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Just 37,014 of 69,111 first year students were vaccinated in 2020

2020 saw drop in numbers receiving HPV vaccine

The Health Service Executive has confirmed that the number of students who received a first dose of the HPV vaccine fell from 80% in 2019, to just 53.6% in 2020.

Health • 27 Mar 21

Laura Brennan campaigned tirelessly over the past 18 months to encourage young women to get the HPV vaccine

Hundreds attend mass for HPV campaigner Laura Brennan

Hundreds of mourners gathered in Ennis, Co Clare, today for a mass of remembrance for Laura Brennan who died of cervical cancer last week.

Munster • 27 Mar 19

Claire Byrne Live - Race for the Áras, Housing, David Gillick, HP

The latest on the race for the Áras. Then, minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy is live in studio ahead of a Dáil motion of no confidence. Secondary school girls to be offered HPV vaccine. should overweight women have children? Former Olympian David Gillick

Claire Byrne Features • 17 Sep 18

Finian McGrath said that he supports the Government's policy on the HPV vaccine

Harris says McGrath's HPV comments 'ill-judged'

Minister for Health Simon Harris has described comments by Junior Health Minister Finian McGrath on the HPV vaccine as unfortunate, ill-judged and not based on fact.

Health • 04 Sep 17

Simon Harris said 'it is vital that we get the information out that this vaccine can save lives'

Harris says HPV scaremongers should butt out

The Minister for Health has said that scaremongers should butt out and leave medical advice on the HPV vaccine to medical professionals.

Health • 30 Aug 17

The HPV vaccine was introduced for schoolgirls in 2010/11

HIQA to research extending HPV vaccine to boys

Research is to be undertaken in Ireland to see if the HPV vaccine should be extended to boys.

Health • 04 Jul 17

Effective use of the current HPV vaccine could prevent up to two thirds of all related cancers in Irish women, according to the registry

Vaccine 'could reduce number of HPV-related cancers'

Vaccines could prevent hundreds of cases of cancer caused by HPV-related infections in Ireland each year, according to the National Cancer Registry's latest report.

News • 04 May 17

300 women in Ireland are diagnosed with cervical every year

Number of pupils receiving HPV vaccine decreases

Uptake rates for the HPV vaccine that protects from cervical cancer have further decreased, according to the Health Service Executive.

News • 07 Oct 16

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