More than €23,000 has been raised for a father of one from Dublin who is undergoing treatment after being diagnosed with Chronic Myeloid Leukaemia.
CML is a type of cancer that affects the white blood cells and tends to progress slowly over many years, according to health experts. It can occur at any age but is most common in older adults around 60-65 years of age.
Michael was diagnosed some time ago, according to Glen Whelan - the organiser of this GoFundMe page - and although the early prognosis “was okay,” early treatments did not help his condition.