Women will need to consent for cancer tests to be examined

Clear answers on the cervical cancer scandal could be delayed even further after Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admitted thousands of women potentially affected will have to individually give permission before their tests can be examined.

Mr Varadkar also said the controversy was “a bigger job than we anticipated back in May”.

During the Dáil leader’s questions yesterday, he was heavily criticised by Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald over the failure to ensure speedy answers to what happened.