Call For Sanitary Bins In Men’s Toilets To Support Prostate Cancer Survivors

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  Each year, around 4000 men in Ireland are diagnosed with the disease, with research from PHS and the Irish Cancer Society finding more than half of men with incontinence feel anxious because of poor toilet facilities.