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Lousie O'Reilly said that the tribunal which is set to be established next week is not currently constituted to deliver justice for the women involved

Govt urged to alter CervicalCheck tribunal plans

Ireland • 22 Oct

The Irish Cancer Society has urged women to take up their screening appointment given the risk cervical cancer poses

99,000 CervicalCheck screenings delayed by Covid-19

Health • 14 Oct

Patricia Carrick is in hospital after suffering a relapse in February and was too ill to attend court

HSE and lab apologise over misread cervical smear

Courts • 06 Oct

Ruth Morrissey was a CervicalCheck campaigner who died on Sunday at the age of 39

Chief Justice expresses sympathy to Morrissey family

Courts • 23 Jul

Ruth Morrissey died on Sunday

'I do not think we will ever recover from losing Ruth'

Ireland • 22 Jul

Ruth Morrissey was described as a kind, gentle lady'

Ruth was 'a gentle soul' who 'thought of everyone else'

Ireland • 20 Jul

Ruth Morrissey and her husband Paul were awarded €2.1m in damages by the High Court

HSE, labs lose court appeal against cervical test award

Courts • 19 Mar

HPV testing looks for the presence of the virus which causes cancer

New CervicalCheck screening system delayed

Health • 03 Feb

Prof Kitchener said that the role of the review was not to assess the performance of the CervicalCheck laboratories

RCOG defends thoroughness of its CervicalCheck review

Politics • 18 Dec 19

Stephen Teap was speaking at the Oireachtas Health Committee

Teap wants all Scally recommendations implemented

Politics • 17 Dec 19

Bernadette Kiely and her daughter Claudia McNamee

Family angry that woman's cancer may have been avoided

Health • 10 Dec 19

University Hospital Kerry is one of the 15 colposcopy clinics around the country

Country's colposcopy clinics 'at breaking point'

Ireland • 05 Dec 19

The clinic teams are the diagnostic and treatment arm of the CervicalCheck programme

CervicalCheck staff facing abuse over test reviews

Health • 05 Dec 19

Simon Harris said he believed the RCOG review of CervicalCheck slides was robust

RCOG team agrees to appear before Oireachtas committee

Health • 04 Dec 19

Lorraine Walsh said she couldn't sleep at night

Walsh resigns from CervicalCheck steering group

Health • 04 Dec 19

Some reports had to be returned to UK team due to apparent inaccuracies or omissions

Smear review finds 159 missed diagnosis opportunities

Health • 03 Dec 19

Ruth Morrissey was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014

Supreme Court to decide on Morrissey judgment appeal

Courts • 06 Nov 19

Ruth Morrissey was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2014

Outsourcing 'foundation' of cervical screening crisis

Courts • 05 Nov 19

Simon Harris said 'good work' has been done on the Patient Safety Bill

Apology 'a reflection' of how women felt - Harris

Ireland • 23 Oct 19

Vicky Phelan is one of the founding members of 221+

Apology is watershed moment, say women and families

Ireland • 23 Oct 19

Taoiseach's CervicalCheck apology in full

Politics • 22 Oct 19

Leo Varadkar apologised in the Dáil for a 'litany of failures'

Taoiseach apologises for 'deceit' over CervicalCheck

Ireland • 22 Oct 19

The review said greater expertise should be deployed across the screening services

The 50 recommendations of the Scally Review

CervicalCheck • 22 Oct 19

Emma Mhic Mhathúna died on 7 October after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2016

Emma Mhic Mhathúna remembered on first anniversary

Ireland • 07 Oct 19

Reporting of the results is due to begin from 16 September

CervicalCheck review results to be issued next week

Health • 11 Sep 19

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