Ruth Morrissey

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Vicky Phelan: “Women do not survive if it comes back. That’s all we’re asking for, is to allow those women who are taking cases who are currently cancer free, who are in remission to be allowed to go back [to the tribunal] if their cancer comes back,” she told RTÉ’s Drive Time programme on Monday. Photograph Nick Bradshaw / The Irish Times
Vicky Phelan seeks further cancer treatment options as new tumour is discovered

CervicalCheck campaigner Vicky Phelan has said she must continue looking for cancer treatment options after discovering a new tumour in her lung. Th(...)

The guidelines being prepared by the Judicial Council will eventually replace the Book of Quantum, which is produced by the Personal Injuries Assessment Board.
Reform group backs measures to tackle ‘paracetemol injury’ payouts

The Alliance for Insurance Reform has welcomed a new report from the Law Reform Commission about legislation that would put a cap on personal injury i(...)

Plan for court personal injury cap guide likely to be constitutional – report

The Government’s current plan for providing guidance to the courts on the size of personal injury awards is likely to resist any challenge to its cons(...)

Lorraine Walsh says even where cases have been finalised and substantial damages awarded, the pain of the women affected by the CervicalCheck scandal persists.
Cervical cancer controversy: ‘Why are they fighting these women so badly?’

The death, a fortnight ago, of Ruth Morrissey, at the age of 39, created a lot of unrest among the other women whose lives have been affecte(...)

Dr Gabriel Scally: court-focused process “doesn’t lead to what patients and families really want, which is to know the truth, for someone to say sorry and ensure that it doesn’t happen to anyone else again”. Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
Non-court grievance resolution urged for CervicalCheck cases

The author of the State’s report into the CervicalCheck controversy has said there should be a mechanism to address the grievances of the women affect(...)

Vicky Phelan has criticised the Government for failing to take on board the more serious recommendations of the Scally report. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Tánaiste says CervicalCheck will be improved amid criticism from Vicky Phelan

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said that the Government will improve the State’s cervical screening programme following criticism from CervicalCheck campai(...)

Ruth Morrissey and her husband Paul outside the Four Courts in May, 2019. Photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
Martin apologises to family of CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has apologised to the family of CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey for the “litany of failures” in the operation of cerv(...)

CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey. File photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
Funeral of Ruth Morrissey to take place on Wednesday

The funeral of CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey is to take place in Limerick on Wednesday. Ms Morrissey (39), who died on Sunday following a (...)

Ruth Morrissey hoped the ‘women who are left’ would not have to go through the court process. Photograph: Collins
Ruth Morrissey’s long legal fight made necessary by broken promise

“I am not frightened to die, but I don’t want to,” CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey told the High Court two years ago during the second day of (...)

Ruth Morrissey’s smear tests carried out in 2009 and 2012 had been incorrectly reported. File photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
State did not apologise to Ruth Morrissey ‘now it is too late’, says husband after her death

The State did not apologise to CervicalCheck campaigner Ruth Morrissey for the “magnitude of harm” caused by the misreading of her smear and “now it i(...)

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