Woman with terminal cancer alleges misreporting of cervical smear, court hears
High Court asked to fix early hearing date for legal action given woman’s life expectancy
Mother loses action over alleged negligence in fertility treatment
Doctor admits making ‘terrible mistake’ in letter but judge rules surgery was correct
Man who sued after wife died from cervical cancer settles case
Padraig Creaven took action seeking costs of surrogacy as he tries to honour wife’s wish for child
Cervical cancer controversy: ‘Why are they fighting these women so badly?’
Campaigner Lorraine Walsh: ‘We are all wondering if we have to go through torture just to get justice’
Funeral of Ruth Morrissey to take place on Wednesday
CervicalCheck campaigner who sued State over misreading of smear test results died on Sunday
State did not apologise to Ruth Morrissey ‘now it is too late’, says husband after her death
Tributes to CervicalCheck campaigner (39) who sued state over misreading of smear test results
Coronavirus lockdown may spur courts system changes – solicitor
Restrictions could be ’catalyst’ for overdue reforms, as first remote hearing takes place
Call for more research into environmental factors causing autism
Experts cite ‘limited evidence’ linking a difficult labour to autism
Cancer screening: Claims body says appeal will not affect Ruth Morrissey’s €2.1m award
Barrister says it is not clear how the award could be ‘disconnected’ from an appeal
Solicitor for terminally ill woman Ruth Morrissey critical of Harris
Cervical cancer case: Minister accused of ‘putting politics ahead of common decency’
Legal costs in Morrissey case to be near double €2.1m award
Judge criticises ‘hysterical’ commentary on ruling in media
Gynaecological oncologist expresses concern over cervical cancer ruling
Cian O’Carroll insists judgment simply adopts what has been law in UK since 1999
Tribunal to be set up over CervicalCheck controversy
Ms Justice Mary Irvine will chair tribunal, which will be set up in late 2019
At least 18 affected by CervicalCheck issue still waiting for slides
‘Small number’ of slides being processed and will be released shortly, HSE says
Woman died after four smear tests missed evidence of pre-cancerous cells
Julie O’Reilly becomes 19th woman caught up in CervicalCheck controversy to die
Hundreds of women to get CervicalCheck awards, Harris says
HSE asks external advisers to see if staff should face disciplinary action over controversy
Cost of cervical screening tribunal will be ‘significant’ – Harris
Justice Meenan to devise an alternative to court for dealing with CervicalCheck claims
Emma Mhic Mhathúna’s ‘ferocious love’ for her children remembered at funeral
‘She’ll be remembered as a mother, a campaigner, a fighter and a woman in a ballgown taking on the people who needed to be challenged and refusing to back down’
CervicalCheck: HSE talks with smear test labs at critical phase
Quest and MedLab test 90 per cent of samples for the CervicalCheck programme
Inexcusable that lab which misread Mhic Mhathúna tests not investigated - solicitor
Solicitor for mother of five says she was adamant she wanted accountability
Woman who claims she slipped on petals from a bridal bouquet settles case
Ann White from Clonmel said she suffered ‘massive skid’ on flower petals on dance floor
The Irish ‘father of duty free’ and saviour of Shannon
Brendan O’Regan’s eureka moment came in 1950, but his legacy goes beyond cheap booze
Solicitor’s claim of negligence around CervicalCheck rejected
Department of Health says ‘determination of negligence’ can only be made by court
Cervical screening scandal a political tightrope for Government
Analysis: Growing feeling that measures package must protect screening programme
CervicalCheck row: Taoiseach made risky promises under pressure
Government stands accused of breaking promise that no woman would have to face court
Negligence a factor in ‘vast, vast majority’ of 221 CervicalCheck cases, says solicitor
Cian O’Carroll accuses Taoiseach of being ‘irresponsible and of ‘mudding the issue’
'We haven’t even seen the tip of the iceberg': – fighting the CervicalCheck cases
Tipperary solicitors take women’s emotional court battles to the US labs and the HSE
Pressure builds on Government over ‘empty’ promise to cancer women
State bid to settle CervicalCheck trial criticised for offering cover to Varadkar, Harris
CervicalCheck controversy: Surge in new legal cases
Fourteen more women take action over cancer screening programme claims
Up to 24 medical negligence cases since 2002 include confidentiality clause
BreastCheck ‘has tacitly admitted’ concerns over potential missed diagnosis in screenings
Terminally ill woman waited weeks for CervicalCheck to call back
HSE phones woman to apologise while she is getting post-cancer-treatment wig
Delays to CervicalCheck inquiry shows culture of hiding still persists
Failures and delays to disclose have hampered scoping inquiry right from the start
Vicky Phelan solicitor calls for €50,000 interim payments
Simon Harris says he will write to the HSE and calls their actions ‘pathetic’
State bodies accused of obstructing CervicalCheck inquiry
Department and HSE under fire for late handover and format of documents
Taoiseach criticised for ‘smart alecky’ CervicalCheck remark
Varadkar says retrieving medical records ‘not as simple as taking book out of library’
Progress reported in three CervicalCheck cases, court told
Legal actions have been brought by three women including Emma Mhic Mhathúna
Mhic Mhathúna to start legal action over missed cancer warning
‘I need the money now, not when I’m dead,’ says terminally ill woman on plans for court
CervicalCheck doctors’ letters ‘to be changed if women died’
Cancer-screening service intended to tell medics, but not patients, of audit results
Poll: Government ratings slump in wake of cancer scandal
New legal actions heap pressure on response to CervicalCheck controversy
HSE knew CervicalCheck was considering not telling some women - Phelan solicitor
Memos show health chief told in 2016 disclosure of false tests still only a possibility
Investigating smear testing scandal quickly and publicly will be a challenge
Scoping inquiry buys Minister time to consider ways of holding a part-public inquiry
State cannot treat women sympathetically if labs run cases - Phelan’s solicitor
Lawyer for terminally ill woman rejects agency’s assurances to treat cases sensitively
Doctors not compelled to tell women of cancer test errors
Up to 15 patients found to have been misdiagnosed in a 2014 audit of smear tests
Lamp appeared to be catalyst for Limerick fire that killed DCU lecturer
Grace McDermott died after staying in friend’s house on losing her hotel room keycard
Inquest into man’s fatal brain haemorrhage criticised by partner
Man attended Tipperary hospital three times in three weeks complaining of headaches
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