Woman loses action over BreastCheck screening

Ms Justice Niamh Hyland found Siobhan Freeney's cancer showed normal or benign features in the screening mammogram and therefore the reporting of that 2015 mammogram as normal was not negligent.

The HSE, the judge ruled, acted appropriately in not identifying Siobhan Freeney for clinical recall following her screening in June 2015. File image

A mother of two who sued claiming her BreastCheck screening at a mobile unit was allegedly carried out negligently has lost her High Court action.

Ms Justice Niamh Hyland found Siobhan Freeney's cancer was a true interval cancer in that it showed normal or benign features in the screening mammogram and therefore the reporting of that 2015 mammogram as normal was not negligent.