A family from Co Down are campaigning for access to better support services after their dad's death from a rare form of cancer earlier this year.
Tony Rodgers passed away on New Year's Day 2022 at home in Newry surrounded by his wife and three loving daughters. In July 2017, he had been diagnosed with mesothelioma just after he had retired and turned 60.
Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lungs or abdomen that is caused by exposure to asbestos. Tony and his family were unsure what had caused this exposure, and when exposure would have happened, as he was a life-long social worker.
