Examine Yourself: ‘I’m mindful, we recycle... but schools need to do more’ - Stephen Teap

Stephen Teap found himself a grieving single dad to two small boys, holding down his job with Volvo, all while being caught up in the highly public eye of the CervicalCheck storm, when his wife Irene died of cervical cancer following two misread smear tests that could have saved her life.

Two years on, he’s still combining patient advocacy work representing the 221+ support group for families affected by the cervical screening failure debacle with his day-job; there were 58 recommendations made in a report into the CervicalCheck scandal and he intends to continue working until all recommendations are implemented. Stephen is September’s Cork Person of the Month; he lives in Carrigaline with his boys Oscar, 6, and Noah, 4.