Irish Examiner view: Urgent need to fix flaws in endometriosis scheme

The stark testimony shared by those demonstrating in Dublin this week has brought home the human cost of not addressing this problem adequately

Her Voice Project hold protest at Dáil looking for better endometriosis healthcare. Picture: Conor Ó Mearáin / Collins

Women demonstrated outside Leinster House this week to draw attention to the ongoing challenges they face securing treatment for endometriosis treatment, a long-running — and long-neglected — issue.

The history of women’s healthcare in this country is not an edifying one, to put it mildly, and this latest chapter shows appalling gaps in care which should be addressed as a matter of urgency, or which should not have arisen in the first place.