The HSE has been urged to clarify if there are any clinical implications for the 800 women who did not receive smear test results as a result of an IT glitch.

Approximately 800 women were not issued with their CervicalCheck results due to a technology issue, the HSE said.

The interim head of screening at the National Screening Service has written to women caught up in the CervicalCheck scandal outlining what they can expect if they sign up to an ex gratia scheme — but patient representatives said the main reaction was one of disappointment.

A Dublin man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara, who was shot while sitting in a car in Dublin last year.

A Dublin man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for killing 16-year-old Melanie McCarthy McNamara who was shot while sitting in car in Dublin last year.