Vicky Phelan has been honoured for her efforts in helping those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal.
Vicky Phelan has been honoured for her efforts in helping those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal.
Vicky Phelan has been honoured for her efforts in helping those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal.
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17 more legal actions over cervical cancer have emerged.
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The Government has denied being “cold and callous” by setting a cut-off point to compensate expenses incurred by victims affected by the CervicalCheck scandal.
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At least 57 women are now taking legal action over the cervical cancer tests scandal, after 17 previously unknown cases against hospitals, individual doctors and laboratories were revealed by officials.
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The Government's commission of investigation into the cervical cancer tests scandal could be delayed by "months" because up to 3,000 women potentially affected must be individually contacted before their results can be examined.
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Clear answers on the cervical cancer scandal could be delayed even further after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admitted thousands of women potentially affected will have to individually give permission before their tests can be examined.
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The State Claims Agency is set to be grilled today over the growing scale of the cervical cancer crisis amid revelations the Government has imposed a cut-off point for affected women to be compensated.
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The Duchess of Sussex has praised Limerick woman Vicky Phelan for her role in exposing the Cervical Check scandal.
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Update 4.32pm: Emma Mhic Mhathúna has today urged those affected by the CervicalCheck scandal to continue the fight.
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Digital imaging of cervical smear slides still have not been handed over for examination by the legal sides involved in upcoming cases before the High Court.
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The head of the scoping inquiry into the CervicalCheck Screening Programme, Dr Gabriel Scally, has said that it looks like the HSE have given him access to files "in a searchable format".
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Magnificently heroic despite a savage prognosis, Emma Mhic Mhathúna, victim of mis-read smear tests, has revealed that her cancer has spread to her brain.
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Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has described as highly unsatisfactory that examination of 3,000 smear tests have not yet begun, despite promises they would be complete more than a month ago.
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Dr Gabriel Scally, chair of the inquiry, has already reported difficulty in receiving the information he needs to complete his report.
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Latest: Vicky Phelan has said that the HSE has "downright ignored" the failure of the CervicalCheck screening programme.
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Terminally ill Emma Mhic Mhatuna has shared the news that her cancer has spread to her brain.
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The Health Minister Simon Harris is to bring the general scheme of the Patient Safety Bill to Cabinet today.
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The husband of a woman who died after she was mistakenly given the all clear for cancer laid a bouquet of flowers at Cork City Hall at the weekend as over 100 supporters of the group Women's Lives Matter group held a rally to highlight what they perceive as delays in addressing the cervical cancer scandal.
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“Check, check and recheck.” That was the message from Emma Mhic Mhathúna for those dealing with the cervical smear tests of Irish women.
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Emma Mhic Mhathúna came to the Four Courts a victor not a victim.
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Kerry mother Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children who sued over CervicalCheck smears have settled their legal action for €7.5m.
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The two external labs at the heart of the CervicalCheck controversy were paid a total of €12.4m in the past two years for their services.
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Health Minister Simon Harris has been called to intervene as 88 women and their families affected by the CervicalCheck scandal are yet to receive their medical files despite requesting them.
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It came as Vicky Phelan revealed there has been “significant” shrinking of her tumours after just three treatments of the drug pembrolizumab through a clinical trial.
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It has emerged since Vicky Phelan took her case, another 30 women have commenced legal action because of the Cervical Check scandal.
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The Dáil also heard criticism over ‘unreadable’ documents submitted as part of the investigation.
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"My stomach has gone down, I'm not in pain anymore."
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Management of the HSE, the State Claims Agency and CervicalCheck should be sent packing, according to a government TD.
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The new head of CervicalCheck says the number of women affected by the recent smear test scandal is likely to increase.
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The acting head of the HSE says contractual issues with smear test labs have led to the delay in giving documents to the inquiry into CervicalCheck.
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The Taoiseach and the Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin both agree it is time to consider a full Commission of Investigation into the Cervical Check scandal.
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Vicky Phelan has said that she has faith in the work being carried out by Dr Gabriel Scally following the publishing of the interim report into the CervicalCheck scandal.
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Dr Gabriel Scally has said that completing the report into CervicalCheck is "much more complex than we could have imagined at the beginning".
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Another legal action involving a woman suing over alleged delays relating to CervicalCheck smears has come before the High Court.
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The Minister for Health Simon Harris has announced that the 209 women whose cervical cancer diagnoses were delayed are to get "an immediate ex gratia payment of €2,000.
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Mediation in medical negligence cases is most commonly used to achieve a settlement rather than tend specifically to the wider needs of the plaintiff, writes Mary-Elizabeth Tumelty.
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The University of Limerick is to confer an Honorary Doctorate on Vicky Phelan.
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Kerry mother Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children are to seek exemplary and aggravated damages when their case over alleged delays relating to CervicalCheck smears goes ahead in the High Court in a few weeks time.
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Hundreds of protesters have turned out to rallies across Ireland to express their anger after controversy over inaccurate cervical cancer screening tests.
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