Number of legal cases related to CervicalCheck stands at 305
State Claims Agency director to provide detail on compensation and legal costs paid out
Audit controversy continues to overshadow CervicalCheck’s work
Restoring public trust in screening service vital to success of cancer treatment in future
Vicky Phelan seeks further cancer treatment options as new tumour is discovered
Campaigner vows to keep fighting for changes in CervicalCheck tribunal approach
Reform group backs measures to tackle ‘paracetemol injury’ payouts
New legislation will put a cap on personal injury insurance claims
Plan for court personal injury cap guide likely to be constitutional – report
Law Reform Commission examines four types of legislative model for capping damages
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’
Non-court grievance resolution urged for CervicalCheck cases
Patients such as late Ruth Morrissey need way to address screening errors, says Scally
Tánaiste says CervicalCheck will be improved amid criticism from Vicky Phelan
Leo Varadkar pledges action will be taken on State’s cervical screening programme
Martin apologises to family of CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey
Screening programme would not exist without outsourcing, says Taoiseach
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
Ruth Morrissey’s long legal fight made necessary by broken promise
Limerick woman’s taxing court battle stood in stark contrast to Varadkar’s initial pledge
CervicalCheck: Ruth Morrissey and husband paid €2.16m damages, Supreme Court told
Full sum given despite appeal allowed by one of the labs over €575,000 of award to Paul Morrissey
Coronavirus lockdown may spur courts system changes – solicitor
Restrictions could be ’catalyst’ for overdue reforms, as first remote hearing takes place
CervicalCheck tribunal on screening claims postponed over coronavirus
221+ support group says delay may cause statute of limitation to be reached for some women
‘Doomsday predictions’ over court approach to cervical case dismissed
Some ‘extreme’ comments ‘hard to reconcile’ with evidence that such a standard applied in UK
Court rejects fears it has created new health screening standard
Inference that every error in reading slides now equals negligence ‘demonstrably wrong’
HSE and labs lose appeal over standard of care in cervical check cases
Court’s decision in Limerick woman’s case will impact on other cervical cancer cases
Graham Dwyer and Angela Kerins appeals among major cases of 2020
Women are at the centre of several important cases in the higher courts this year
CervicalCheck laboratory MedLab sees profits fall but revenue rise
Figures cover year when Vicky Phelan case in spotlight and screening programme issues
Major cases of new legal year: Graham Dwyer and Ana Kriégel’s killers return to court
An attempted murder in Dún Laoghaire and a swine-flu vaccine test case will also be heard
CervicalCheck: Longer wait for smear test results possible as lab exits programme
Capacity may not be sufficient to clear backlog left as MedLab ends involvement
Supreme Court to hear Ruth Morrissey judgment appeal
Concern centres on finding that screeners have ‘absolute confidence’ about adequacy of sample
Supreme Court urged to hear urgent Ruth Morrissey appeal
High Court judgment has far-reaching consequences for Cervical Check tribunal, court hears
State Claims Agency handling 117 CervicalCheck legal actions
TDs told seven cases over screening controversy had been settled as of June 27th
Government to pay full award to Ruth Morrissey despite appeal
Varadkar says appeal against High Court judgment is to obtain clarity
Ruth Morrissey’s €2.1m award will ‘not be affected’ by appeal
Taoiseach says ‘I was wrong at the time’ to think all cases could be settled by mediation
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’
US laboratory to help clear backlog of smear tests
HSE agreement with Quest Diagnostics will ensure survival of CervicalCheck programme
Junior Cert Irish: Paper 2 'more difficult but fair’
The 90-minute paper is considered the more difficult of the two papers on the Higher Level course
Junior Cert Irish: A ‘very fair’ paper 1
Honours Irish paper would have pleased ‘virtually every student at higher level’
Breast cancer screening service’s future may be at risk over legal claims
Health sources fear claims of misdiagnosis in BreastCheck scheme threaten its viability
The major disquiet that followed ruling in cervical smear case
False negative results, which occur for a number of reasons, lie at the centre of the CervicalCheck controversy
HSE chief orders review of hospital emergency departments
Expert group to examine capacity, bed utilisation, manpower and staffing issues
Legal costs in Morrissey case to be near double €2.1m award
Judge criticises ‘hysterical’ commentary on ruling in media
Judge criticises medical profession for commenting on his ruling
Justice Cross said some commentary on the Morrissey case was ill informed and ‘hysterical’
Screening services should not be paused after High Court ruling - Harris
Doctors concerned over ‘absolute confidence’ expectation following Ruth Morrissey case
Ruth Morrissey landmark judgment to be appealed by US lab, High Court told
Terminally ill Morrissey was awarded €2.1m over the testing of her cervical smear slides
Health chiefs concerned screening could ‘grind to a halt’
Crisis meeting hears urgent call for clarity in the wake of Ruth Morrissey legal judgment
Screening programmes ‘threatened’ after Morrissey case, radiologists warn
Concerned the standard of ‘absolute confidence’ mentioned in judgment ‘impossible to attain’
Fast broadband, quick bucks and another PR bellyflop
Inside Politics: where did it all go wrong for the broadband plan?
US lab to appeal cancer decision awarding Ruth Morrissey €2.1m
HSE also considering appeal due to concerns over wider implications of case
Gynaecological oncologist expresses concern over cervical cancer ruling
Cian O’Carroll insists judgment simply adopts what has been law in UK since 1999
Judge rules for ‘absolute confidence’ in screening programmes’ all-clear results
Court threshold could be applied in dozens of cases of alleged misreading of smear tests
Judge sets ‘absolute confidence’ as screening threshold
Morrissey decision sets legal precedent for negligence in screening programmes
Terminally ill woman awarded €2.1m in landmark CervicalCheck case
Judge says Ruth Morrissey’s life had been ruined and she has suffered a life sentence
Terminally ill Ruth Morrissey criticises Varadkar over court ordeal
‘An Taoiseach told us none of us would have to go through this but unfortunately I’m the one who had to’
Judge to rule on test case over cervical smears
Case by terminally ill Ruth Morrissey and husband being tracked by other legal teams
Two people who screened Ruth Morrissey smear slide withdrawn from witness list
Limerick mother has sued the HSE and two US labs over alleged misreading of her smear tests in 2009 and 2012
‘Window of opportunity’ to save woman missed, court hears
Doctors failed to follow up treatment of Ruth Morrissey, who is now terminally ill, expert says
Woman would probably not have cancer if referred for colposcopy, court told
Ruth Morrissey continuing action against HSE, two US labs over alleged smears misreading
Not enough judges to hear CervicalCheck cancer cases, court told
Mr Justice Kevin Cross said he may be faced with having to hear two actions in one day
Cervical screening expert tells of ‘missed opportunity’
High Court hearings continue in case of Ruth Morrissey against HSE and US laboratories
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