'Fighter in the face of injustice': Kerry cervical cancer victim laid to rest

Joan Lucey died on Friday, the same day that the HSE and two laboratories committed to mediation talks in her CervicalCheck case

Joan Lucey, a retired nurse from Dingle in Co Kerry, was buried today. Joan had taken a High Court case against the HSE in relation to cervical smear tests.

Prayers for all those suffering from cancer were offered at the funeral Mass of Joan Lucey in her parish church in Dingle this afternoon, where the former district nurse was remembered as  “a fighter in the face of injustice”.

Joan, nee Brosnan, a retired nurse and widow, had taken legal action against the HSE over cervical smear tests but died on Friday, surrounded by her three children, before mediation started.