A PETITION seeking to keep the mobile BreastCheck screening unit in Clare has surpassed 6,130.
Clare’s mobile BreastCheck screening unit which is located in the car park of Clare County Council offices on the New Rd in Ennis as of October 30th has been relocated to Mayo.
Strong backlash has followed the unit’s departure with the matter causing immense stress and frustration for women and men awaiting appointments. The mobile unit has been based in the county town since February 2024 with up to seventy percent of eligible persons now screened. The previous period of screening for the county ran from March 2021 to January 2023.
No exact confirmed date on its return has been provided by the HSE but politicians have stated it will be back in Clare “next autumn”. Co Clare previously had a permanent screening unit at Ennis Hospital which was decommissioned in 2005.
Kilmurry McMahon woman June Dillon (AON) initially highlighted the departure of the BreastCheck unit and circulated a petition to keep the unit permanently in Clare.
As of Wednesday evening, this petition now has 6,130 signatures as the campaign continues to gather momentum.
June has been contacted by women who have been waiting two to three years for an appointment. “BreastCheck is a great service that we want to keep in Clare.”
