Susie Long was a 41-year-old woman who died from cancer at Our Lady's Hospice in Harold's Cross, Dublin, on 12 October 2007. Her death followed a long campaign to overhaul cancer treatment services in Ireland's ailing health system. An expatriate from Ohio, U.S., her remains were cremated at Mount Jerome Cemetery. Long's campaign is credited with persuading then Health Minister Mary Harney to provide funding for a new 24-bed day unit at St Luke's Hospital. Taoiseach Bertie Ahern also acknowledged that Long had been failed.