TV chef Joe reveals shock cancer blow

Ireland AM star: It's terminal but I'm not scared

- MICHELLE TOWNSEND and JUSTIN KELLY

IRELAND AM chef Joe Shannon has revealed that he has terminal cancer – but insists he “isn’t scared of death”. 

Joe has won many fans on the Virgin Media morning show where he regularly appears alongside hosts Alan Hughes, Muireann O’Connell and Tommy Bowe.

The Sligo native was initially diagnosed with bowel cancer in March 2021 but has since learned that this is terminal.

“I had stage three cancer at that stage, it wasn’t scary. A lot of people with bowel cancer have survived it,” Joe explained.

He moved to Dublin for treatment with oncologist Prof John McCaffrey and 12 sessions of chemo – but he ran complications.