Midlands Woman Creates Someone Like Me, Your Cancer Community App
The Big Story
Tuesday, 20 October 2026 - 13 minutes
A Midlands cancer survivor is launching a new app to bring people affected by the disease together and help them connect with others.
Tullamore's Vanessa Mooney, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in December 2019, created the "Someone Like Me, Your Cancer Community" app, which has so far been downloaded over 200 times.
The app is designed to support people at every stage of their cancer journey, including those living with secondary or metastatic cancer and undergoing ongoing treatment.
It is currently being trialled at St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin.
The Offaly woman has been speaking with Will Faulkner on Midlands Today and says families are connecting with each other:
