Vicky Phelan's family plan public celebration of her life 

Vicky Phelan was diagnosed with cervical cancer eight years ago. In 2018 she was informed that an audit carried out by CervicalCheck found that her 2011 smear test had been reported as a false negative. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The family of the late Cervical Check campaigner Vicky Phelan has invited members of the public to her native Mooncoin, in Co Kilkenny, on Sunday, for a celebration of her life in the parish church.

In a statement posted to the Vicky's Tribe Facebook page this evening, the Phelan and Kelly family said "goodbyes are never easy" and last Thursday they said theirs to 48-year-old Vicky.