Vicky Phelan will be in US for treatment for six months longer than she told family and friends

The campaigner said 'it was hard enough saying goodbye' when her loved ones thought she was leaving for just six months

Vicky Phelan received the single dose Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine earlier this month

Vicky Phelan has revealed her cancer treatment in the US is expected to take a year, not six months as she told her family and friends before she left Ireland.

The cervical cancer campaigner said she knew she was likely to be in the States for a full year but couldn’t bring herself to tell her loved ones the truth about how long they could be separated.