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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Aodhan O'Faolain

Campaigner Stephen Teap says Government has blood on its hands over his wife Irene's cervical cancer death - and blasts politicians who 'failed to listen'

The campaigning husband of tragic Irene Teap has blasted the Government - saying it has blood on its hands over his wife's death.

Two laboratories admitted in the High Court that they were in breach of their duty when they each failed to report abnormalities in Irene's smear tests - she later died of cervical cancer.

She passed away aged 35 in July 2017, after being diagnosed with stage 2 cancer in September 2015 - she had received negative smear test results in 2010 and 2013.

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