Terry Prone: Memory of late Thalidomide victim Jacqui Browne should be honoured

Having warned that the Government was waiting for Thalidomide victims to die, Jacqui Browne's death is a reproach to the system

Kerry woman, yachtswoman, and disability rights campaigner Jacqueline Anne (Jacqui) Browne on board the Cork yacht in the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race in 2010. Jacqui died last Monday. Irish Examiner Archive Picture: Denis Minihane

Just under a year ago, Jacqui Browne stated her grim certainty. That certainty was that the Government was simply waiting for Irish Thalidomide survivors to die. 

This week she died, her death not probative of such an intent, but a reproach to the system, nonetheless.