Women will be entitled to request a review under a new process due to be in place by the end of March

Stephen Teap, who lost his wife Irene to cervical cancer, called for  mandatory open disclosure of medical errors to allow patients to find their truth.

The Triptych Portrait was painted by Vincent Devine who was inspired by the CervicalCheck campaigner's courage 

The right to decide when to give up an unequal fight against mortality is an idea whose time has come, and much will be debated in the coming months and years.

Sean Murray looks back at people in the public eye at home and abroad who died this year

Next year must be the year that our political system and we as a country finally addresses one of the biggest social, cultural and ethical issues — death.

Fine Gael held its annual Christmas drinks for the media in Dublin on Wednesday night.

Sinn Féin had purposely slowed down the much-criticised Bill aimed at introducing mandatory open disclosure by filibustering during a four-hour Dáil debate

Local cancer support group volunteer reveals Vicky's generous donation when it was first set up

Vicky's brother Jonnie tells celebration the one bit of solace they have is that 'a nation of people got to love a girl as much as our family loved her'

Micheál Martin, Gabriel Scally — and all the women harmed by the Cervical Check scandal — are now calling for radical reform

Gabriel Scally's Cervical Check report speaks of an 'obstructive' and 'callous' system. And that's exactly it. If the attitudes underlying the State's services do not change, they will keep on making victims of patients, writes Elaine Loughlin

Dr Gabriel Scally's final report states that women are being questioned about their association with the 221+ patient advocate group before clinicians consider treating them

The proposal to allow terminally ill people end their own lives in dignity was backed by the late Vicky Phelan before she died.

Ms Phelan's family have invited members of the public to her native Mooncoin, in Co Kilkenny, for a celebration of her life in the parish church

With all eyes on Cop27 in Egypt last week, the climate crisis received much-needed attention.

I refer to your recent article titled “Nice man, 73, caught growing cannabis for the second time at remote West Cork Home”.

The late Vicky Phelan and the 221+ group raised serious concerns around the tribunal before it was established, claiming it was not fit for purpose

Speaking on his radio show, broadcaster Ryan Tubridy paid tribute to Ms Phelan saying that "some people are too alive to die, and she was one of those people".

Eveything you need to know about booking in your next smear test and the best time to do it

Calls for action on mandatory disclosure, the return of testing to Irish labs, and dying with dignity measures

The battle for the Dying with Dignity Bill has only just begun but Vicky Phelan’s backing of it helped to sway many TDs away from the party line, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell

Dr Gabriel Scally’s report into CervicalCheck was a collaborative effort leading to change

'There's plenty of us here':  Stephen Teap said he and his fellow CervicalCheck campaigners would continue Vicky Phelan's work and her fight for transparency for as long as it takes

Vicky Phelan was much more than a woman who had been failed, she was a disruptive force in the face of intransigent bureaucracy

Vicky Phelan's impact on women's health in Ireland will be felt long into the future, NWCI director Orla O'Connor tells Marjorie Brennan

"I don't want your apologies. "I don't want your tributes. "I don't want your aide de camp at my funeral. "I don't want your accolades or your broken promises.

Vicky Phelan worked closely with survivor Lorraine Walsh and widowed Stephen Teap to set up the 221+ group for people affected by the scandal, writes Shauna Bowers

Vicky Phelan made the personal political the day she stood outside the High Court on April 25, 2018, to make a statement to a knot of journalists.  She had just been awarded a €2.

Vicky Phelan's forthright account of how radiation for cervical cancer affected her sex life was the impetus that led to two pilot clinics helping  women manage and overcome the side effects of cancer treatment

I never met Vicky, but that doesn’t matter. I feel as if I knew her, as did countless other survivors

“I don't want your apologies. I don't want your tributes. I don't want your aide de camp at my funeral. “I don't want your accolades or your broken promises. I want action. I want change. I want accountability.

The family said that the funeral will be private and there will be an opportunity for the public to pay their respects in due course

Jennifer Stevens recounts the high-profile people who felt privileged to meet the plucky campaigner

Vicky Phelan harnessed her anger and became a talisman for the women who had been failed by a flawed system

If you know the overwhelming majority of your constituents are on side with the basic concept of assisted dying, why would you, as a politician, not want the matter discussed?

‘There were times when we were in the Department of Health and I whispered to Stephen [Teap] and said, “you say this Stephen because if I say it as a woman, I'll be dismissed"

Several of the cases have already been given special fixed dates to start before the High Court

The documentary on Ms Phelan will open the festival at the Gate Cinema on October 2

VICKY follows the mother of two's very public fight for accountability in the Cervical Check scandal as well as her personal battle to extend her life

The 221+ group says screening service's claim that 'no lives were put at risk by doctors not informing patients of the results of the audit' conflicts with Gabriel Scally's 2018 report

The mother-of-two said she is feeling refreshed after a “much needed, wonderful” holiday in the coastal town of Cambrils in Spain

It's eyes on the rise now as Michael Bublé, Siobhán McSweeney and Barry McGuigan support Climb with Charlie

'In refusing to be silenced by a confidentiality clause in her case against a US lab and the HSE, Vicky Phelan blew the lid on a controversy that could have remained under wraps for years'