Smear test inquiry must be ‘prompt and public’

The woman who exposed the cervical cancer screening scandal is adamant that she wants investigations into the affair to be held in public.

Vicky Phelan said she wanted an investigation that was “prompt and public”. She wrote on Twitter: “Too much has already happened behind closed doors.”

Her views were echoed by her solicitor, Cian O’Carroll, who said if it took a full-scale tribunal of inquiry to get to the truth, then that’s what would have to be established.