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
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