'Doomed to fail': CervicalCheck tribunal cost €3.4m but made no awards

The Cervical Check tribunal dealt with just 26 claims and did not make any awards with costs — excluding salary — coming to €3.4m, figures show.

Advocacy group 221+ said it had warned the tribunal was “doomed to fail” and raised questions about extravagant use of public money with little benefit for women.

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