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Leona and Alan, who met in 2010, celebrated their 10-year wedding anniversary last Friday

Cork native Leona Macken (centre) and her husband Alan (right) held hands as the apology from HSE’s National Screening Service chief executive Fiona Murphy was read to them. Picture: Collins Courts

Cork native Leona Macken and her husband Alan held hands as the apology from HSE’s National Screening Service chief executive Fiona Murphy was read to them.

Inside Court 1 of Dublin's Four Courts, family and friends, some of whom had travelled from Leona’s community in Fairhill in Cork City, could be heard sobbing.