Watch Live: Taoiseach apologises for 'disrespect and deceit' over CervicalCheck

The Taoiseach has addressed the Dáil and has made a formal State apology for the "the humiliation, the disrespect and the deceit" to the women and families impacted by the CervicalCheck controversy.

Watch Live: Taoiseach apologises for 'disrespect and deceit' over CervicalCheck
Tue, 22 Oct, 2019 - 16:40
Digital Desk staff

Update - 3.40pm: The Taoiseach has addressed the Dáil and has made a formal State apology for the "the humiliation, the disrespect and the deceit" to the women and families impacted by the CervicalCheck controversy.

Mr Varadkar said: "What happened to so many women and families should not have happened.

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