Grainne Flannelly

Two-thirds of 80,000 backlog of tests due to decision to offer free out-of-cycle smears

Former head of CervicalCheck said offer would ‘undermine’ screening programme

Of the 221 women affected, some 178 have no evidence of disease, HSE report finds

Number of women affected by scandal over misread smear tests likely to increase

Dr Gabriel Scally’s scoping inquiry has been forwarded to the Attorney General

Victim of CervicalCheck scandal says State contributed €25,000 to her €2.5m settlement

Claims agency says number of legal actions is now 28, with two more potential challenges

Cancer-screening service intended to tell medics, but not patients, of audit results

Newly released records show doctors were unhappy onus was on them to tell women

Six out of 11 women in Limerick not told of audit until after Vicky Phelan case settled

Terminally-ill Limerick woman seeking accountability over CervicalCheck scandal

Doctors were being ‘put at a disadvantage’ in deciding who should or should not be told

Email shows clinical director regretted any ‘perceived lack of clarity’ in cancer review

Cancer screening service focus in March 2016 was ‘reactive communications response’

‘Prepare reactive communications response for headline that ‘screening did not diagnose my cancer’

Opinion: Damage to confidence in screening service by the Vicky Phelan case is massive

Paul Connors says that CervicalCheck’s reputation will be difficult to rebuild

Tony O’Brien says he had no knowledge of Vicky Phelan case until he read about it in media

If Varadkar’s record as minister comes under scrutiny story could take violent turn

Continued failure to honour the commitment to duty of candour means the time has come for legislation to be enacted

Several women were not told of the delay in their cancer diagnosis

HSE: examination will be completed on Monday and women will be notified