Multiple women with endometriosis feel they have been badly let down by the health service.
Noteworthy is today publishing an in-depth report for The Journal which shows they often feel they have to travel abroad for treatment.
Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory condition where lesions form on a woman's pelvic organs.
TheJournal.ie News Reporter Eimer McCauley says Sinead Murphy from Tallaght wants to go abroad for surgery but finds it costly.