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Human papillomavirus (HPV) was found in the women’s samples, but they were not sent on for cytology examination within the timeline period of 42 days.
Covid-19 restrictions cause CervicalCheck samples to go out of date

Two hundred women will have to be retested by CervicalCheck after their samples went out of date due to issues caused by Covid-19 social distancing re(...)

Ruth Morrissey outside the Four Courts: this is the first CervicalCheck case in which a court has heard the evidence and delivered a ruling. Photograph: Dave Meehan
Judge sets ‘absolute confidence’ as screening threshold

The case brought by Ruth Morrissey and her husband, Paul, in the High Court is the first CervicalCheck case in which a court has heard the evidence an(...)

Mr Justice Kevin Cross said he was reluctant to direct mediation take place when there was opposition to it but he urged all sides to have discussions.
Husband says lives were turned upside down by his wife’s cancer diagnosis

A man who with his now terminally ill wife is suing over alleged misinterpretation of her CervicalCheck smear test nine years ago has told the High Co(...)

Ruth Morrissey (right) and her husband Paul pictured outside the High Court, Dublin on July 27th, 2018. Photograph: CourtPix
Woman would probably not have cancer if referred for colposcopy, court told

Ruth Morrissey, who is terminally ill with cervical cancer would, on the balance of probabilities, not have got cancer “and be facing a death sentence(...)

Ruth Morrissey has sued the HSE and two US laboratories over alleged misreading of her cervical smear slides in 2009 and 2012. File photograph: Collins Courts
Not enough judges to hear CervicalCheck cancer cases, court told

There are not enough judges to hear the cases of women suing over alleged misreading of their CervicalCheck smear slides, a High Court judge warned on(...)

Dr Peter McKenna said slides from women retaking smear tests would be processed as matter of “priority” by laboratories. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Up to 6,000 women require repeat smear test due to backlog

Up to 6,000 women will need to undergo a repeat smear test due to delays processing their original smears following the CervicalCheck scandal, the Hea(...)

Charlie and Maureen, parents of Orla Church, leaving the church at Donnycarney, Dublin, surrounded by family members, nieces and nephews. Photograph Nick Bradshaw for The Irish Times
Cervical check campaigner Orla Church was ‘witty, intelligent, forceful’

Orla Church, one of the 221 women caught up in the CervicalCheck controversy, was remembered at her funeral on Tuesday as a feisty daughter, sister an(...)

Emma Mhic Mhathúna’s funeral cortege passing by Government Buildings, Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Smear testing needs to be carried out with full accountability, rally hears

The Government must ensure that all cervical smear testing is carried out in Ireland with full accountability, a rally to highlight the issue and reme(...)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar: is “embarrassed” for medical profession in wake of Dr Gabriel Scally’s report into the CervicalCheck controversy. Photograph: Gareth Chaney Collins
‘Degree of misogyny’ in some areas of health sector, says Taoiseach

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the CervicalCheck controversy has made him “embarrassed” for his own medical profession. However, he added that he do(...)

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the CervicalCheck controversy has made him ‘embarrassed’ for his own medical profession. File photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
CervicalCheck: Varadkar says he is ‘embarrassed’ for health profession

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said the CervicalCheck controversy has made him “embarrassed” for his own medical profession. However, he added that he d(...)

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