Victims want 35 top officials removed from office

Two of the victims of the cervical cancer tests scandal have called on 35 senior HSE and Department of Health officials who knew what happened in 2016 to be removed from power while investigations take place.

Limerick mother Vicky Phelan, who has months to live, and Cork father Stephen Teap, whose wife Irene died last year, insisted on the move as they accused officials of a “cover-up” and demanded an immediate “random” audit of all Cervical Check tests.

Speaking during a specially arranged two-hour meeting of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, two of the public faces of the cervical cancer crisis said they want clear actions to be taken in response to the scandal.