Between 2010 and 2015, Irene Teap had four pregnancies, two miscarriages, gave birth to two sons, and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. She died on July 26, 2017. It was another nine months before her husband found out she had been the victim of misread smears. On the second anniversary of her death Stephen Teap tells Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan how the family has fared since.
Oscar and Noah Teap are busily and effectively dismantling earlier attempts at a tidy-up in their home in Carrigaline, Cork, on the day I call to see how the family has been faring in the two years since the death of their mother, Irene.
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