368 legal claims brought over CervicalCheck, while tribunal registers just 25

(Left to right) Campaigners Vicky Phelan, Stephen Teap and Lorraine Walsh. Mr Teap is suing over the death of his 35-year-old wife, Irene, from cervical cancer five years ago. Photo: Niall Carson/PA

The number of legal claims brought in relation to the CervicalCheck controversy now stands at 368.

And 75 of those are psychological injury claims from members of the families of the women caught up in the controversy surrounding the national screening programme and the alleged misreading and misreporting of cervical smear slides.