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Oireachtas Committee Meets Will All-Island Cancer Research Body Today.

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Kildare North TD, James Lawless, sits on the committee.

The Joint Committee on the Implementation of the Good Friday Agreement is to meeting the Core Working Group for the proposed All-Island Cancer Research Institute today

Kildare North Fianna Fáil TD, James Lawless, is a member of the committe.

AICRI's mission is to provide an overarching framework for cancer research across the island of Ireland, from discovery to implementation, for the benefit of cancer patients and wider society.

The Committee will hear from:

  • William M. Gallagher, Full Professor of Cancer Biology, UCD
  • Mark Lawler, Professor of Digital Health and Chair in Translational Cancer Genomics Queen's University Belfast
  • Maeve Lowery, Professor of Translational Cancer Medicine, Trinity College Dublin
  • Ciaran Briscoe, CEO, Northeast Cancer Research & Education Trust
  • Eibhlín Mulroe, CEO, Cancer Trials Ireland

You can view the meeting in Committee Room 1 on the Oireachtas website.

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