The Irish Cancer Society has partly reversed its decision to stop its hardship grants for cancer patients and has apologised for the upset caused to its supporters.

In a statement today it says it will maintain the grants for the families of children with cancer - a move which will cost around €200,000 a year.

Yesterday the charity said it would have to stop paying the thousand-euro grants to patients because it no longer had the resources to do so.

I've been speaking to Head of Advocacy at the Irish Cancer Society Kathleen O'Meara.

I began by asking her about what kind of support families of children with cancer get: