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Katie Gallagher

Charlie Bird says ‘my heart is broken' in moving tribute to 'hero' Vicky Phelan

Charlie Bird said ‘my heart is broken’ as he paid tribute to Cervical Check campaigner Vicky Phelan after she passed away on Monday morning.

Tributes have been flooding in for the mum-of-two this morning, after news broke that she has passed away at Milford Hospice in Limerick, after a long battle with cancer.

RTE presenter Bird, who became close with Phelan after opening up about his own diagnosis with motor neurone disease last year, was among the heartfelt tributes, saying: “My hero is gone.

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