A good band, a good cause, what’s not to like? I Draw Slow have taken over Whelan’s on Wednesday the 10th of December and it’s all in aid of MIRT Ireland. MIRT are the The Mater Institute for Research and Therapy in Blood Health Innovation. Tickets are €25, full details and press release are below. Check out the video below, which was filmed at one of my favourite pubs in Dublin, but can you name it?

I DRAW SLOW – Whelan’s, Wexford St, Wednesday, 10 December – In Aid of MIRT Ireland

On Wednesday 10th December, Dublin roots band I Draw Slow will play a gig in aid of lifesaving blood cancer research in Whelan’s of Wexford Street. Tickets are priced at €25 and are available from whelanslive.com. All proceeds go to MIRT Ireland – The Mater Institute for Research and Therapy in Blood Health Innovation.

I Draw Slow invite you to join them for a very special evening to raise funds to support the ground-breaking work of Professor Peter O’ Gorman, Consultant Haematologist at the Mater Hospital, Dublin.

Peter is the pioneering Irish doctor who is fighting the system and winning, working to save the lives of Irish blood cancer patients.

Incredibly, Irish cancer patients are dying because lifesaving, non-invasive drug treatment is denied to them due to bureaucracy and red tape.

Two new cases of blood cancer are diagnosed every day in Ireland. In the past, Irish patients had to battle the system as well as the illness. Professor O’Gorman and his team looked beyond the Irish health system for answers and worked out a collaboration whereby Irish patients could participate in international drug trials at home in Ireland.

This proactive approach to patient care has doubled the survival rate of his patients in the last seven years.  By reaching out to their fellow clinicians in the US, the MIRT team bring hope and health to Irish patients with cancer of the blood.  So far 170 patients have participated in 32 blood cancer trials. These patients now have a fighting chance of beating the blood cancers – Multiple Myeloma, Leukaemia and Lymphoma.

This vital programme receives no state funding. This is a cause very close to the heart of  I Draw Slow.

‘Irish people are dying because of our slow drug licensing system. Lifesaving drugs available in the US are not getting to us in time to save lives.’

Please join us on 10th December to help support this life-saving work for Irish blood cancer patients.

I Draw Slow – Wednesday, 10 December – Whelan’s, Wexford St, Dublin 2