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Jun 2023
15m 38s

Professor Michael Kerin

RtÉ Radio 1
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Professor Michael Kerin, Director of Cancer Centre in Saolta and Professor of Surgery at University of Galway, joins Ryan to talk about his life and work in the west of Ireland. 
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