Posts Tagged ‘Prostate’

The Great Prostate Cover up

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

To mark the start of Prostate Awareness month in November,  Rory Hafford talks about the Great Prostate Cover Up.

A number of years ago I made a TV documentary for RTE on beloved poet and writer John B Keane. Keane had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and he wanted to speak to the nation’s men-folk on how best to tackle the problem.

While the cameras were rolling, John B was his usually inimitable self — funny, informative, hugely entertaining. But, when the cameras stopped rolling, that’s when his real feelings emerged.

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