Alan Kelly: Joan Lucey will not be last woman to die while taking case against HSE

The Labour Party leader called on the Government to immediately intervene as he warned of more cases coming down the line

Joan Lucey, from Dingle, Co Kerry, had been suing the HSE and two laboratories over her smear slides. She passed away just hours after her legal team, who had repeatedly sought mediation, got an agreement to this from the HSE and the labs.

Joan Lucey will not be the last woman to die while taking a case against the HSE over the CervicalCheck scandal unless the Government acts, Labour Party leader Alan Kelly has warned.

Ms Lucey, who was terminally ill with cervical cancer, had been suing the HSE and two laboratories over her smear slides. She passed away just hours after her legal team, who had repeatedly sought mediation, got an agreement to this from the HSE and the labs.